Side recipes

Fluffy rice cooked in onion-free stock with garlic oil and finished with butter — a savoury, gentle base that turns plain rice into something you'd choose.

Smooth, buttery mash with a gentle garlic note from infused oil — no raw garlic, no onion, just comfort. The side that goes with almost everything.

Creamy, soft polenta cooked in onion-free stock and beaten with parmesan and garlic butter. A gentle, comforting base under almost any soft-cooked topping.

The Italian trick of toasting breadcrumbs in garlic oil until golden — a crunchy, savoury topping that adds texture and flavour to soft food and dissolves quickly afterwards.

Sweet, soft pumpkin glazed in onion-free stock with garlic oil, thyme and a touch of maple — the gentle, glossy side that goes with almost any plate.

Proper garlic bread — golden, buttery, herby — made with a homemade garlic butter that carries all the flavour and none of the raw-garlic bite.

Golden, crunchy croutons tossed in garlic butter — the crunch and savoury hit you miss on soft, gentle food, in a form that breaks down quickly.

Soft, glossy carrots glazed in onion-free stock with ginger, maple and a little soy, finished with butter. Proof that gentle veg doesn't have to mean a sad bowl of plain boiled carrots.