Crafts and Life

Ingredients 6 boneless chicken breasts, skin on salt and freshly ground black pepper 75g/2½oz butter, plus extra to serve 3 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, peeled, sliced 4 tbsp plain flour 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard 2 dessert apples, peeled, cores removed, sliced into batons 110g/4oz button mushrooms, sliced 250ml/9fl oz…

Ingredients 2 teaspoons oil 680g peeled prawns 2.5 cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 2 – 3 spring onions, chopped 1 leek, white part only, cut into thin strips 120g peas, shelled 175g beansprouts 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce 1 teaspoon…

Ingredients 2 teaspoons finely grated lime zest 2 tablespoons lime juice 450g/1 lb prawns, peeled weight 1 tablespoon sunflower oil 1 teaspoon sesame oil 225 ml/7.5 fl oz canned coconut milk 2 teaspoons light soy sauce salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 teaspoons chopped lemon grass To Garnish chopped…

Okay the challenge is to make a dish out of every cook book we have never made something out of! We listed all our cook books yesterday (108 of them!) and then went through and flagged if we had ever had a recipe from it and the statistics were 50…

Ingredients For the meat a thumbnail-sized piece of tamarind pod 285ml/½ pint good-quality red wine 3kg/6½lb best beef mince (for best results, get good rump steak and mince it yourself) 250g/9oz blanched almonds 24 black peppercorns, crushed a thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, finely chopped 2 hot chillies, finely chopped…

Ingredients 50g butter 1kg brown onions , thinly sliced 2 tbsp thyme , picked leaves 3 tbsp dry sherry beef stock fresh, cube or concentrate made up to 1.2 litres http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/sifr/formata.swfCROUTONS 1 baguette , sliced 1 garlic clove , halved extra-virgin olive oil 100g Gruyère , grated  Method Heat the…

Ingredients 100g spring greens , leaves trimmed 2 x 125g fillets firm white fish (choose sustainably fished cod, haddock or pollack) 1 lemon , cut into thin slices 1 small red chilli , sliced 1 tbsp shredded root ginger 1 tbsp rice vinegar 2 tbsp hoisin sauce  Put the spring…

  We are starting to get some semblance of order into the garden (post pup purchase!) and so we put another couple of rosemary plants and a couple of English lavender in the side by the fencing – the small amount of fencing is to deter a small furry from…

Chicken is always a good choice for entertaining because it is so versatile and most people like it. Slowly cooked in white wine and given lots of flavour with garlic, herbs and bacon, it makes an ideal dinner party dish that is also quick and easy to prepare. SERVES 6…