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holy moly this one HIT 🙏🏼 one other ottolenghi however this time a candy & sticky plum & sausage traybake that was surprisingly simple to place collectively & actually top-of-the-line issues I’ve tasted 🕺🏽🕺🏽

A dish comprised of great potatoes, tender crimson onions, caramelised plums, aromatic rosemary, punchy pomegranate & meaty sausages 😻 with a candy selfmade glaze to convey it collectively ✨a combo so mad that it shouldn’t work… BUT IT DOES!! ⚠️SO WELL!!

You could possibly substitute chipolatas for some fatter, juicier sausages however be sure to get a tray sufficiently big to suit all of it in!!!!!!

You’ll be able to search this recipe in Ottolenghi’s guardian column on-line or simply slide into my dm’s for the recipe 😏👩🏽‍🍳 this one is a MUST!!!

The way you’ve been wanting in lockdown no.three vs the way you’ll look on June 21st 👀💅🏼 okeee so my try at recreating the second dish was a slight fail however the dish itself was CLASSS BABYYY!! 🐟👍🏽👅

Apricot stuffed trout with pesto risotto! 🌱 Flavours labored so properly on this one! I made the apricot stuffing my blitzing dried apricots with crusty bread, garlic & basil & stuffing between some sides of trout earlier than roasting!

The pesto was made by crushing collectively basil, garlic, olive oil, pine nuts & parmesan & mixing via a white wine based mostly risotto 👌🏽 may probably have achieved with somewhat extra pesto however the flavours nonetheless got here via 🕺🏽

& okay so perhaps I’m going all ‘workman blaming their instruments’ however the roll up didn’t work based mostly on the actual fact I purchased sides of trout that weren’t straightforward to chop into 4 & roll up fairly 🙄 I’ll strive more durable subsequent time!

Undoubtedly one to strive regardless of the aesthetic, tremendous tasty & surprisingly straightforward!!

wholesome ‘leftovers’ nachos 🥑🌶🧀 as we speak’s lunch that I legit invented in my head 10 minutes earlier than consuming … (trigger nachos have by no means been achieved earlier than proper?) 🤔

I used to be already on the finish of my lunch break earlier than I obtained an opportunity to eat them however lemme inform you I sat at my 2pm zoom assembly feasting on nacho’s feeling like I used to be again at a campus bar or summer time pub 🍻🌞💭 BoJo actually obtained me daydreamin’ currently 🤟🏽

Noticed the chance to make use of our going off wraps, reduce them into triangles & grill barely to make some wholesome crisps 😻 (not too grilled else they’ll burn on the subsequent stage)

I then loaded them right into a bowl with some leftover roast veggies, leftover cooked rooster, guac (retailer purchased 😵 however do-it-yourself would slap), cheese, tomato chutney & paprika and whacked them within the oven for 10 minutes till cheese had began to soften & the remainder of it was heating up! 🔥 ~ may probs additionally grill at this level however I’d let my wraps go a bit too crispy ~ & that’s it!! 🤩

Creamy leek orzo with nduja jumbo prawns, ooooo Gousto you bought us good with this recipe!! 🤩🦐🥬🔥

That lil spicy hit from the nduja is suchhh a horny addition 💃🏽caliente!!! 💃🏽

Hit me up if you would like this recipe 🤟🏽

The fam & I now preserve a 10/10 folder for our fave Gousto dishes & this went straight in there, yummy! 👩🏽‍🍳♥️ goustocooking

you greatest consider I’m again brunchin’ 🌞🥑 & within the solar eeekkk!!! issues we LOVE to see 😻

Mannn this was so delish! Halloumi, avocado & some tik tok impressed concertina’d potatoes lined in paprika & oregano oil 👅 they have been soo gentle & flavoursome & suprisingly fast & simple to place collectively! Reel up quickly 📹

Save this combo for that brunch you’ve obtained lined up together with your homies, so good! 😈

GET THAT BREADD BABY 🍞♥️ lemme inform you this was a complete journey and defo contact & go whether or not this could pull by 😯 One proud mumma of this although! 🤰🏽

Peek my highlights for the wild experience of this bread journey👩🏽‍🍳 when you’re barely lazy in the case of bread that is v low effort, don’t be delay by the fermenting time!

All you’ll want is robust bread flour, quick dry motion yeast & water 👌🏽 (oh & salt, okay four substances however does salt really matter?)

