FIRE IT UP

BRING THE DISTINCTIVE FLAVOURS OF A TANDOOR TO YOUR BACK GARDEN BY BUILDING YOUR OWN OVEN – AND STILL HAVE TIME TO TRY IT OUT, TOO

Words: JAMES WHETLOR

PROUDLY HOMEMADE FLOWERPOT TANDOOR Surprisingly easy to assemble and use, this garden tandoor expands your outdoor cooking options* You will need: Work gloves Safety goggles Angle grinder 2 × terracotta pots (23cm diameter) 1 × large non-plastic flowerpot (minimum 45cm diameter) 3 × bricks or breeze blocks 1 × fire brick 2 × bags of building sand 5kg bag of decorative aggregate (optional) Charcoal Matches/lighter 1 Wearing gloves and goggles, use your angle grinder to take the base off a terracotta pot, creating a terracotta ‘tube'. Keep the ‘lid', you'll need it later. 2 Take the large flowerpot and place it on a base of 3 bricks – these can be normal bricks or breeze blocks, there's no need for fire-resistant ones. 3 You'll now need some ‘feet' inside the large flowerpot for the smaller…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2023

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