Beef cheeks braised for 4 hours, the stock reduced and used as the curry base. Gaeng gari paste, coconut milk, betel leaves, ginger and cucumber pickle. The braise makes the sauce.
BBQ corn on the cob with makrut lime, bird's eye chilli and crushed cashews. Vegan, gluten-free and ready in 25 minutes. From the Thai in 7 cookbook. BBQ season has arrived.
The dressing that sits behind half the salads at Farang. Fiery, sour, salty and sweet in one hit - and it ceviches fish just as well as it dresses a salad.
Thai fishcakes with salmon, cod and a hit of smoked haddock. Green curry paste, makrut lime, tamarind - and a hand-squeezing technique that gives them proper crispy edges.
Pad Thai with brown crab meat and cold smoked chicken. The surf and turf version of the world's most searched Thai dish - and the wok heat tips that actually make it taste right.
Thailand's most loved dessert, done properly. Sticky glutinous rice soaked in a coconut and mango cream sauce. Use nahm dok mai when you can find them - March to May is the window.
BBQ-blistered tomatoes with chilli, lemongrass, clementine and mint. The charred juices become the dressing. One of the best things to do with a glut of summer tomatoes.
Fresh Cornish mussels stir-fried in a turmeric paste with green peppercorns, coconut milk, chilli and Thai basil. Under 30 minutes. One of the most underrated things you can cook.
Seabass acid-cured in lime juice for 3 minutes, dressed with nahm yum, physalis and fresh dill. No heat, no washing up. Ready in 15 minutes. Works with salmon, prawns and any sour fruit you have.
Flat iron beef stir-fried with homemade jaew - a smoky BBQ-charred chilli relish - shallots, kale and flat rice noodles. Make the full batch of jaew and use it all week.
Classic Thai mango sticky rice. Glutinous rice soaked overnight, steamed and folded through sweet, salty coconut cream and condensed milk. Ripe mango fanned over the top, salted black sesame seeds to finish.
The Farang Mess. Banana jam with cassia bark and pandan, salted peanut praline, thickened coconut cream and seasonal fruit piled over the top. Make the jam ahead and assemble at the table.
Tom kha gai with cold-smoked chicken, wild mushrooms and butternut squash. The nahm prik pao goes on at the table. Serve with jasmine rice. Quicker than it looks and better than most versions.
