Ingredients 25g cashews 4 tbsp olive oil 1 corn cob 250g rainbow baby carrots halved lengthways 2 red onions finely chopped 2 celery sticks finely chopped 2 large red peppers finely sliced 3 garlic cloves crushed 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning 1½ tbsp smoked paprika 1 tsp chipotle paste 2 tbsp tomato purée 200g heirloom cherry …
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Next level steak & ale pie
Ingredients 1 tbsp vegetable oil 100g smoked bacon lardons or smoked bacon, chopped 1kg beef shin, cut into large chunks 2 onions roughly chopped 3 carrots peeled and cut into large chunks 3 tbsp plain flour 1 tbsp tomato purée 1 tsp malt or red wine vinegar 1 tsp brown miso paste (optional) 400ml sweet …
Mini dark chocolate, blackberry & bay pavlovas
Ingredients For the meringue 80g dark chocolate chopped 220g caster sugar ½ tsp cream of tartar 1 tsp cornflour 4 medium egg whites For the blackberries 450g blackberries 1½ tbsp caster sugar 2 fresh bay leaves For the yogurt-spiked cream 300ml double cream 150g natural yogurt Method step 1 To make the meringue, melt the …
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Butternut squash soup
Ingredients 1 butternut squash about 1kg, peeled and deseeded 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter 2 onions diced 1 garlic clove thinly sliced 2 mild red chillies deseeded and finely chopped 850ml hot vegetable stock 4 tbsp crème fraîche plus more to serve Method step 1 Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. step …
Slow-cooker beef goulash
Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 2kg braising or stewing steak cut into chunks 2 large onions finely chopped 4 mixed peppers cut into 4cm chunks 3 garlic cloves crushed 2 tbsp flour 2 tsp caraway seeds 2 tsp hot smoked paprika 1 tbsp sweet smoked paprika plus extra to serve 4 tbsp tomato purée 4 …
Stuffed pumpkin
Ingredients 1 medium-sized pumpkin or round squash (about 1kg) 4 tbsp olive oil 100g wild rice 1 large fennel bulb 1 Bramley apple 1 lemon zested and juiced 1 tbsp fennel seeds ½ tsp chilli flakes 2 garlic cloves crushed 30g pecans toasted and roughly chopped 1 large pack parsley roughly chopped 3 tbsp tahini …
Puy lentils, squash & kale
Ingredients 1 bay leaf 200g puy lentils 2 tbsp olive oil 1 ½ lemons 1 juiced, 1/2 cut into wedges, to serve 20g butter 2 large sage leaves torn 500g butternut squash or another autumn squash, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces 100g kale stems removed and leaves torn into bite-sized pieces 1 tbsp roughly …
Chicken tagine with lemons, olives & pomegranate
Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 8 chicken thighs 1 onion chopped 2 garlic cloves 2 tbsp Moroccan spice mix (see below) 1 large or 2 small preserved lemons skin only, finely chopped 2 large tomatoes chopped 1 chicken stock cube 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp red wine vinegar handful olives 1 small lemon 1/2 very …
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Roast squash with goat’s cheese & puy lentils Rosie Birkett
800g delicata, acorn or butternut squash 4 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil 25g pumpkin seeds (or use the seeds from the pumpkin or squash you’re using) 10 sage leaves 2 tbsp good-quality red wine vinegar 250g pouch cooked puy lentils 100g soft goat’s cheese 4 amaretti biscuits For the crispy kale 100g kale rinsed, dried, …
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Squash, chickpea & coconut curry
Ingredients 1 kabocha, red kuri, crown prince or butternut squash peeled, deseeded, cut into 2cm-thick slices 3 tbsp coconut or rapeseed oil 5 tbsp tamarind sauce 1 tsp chilli flakes 2 tbsp desiccated coconut 1 tsp black mustard seeds 1 tbsp dried or fresh curry leaves 1 red onion sliced thumb-sized piece of ginger grated …
Autumn vegetable salad with saffron dressing
Ingredients 12 rainbow carrots tops left on, washed and peeled 1 medium courgette sliced 8 stalks long-stem broccoli any thick stalks halved lengthways 1 tbsp rapeseed oil 100g mixed cherry tomatoes halved 4 spring onions thinly sliced at an angle 3 plum tomatoes scored, blanched, peeled, deseeded and cut into small pieces handful black olives …
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Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji)
Wenchang chicken is one of the most popular poultry dishes in China, specifically the Wenchang city area in Hainan. It is believed that the dish originated during the Ming Dynasty era, when an official from Wenchang had brought the chickens from his hometown and given them to the emperor as a gift. When the …
Pan-fried pork buns (Shengjian mantou)
