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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – beetroot salad with preserved lemon
This is a really delicious beetroot salad that comes from Ottolenghi’s book Simple.
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Guinea fowl take 2 – spicy Thai stir fry
We both prefer the dark meat, preferring the juicy, tender leg meat to the breast so last night I decided to spice up the remaining breasts! Here what you need to do make a lovely spicy mid-week dinner that requires little work and really hits the spot.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – roasted guinea fowl
Guinea fowl (Pintade) is very popular in France. It has a slightly more gamey flavour than chicken but not quite as gamey as pheasant. It’s delicious!
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – spicy stir fried chicken with noodles
A super easy recipe for you that is really tasty and perfect for a mid-week supper. Light and low in calories, it’s healthy but there is heaps of flavour.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – spicy fish soup with potatoes and harissa
Inspired by a Rich Stein recipe Nigel cooked this for dinner last night but cut a few corners to make it more simple. It’s spicy and delicious.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – John’s Hasselback potatoes
Think of something between a baked or roasted potato, crispy on top yet soft in the middle and oozing buttery juices. This is the Hasselback potato.
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Recipes for Christmas – mince pies
For us Brits, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without mince pies. Perceived as something rather strange by the French that doesn’t deter me!
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – caramelised endives with thyme and Parma ham
We eat a lot of endives in France and love that characteristic bitter quality. In the winter we eat them in salads or cook them wrapped in ham and bechamel.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – Campari and orange cake
This is a rather Christmassy cake that serves 12 generously. Blood oranges can be hard to find in France but normal oranges are also excellent.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – roasted winter veg
Using up bits and bobs in the fridge to make a really tasty winter lunch. I took half a butternut squash and half an aubergine,
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – skinny smoked salmon, orange and fennel salad
After 5 days of total gluttony in Barcelona, I’m going light and low for a while before the Christmas festivities kick in.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – Crème Brulée
Crème Brulée is a French classic and very easy to make. You need few ingredients and can make it a couple of days in advance,