Steps are as s:
🧈 Combine collectively 430g bread flour with 380ml water & 1/four tsp yeast

👀 The recipe says so as to add 12g of salt however I solely did a sprinkle – in hindsight would defo have added greater than I did however the salt police (mum) clouded my judgement lol 🧂go for a tsp or so to assist it have a little bit of flavour & style much less yeasty

🧈 As soon as blended collectively: cowl with a humid tea towel or cling movie & go away to ferment for 12-18 hours

👀 I didn’t time this proper and left mine 20 hours ultimately oop. Would advocate to schedule forward so you recognize you’ll be free ⏱

🧈 As soon as time has handed, moist your arms and fold sides of the bread into the center going spherical a few occasions

🧈 Tip this combination onto parchment paper & cowl with a bowl for two extra hours to show

👀 My combination was moist af so it spilt out massively & leaked beneath the bowl too. I ended up taking the bowl off about 1.5 hours in and simply going forward with the bake. It’s possible you’ll want a serving to hand to cease it spilling

🧈 Switch into heavy rounded oven dish & bake at 200 levels (fan) for 40minutes with the lid on & 20 minutes with the lid off – to brown the highest!

🧈 Take away from the oven & enable to chill on a wire rack. Get pleasure from squidgy or toasted with plenttyyy butter!! Identify a greater combo, I’ll wait??

👀 The parchment paper did stick slightly to the bread so perhaps butter it Idek, didn’t have an effect on it as I simply peeled it off!

Final pic is the caesar salad I loved at lunch within the sunshine with my selfmade toasted buttery bread, blissful!! 🌞

Anybody else get unenthused when casserole is on the menu? 🙄 Promise this dish will change that!! 👅 All creds to Stevo on this one: a Pork Loin and Cider Casserole 🧑🏽‍🍳

I requested him for the steps and went a bit like “uh so that you brown the meat a bit, pour in a dry cider, combine in a little bit of flour to thicken it, some veggie inventory, any veg you need, three hours within the oven & that’s it actually” really really useful phrases 🙏🏼

Actually although, if you’d like the recipe I’ll get you a extra detailed model. ✍️ He throws in any veg within the fridge & I notably love the parsnip addition that he threw in. 🧅🥕🍠 Cooking for therefore lengthy makes the pork tremendous tender too!

Paired with mustard mash & some peas, scrumptious!! 🤩

Weekend brunch on my selfmade bread, eek! proud!! 🍓🥑 this was smashed avo on toasted bread with strawberries, crumbled feta & balsamic glaze! Ooo this werkkked 💅🏼

Love attempting out new methods to high toast & strawbs made for the proper combo ♥️ give this a whirl!

this dish legit got here to me in a dream🙏🏼✨ behold this very further butternut squash stack stuffed with chopped chorizo & onion, wilted spinach & topped with melted goats cheese 🍴🧡👩🏽‍🍳🍷

This went down v nicely with the fam & fairly wholesome too so don’t fear scorching woman summer season is STILL ON! 💃🏽🔥

For an attractive trying dish the method was truly fairly easy!

🔪Simply slice the highest finish of a squash into discs, season & roast at 200c for 20 minutes per aspect (you possibly can go away the rind on it received’t kill ya)
🔪 Finely cube chorizo & purple onion & fry on a low warmth for the final 15 minutes of your roasting time
🔪 Put your spinach in a colander & pour over boiling scorching water to wilt, squeezing out extra moisture. Do that simply earlier than the tip
🔪 Take out your smallest (high) disc and place a big slice of goats cheese on high. Then slide beneath the grill till golden
🔪 Lastly stack up & take pleasure in!

💭Little ideas that we had for subsequent time as to doubtlessly add in some toasted pine nuts throughout the spinach layer & additionally drizzle over some balsamic glaze for that closing zing! 🤩 Regardless this was nonetheless attractive !!

Lunch absolutely loaded 🥙🧀🥬🌶🍗 idk about you however a stuffed pitta is my go to for lunch & at present’s filling’s have been FIYAHH 🔥

hummus, salad, pepper, piri piri rooster, halloumi & tomato chilli chutney 🤩

Having performed the rounds of discovering one of the best pitta I have to say morrisons have it nailed 🥙🤩 crunchy when toasted, fluffy on the within & doesn’t break while you minimize into it, superb! … lol jokes 👅

This levelled with a Nando’s ngl & hopefully gives some lunch inspo 🙏🏼