This makes a tasty sandwich filling as well as an excellent dip: either way, accompany it with wholemeal bread and any kind of crisp salad vegetable.

Ingredients:

• 6 spring onions
• 142 ml sour cream
• 1/2 green chilli
• paprika & salt
• 50 g Parmesan and  50 g Gruyere or 125 g strong Cheddar cheese

 Instructions:

1.Trim and finely chop the onions. Wash and dry the chilli and slit it in half lengthways; wrap the half not needed in foodwrap and store in the refrigerator. Trim the stalk from the half to be used, discard the seeds and white inner pith and chop the flesh as finely as you can. Do not rub your eyes while handling it and wash your hands directly afterwards.

2. Finely grate the cheese or cheeses (it will not mix smoothly with the cream if coarsely grated: for this reason do not use ready-grated Cheddar).

3. Mix the prepared ingredients with the sour cream, a fair pinch of paprika and a little salt; taste and add more seasoning if necessary.