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  • Photograph of Thai Fried Rice with Prawns and Hot and Sour Sauce
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    Thai Fried Rice with Prawns and Hot and Sour Sauce

    By Susan / 13th December 2022

    Fragrant Jasmine rice fried with sweet prawns, scrambled egg, red onion and garlic, seasoned with palm sugar and fish sauce and finished with fresh, juicy tomatoes, crispy beansprouts, crushed peanuts and loads of fresh herbs and spring…

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    Thai Red Curry of Pork with Pineapple and Ginger

    By Susan / 9th December 2022

    Thin slices of tender, melt in the mouth fillet of pork, cubes of luscious, sweet fresh pineapple and a good hit of ginger, this spicy, creamy, red, coconut curry packs a huge, complex and spicy flavour punch.…

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    Spicy Shepherd’s Pie

    By Susan / 4th December 2022

    Fancy some classic comfort food but also craving some spice? This is the dish for you! This fabulous Spicy Shepherd Pie is a combination of 2 dishes already on the website. Using my Quick Keema with Lamb…

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    Beef Cooked in Guinness with Black Olives and Prunes

    By Susan / 1st December 2022

    Rich with Guinness and tomatoes, studded with slightly salty, piquant olives, sweetened with juicy prunes, slow-cooked red onions and red pepper, this unique Beef and Guinness Casserole has layers of intense flavour, as well as interesting texture…

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    Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato and Turkey Meatball Dhansak and Rice Casserole

    By Susan / 7th November 2022

    If you are looking for a low fat, spicy, healthy, one pot dhansak inspired curry, this recipe has its all! Lentils, rice, sweet potato, turkey meatballs, lashings of tomatoes and a fabulous collection of warming spices. All…

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    Chicken Dhansak

    By Susan / 2nd November 2022

    Although classically made with mutton or goat, this delicious Dhansak curry is regularly served with chicken in many curry houses. Together with a delicious mix of spices, lentils and tomatoes, this is my go-to favourite meal when…

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    Roast Spinach Gnocchi and Butternut Squash with Sage and a Roast Garlic and Chilli Brown Butter

    By Susan / 31st October 2022

    Caramelised, roast, sweet butternut squash, soft, puffy spinach gnocchi and crispy sage leaves drizzled with a roast garlic, chilli brown butter and served with salty parmesan and zingy, zesty lemon. This quick and easy sheet pan meal…

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    Caramelised Red Onion and Goat’s Cheese Galette with Fresh Figs and Basil

    By Susan / 21st October 2022

    Whilst this Caramelised Red Onion and Goat's Cheese Galette with Fresh Figs and Basil may look like you have spent the morning in the kitchen, it is ridiculously easy to make and exceptionally moreish! Dreamy, creamy, goat's…

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    Roast Gnocchi and Mushrooms with Wilted Spinach and Roast Garlic Parsley Butter

    By Susan / 18th October 2022

    Lightly caramelised, tender pillows of gnocchi, roasted mushrooms and soft, wilted spinach, coated with a delicious parsley and roast garlic butter. So simple, quick and easy to make, yet full of flavour and texture. You can have…

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    Creamy White Chicken Chilli

    By Susan / 25th September 2022

    This irresistibly delicious Creamy White Chicken Chilli is my new supper crush. A wonderful melange of flavour and texture, we have melt in the mouth, tender chicken served in a luscious, creamy, chilli sauce loaded with cannellini…

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Quick Lasagne with a Creamy Mascarpone Topping L Quick Lasagne with a Creamy Mascarpone Topping
 
Layers of rich, beef and tomato ragù, flavoured with red pepper, red wine and fresh herbs, layered with lasagne sheets, and topped with a silky, cheesy mascarpone and parmesan sauce. Finished with mozzarella and more parmesan, this fantastic, made-from-scratch lasagne can be on the table in around an hour, from start to finish.

Unbeatable comfort food, lasagne is one of my favourite pasta dishes. Wonderful at any time of year with a crisp salad and some garlic bread, I particularly enjoy it in autumn, when the days are getting colder and the nights are drawing in.
 
