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Recipe of the Week: Chicken & Chorizo Pie

Chicken & Chorizo Pie

Chicken & Chorizo Pie

Why not switch out a traditional pie recipe for this delicious and different Chicken & Chorizo Pie? Chorizo perks up any meal and works wonders in this Chicken & Chorizo Pie from the Dairy Diary. For more delicious recipes visit the Dairy Diary Recipe Collection.

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A magic ingredient!

Chorizo - the magic ingredients

As well as the obvious everyday essentials such as eggs, milk and butter, you’ll always find one ingredient lurking in my fridge – chorizo.

It’s magical! You only need a tiny amount but it’ll perk up the most boring of meals and keeps well for ages.

I often throw it into ‘fridge fried rice’ – a concoction created to use up any leftover veg, fish or meat, sprinkled with a few liberal dashes of soy sauce. For something similar check out our Chorizo Fried Rice recipe.

And just recently I’ve fried just a few slices, added a couple of handfuls of frozen peas and some veg stock, whizz with a stick blender and voila it makes THE most delicious pea soup.

Here I’ve shared a recipe from this year’s Dairy Diary which uses chorizo in a scrummy chicken pie – it’s just gorgeous comfort food. I’m treating myself to a generous slice after a hike in the Lakeland Fells this week – perfect!

Chicken & Chorizo Pie

Chicken & Chorizo Pie

Why not switch out a traditional pie recipe for this delicious and different Chicken & Chorizo Pie? Chorizo perks up any meal and works wonders in this Chicken & Chorizo Pie from the Dairy Diary. For more delicious recipes visit the Dairy Diary Recipe Collection.

CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE

Recipe of the Week: Sardine Spaghetti with Rocket

Sardine Spaghetti with Rocket

Sardine Spaghetti with Rocket

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Calories 499 per portion
Fat 21.8g (3g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Spaghetti 250-300g (9-110oz)
  • Anchovy fillets in oil 50g can
  • Olive oil 1 tbsp
  • Garlic 1- 2 cloves, peeled and crushed
  • Dried chilli flakes a pinch
  • Fresh white breadcrumbs 6 tbsp (about 50g/2oz)
  • Sardines in olive oil 120g can
  • Lemon 1, finely grated zest
  • Rocket 4 good handfuls (75g-110g/3-4oz)

Instructions

  1. Add spaghetti to a large pan of fast-boiling water. Cook according to pack’s instructions.
  2. Meanwhile, tip anchovies with the oil into a large frying pan, then add olive oil, garlic and chilli flakes. Stir over gentle heat for 1-2 minutes until mushy. Turn up heat, add breadcrumbs and stir briskly until golden and crunchy. Tip onto kitchen paper.
  3. Flake sardines with a fork straight into pan and add oil.
  4. Drain pasta, reserving some cooking water. Tip it into frying pan, sprinkle in lemon zest, a little pasta water and half the rocket. Use tongs to toss together. Divide between four hot bowls and sprinkle each portion with more rocket and anchovy crumbs.

Cook’s tip
Add some halved black olives and a squeeze of lemon juice, if you like.

Racipe taken from Dairy Diary 2019.

 

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Sneak Preview and Bank Holiday treat!

Dairy Diary photography

Wow, it’s been a really busy couple of weeks but great fun!

We exhibited at the London Stationery Show and then last week we had a very productive couple of days photographing all of our lovely lovely books, which will go on sale this autumn.

Dairy Diary photography

There’s a lot to consider when shooting the images, as the lighting, positioning and propping all need to be just right – but we have a great team, with a brilliant photographer, stylist and art director who ensure everything looks just perfect.

As a VERY special treat we have a sneak preview of one of the brand new recipes from the new Dairy Diary.

Enjoy the bank holiday!

 

 

 

 

Sardine Spaghetti with Rocket

Sardine Spaghetti with Rocket

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Calories 499 per portion
Fat 21.8g (3g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Spaghetti 250-300g (9-110oz)
  • Anchovy fillets in oil 50g can
  • Olive oil 1 tbsp
  • Garlic 1- 2 cloves, peeled and crushed
  • Dried chilli flakes a pinch
  • Fresh white breadcrumbs 6 tbsp (about 50g/2oz)
  • Sardines in olive oil 120g can
  • Lemon 1, finely grated zest
  • Rocket 4 good handfuls (75g-110g/3-4oz)

Instructions

  1. Add spaghetti to a large pan of fast-boiling water. Cook according to pack’s instructions.
  2. Meanwhile, tip anchovies with the oil into a large frying pan, then add olive oil, garlic and chilli flakes. Stir over gentle heat for 1-2 minutes until mushy. Turn up heat, add breadcrumbs and stir briskly until golden and crunchy. Tip onto kitchen paper.
  3. Flake sardines with a fork straight into pan and add oil.
  4. Drain pasta, reserving some cooking water. Tip it into frying pan, sprinkle in lemon zest, a little pasta water and half the rocket. Use tongs to toss together. Divide between four hot bowls and sprinkle each portion with more rocket and anchovy crumbs.

