
Halloween Spider Deviled Eggs with Black Olive Spiders
Hard-boiled eggs filled with a creamy yolk and mayonnaise mixture and topped with little black olive spiders: an easy Halloween starter, ready in half an hour.
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Hard-boiled eggs filled with a creamy yolk and mayonnaise mixture and topped with little black olive spiders: an easy Halloween starter, ready in half an hour.

Little ghost-shaped meringues, crisp outside and melt-in-the-mouth inside, with chocolate chip eyes: the lightest Halloween treat, made with nothing but egg whites and sugar.

A thick, silky pumpkin soup that swaps cream for a single potato: few ingredients, one pan and toasted seeds on top for crunch.

Aubergine rounds baked until meltingly soft, then cooled and topped with finely chopped cherry tomatoes, olive oil and basil. A very simple summer cold dish.

A baked potato and pumpkin gratin with thin slices stacked upright, seasoned with parmesan and rosemary and roasted until the top edges turn crisp and golden.

Genuinely crispy roast potatoes: parboiled, shaken to roughen the surface and roasted with rosemary and garlic until deeply golden and crunchy.

Creamy, velvety mashed potatoes: potatoes boiled in their skins, riced while hot and beaten with warm milk and cold butter, with no lumps and no gluey texture.

Silky chickpea hummus with tahini, lemon and garlic: the classic Middle Eastern dip, ready in fifteen minutes, with the trick that makes it genuinely smooth.

Homemade vinaigrette with olive oil, vinegar, and mustard: a balanced emulsion in 5 minutes, the base for dressing salads, vegetables, and cold dishes.

Caprese salad with tomato, buffalo mozzarella and basil: a fresh and simple starter, ready in minutes, with all the colors and flavors of summer.

Spanish ensaladilla rusa with potatoes, carrot, tuna, eggs and mayonnaise: a creamy cold salad, a classic summer tapa you can make ahead.

Pisto manchego: green and red bell peppers, zucchini, onion and tomato slowly stewed in a pan, a flavour-packed Spanish side from La Mancha. Great warm, cold or with an egg.