Ragù:
- 100g/1 small onion, peeled, roughly chopped.
- 70g/1 carrot, washed, trimmed, roughly chopped.
- 140g/1 red pepper, stem, seeds removed, roughly chopped.
- 10g/3 plump garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 tbls olive oil
- 250g minced beef (ideally 5% fat).
- 125ml dry red/white wine (or use extra water or stock)
- 500g passata (plus 100ml water to swill out the bottle/carton).
- 1 beef stock cube/stock pot
- 35g tomato puree
- ⅛ – ¼ tsp chilli flakes (optional).
- 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme (or ¼ tsp dried thyme)
- ¼ tsp fine salt, or to taste
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- parmesan rind, if you have one
- ¼ – ½ tsp sugar, if necessary
 
Pasta:
- 8 sheets of dried lasagne
 
Topping:
- 250g mascarpone cheese
- 75ml milk
- 30g grated Parmesan, divided.
- 125g ball of mozzarella.
- ⅛ tsp fine sea salt flakes, or to taste
- freshly ground black pepper
- freshly grated nutmeg
 
To read more about this recipe, or to find other great recipes, please take a look at www.daffodilkitchen.com or go to the link in my bio, tap on the picture and go straight to the recipe.

If you make this recipe, do please tag me on @daffodil_kitchen. 💛🌼
Delia’s Roasted Salmon Fillets with Crusted Basi Delia’s Roasted Salmon Fillets with Crusted Basil Pesto Topping
 
Soft, beautifully seasoned and perfectly cooked salmon fillets topped with a crunchy, cheesy basil pesto topping. Quick to throw together and easy to prepare ahead of time, all this wonderful dish needs alongside is some salad or vegetables (or both) and perhaps some new potatoes as well. Here I chose some broccoli and ratatouille giving the whole dish a wonderful feel of the Mediterranean. Although it is best served alfresco, you can genuinely make this dish all year round. 

Just as we were getting used to more Autumnal weather, it seems to be warming up again this weekend. This dish would be perfect! The recipe below is for 2 people but it is a fabulous recipe to scale up or down. It works really well for entertaining because it can all be prepared ahead of time and then just popped in the oven 10 minutes before you want to eat.
 
I first had this dish a few weeks ago at my friend Mandy’s house, followed by a really delicious Poached Apricot and Ricotta dessert. The recipe itself is from the wonderful Delia Smith. I’m not sure if it is in a cookery book, but it can be found on line on her website deliaonline.com
 
Ingredients
- 2 salmon fillets, skinned. Around 130g – 175g each
- drizzle of olive oil
- juice from ½ lemon
- pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tbls basil pesto, either shop bought or home made
- 2 tbls panko breadcrumbs, divided
- 4 tsps finely grated Pecorino or parmesan cheese, divided
 
To read more about this recipe, or to find other great recipes, please take a look at www.daffodilkitchen.com or go to the link in my bio, tap on the picture and go straight to the recipe.

If you make this recipe, do please tag me on @daffodil_kitchen. 💛🌼
Rick Stein’s Baked Sea Bass with Roasted Red Pep Rick Stein’s Baked Sea Bass with Roasted Red Peppers, Tomatoes, Anchovies and Potatoes
 
Tender, fresh, sea bass roasted in one pan with lightly caramelised peppers, sweet tomatoes, salty anchovies and melt-in-the-mouth potatoes. Although this takes over an hour in the oven, it comes together very quickly, and the joy of cooking it in this way, ensures that the flavours concentrate, develop and merge as everything cooks.
 
Spectacular enough for entertaining, but quick enough for a family dinner, I have been making this Rick Stein recipe for many years. I am not sure where I first saw it, possibly in a magazine, but it is featured in his 100 Fish & Seafood Recipes (My Kitchen Table). I am a huge fan of Rick Stein recipes. They are bursting with flavour, exceedingly reliable, use accessible ingredients and are generally very doable for the home cook. Not too cheffy at all. This recipe is a perfect example of all of these things.
 
