The humble Cornish pasty enjoys a quirky history and has recently been proclaimed a ‘protected food’ by the European Union because of its enduring and quintessential ‘Britishness’. Miners in…
Print Recipe Coconut green curry-poached chicken breast and noodle salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients 1 x 80g sachet Thai green curry paste 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk 200ml water 4 chicken breasts 4 baby cucumbers, halved lengthways handful pea shoots handful crimson microherbs 2 handfuls fresh peas, blanched 200g fine rice
It’s got tenderness, crunch, and a whole lot of delicious flavour. Vietnamese fillet of beef served with toasted sesame seeds is a winning dish. Known as bit tet xao me…
Print Recipe Chinese-style duck strips and pancakes Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 45 minutes Ingredients 2 x 200g duck breasts peanut or avocado oil 10ml (2 tsp) Chinese five-spice powder PANCAKES 375ml (1½ cups) flour 250ml (1 cup) boiling water sesame oil TO SERVE ½ cucumber, sliced into matchsticks 2 spring onions, sliced into matchsticks Chinese
Print Recipe Beef stew in turmeric flavoured maize baskets Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients MAIZE BASKETS 500ml (2 cups) water salt, to taste 10ml (2 tsp) ground turmeric 250g maize meal 10g (1 tbsp) butter + extra, for greasing 30g (3 tbsp) butter 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil 1kg beef cubes 1 onion,