Prep time:

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Total time:

Serves: 2

200g Soft Goats Cheese or Goats Curd

100g Whipping Cream

1tsp Mixed Herbs, dried or fresh

½ Crushed Garlic Clove

1tbsp Honey

Salt and Pepper, to taste

1 Large or 2 Small Beetroots

Olive Oil

1 Ripe Fig, quartered

100g Caster Sugar

A Handful of Walnuts

Wow your partner this Valentine’s Day with Lucinda Hamilton’s irresistible three-course menu. Featuring juicy beetroot, succulent lamb and zingy passion fruit it’s a perfect February treat.

For the goat’s cheese mousse:

For the beetroot & decoration:

For the candied walnuts:

  • pictures: David Merewether
  • styling: Helen Barton

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