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Mrs Martin’s carbonara
View recipe: Mrs Martin’s carbonaraSpaghetti carbonara is one of those super-quick and easy to make suppers that uses just a few ingredients and tastes sublime. The secret to dishes like this is that the individual ingredients must be of very good quality. Pancetta, good quality spaghetti not supermarket ‘value’ varieties, Parmesan (made of cow’s milk) not cheddar (or any…
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Lamb stew with aubergines and mint
View recipe: Lamb stew with aubergines and mintLong before any of the current hipster chefs started promoting the delights of Middle Eastern food, there was Claudia Roden. She was the Cairo-born writer who, many years ago, introduced me and countless others to making wonderfully authentic Turkish, Persian, Lebanese and Moroccan dishes at home. I’ve pimped this one up a little as I…
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Chicken Velasquez
View recipe: Chicken VelasquezHomely, warming, tasty, comforting. Oh, and easy to make. Who wouldn’t love this wonderful one-pot supper? I use chicken thigh meat and Unearthed brand chorizo sausages – its delicious with the chunky vegetables in its rich tomato sauce. A little bit of Spanish inspired comfort food for these damp, dull, cold days. Serves four people…









