Competitions
Main courses
Here you’ll find all the recipes you could have as a main course. Some of them can also be mixed and matched to make up your own main course.
Adil’s Butter Chicken
This is a great curry recipe for Butter Chicken has been provided by family friend and chef extraordinaire, Adil Karimbux. It’s been adapted from long running family traditions for everyone to enjoy!
Mussels in a white wine sauce
A quick and easy recipe for Moules Marinieres, a classic French dish. Includes tips on choosing and cleaning your mussels!
Velvet Chicken Pie
Velvet Chicken Pie has an unctuous sauce and velvety chicken. Perfect for a cozy night in on a cold February evening.
Goan fish curry
This recipe for Goan fish curry has to be one of the quickest and most delicious curries I have ever made. It has a hot, deep spicy flavour and can be ready within half an hour.
Ham & Cheese savoury pancakes
This is similar to my sweet pancake recipe, only it has the addition of buckwheat flour which gives the pancakes a richer, nutty flavour, similar to a crêpe – perfect for topping with your favourite filling, which for me is ham and cheese.
Roast Rabbit in a Chinese style marinade
A recipe for roast rabbit in a Chinese style marindade of honey, spices and ginger.
This works equally well with pork and is great with stir fried and steamed vegetables.
Pan Fried Breast of Partridge
Partridge meat is low in fat and dries out quickly. Unlike some other birds, it is important that it be suitably cooked, to be eaten pink and not too rare.
This is one of our favourite ways to cook partridge and pheasant with creamed leeks although I really like it with creamed or buttered cabbage and rosti potatoes.
Sweet Chilli Chicken
Sweet chilli chicken is perfect for any novices out there, who like me want to make an exquisite tasting meal that is really easy to prepare. It can be cooked and on your table in 20 minutes, so not a lot of preperation needed!
Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a lush succulent dish that can be enjoyed hot or cold and merits a crusty baguette to mop up the juices.
You can use this recipe as a guide, as it’s easy to create your own versions depending on what vegetables you have to hand.
Tomato soup
This is a really quick recipe for tomato soup that you can make and serve within half an hour. It’s a beautiful colour, tastes great and is healthy! There’s no need to make this more complicated than it has to be…
