Add leeks and fennel, cover the pan and sweat at a low heat for 20 minutes or so. The food that speaks the most to me is the easiest food, the food that takes little effort and is deeply satisfying. Way before I wrote about food, I picked up recipes wherever I travelled and I never forget the people who gave them to me. To make the spice mix, heat a dry pan, and add all the spices except the chilli flakes and cumin seeds. Butter rock hard from the fridge in those few, fleeting weeks of an Irish summer when it would go off if left out?

Source: The Irish Times November 28, 2020 06:00 UTC