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Book Synopsis'... generous, bright and warm, exactly the type of food I want to cook again and again.' Hetty McKinnon
'Sophie invites us into a special place where food nourishes, comforts and brings joy. Beautifully photographed and full of practical and seasonal recipes, this is a cookbook to treasure.'
Julia Busuttil Nishimura, author of
Ostro and
A Year of Simple Family Food
'Sophie draws us generously into her world - a beautiful, authentic lifestyle. She has me wanting Gran's almond cake with honey cream, warm figs & blue cheese with elderflower & prosecco jellies - and to be sprawled on a river bank with family, friends & wild flowers.' Tessa Kiros
Ask anyone to tell you about the most memorable meal of their life and they won't give you a chronological playback of what they ate; they'll tell you about how that meal made them feel. Whether it's a last-minute dinner with neighbours, a family feast or a casual summer picnic, Sophie Hansen has done the thinking for you and designed menus featuring 120 recipes that are simple, tasty and perfect for sharing. She also includes ideas for creating a memorable atmosphere for any gathering, large or small, plus advice on how to embrace shortcuts to take the pressure off, so you can focus on enjoying the good times rather than stressing in the kitchen.
In Good Company is filled with all the recipes and inspiration you need to encourage you to throw open your doors and invite people in, because there's never been a better time to bring people together.
Trade Review'Sophie Hansen's In Good Company reminds us of the joys of gathering with family, friends and neighbours to enjoy simple fare, made with love. The recipes are generous, bright and warm, exactly the type of food I want to cook again and again.' Hetty McKinnon, author of To Asia, With Love, Community, Family and Neighbourhood
'Sophie Hansen invites us into a special place where food nourishes, comforts and brings joy. Beautifully photographed and full of practical and seasonal recipes, this is a cookbook to treasure.' Julia Busuttil Nishimura, author of Ostro and A Year of Simple Family Food
'Sophie draws us generously into her world - a beautiful, authentic lifestyle. She has me wanting Gran's almond cake with honey cream, warm figs & blue cheese with elderflower & prosecco jellies - and to be sprawled on a river bank with family, friends & wild flowers.' Tessa Kiros
"Sophie's food is a celebration of the seasons and an ode to being together. Full of clever ideas and also tips from friends, famers and producers for entertaining effortlessly, Sophie will forever inspire the way you cook for friends and family from here on out!" Emiko Davis, food writer and cookbook author
Table of ContentsRecipe list
SPRING
Feeding the masses
1. Marinated green olives and feta
2. Salsa verde
3. Fennel, parmesan and apple slaw
4. Porchetta
5. Apricot mousse
All at sea
6. Asparagus with adobo chilli butter
7. Jewelled rice pilaf
8. Barbecued lamb shoulder with whipped feta and pistachio crumbs
9. Orange and honey melt-and-mix cake
Spring chicken dinner party
10. Herb bouquet with sunflower seed pesto
11. Mini pommes Anna
12. Julie Delpy-style chicken with calvados and creme fraiche
13. Chocolate, hazelnut and espresso cake
Keeping the kids happy
14. Soboro don
15. Crunchy, tangy cucumber salad
16. Zingy carrot and ginger salad
17. Warm fruit salad with malt crumbs
Supper on the beach
18. Fiona's olive oil crackers
19. Easy tomato and chorizo soup
20. Ginger crunch bars with custard and rhubarb
Working lunch
21. Greek salad with chicken, risoni and caramelised lemon
22. Red cabbage and quinoa salad with candied walnuts
23. Rainbow pickle
24. Rainbow pickle and gruyere toasties
25. Cacao, banana and peanut butter smoothie
SUMMER