Ingredients:
- 85ml olive oil
- good pinch of saffron strands
- 2 tbs hot water
- 900g potatoes, slice 1cm thick
- 250g – 400g tomatoes, skinned, halved
- 50g anchovy fillets
- 8 plump garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- 150ml good quality chicken stock. (Or fish or vegetable)
- 3 – 4 red peppers/capsicum, deseeded, cut into 8
- 8 sprigs of fresh oregano, or 1 tsp dried oregano
- ¼ – ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ¼ – ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp chilli flakes
- 1.5 – 1.75kg whole sea bass, cleaned and trimmed
 
To read more about this recipe, or to find other great recipes, please take a look at www.daffodilkitchen.com or go to the link in my bio, tap on the picture and go straight to the recipe.

If you make this recipe, do please tag me on @daffodil_kitchen. 💛🌼
Cherry Clafoutis I am excited that cherry season Cherry Clafoutis
 
I am excited that cherry season is upon us again because this is one of my favourite desserts. Clafoutis is a classic, timeless, rustic French dessert defined by both its simplicity and melt in the mouth deliciousness. It describes a dish of luscious, sweet cherries topped with a thick, lightly sweetened custard type batter, enhanced with nutty brown butter. It is baked in the oven until golden, slightly crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside, with the flavours of the fruit bursting through. You can serve it warm or at room temperature, it can be cut into slices or simply spoon it out like a crumble. Delicious on its own, it also works well with ice cream, fresh pouring cream or Chantilly Cream. Leftovers, served with plain or Greek yoghurt, also make a wonderful breakfast.
This recipe is very slightly adapted from Raymond Blanc, of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons fame. 

Ingredients

For pan:
- 10g unsalted butter, soft.
- 25g – 30g caster sugar
 
Fruit and batter:
- 400g fresh cherries
- 20g unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 45g caster sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract or paste
- 20g plain flour or a gluten free alternative
- ⅛ tsp fine salt
- 75g milk. 
- 75g double/heavy cream
- 2 tbls Amaretto or Kirsch. (optional)
 
To read more about this recipe, or to find other great recipes, please take a look at www.daffodilkitchen.com or go to the link in my bio, tap on the picture and go straight to the recipe.

If you make this recipe, do please tag me on @daffodil_kitchen. 💛🌼
Cream of Sweetcorn Soup A silky-smooth, creamy b Cream of Sweetcorn Soup
 
A silky-smooth, creamy bowl of golden sunshine! The simple, sweet flavour of the sweetcorn shines through in this creamy delight, which takes only 10 minutes to make and around 20 – 25 minutes to cook. Most of the prep is done whilst you cook, so with a few extra minutes to blend, and possibly strain, this delightful soup can be on the table in around 30 minutes. Although wonderful all year round, I particularly love it on a cool day in summer, when you need something to both brighten and warm you up, all at the same time.
 
Whilst I made this soup with chicken stock and sprinkled some bacon bits on the top, it can easily be vegetarian, using vegetable stock and with different toppings. To make it vegan, use olive oil or a vegan butter alternative and plant-based milk and cream. It is also gluten free – although if using a stock cube, it is best to check, to be sure.
 
Soup:
- 30g unsalted butter, olive oil or vegan butter alternative
- 125g/1 onion
- 3 plump cloves of garlic
- 400g sweetcorn kernels, fresh, frozen or tinned
- 200g peeled floury potatoes eg Maris Piper
- ¼ – ½ tsp fine salt. 
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper (optional)
- 500ml vegetable or chicken stock
- 100ml – 250ml milk, dairy or plant based

Topping ideas:
- fresh cream or coconut cream
- chopped crispy bacon
- extra kernels of sweetcorn
- croutons
- chopped herbs eg chives, parsley
- chilli oil
- grated cheese
 
Serve with:
- fresh crusty bread or toast
- cheese toasties
 
To read more about this recipe, or to find other great recipes, please take a look at www.daffodilkitchen.com or go to the link in my bio, tap on the picture and go straight to the recipe.

If you make this recipe, do please tag me on @daffodil_kitchen. 💛🌼
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