Monday
- Garlic mushrooms on sourdough toastgarlic and thyme mushrooms · wilted spinach · toasted sourdough
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Cardiff: its food, and a week to cook at home.
The Welsh capital, a coal port that drew sailors from around the world, and its Welsh home cooking.
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What people eat here
Dishes from Cardiff
No. 1
Welsh cakes
Flat spiced cakes with currants, cooked on a bakestone and sold warm.
No. 2
Cawl
Lamb, leeks, potatoes and swede in a slow broth, best the next day.
No. 3
Butetown
The old docks area, once called Tiger Bay, is one of the oldest mixed communities in Britain, with Somali, Yemeni and Caribbean families among many others.
No. 4
Cardiff Market
The Victorian covered market in the city centre opened in 1891.
What grows here, and when
Spring lamb and early potatoes, and leeks from autumn to spring.
Laverbread and cockles come from the Gower to the west. Welsh Lamb and Caerphilly cheese come from the hills and valleys to the north.
Seven days, seven menus
A sample week from our recipes
A week to cook at home that suits Cardiff and its seasons, using only recipes on this site. Each day reads in the order you eat.
Tuesday
- Welsh rarebit on sourdoughgolden cheddar rarebit · toasted sourdough · peppery watercress
- Leek and potato soupsilky leek and potato · snipped chives · green olive oil
Wednesday
- Lamb kofta flatbreads with garlic yoghurtspiced lamb kofta · garlic yoghurt · sumac onions
- Smooth hummus with warm flatbread and cruditéswhipped hummus · warm flatbread · crisp crudités
Thursday
- Jerk chicken with rice and peasscotch bonnet and allspice · charred chicken · coconut rice and peas
- Steamed callaloo with tomato and thymesteamed callaloo · sweet tomato · thyme and garlic
Friday
- Crisp hake with minty crushed peascrisp-skin hake · minty crushed peas · lemon new potatoes
Saturday
- Moroccan vegetable and chickpea tagine with couscousspiced squash · sweet apricot · herbed couscous
Sunday
- Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoesgolden chicken thighs · sweet roast leeks · crisp potatoes
- Crisp roast potatoes with rosemary and garliccrackled roast potatoes · rosemary · soft roasted garlic
- Apple and blackberry crumblebramley apple and blackberry · golden oat crumble · warm custard
We have no recipe yet for Welsh cakes, cawl or Somali and Yemeni dishes.
