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Lemon and garlic chicken tray bake

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

This tray bake is an easy and cheap way to cater for a lot of people. But the real star of the tray bake is the layer of potatoes underneath the chicken — it soaks up the wine, garlic, butter, lemon, and chicken juices to become something very special. Lemon and garlic chicken tray bake [...]

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Smoked salmon linguini

Friday, August 21, 2009

Weekdays are always horrific, so it helps to have a really easy but delicious supper with some nice wine. Last week I served this pasta with a side salad of roasted sweet potato and baby English spinach; dessert was strawberry tartlets from the patisserie. Smoked salmon linguini Dried thin linguini or thin spaghetti, enough for [...]

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Slow-cooked lamb with apricots and cumin

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The benefits of this slow-cooked dish are fragrant, incredibly tender, falling apart meat, rich juices and plump apricots. It’s extremely low effort dinner party food. Equipment: Medium sized cast iron Dutch/French oven like a Le Creuset or Le Chasseur, with lid Ingredients: Lamb — shanks, chops, shoulder or leg (if using a shoulder or leg, [...]

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Spicy pork spare ribs

Sunday, February 8, 2009

These pork spare ribs are glossy and sticky. They aren’t melt-in-your-mouth like slow cooked ribs are, but I prefer the definite, though still tender, bite to these ribs. I like to gnaw on bones from time to time. The quality of the meat obviously determines the quality of the final product, but the marinade is [...]

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