Recipe of the Week

Top 3 Bank Holiday Recipes

It’s the bank holiday and autumn is approaching

So let’s make the most of these final days of summer with these delicious recipes that you can enjoy al-fresco (or indoors if it decides to rain!)

Sticky-Ribs-with-Baked-Potatoes

Baked potatoes and corn are delicious wrapped in foil and baked in the barbecue. Otherwise just cook indoors and eat out on the patio.

Sticky Ribs with Baked Potatoes

  • Servings: 2
  • Difficulty: easy
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Calories 431 per portion
Fat 24g (5.9g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Pork ribs pack of 6
  • Sunflower oil 1 tbsp
  • Tomato ketchup 2 tbsp
  • Paprika 1 tsp
  • Ground cumin ½ tsp
  • Chilli powder ¼ tsp
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Baking potatoes 2, scrubbed and pricked
  • Cooked corn on the cob 2, to serve (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6 and line a small roasting tin with foil.
  2. Place the ribs in the roasting tin and add a splash of water to the base of the tin. Mix the oil, ketchup, paprika, cumin and chilli with salt and pepper and spoon over the ribs.
  3. Place the ribs on the shelf just above the centre of the oven for 1¼-1½ hours. Bake the potatoes alongside the ribs. Turn the ribs halfway through cooking and brush with the pan juice mixture.
  4. Serve the cooked ribs and potatoes with corn on the cob if you like.

Cook’s tips Ribs are often included in multibuy offers at the supermarket. Buy a couple of packs and freeze one. Try coleslaw as an accompaniment instead of corn on the cob.

Falafel Pittas with Fruity Crunchy Salad

You can warm the falafel in foil on the barbecue and pop the pitta breads on for a couple of minutes, if you like.

Falafel Pittas with Fruity Crunchy Salad

These Falafel Pittas with Fruity Crunchy Salad are perfect for leftover fruits, salad, veg and bread. Mix and match what you have! This is a Dairy Diary recipe. For more delicious recipes visit the Dairy Diary Recipe Collection.

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Speedy Summer Berry Sorbet

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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A super-quick way to whip up a homemade frozen dessert in five minutes. Delicious, nutritious and incredibly easy.

Speedy-Summer-Berry-DessertCalories 61 per portion
Fat 0.2g (0g sat) per portion
Suitable for vegetarians

Ingredients

  • Assorted frozen small summer berries such as raspberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants 500g (1lb 2oz)
  • Blackcurrant cordial 6 tbsp, undiluted
  • Mint leaves to decorate (optional)

Instructions

  1. Just before you are ready to serve this dessert, place the frozen fruits in a food processor or blender along with the blackcurrant cordial.
  2. Blend for a few seconds until well crushed and slightly slushy. You may have to blend the fruits a few times in order to crush them up.
  3. Pile the fruit into serving glasses and decorate with mint, if using. Serve immediately.

Cook’s tips Look in the freezer cabinet for frozen fruits – they are usually excellent value for money. Choose small fruits like the berries and currants, and if you want to use larger soft fruits, cut them into smaller pieces so that they will crush in a blender more easily.

Fantastic Food For Less cookbookAll are taken from one of my favourite cookbooks,  Fantastic Food For Less, which is available for just £7.99.

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Chicken Satay with Indonesian-style Salad

Us Brits love a good barbecue don’t we?

As soon as the sun peeps from behind the clouds we dash off for supplies and the scent of burning charcoal drifts across the land.  

This relaxed, informal way of eating is a great way to unwind and enjoy the company of good friends, but it needn’t be boring beef burgers – jazz up your barbie with some Dairy Diary favourites.