The perfect summer picnic
26. Cannellini bean, olive and almond salad with mint dressing
27. Walnut, mustard and caramelised onion tart
28. Peach, pine nut and lavender cake
New Year's Eve for your nearest and dearest
29. Vodka sour cocktails
30. Crunchy double-cooked potatoes
31. Garlic, honey and rosemary roasted chicken pieces
32. Bearnaise sauce
33. Crunchy salad
34. Praline truffles
Chatter platters
Bruschetta platter
35. Garlic toasted sourdough
36. Warm streaky bacon, blue cheese and fig
37. Tomato, rockmelon and hot-smoked trout
38. Chargrilled zucchini and nasturtium pesto
39. Arancini
Cheese platter
40. Olive and hazelnut tapenade
41. Peach and rosemary G&T
Mezze platter
42. Merguez meatballs with hummus
43. Pistachio and mint tapenade
44. Baked feta and olives
45. Slow-roasted tomatoes and eggplant
46. Simple dukkah
47. Zataar baked pita chips
'Too hot to cook' summer lunch
48. Deconstructed nicoise platter
49. Gran's almond cake
A gentle dinner for a hot night
50. Nectarine shrub
51. Nectarine shruboni
52. Salmon rillettes
53. Tomato salad with salsa verde
54. Fresh ricotta and tomato pasta
55. Creamed corn pasta with chilli prosciutto crumbs
56. Salted caramel ice cream
Ideas for the big family gathering
57. Rice pudding
58. Mum's steamed whole salmon with lots of herbs
59. Roasted cherry tomato, salmon and yoghurt salad
60. Salt-and-vinegar hasselback potatoes
61. Chicken potato salad with salsa verde
62. Elderflower and prosecco jellies with cream and berries
AUTUMN
Beating the Sunday night blues
63. Baked pasta with fennel sausage
64. Alice's garlic bread
65. Sophia's rhubarb compote
66. Rolled pavlova with hazelnut praline
Passata day at Girragirra
67. Little herb pies with pickles
68. Polpettone in tomato sauce
69. Wendy's curtido
70. Walnut and fennel biscotti
The visitor cake
71. The 'original' visitor cake
72. Rhubarb and vanilla jam
73. Rhubarb, orange and pistachio thumbprints
74. Pear, walnut and nutmeg cake
75. Hummingbird loaf cake
76. Sweet dukkah
77. Cinnamon and fruit scones
78. Fig and almond cake that thinks it's a tart
Easter lunch in the orchard
79. Aromatic slow-cooked lamb shoulder
80. Smoky green sauce for everything
81. Pumpkin and parmesan polenta
82. Roasted carrots with yoghurt, hazelnuts and harissa
83. Quince frangipane tart
84. Poached quinces
Autumn feast
85. Fish pie
86. Pickle salad
87. Gremolata tabouleh
88. Fig and ginger compote
Loaves and fishes
89. Amaro spritz
90. No-need-to-knead focaccia
91. Gently spiced venison osso buco with sweet potato puree
92. Roasted broccolini with seeds
93. Annabelle's quince and pecan ice cream
WINTER
Ease the bleak midwinter
94. Winter sun soup
95. Fried chicken with hot honey butter
96. Creamed green curry corn
97. Granny Mary's self-saucing lemon curd pudding
Curry night
98. Spicy, nutty snacking mix
99. Spiced roasted cauliflower and potatoes
100. Lamb rogan josh
101. Baked rice
102. Pickled onions
103. Raita
104. Roti with curry sauce and pickled cucumbers
105. Dessert boxes
On being good company
106. Conversation-starter cookies
107. Caramel popcorn with smashed pretzels
108. Mandarin and vanilla sugar
109. Mandarin and fennel salt
110. Alison's toasted coconut marshmallows
111. Blood orange shrub
112. Orange sherbet
Wintery ploughman's lunch
113. Big flavour tomato soup
114. Ploughman's with a chop
115. Beetroot pickled eggs
116. Narnie's apple pie
117. Chocolate, caramel and toasted sesame slice
Filling the hollow legs
118. Sticky spiced chicken wings
119. Hamburgers with miso butter and pink sauce
120. Brown sugar meringues
121. Honeycomb
122. Hot chocolate sauce
123. Yoghurt cream
Sunday best
124. Caramelised fennel and brie dip
125. Winter greens with garlic and almonds
126. Roasted eye fillet with quince glaze and parsnip and onion puree
127. Chocolate bark
128. Orange vodka cocktail
