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Celebrate Veganuary
Just in time for Veganuary Lindt & Sprüngli have launched Lindt Classic Recipe Vegan Caramel Sea Salt bars priced at £3.00 and available in Tesco and Sainsbury's nationwide. Appealing to not just vegans, the new vegan bars are safe to eat for Coeliacs and those who choose a gluten free diet – Yummy!
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Elevated Dining
The latest addition to King’s Cross’s vibrant and varied dining and drinking scene is now open. RAILS Restaurant & Little Bar (www.railslondon.com) a stone throw from the Eurostar and on the first floor of the Great Northern Hotel, offering modern and elevated British classics with subtle French accents in homage to its proximity to the Eurostar. Formerly Plum + Spilt Milk, the restaurant has been reimagined and the new menu, created by Executive Chef Stéphane Cerisier, features elevated yet accessible dishes made using only the finest seasonal ingredients, many locally sourced. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner some of the must-try mains include seared Cornish cod with buttered leek, apple and thyme dressing; roasted guinea fowl with sweet corn purée and chicken jus; and Moules Frites in a white wine, shallot and parsley sauce.
Letterbox Cheese
The latest addition to Quicke's letterbox range is their Vegetarian box (£24), the perfect way to enjoy the delicious taste of Quicke's traditional clothbound cheeses, delivered straight through your letterbox. The recyclable box contains all five of the Quicke's vegetarian clothbound cheeses Goat's Milk Cheese, Oak Smoked Goat's Milk Cheese, Elderflower Cheese, Double Devonshire Cheese and Devonshire Red Cheese and contains tasting notes, each with its own flavour wheels and pairing suggestions. Available at quickes.co.uk
Healthy – Easy – Flavour
Dr Rupy Aujla is the doctor and food expert behind The Doctor’s Kitchen, an online platform that promotes the medicinal benefits of eating and living well. His latest book is out this month and features a collection of one hundred brand-new recipes packed with flavour, backed by meticulous research and tested by over a thousand cooks across the world.
Cranberry Chicken “Crispy chicken thighs smothered in a cranberry gravy with bursts of fresh cranberries and thyme”
Method
Preheat your oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Heat the oil in a large frying and add the chicken, skin side down and cook for 2 minutes. Turn the chicken thighs over and cook for a further 2 minutes. Put the cranberry sauce, balsamic, maple syrup, garlic, stock and salt and pepper in to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour half the sauce in to an ovenproof dish. Add the chicken to the dish. Top with the rest of the sauce, the fresh cranberries and thyme. Put into the oven for 25-30 minutes.
RECIPE: Jamie Oliver
Ingredients
6 chicken thighs 180 g Cranberry sauce 150 g fresh cranberries 2 Garlic clove 10 g Fresh thyme 2 tablespoon Olive oil 80 ml Balsamic vinegar 100 ml chicken stock 2 tablespoon Maple syrup 1 pinch Sea salt and black pepper
Ingredients
100g cashews 1 carrot, sliced 1 sweet potato, diced 300ml almond milk 50g vegan hard cheese, grated 300g macaroni pasta 1 bag spinach 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 leek, sliced 100g cherry tomatoes, halved 50g homemade breadcrumbs
Method
Preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark 6. Cook the cashews, carrot, and sweet potato in boiling water for 10 minutes, drain and puree in a food processor with the almond milk until smooth, season and add half the cheese alternative. Cook the macaroni in boiling salted water for 10 minutes, add the spinach until wilted, drain well and return to the pan. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the leek for 3-4 minutes, add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes more until softened. Mix the sauce and leek mixture into the pasta and stir to combine. Transfer to an ovenproof serving dish, sprinkle with remaining cheese alternative and breadcrumbs and bake for 20 minutes until golden.
Recipe: Discover Great Veg
Ingredients
125g unsalted butter, chopped 300g dark chocolate, chopped 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour, sifted 3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar 1/3 cup (80g) brown sugar 1/4 cup (25g) Dutch cocoa, sifted 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1/4 cup (60ml) milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts, plus 2 tbsp extra, chopped 1/3 cup (95g) smooth peanut butter Vanilla ice cream, to serve
Salted Peanut Brownie
Method
Preheat oven to 160°C. Place butter and 200g chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water (don’t let the bowl touch the water). Stir until melted and smooth. Add flour, sugars, cocoa, eggs, milk and vanilla and stir until just combined. Stir in remaining chocolate and the peanuts. Divide between 3 x 2 cup-capacity ovenproof dishes (or use a 2L-capacity baking dish). Top with spoons of peanut butter and swirl with a butter knife. Top with extra chopped peanuts. Place on a baking tray and cook for 35-40 minutes until set around the edges but slightly soft in the middle. Cool for 10 minutes before serving with ice cream.
Lisbon Life
“Porta 6’s iconic Portugese wine label features a painting showing a slice of Lisbon life; a relaxed scene with one of the city’s famous yellow trams, and is the perfect range of wines to enjoy with family and friends”
Porta 6 Red Wine
A comples wine with red and wild berries and hints of nuts. It has a soft mouthfeel with a medium finish, making it the perfect pairing for meat, roasts and pastas to name a few.
£7.50, Sainsbury’s & Tesco Porta 6 Vinho Verde
Porta 6 White Vinho Verde is light in alcohol and gently spritzy. Crisp and zesty with grapefruit, lime and floral notes, the wine has an off-dry, fresh finish, which pairs well with seafood, salads and sushi.
£8.99, Majestic
Porta 6 Reserva Vinho
A delicious wine for special occasions. A complex, concentrated wine with rich flavours of red fruits, berries and dried fruits. Smooth and mellow, with a touch of spice on the finish.
£11.99, Majestic
Porta 6 Vinho Verde Rosé
Porta 6 Rosé Vinho Verde has a beautiful pale salmon pink colour and offers intensely fruity aromas of strawberries and other red fruits with citrus and floral notes. On the palate, there is a well-balanced acidity and a soft, pleasant finish. Porta 6 Vinho Verde Rosé pairs well with grilled fish, seafood, white meat, aperitifs, fish, pasta, and salads.
£7.50, Sainsbury’s Porta 6 White Vinho
A refreshing wine that has fresh aromas of citrus and tropical fruits, including passion fruit highlights. The palate offers mineral notes with a fresh and pleasant round mouthfeel, making it the perfect pairing for grilled fish, shellfish, pasta dishes and white meat.
£7.50, Sainsbury’s & Tesco
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