Try this Chicken Satay recipe and then click over to Top Six Barbecue Favourites. at https://dairydiarychat.co.uk/2014/07/21/top-five-barbecue-favourites/

Chicken Satay with Indonesian-style Salad

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Calories 325 per portion
Fat 13.6g (7.5g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Skinless chicken breasts 4 large, cut into strips about 1cm (½in) thick
  • Peanut or satay cooking sauce 150-200g (5-7oz)
  • Coconut milk 175ml (6fl oz)
  • Lime 1, grated zest and juice of ½ and the rest cut into wedges
  • Mixed vegetable stir-fry 350g pack

Instructions

  1. Toss the chicken strips in half of the peanut cooking sauce in a bowl and set aside to marinate for 10 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, soak 12 medium-length wooden skewers in hot water. Preheat the grill to hot and line a baking tray with foil.
  3. Thread the chicken onto the drained skewers (2–3 strips on each) and lay on the tray. Grill for 8–10 minutes, turning halfway, until lightly charred and cooked through.
  4. Meanwhile, put the remaining peanut cooking sauce in a saucepan with the coconut milk and lime zest. Place over a medium heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Then stir in the lime juice and set aside to cool and thicken slightly.
  5. Divide the uncooked mixed vegetable stir-fry between four bowls and serve alongside the chicken satay skewers and lime wedges. Drizzle some warm peanut sauce over each salad and serve the rest in bowls for dipping the satay in.
  6. Some supermarkets sell a 165ml mini can of coconut milk, which is ideal for this recipe. Otherwise, use part of a can and use the rest with Thai curry paste for another meal.

 

 

Rich Lemon Chicken recipe

Rich Lemon Chicken

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Calories 238 per portion
Fat 10g (2.8g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Olive or sunflower oil 1 tbsp
  • Chicken thighs 1kg (2¼lb) or 6, skinned, boned, meat cut into chunks
  • Onion 1, peeled and chopped
  • Lemon 1, grated zest and juice
  • Chicken stock 300ml (½ pint)
  • Fresh thyme sprigs 2, or ½ tsp dried
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Egg yolks 2
  • Parsley or chives small bunch, finely chopped
  • Cooked macaroni or small pasta shapes to serve (optional)Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a large lidded frying pan over a medium-high heat and add the cubed chicken. Fry for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned.
  2. Push the chicken to one side of the pan, then add the onion and fry for 5 minutes until softened.
  3. Add the lemon zest and juice, then the stock, thyme and a little salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, stirring, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. Scoop the chicken out of the pan with a slotted spoon and keep warm. Beat the egg yolks together in a bowl, then gradually beat in the hot stock and onions until smooth.
  5. Return the sauce to the pan and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly until it has lightly thickened. Return the chicken to the pan and stir in the chopped herbs. Serve with cooked pasta, if using.

Cook’s tips Be careful not to overheat the sauce at the end when thickening with the egg yolks; if it boils, they will curdle. If you are short of time, you may prefer to use 600g (1lb 5oz) of ready-diced chicken thigh meat, chicken breast mini fillets or turkey breast slices.

A Dairy Cookbook recipe.

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Recipe of the Week: Shrewsbury Biscuits

Shrewsbury Biscuits

Originally made in 1760 by a Mr Palin in Shropshire, these biscuits have a light texture and lemony flavour and are very simple to prepare.

A recipe from the Around Britain Cookbook.

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How to Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee

How to Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee
Win an Aeropress and Retro Mug Set plus offer code for PACT coffee

Can you remember where you enjoyed your best cup of coffee?

My most memorable and delicious coffee came with a small glass of iced water and dainty pastry, in a tiny cafe in a little street in Innsbruck. It was rich and strong with just a hint of chocolate.

I’m sure this amazing brew was created with a very expensive espresso machine and it’s doubtful that I can create anything quite that good at home but I am going to give it a try!

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Recipe of the Week: Bacon & Brie Stuffed Croissants

Bacon & Brie Stuffed Croissants

With ready-made croissant dough, these Bacon & Brie Stuffed Croissants are super quick and easy to make – not to mention a really tasty breakfast or brunch option! A Dairy Diary recipe. For more delicious recipes visit the Dairy Diary Recipe Collection.

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