Sea bass is a delicate flavoured fish and needs to be cooked carefully to get the skin crispy, crushed potatoes and salsa verde make a great accompaniment
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Serves 4 Cooking time 60 mins Ingredients 4 skinless chicken breast 2 shallots, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped 2 sprigs thyme 1 bay leaf 100 mls dry cider 350ml chicken stock 3 tbsp double cream 150g shelled broad beans 200g chesnut mushrooms 200g baby spinach 25g unsalted butter salt and pepper to taste 2 […]
Tom yum soup
Hot and sour and sweet and salty – this is the Asian answer to chicken soup when your body needs to feel good about itself
Garlicky pumpkin risotto
Serves 6 Cooking time 60 mins Ingredients Pesto large bunch of basil 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 3 tbsp pinenuts, toasted olive oil 50g parmesan, grated Risotto 6 cloves garlic, peeled 1.4 litres hot chicken stock 85g unsalted butter 400g pumpkin or squash (unpeeled weight), peeled, seeded and cut into 1cm cubes 2 tbsp olive […]
Indian chicken stew
A fragrant curry, this Indian chicken stew is a real crowd pleaser, for more flavour we prefer thighs, just cook for an extra 20 mins
Chicken curry with mango chutney
Serves 4 Cooking time 40 mins Ingredients 1 Red onion, chopped Small piece of ginger, chopped 2 Cloves garlic, chopped 1 Green chilli, chopped 2 Large tomatoes, chopped 2 Whole cloves 2 Cardamom pods 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp Salt 1/4 tsp Turmeric 1 tsp Ground coriander 1 tsp Paprika […]
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Spanish lamb stew
This is an excellent Spanish stew recipe, ideal for a Sunday dinner, try and get a single piece of lamb that you can dice yourself into nice big chunks, or ask the butcher to do it for you
Lamb and sweet pepper sauce
This is a great pasta dish, I would never of thought of having lamb and pasta together but it works perfectly and the peppers add a nice sweet flavour
You can use pork chops for this but I find that steaks are better if you can get them. This is a Caribbean style of recipe hence the addition of rum and allspice
This is a great little Indian starter, chickpeas, mango and coconut all work well together to create a fresh favoured dish
This is a really easy Asian salad recipe that involves no cooking, apart from poaching a chicken breast and that’s hardly taxing! It’s great to have if you feel you’ve been overdoing rich and heavy foods as it is light, fresh and healthy.
Pork belly is amazing, it just needs alot of cooking, it goes well with chorizo (double pork!) Polenta chips are a good addition but any carb will work with this dish
Chicken en papillote
Serves 2 Cooking time 50 mins Ingredients 2 chicken breasts 3-4 new potatoes, halved 2 carrots 3 sticks of celery 250ml of dry white wine 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped You’ll also need a baking tray and a roll of parchment paper. You could use other vegetables, try and stick to something with […]