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My recipe for duck in tamarind sauce

Duck Breast in Tamarind Sauce - Ped Yang Makam This dish was inspired by a visit to one of my favourite Thai restaurants, Lanna Thai in Canterbury. I loved it so much I had to work out how to recreate it at home. After much trial and error I believe I have perfected it. I hope you enjoy it as much as me. You will need: 2 Duck breasts with the skin on 2 banana shallots 2 spring onions for the marinade 1 star anise 2-3cm cinnamon stick 1tbsp coriander seeds 1 garlic clove 2 thai shallots 1 tbsp fish sauce 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine Put all the ingredients into a pestle and mortar and work into a paste. Slash the skin of the duck breasts, about 1-2cm apart, and then rub the marinade into the breasts and leave to marinade for a few hours. for the sauce 1 dsp tamarind paste 3 dsp fish sauce 4 dsp palm sugar 3 dsp of sweet chilli sauce 150ml water Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil, simmer for 10-15 mins until you ...

Smoked Salmon and Watercress Quiche

Smoked Salmon and Watercress Quiche This time last week I was watching Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers and he cooked this recipe. The next day I was in the supermarket and they happened to have cooked smoked salmon fillets reduced. So I grabbed them. With a glut of eggs from our slow starting chickens, I've been searching out recipes to use them up and this seemed better than fate! Nigel Slater's recipe can be found here . So I set out to make this recipe, knowing I had everything I needed. Or so I thought... When I went to grab the flour, I found I had 3 bags of self raising and no plain. It was too late to do anything about it so I decided to use the self raising and see what happened. Before blind baking the pastry case I pricked it all over with a fork to stop it rising. I also didn't have proper baking beans so I used a bag of flageolet beans that I found in the back of the cupboard which were best before 2007!!! There wa...

Slow cooker home made doner kebab

This is a perfect Friday night dinner. I'm still enjoying my Friday nights at the pub whilst I am healthy eating, you have to have a little treat, and this cooks in the slow cooker whilst you're there - perfect! According to the Daily Mail, a takeaway Doner Kebab can contain anywhere between 1000 and 2000 calories, mine only has 551! I found this recipe on The Diary of a Frugal Family website http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/2015/04/homemade-doner-kebab-slow-cooker-slimming-world-fakeaway.html I've made a slight change with the addition of cumin You will need: 1kg lamb mince (as lean as you can get, however this recipe is based on standard supermarket lamb mince) 1tbsp garlic powder 1tbsp ground cumin 1tbsp oregano 1tsp mixed dried herbs 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 2tsp salt 1tbsp white pepper 6 wholemeal pitta breads salad Serves 6 551 calories per serving Method: Simply put all the ingredients in a food processor and wizz up until it forms a ...

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