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RECIPE

HARISSA CHICKEN WITH SAFFRON RICE

A lighter and more interesting alternative to a Sunday roast. Sinfully easy to make but impressive to your guests, it also makes for a brilliant dinner party dish as the oven and stove do all the hard work for you. Taken from The Milly Cookbook, the celebrity chef cookbook that offers healthy, nourishing and exciting dishes that you and your body will love.

With spicy foods like Harissa – tannins in wines can be unpleasant so the important thing here is not to try and overpower the chicken dish with a strong wine.

The good news is there is a large selection of both red and white wines that go perfectly with this dish. For reds, try a lighter, fruitier type of wine with low tannins such as a Beaujolais or a Rhone. Away from France, a South African or Lebanese Pinot Noir would match well too.

For white wine - fruity or even slightly sweeter wines will go well – a Reisling or a bright, unoaked Spanish white would be a great choice.

Finally, for non-wine drinkers consider a light ale.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 free range organic chicken • 1 jar of harissa paste (available at all major supermarkets) • 1 mug full of brown rice • 2 mugs full of chicken or vegetable stock • A pinch of saffron • Lemon cut into discs • Parsley to serve • Salt & pepper to garnish

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. 2. Place your chicken on a tray and brush harissa paste all over it until completely covered. Slash the thighs with a sharp knife down to the bone (this helps the brown meat cook in the same time as the white). Sprinkle with salt and pop in the oven for as long as the packaging says (based on weight and size). 3. Twenty minutes before the chicken has finished cooking, get a saucepan and pour in your mug of rice. One mug feeds 4 people, and for every mug of rice you want double the liquid - this is called the absorption method. So for 1 mug of rice, you want to add 2 mugs of stock. 4. Throw in the saffron, season with a little salt and pepper and bring to the boil. 5. Once boiling, turn down to a simmer, add a dash of extra virgin olive oil and cover with a lid. After 15 minutes, check the rice, if it needs a few more minutes you have time. 6. Take the chicken out to rest for 5 minutes and when the rice is cooked and has absorbed all of the water place it on a platter with the chicken. 7. Serve with slices of lemon and a sprinkle of parsley and let everyone help themselves.

WINE MATCH

MOVIE REVIEW

NO TIME TO DIE

Bond is back. The long-awaited 25th installment has finally been given a worldwide release date of October 8th from the original date of November 2019 due to on-set injuries, original director Danny Boyle dropping out and then of course the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent cinema closures. It is due for its UK release on September 30th.

It has definitely been worth waiting for.

Daniel Craig’s era of Bond may be coming to a close - but this film proves he will go out with a bang.

The film has a stellar line-up of British actors including Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Bohemiam Rhapsody’s Rami Malek.

The story starts with a down and out Bond, who has been out of the spy game for 5 years, living in Jamaica. When his CIA buddy Felix asks for his help to track down a missing scientist, Bond and his assortment of friends are led on a trail to hunt down a mysterious villain who is in charge of a dangerous new technology that threatens the world.

Shot in Italy, Norway, the Faroe Islands, London and Jamaica with Fleabag sensation Phoebe WallerBridge among the writing team, you can expect a seriously cool script and the usual injection of car chases, explosions and stunt scenes that make’s Bond’s 007 one of the most popular franchises in the world.

ALBUM REVIEW

COLDPLAY – MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

Coldplay are back this month with their ninth studio album entitled Music of the Spheres scheduled for release on October 15th.

The 12-track album is slightly different to their usual offerings in that Max Martin (the Swedish producer behind hits for The Weeknd including Blinding Lights and Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl) has taken the group on a journey to outerspace.

There are more electro-style beats and songs include My Universe, Higher Power and quite simply - the Ringed Planet Emoji. If it worked for Prince when he changed his name to a symbol it can work for Coldplay!

The last song on the new album Coloratura was released back in July and has already proved a hit for the London group, getting tonnes of radio station airplay and rave reviews.

When the group dropped news of their new album earlier this year, they posted a note saying, “Everyone is an alien somewhere.” Interesting.

All eight of Coldplay’s previous studio albums have peaked at Number 1 on the UK Official Albums Chart – let’s see if they can make it an intergalactic number 9 hit.

And more good news from the Coldplay boys. They have recently lifted their self-imposed touring ban after striking a deal with BMW to travel in a carbon neutral way thanks to specially produced electric trucks and vehicles. Expect a UK album tour next year Coldplay fans.

BOOK REVIEW

THE JUDGE’S LIST – JOHN GRISHAM

America’s favourite storyteller, John Grisham is releasing another thrilling book this month entitled The Judge’s List.

It follows investigator Lacy Stoltz on the trail of a serial killer while at the same time closing in on a shocking suspect in the murder case – a sitting judge.

As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the bench. In John Grisham’s previous novel, The Whistler, Stoltz took on a crime syndicate that was paying millions to a crooked judge. Now, in The Judge’s List, the crimes are getting even worse.

In Random House’s promotional feature article for the book, the publishing house peaks interest by saying, “The man hiding behind the black robe is not taking bribes - but he may be taking lives. The Judge’s List - you don’t want to be on it.”

Grisham is a former lawyer and was born in Arkansas famously writing his first novel A Time To Kill over 3 years. Since then he has written 36 novels including The Firm and The Pelican Brief and had 28 number one bestselling novels, selling over 300 million books, making him the number one fictional writer in the world.

Out on October 19th, The Judge’s List is one of the most anticipated reads of 2021 that won’t disappoint.

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