Vietnamese Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry (2)

A quick version of Ca Ri Ga ( chicken curry) from ” Alice’s Cook Book” by Alice Hart. If you have chopped root ginger or torn kaffir lime leaves add with the garlic. Prawns or cubed pork can be used instead of chicken. If you haver time leave the chicken to marinate for an hour before cooking. SErve with french baguette or some steamed rice.

Turkey Hash (2-4)

With Thanksgiving a couple of days ago and Christmas on the horizon I thought it would be timely to post a recipe for leftover Turkey. Its from Nigella Lawson’s ” Nigella’s Christmas”, but she credits the original version to her friend and agent Ed Victor. It goes well with a baked potato and green salad.

Red Mullet Soup (8-10)

This is really a French recipe but it is from ” Rhodes Around Britain” by Gary Rhodes. It should be served with Garlic Toasts with Rouille. To make the garlic toast cut a french stick into 1 cm slices and spread with some garlic butter. Toast the slices then top with Rouille.

Sprouts with Ginger, Garlic and Soy (2)

I prefer to roast or stir fry sprouts so they do not become soggy and waterlogged. They are good stir fried with diced pancetta and a splash of balsamic vinegar ,roasted in a dish with a little cream and topped with breadcrumbs or parmesan, or in this recipe with Chinese flavours from ” Flavour” by Vicky Bhogal.