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Quick, easy and healthy too - lovely served with fresh baked bread

  • 1 Tin Chopped Tomatoes
  • 500g mixed veg fresh or frozen of your choice
  • 1 litre of vegetable stock
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3.4/5 (121 Votes)

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These spicy mexican tostadas makes a great change from traditional meals; colourful and tasty!!

  • 2 red onions
  • 2 limes
  • seasoning
  • 1 1/2 tbsps sunflower oil
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2tsp ground cumin
  • 1tbsp tomato puree
  • 1tbsp chipotle paste
  • 400g kidney bean tin
  • 4 corn tortillas
  • 80g radishes
  • large handful fresh coriander
3.4/5 (123 Votes)

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A lasagne full of gorgeous summery flavours and topped with pretty asparagus tips

  • Oil
  • 3 cloves crushed garlic
  • Half a 30g tin anvhovies, chopped
  • Load of asparagus, tips left intact and rest chopped
  • 4 spring onions, chopped
  • Few handfuls peas
  • Few handfuls spinach
  • 300ml single cream
  • Bunch of fresh mint, chopped
  • Grated zest of 1/2 a lemon
  • 2 blocks of feta
  • Bit of veg stock if necessary (I used Veg oxo cubes in boiled water)
  • Lasagne sheets
3.3/5 (160 Votes)

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Pick out the larger mushrooms and put them in the hot stock

  • 25g (1oz) dried porcini muchrooms
  • 400ml (14fl oz) hot beef stock
  • 2 thyme sprigs, finely chopped
  • 3 Garlic cloves, crushed
  • 3tbsp olive oil
  • 2.5kg (5lb) beef bone in carvery rib
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped
  • 1tsp plain flour
  • 200ml (7oz) red wine
3.3/5 (133 Votes)

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Cook the lasagne pasta as directed on the packet (usually al dente), drain and cool under cold water

  • Enough lasagne sheets for the size of your dish and number of guests,
  • 1 kilo of spinach (preferably fresh)
  • 125 gr of crème fraîche
  • Grated cheese.
  • Salt and pepper.
4/5 (118 Votes)

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Gammon has the tendency to be very salty - this recipe from Indian chef Romy Gill solves that problem! Visit www

  • - Unsmoked gammon joint
  • - 1 litre apple juice
  • - 3tsp light honey
  • - 1 white onion, sliced
  • - 3 bay leaves
  • - 6 whole cloves
  • - 8 peppercorns
  • - 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • - 1 heaped tsp garam masala
3.3/5 (140 Votes)

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A very popular Bengali Main dish, Chicken Kasha, is cooked almost everywhere

  • 1 kg Chicken (washed and medium pcs)
  • 100 gm Yoghurt or curd
  • 2 pc Tomato (big)
  • 3 or 4 Green Chillies
  • 2 tablespoons of Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 6-8 tablespoons of Oil : Mustard (preferred)/Sunflower oil
  • Medium Size Onion: 2 nos
  • Spices:
  • Cummin Whole(Jeera): 1/4 teaspoon
  • Cinnamon (Darchini): 1/4 of a stick
  • Cardamom (Elaichi): 3 small one
  • Clove (Labongo/laung): 3
  • Bay leaves (Tejpata) : 3
  • Black peppercorns (Golmorich) : 10
  • Garam Masala: ½ teaspoon
  • Cumin powder (Jeera): 1 table-spoon
  • Turmeric powder (Halud/Haldi): 1 tea-spoon
  • Sugar: 1 tea-spoon
  • Water
  • Salt to Taste
3.3/5 (142 Votes)

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To make the meat stuffing, combine the pork, veal, rice, garlic, stock, pepper (or chilli flakes) and parsley with ...

  • For the cabbage rolls:
  • 500g pork mince
  • 500g veal mince
  • 200g arborio rice
  • 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
  • 4 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 1/2 – 2 tablespoons stock
  • pepper (or chilli flakes which are not traditional but tasty)
  • 1/2 cup chopped continental parsley
  • 1 big jar pickled cabbage
  • For the sauce:
  • 1L low salt chicken stock (or water)
  • 1 can crushed tomatoes
  • 400g smoked speck, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons plain flour
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
  • a little extra stock or water
3.3/5 (127 Votes)

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In a heated pot of oil or ghee add Lamb Pieces Ginger paste 1 tbs Garlic Paste 1 tbs Tomatoes 2 medium Onions 3

  • Lamb Pieces
  • Ginger paste 1 tbs
  • Garlic Paste 1 tbs
  • Tomatoes 2 medium
  • Onions 3 large
  • bay leaves 4
  • cardamoms 6
  • cinnamon sticks 2 small
  • salt to taste
  • 1-1/2 tbs mixed masala
  • 1/4 tbs tumeric
  • 1/2 tbs coriander powder
  • 1/4 tbs ground cumin
3.3/5 (131 Votes)

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Fry the sliced mushrooms for 5 minutes

3.7/5 (69 Votes)

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Mix all the ingredients for the stuffing and fill the chicken

  • 1 Cornish chicken
  • The stuffing:
  • · 1 piece of baguette bread cut into small pieces
  • · 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • · 2 tsps maple syrup
  • · 1 spring onion, minced
  • · 1 pinch of rosemary
  • · 1 pinch of sage
  • · Salt and pepper (to taste)
  • The marinade:
  • · Juice of 1 lemon
  • · 30 ml of olive oil
  • · 30 ml maple syrup
  • · 1 tsp. mustard
  • · 1 sprig of rosemary
  • · 6 sage leaves
  • · 1 clove of garlic, crushed
4.1/5 (43 Votes)

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Quick, easy, cheap and tasty

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp Massaman Thai curry paste
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • Pinch of caster sugar
  • 2 measures of cooked rice (basmati or longgrain)
  • Small bunch spring onions, chopped
  • 1/2 tin garden peas
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tins of mackerel fillets in brine, drained
  • A few slices of cucumber, halved
3.3/5 (145 Votes)

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