Cook’s tip
Add some halved black olives and a squeeze of lemon juice, if you like.

Racipe taken from Dairy Diary 2019.

 

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Recipe of the Week: Easy Black Forest Trifle

Easy Black Forest Trifle

 

The featured recipe in the Dairy Diary this week is this decadent and delicious trifle.

It’s really easy to make but an absolute treat. Go on….you deserve it!

Easy Black Forest Trifle

  • Servings: 8
  • Difficulty: easy
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Calories 524 per portion
Fat 35g (18g sat) per portion
Suitable for vegetarians

Ingredients

  • Dark chocolate 100g bar
  • Ready-made custard 500g carton
  • Chocolate muffins 4, cut into thick slices
  • Kirsch liqueur 4 tbsp
  • Black cherry fruit filling 410g can or Morello cherry compote 400g jar
  • Double cream 300ml pot

Instructions

  1. Chop 75g (3oz) chocolate and melt in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir into custard, cool then chill.
  2. Place sliced muffins in the base of a trifle dish and sprinkle with kirsch. Spoon two-thirds of cherry filling onto muffins then top with chocolate custard.
  3. Whisk cream until soft peaks form then spoon onto custard leaving a gap in the centre.
  4. Spoon remaining cherry filing into centre of the cream and decorate cream with chocolate curls (make with a peeler). Chill for 2 hours or overnight.

 

A Dairy Diary recipe.

 

 

 

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Recipe of the Week: Roast Beetroot & Ginger Soup

Colourful and wonderful, this vibrant soup will cheer your day.

Taken from Cook it Slowly!, our fabulous sell-out cookbook, now back in stock.

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Roast Beetroot & Ginger Soup

 

Roast Beetroot & Ginger Soup

  • Servings: 6-8
  • Difficulty: easy
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Calories 78 per portion
Fat 3g (0.5g sat) per portion
Suitable for vegetarians
Suitable for freezing

Ingredients

  • Beetroot 4, approx. 680g (1½lb), scrubbed, topped and tailed and cut into thick wedges
  • Red onions 2, peeled and cut into thick wedges
  • Root ginger 25g (1oz), peeled and cut into thick slices
  • Celery 2 sticks, cut into thick chunks
  • Olive oil 2 tbsp
  • Vegetable Stock Pots (or stock cubes) 2
  • Celery salt 1–2 tsp
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Lime or lemon juice 1–2 tbsp
  • Coconut milk yogurt 125g pot
  • Torn celery leaves to garnish (optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C/140°fan/Gas 3. Put the beetroot and onion wedges, ginger and celery in a roasting tin. Add the oil and mix well to coat the vegetables. Cover the tin with foil and roast for 3 hours until the vegetables have softened.
  2. Put half the roasted vegetable mixture into a blender or food processor with one of the Stock Pots (or cubes) and 500ml (18fl oz) boiling water. Purée until smooth, then tip into a large saucepan. Put the rest of the vegetables and cooking juices from the roasting tin into the blender or food processor along with the other Stock Pot and 500ml (18fl oz) boiling water and purée. Add to the first batch.
  3. Stir in the celery salt, pepper and lime or lemon juice to taste. If necessary, reheat gently and adjust the consistency and seasoning to taste. Ladle into warmed bowls then swirl coconut milk yogurt into each one and sprinkle with torn celery leaves, if wished.

Cook’s tips

There’s no need to peel the beetroot. Stir halfway through cooking if you are around but it’s not essential. For a really smooth soup, purée the mixture, then push it through a sieve.

 

 

Cook it Slowly! cookbookRecipe taken from Cook it Slowly!

Prepare quickly, cook slowly and savour every mouthful.

Slowly-cooked meals are easy, fuss-free and delicious with melt-in-the-mouth textures and intense flavours.

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