Sophie Kooks Month by Month: June: Quick and Easy Feelgood Seasonal Food for June from Kooky Dough's Sophie Morris

By Sophie Morris

June screams strawberries and cream – synonymous with Wimbledon, of course. During the school holidays, I played tennis every day with my mum; and we still joke about how many years it took her to part with that old-fashioned, wooden racket of hers! These days I'm still glued to the tennis at the end of June. It's my ritual to perch myself on the sofa and watch match after match, while indulging in a summery strawberry dessert. Some of the desserts in this chapter contain strawberries; and every recipe in this chapter is as easy as it is irresistible' Sophie.
Enjoy gorgeous June recipes including:
- Chicken Noodle Stir-Fry with Peanut Sauce
- Roast Stuffed Mushrooms with Cherry Tomatoes
- Plaice Parcels with Parsley Butter, and Avocado and Tomato Salad
- Roast Salmon Salad with Broad Beans, Peppers and Avocado
- Mini Strawberry Cheese cakes
- Roast Asparagus and Tomatoes with Baked Potatoes
- Caramel, Peach and Almond Cake
- Strawberry Shortbread Stacks

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gill Books
• Release date: Sep 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9780717156979

Sophie Morris

Sophie Morris is owner of the innovative and exciting young Irish food company Kooky Dough. Started in her kitchen and initially selling at farmers' markets in Dublin, Sophie and her business partner, Graham Clarke, famously turned down the dragons on RT&Eacute 's Dragons' Den to build their food business their own way. Kooky Dough is now stocked in supermarkets and premium independent retailers in Ireland; in Waitrose in the UK; in Monoprix in France; and in Spinneys in the United Arab Emirates. Kooky Dough and Sophie have received extensive recognition for the quality of their product by winning numerous Blas na h&Eacute ireann food awards in Ireland, and Gold in the UK's Great Taste Awards 2011. With an MSc distinction in Economics along with a degree in Economics and Social Studies from Trinity College Dublin, Sophie enjoyed the challenge of academia and was always drawn to business-oriented subjects. However, away from the lecture halls Sophie developed an intense passion for food, not only in the eating but in the therapy of preparing and cooking. She completed an Italian cookery course in Rome in 2007, and after university she completed the 12-week Ballymaloe cookery course to develop her culinary skills further. Her experience at Ballymaloe only heightened her love for food and it was here that she developed the ambition to have her own food business. Cooking simple, feelgood food is what Sophie loves to do in her precious free time; it helps her to relax and escape from work. She hopes this book will help you to do the same.

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my mum Shelagh and my dad Tim.

You are both the best.

With tonnes of love,

Soph

Cover

Dedication

Introduction

June Introduction

Roast Asparagus and Tomatoes with Baked Potatoes

Caramel Peach and Almond Cake

Strawberry Shortbread Stacks

Chicken Noodle Stir-Fry with Peanut Sauce

Roast Stuffed Mushrooms with Cherry Tomatoes

Plaice Parcels with Parsley Butter, and Avocado and Tomato Salad

Roast Salmon Salad with Broad Beans, Peppers and Avocado

Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes

Good-to-Haves

Kookspeak

What’s Wow Now!

Acknowledgments

Copyright

About the Author

About Gill & Macmillan

INTRODUCTION

Hello! I’m Sophie, owner of Irish food company Kooky Dough. Before starting Kooky Dough with my business partner Graham in 2009, I had no experience of working in the food industry at all, but it had been my dream for a long time to have a food business.

My interest in food began as a young girl, watching my mum buzz about frantically in the kitchen. It amazed me every time, after all her fretting, she would produce incredibly beautiful food. I guess she just didn’t know how good a cook she was. I wanted to be like her – minus the frantic part, of course. So I started to cook a lot during college when I moved out of home. I became obsessed with trying new things and I loved cooking for friends. My eagerness to learn more