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Chocolate muffins

Chocolate muffins Recipe

Ingredients Ingredients 125g plain flour 25g cocoa powder 1 tsp baking powder 1 large egg 60g caster sugar 2 tbsp vegetable oil 100ml whole milk 50g chocolate chips (optional) 100g

fried chicken

Polenta-crusted chicken with cornbread

If you have time, soak the chicken in the buttermilk (not regular milk) overnight. To make the cornbread, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Grease 6 holes of a muffin

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Liver parfait with Sauternes jelly

Melt the butter in a wide frying pan and add the shallots, herbs and some seasoning. Cook gently for 10 mins until very soft. Spoon the shallots into a food

aquacotta

Acquacotta

Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and gently fry the celery, carrots, onion, garlic and thyme for 10-15 mins until softened. Meanwhile, cover the porcini with hot water

skinny chicken caesar salad

Skinny chicken Caesar salad

Put the chicken breasts in a large bowl with the olive oil and 1 tbsp lemon juice, then season. Heat the grill to high. Put the chicken breasts on a

mini schnitzels with garlic sauce

Mini schnitzels with garlic sauce

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Place the chicken thigh fillets between 2 pieces of cling film and bash with a rolling pin to about 1cm thick. Cut the chicken

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Caesar salad burgers

Heat a griddle pan over a high heat until smoking hot. While it’s heating up, put the chicken pieces between 2 pieces of baking parchment and bash with a rolling

congee recipe

Congee with soy eggs

First make the soy eggs. Bring a small pan of water to the boil and add the eggs. Boil for 6 mins, then lift the eggs out with a slotted

sir lankan fried chicken hoppers

Sri Lankan fried chicken & hoppers

To prepare the chicken, tip the coconut milk into a jug and stir in the garlic, spices and 1 tsp salt. Put the chicken in a plastic container or roasting