Ah yes, roasted chicken. It really is so easy — I don’t know why I don’t make it more often! I made this Lemon Garlic Spatchcock Chicken yesterday for Sunday dinner and today we have loads of leftovers to look forward to. Can’t wait. A few hours before cooking, I rubbed the whole chicken with loads of salt and let it dry out uncovered in the fridge for about 4 hours. This step is essential for achieving that extra crispy chicken skin we all love! Next up: I whipped up a herby lemon zest garlic butter and slathered it generously…
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Continue ReadingGreek Chicken Gyros with Cucumber Tzatziki—a dish that’s juicy, smoky, fresh, and absolutely packed with flavour! Imagine charred, lemony chicken, warm homemade flatbreads, and a cool, creamy tzatziki—all wrapped up in one irresistible bite. Ok, yes, the house still smelled like a Greek BBQ the next day, but honestly? So…
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Continue ReadingA warming and hearty soup with Middle Eastern flavours and a touch sweetness from the apricots to balance it all out. This Moroccan Spiced Chicken Soup is everything you want in a bowl of comfort—warming, hearty, and packed with Middle Eastern flavours, with a subtle sweetness from apricots to balance…
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Continue ReadingPasta pesto with sautéed nduja, in one word: YUM! Nduja is a soft spicy Italian sausage from Calabria, in the south of Italy. It’s available in most supermarkets although I do fine the ones you get at Italian deli’s are the best. This is such a quick dish to make…
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Continue ReadingI still had some bagna cauda left in the fridge from last week (bagna cauda is an anchovies, garlic and olive oil sauce), it had solidified into a gorgeous garlicky anchovies buttery spread. In stead of a sauce I added a good tablespoon of this goodness to the hot mushrooms…
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Continue ReadingWait, where has this sauce been all my life!? It’s absolutely ridiculous, it truly is finger licking good. What is it you say? It’s a mix of butter, olive oil, loads of garlic and anchovies. Slowly cooked together for ± 15 minutes so all the flavours infused. So. Damn. Good.…