BBC Good Food

21 July 2011

Tested

"This is a really easy and very tasty dish - the unusual mix of flavours is surprisingly successful, with a good strong flavour. Will definitely make again - it makes a nice change from the "usual" chicken breast recipes. The only thing I did differently was by adding extra sherry and a little chicken stock as we like a decent amount of sauce/gravy. I used Croft Original as it was the only sherry I had in the cupboard...! Incidentally, for the leftovers (I'd had slightly more chicken to use than the recipe said, so had increased quantities proportionally) when cold I roughly chopped everything (i.e. the chicken, onions, bit of sauce and horseradish breadcrumbs) altogether by means of a very quick whiz in the food processor, placed the mixture into an individual pie dish and topped with parmesan pastry to make a pie - which my husband said was also delicious."

30 March 2011

Tested

"rE: MELTING THE CHOCOLATE.. I always melt chocolate with the butter in the microwave on LOW power for a couple of minutes, stir like mad as it begins to melt into a lovely smooth goo. Stir in the golden syrup and continue as per the recipe. For best results choose chocolate with a high cocoa butter content - it melts better AND tastes better..."

07 November 2010

Tested

"I've made this soup LOADS of times now - it's delicious, especially when made with low fat coconut milk instead of ordinary milk. I dry fry the cumin seeds/chilli flakes - absolutely no need for oil, so better for the diet. I often make with half carrots/half parsnips - lovely! - and using the grater on my food processor it's less than 5 mins preparation time from start to finish. Garlic Nan bread finishes it off perfectly. My all time favourite home made soup."

27 October 2008

Tested

"Delicious and incredibly easy to make. I added some fresh mushrooms too, and at the end stirred in some chunks of tender steamed asparagus which was superb. Oh, and I added an extra ladle or two of stock during cooking so that the risotto "relaxed" onto the plates and wasn't too dry. We are not strictly vegetarian, so I used home made chicken stock instead of veggie stock - the whole family (even my risotto-resistant husband) thought it was lovely. Will definitely be making more!"

02 October 2008

Tested

"Really lovely recipe - but cooked the butternut squash for twice as long as it said. A fabulous combination of flavours, textures and colour - delicious."