Tag: Onion
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Tomato and basil orzotto
I usually serve this ‘orzotto’ (like a risotto but made with orzo pasta grains not rice) with roast chicken and use the rich roasting juices to add to the chicken stock needed to make it. Add chopped cherry tomatoes and lots of shredded basil just before serving and you’ve got the perfect accompaniment to a…
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Beef short ribs braised in black bean sauce with green stir-fry
I prefer to make all my meals from scratch but I do understand that takeaway food has its place. On the rare occasions that I ever order a Chinese takeaway, I always have beef in black bean sauce with green peppers. If I make it myself, I generally use strips of steak and stir-fry everything…
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Burrata with caponata
There is a wonderful Italian restaurant in London called Il Portico, a favourite with the Pigeon Cottage gang, and we had this fab starter there last time we went – aubergine caponata & stracciatella di burrata. Caponata is a very famous Sicilian dish and I’ve been wanting to make it since we went there on…
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