Among the broad group of Chinese dumplings, shengjian mantou stands out as a unique pan-fried variety. Belonging to the category of soup dumplings, or soup buns, they are slightly different than the more famous xiao long bao. Shengjian mantou can be made with minced pork, vegetable, or shrimp as the base, often incorporated with cabbage and …
Lotus leaf rice (Lo mai gai)
Lotus leaf rice (lo mai gai or nor mai gai) is a classic Chinese dish consisting of sticky rice wrapped and steamed in lotus leaves. The rice is usually soaked, seasoned with various condiments and spices, and blended with additional ingredients such as chicken, duck, mushrooms, shrimps, scallions, and salted eggs. When steamed, the rice is thoroughly infused …
Black sesame soup (Zhi ma hu)
The smooth, velvety zhi ma hu or black sesame soup is a variety of Chinese tong sui (lit. sugar water), a dessert soup commonly enjoyed for breakfast, after meals, or served for teatime accompanied by dim sum, the traditional Cantonese bite-sized tea snacks. Particularly popular in southern China and Hong Kong, this dessert boasts numerous health benefits, thanks to …
Shark fin soup (Yu chi geng)
Shark fin soup is a controversial soup with Chinese origins, made with shark fins and flavored with chicken or another type of stock. Shark fin is slightly neutral in flavor, and is used in the dish to add texture. It is believed that the first shark fin soup was invented by an emperor during the …
Egg foo young (Fu rong dan)
The inspiration for this omelet-like dish is believed to have come from fu yung egg slices, an elaborate recipe found in traditional Cantonese cuisine. Literally meaning lotus egg, this Chinese dish consists of lightly beaten eggs with either chopped ham, chicken, crispy-chewy bits of char siu pork, beef, shrimp, or even lobster, and an assortment of vegetables such …
Ants climbing a tree (Ma yi shang shu)
The unusually named Sichuan dish known as ants climbing a tree consists of glass noodles in a flavorful sauce with ground pork. The name is derived from the visual appearance of the dish, where the glass noodles represent tree branches, the chopped green onions represent leaves, and bits of ground pork represent the ants. As glass …
Yúxiāng
This traditional Chinese seasoning mix is said to have originated in Sichuan cuisine, which is known for spiciness and bold flavors, but has since spread to other regions as well. The word yuxiang also refers to the sauce in which the meat or vegetables were cooked. Yúxiāng literally translates to fish fragrance, although it contains no seafood and …
Chinese meat pie (Xianbing)
Even though it is often referred to as the Chinese meat pie, xianbing is, in fact, more similar to an over-sized, seared jiaozi-style dumpling. Both are made with the same, basic flour-and-water dough, except the one for xianbing is layered before being rolled out, and unlike jiaozi dumplings which are steamed, xianbings are pan-fried. Being …
Beggar’s chicken (Jiao hua ji)
Beggar’s chicken is a Chinese delicacy and the city of Hangzhou’s most famous dish, consisting of only one ingredient – a whole chicken. The secret is in the preparation method: the stuffed chicken is tightly wrapped in lotus leaves, packed in clay, and baked in a special oven or over an open fire, resulting in …
Butternut & bacon fusilli
Ingredients ½ x 160g pack pancetta di cubetti 1 ½ tbsp olive oil 750g butternut squash deseeded and cut into 2cm cubes 2 rosemary sprigs, leaves finely chopped ¼ tsp chilli flakes 3 garlic cloves finely chopped 350g fusilli bucati (or fusilli) 100g young leaf spinach roughly chopped grated parmesan to serve Method step 1 …
Curried chicken & baked dhal
Ingredients 2 garlic cloves thumb-sized piece ginger 100g red split lentils 2 red onions cut into small wedges 1 small cauliflower cut into florets ½ tsp turmeric 2 tsp cumin seeds 4 boneless and skinless chicken thighs 1 tsp cold pressed rapeseed oil 2 tsp medium curry powder 100g baby leaf spinach 2 tomatoes chopped …
Creamy pumpkin & lentil soup
Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil plus 1 tsp 2 onions chopped 2 garlic cloves chopped approx 800g chopped pumpkin flesh, plus the seeds 100g split red lentil ½ small pack thyme leaves picked, plus extra to serve 1l hot vegetable stock pinch of salt and sugar 50g crème fraîche plus extra to serve Method step …
Sausage & butternut squash shells
Ingredients 1 medium butternut squash peeled and cut into medium chunks 1 ½ tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves crushed 1 fennel bulb thinly sliced (keep the green fronds to serve) 4 spring onions thinly sliced 2 tsp chilli flakes 1 tsp fennel seeds 300g large pasta shells 3 pork sausages Method step 1 Put …