Summer Recipes
Shiraz Salad

4 vine-ripened tomatoes roughly chopped
2 Lebanese cucumbers, peeled, seeded and roughly chopped
3 shallots, finely sliced
6 radishes, cut into thick discs
1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
2 tbsp chopped dill sprigs
1⁄4 teaspoon dried mint
1⁄2 cup chives, snipped in 2cm lengths
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Combine the vegetables and herbs in a large mixing bowl. Whisk the lime juice and oil together and pour over the salad. Season with salt and pepper and toss everything gently. Scatter with petals, if using.
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Viva Gourmet Fine Foods: olive oil
My Greengrocer: tomatoes, cucumbers, shallots, radishes, herbs
Coles: salt, pepper
Persian Gulf-Style Fish With Saffron Lemon Potatoes

80ml olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1⁄2 tsp ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp ground cumin
1⁄2 tsp ground coriander
1⁄4 tsp ground turmeric
1⁄4 tsp crushed saffron threads
1⁄4 tsp black pepper
500ml chicken stock
2 long red chillies, seeded and finely shredded
4 medium waxy potatoes, peeled and diced
6 rock flathead tail fillets (or any firm white- fleshed fish), skin on and neatly trimmed
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons
Currants, soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
Juice of 1⁄2 lemon
2 tablespoons verjuice
Angelakis Bros: flathead
Viva Gourmet Fine Foods: spices, olive oil, verjuice
My Greengrocer: onions, garlic, chillies, potatoes, lemon
Coles: chicken stock, currants