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North African saffron & honey style chicken with a bit of personal mix 🥘

Tonight’s dish, is taken from one of my pencilled down recipes in my recipe book, I’ve always been writing down my favourites recipes. I like exploring dishes from all around the world 🗺

I’ve made North African chicken ages ago and I did like but thought I’d give it a twist tonight and followed the thought of doing Andalusian style chicken while ago as well. I like adding nuts and all types of dry fruits to my dishes, as well as something savoury to cut too much sweetness.

So follow this recipe for something delish 😋

North African style chicken with a twist recipe :-

Ingredients for 2 :-

2 Chicken breasts (or whatever chicken you prefer) 4 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion 3 garlic gloves (crushed) 7 cm Fresh ginger, chopped or grated 3 cinnamon sticks 1 teaspoon ground ginger 400 g can chopped tomatoes or fresh1 tablespoon Harrisa paste 150 ml chicken stock 1 teaspoon saffron 2 tablespoons honey 1 big squeeze of lemon Small bunch of Fresh coriander, choppedHandful of different types of nuts/dried fruits – I used almonds, hazelnuts and some dried cranberry

Method :-

  • Cut the chicken breasts into halves, heat the olive oil in a sauté pan, add the chicken and fry until the chicken is golden brown, take the chicken out and place onto the plate, keep it warm
  • Add some more olive oil into a pan, add the onion and sauté for 5 mins, next add the garlic, fresh ginger and cinnamon, cook for further 2-3 minutes, add ground ginger and cook for another 1 minute, add the nuts and dried fruits ( nuts of your choice, I cut my almonds and hazelnuts in smaller pieces, and also cut my dried fruits)
  • Stir in tomatoes and harrisa paste, cook gently for 5 minutes on the medium heat. Stir in chicken stock, saffron and some extra seasoning if needed. Bring to boil, return the chicken to the pan, simmer for around 20 minutes until the mixture reduce in size and becomes thicker.
  • Add honey and squeeze lemon in, cook for another 2-3 minutes.

You can serve it with anything you want, I served mine with mash potatoes due to personal preferences but it will go nicely with either some rice, couscous or just boiled potatoes 🙂 sprinkle coriander on top.

Enjoy 😊

Xoxo

 

Italian almond magic custard cake!

Today’s recipe will definitely fulfil one of those cravings for something sweet but not too sweet if you know what I mean?!

Italian almond magic custard cake- it’s not too heavy, it won’t leave you thinking ‘ damn I feel like I had too much, and that’s s bit too sweet’. The rich flavour that those toasted almonds give is just mmmm… trust me it will leave you just satisfied 🙂

So keep on reading this post to find out the recipe and see some tempting photos to go and make this right this second 😉 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Italian custard magic cake recipe :-

Ingredients for the Cake :-

  • 4 eggs ( separate yolk from the whites)
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup self raising flour
  • Few drops of vanilla extract, or 16g pack of vanilla sugar
  • 130 g butter, melted
  • 2 (not full) cups of full fat lukewarm milk

Ingredients for the Honey Syrup :-

  • 2/3 tablespoons honey (use the proper honey, not one of those sugary sticky things)
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 pack of toasted flakes almonds

Method :–

Preheat an oven to 150°C. Line the base and sides of a 20cm round cake pan

When you’re ready in a mixing bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer until firm peaks form and then put it on the side.

In a different bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla and water with an electric mixer until mixture is light and fluffy. Gradually add in the butter until mixed through.

On a low speed, add flour and mix in until just combined. Pour in the lukewarm milk slowly, making sure it’s fully mixed. At the end gently fold in beaten egg whites until it’s all mixed together

Now Pour mixture into pan and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until the top is golden, and the centre is slightly wobbly. When you put wooden stick in it comes out clean, Cool in the pan until completely cold.

Honey Syrup :-

In a saucepan combine together sugar, water and honey. Stir over medium heat until boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for around 30 mins. Allow to cool completely, I find out that the mixture only thickness up for me once it’s cool, so don’t worry if it didn’t thicken once simmering.

Once the cake is finished, turn up the oven to 200c, put the almonds flakes in, leave them there until they reach this nice  golden colour. When ready take out and sprinkle over the top of the cake, drizzle with syrup and serve.

Enjoy 🍰

Xoxo

International pizza day say what??!

For all the pizza lovers, today’s international pizza day right 🍕 🍕

Have you made yours???! If not, please see the recipe for the best pizza dough goin’ round.

I love making pizza, but what’s more I love eating it, who doesn’t thought???

