Salmon pie, pork in cider, fig tart – Nigel Slater’s one-pot dinners
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Marsala onion soup, baked tomatoes, upside-down fig tarts – comforting recipes for not-quite-springThere is something splendid and generous about a one-pot supper. No matter how humble the ingredients, the moment you put a large pan or pot on the table is always a good one. It says welcome, and whether everyone dips in for themselves or you ladle the steaming contents out for them, there is the happy suggestion this is a meal to be shared.A meal made in one pot makes good sense for the cook. The...

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