Trouble in Paradise

It's 5 years, can you believe it, since La Roux released her debut album.  Today she announced she'll be back with her second, Trouble in Paradise, on July 7th.

Let Me Down Gently is the first single off the album, to quote the Guardian "it's full of synths and sighs, melancholy and determination"



Paradise conjures up ideas of summer for me so here's a little summer recipe to go along side La Roux. Summer tart (No, I'm not suggesting that La Roux is a tart).

1 sheet of ready made puff pastry (who has time to make their own)
Leek
Courgette cut into ribbons
Spring onions
Peas
Asparagus
Green beans
Pinch of tarragon
tbls flour
300ml milk (I used skimmed)
1 vegetable stock cube
tsp olive oil

Take a leek and cut in half, with one half spilt down the middle and slices, the other half cut into rings. Heat a frying pan with the olive oil and fry the split leeks until softened.

Crumble in the stock cube and add a splash of water to the leek mix and stir well.

Sprinkle the flour on to the leeks and mix in well to cook off the flour, then add the milk a little at the time to create a white sauce. Adding a little at a time will avoid lumps. Then sprinkle in the tarragon.

Add in all the other vegetables.

Cut the pastry sheet into 4, divide the mixture between the pastry, placing in the centre. With a little milk wash the exposed pastry so it goes golden when cooking.

Bake in a oven at 200oC for 20 minutes until the pastry has risen and is golden.

Serve with salad or if like me you fancied a little less green on the plate then a tomato salsa works wonders.