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Main Courses - Meat
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Dec 11, 20242 min read
Chicken Parcels in Bacon and Mustard
A different way of serving chicken, quite quick to prepare and a total winner both for a family meal or for a nice dinner with friends....
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Dec 1, 20245 min read
Pork Roast with Milk Sauce
This is my version of an Italian classic called "Arista al latte". I find that cooking the roast in this way gives a really juicy roast...
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Jun 15, 20241 min read
Tuscany sausages "in umido"
Great comfort food to serve straight away or to prepare the day before. Perfect with Italian polenta or mashed potatoes Ingredients...
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Jun 15, 20243 min read
Moroccan Lamb Tangine & Couscous
Very simple to make, fantastic idea for a dinner party as it should be cooked mainly the day before for the taste to mingle to...
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May 25, 20241 min read
Saffron chicken bites
Quite a quick dish to make and really creamy and tasty. If you leave the sauce quite liquid, it could be prepared even the night before,...
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Jan 27, 20242 min read
Chicken Tikka Masala
So creamy and satisfying! Excluding the marinade time, it's relatively quick to make. This is an "Indian" dish made up first in...
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Dec 29, 20232 min read
My secret Chicken Wings
All the friends of mine who tried these totally adored them. Last year Joan really wanted the recipe, but I've always kept it secret, so...
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Dec 9, 20232 min read
Braised Shoulder of Lamb
I love the shoulder, it takes so much better to the marinade than the leg. It doesn't cut into pretty slices: in reality you'll be...
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Dec 9, 20232 min read
Special meat parcels (involtini)
The concept is Italian, but this is my own way. No tomato sauce involved here, but rather hearthy mushrooms. A generous serving is 3...
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Nov 24, 20231 min read
Satay Chicken
Vaguely Asian I'd say, and perfect for lunch. Ingredients (serves 4): 2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil 2 Tbsp sesame oil 2 Tbsp light soy sauce...
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Nov 24, 20234 min read
Braised Pork Shanks
Incredibly cheap and utterly delicious. I find it difficult to get them here, so I book them in advance at the butcher's. Ingredients...
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Nov 24, 20232 min read
Stuffed Pork Fillet
Very easy to make, juicy and soft. Ingredients: 20gr butter 2 smoked streaky rashers (roughly 110gr) 1 apple (roughly 75gr once prepared)...
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Nov 21, 20232 min read
Filetto al pepe verde
This is a fillet steak in a creamy sauce. It's a sauce of quite a contentious origin: the French say it's theirs, we say it's Italian. Go...
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Nov 11, 20231 min read
Duck in Plum sauce
The quickest way to impress with zero effort! This is for 2 people, just scale up proportionally to whichever number of guests you're...
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Nov 10, 20232 min read
Pollo "in fricassea" (chicken fricassee)
This recipe comes from my granny Nonna Lu. It differs from the traditional French fricassee because there are no mushrooms, there is no...
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Nov 7, 20232 min read
Involtini al sugo (meat parcels in tomato sauce)
Common in any Italian family, these parcels are seldom seen in restaurants or described in English/American recipe websites… Yet, they...
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Nov 7, 20233 min read
November Pheasant
Very tender, juicy pheasant perfectly in season, cooked in its own pheasant broth and doused with a sweet orange sauce. Pheasant was our...
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