The dough I make it’s thin and crunchy but also got this soft texture it’s just divine if I’ll be honest, but you want to know where I got recipe from?!! My dad! Yes my dad! ..So my dad used to work in Italian restaurant in Italy near Rome for a bit and they thought Him how to make proper Italian pizza 🍕 & since then I’ve only been using this recipe , it’s easy and delicious 🤤

So here it is the Devine Italian pizza dough -:

Ingredients for a single personal medium size pizza:-

  • 90 ml of lukewarm water
  • 150 g of four “00” type
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • Big splash of olive oil( I like to give quite a lot so it’s nice and moist)
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 10g of fresh yeast, you can use dry yeast but I always use fresh I think they’re better( never use dry yeast in any of my recipes, always fresh)

You need to dissolve and mix the years first for it to grow a little, so you need:-

Method for yeast first:-

  • Put your yeast in a bowl, add spoon from your water, spoon of flour from already prepared one, and a spoon of sugar – leave for 15 mins to rise…

    • ..for the dough :-

    After the 15 mins done, put flour, olive oil, water and the yeast mixture into a bowl and knead it with stand mixer until the dough is nice and flex,stretchy, elastic if you know what I mean?! Ha..

    Cover it with a toilet, and put it away in a warm place for at least 1 1/2 hour I usually put it for at least 2 hours, but as long as you see that dough is bigger then that’s fine,

    So the best bit now, while you’re waiting for the dough to rise, prepare your ingredients!! Literally just through anything you want on your pizza! I usually make one with bbq and Jack Daniel sauce for base 🤤 instead of your usual tomato sauce. – trust me it’s yum!!!

    And then add heaps of different types of cheese, pepper and some meat and voila – works well!

    Okay okay, now you’ve got your toppings, checked your dough, okay ready ? .. now you have to use your hands 🖐🏼 to make this dough look like a pizza 😉.. you ready? Start stretching out the dough in your hands, don’t roll it out ,stretch it out with your hands, place on the baking tin sprayed with a little oil, and start placing your toppings.. OHHH forgot to mention while you’re also waiting preheat the oven to 250 degrees c! While the oven is nice and hot put your pizza in and bake it for 10min!! And then extra 5 min if needed depending how crunchy you like it!

    AND THERE YOU GO AMAZING ITALIAN PIZZA 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

    TRUST ME AFTER THIS RECIPE YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE A FULL PLATE!

    Xoxo

    I think it’s time to introduce myself hmm?!

    So hey guys,

    I think it’s time for me to fully introduce myself. Well where do I start? I like to cook & bake! That not enough information?!

    Well I’m a feeder I tell you that, I like to play with food and make it all very spicy 🌶 haha (my partner is not the biggest fan of spicy but I suppose he has to accept it 🥴👅)

    Where is comes to baking I like to challenge myself, I like how precise you have to be with things for it to turn out good and pleasant to my family’s tummies 🤲🏼 I’m a great believer that food can brighten up anyone’s day! Specially if it’s done with love! And that’s how I like to make my food, to make people happy and to feel happy when others comment on my food, makes my day.

    On the other hand I’m Dagmara & I’m 24 years young (sorry meant to mention that at the start😂) I am originally from Poland however I’ve came to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 when I was 12. I’m a law & management graduate, I’ve got loving fiancé & a beagle called Arkenstone – think that’s enough information?

    OH & that’s me if you’re wondering what I look like 👇🏼

    Follow my Instagram for more posts – weepolishchef

    Personal Instagram – dagmara_jankowska__

    Saturday night..bake night?!

    Good evening all,

    Second post in a raw.. but I guess you have to start somewhere right?

    How’s your Saturday guys?

    Mines been okay rainy day again in Scotland… seen snow only one day in here this winter, could of been worse to be honest…

    Tonight’s recipe is yogurt mini doughnuts.. why? Well I think it’s a good comfort food on this rainy day, it’s relatively easy and quick to make for relaxing night. Please keep in mind I only managed to eat one before my fiancé stole the ball and ate them all.. at least they didn’t go to waste, always a good thing.

    See the recipe below :-

    Ingredients for these lovely mini doughnuts:-

      2 medium eggs
      180g of natural yogurt/ fat free Greek yoghurt
      200g of all purpose flour
      2 tablespoons of caster sugar
      Splash of vanilla extract
      Tablespoon of baking power
      Pinch of salt
      Lemon zest
      Splash of some alcohol ( I used frangelico liqueur) rum, vodka – anything is good
      Oil for frying

    Method :-

    • Mix together all the liquid ingredients, you can use stand mixer or just spatula to mix it all together
    • In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, lemon zest, pinch of salt
    • Put dry mixture to liquid mixture, mix all well together, the mixture should be quite thick but still liquidy
    • Once the frying oil is hot enough, start pouring the dough in,use 2 teaspoons, grab with one and pour it in with the second spoon, once it’s all nice and brown all over put them on a plate with baking sheet so the grease comes out a little
      Once finished, and still warm you coat them in an icing sugar

    BEST EAT THEM WARM!!! 🤤

    Xoxo