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April Cookery Book Club - Diana Henry

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Pantah630 · 01/04/2015 07:38

Welcome to Spring and Cookery Book Club. This month we are testing Diana Henry's recipes from her many books and online recipes.

I have her new chicken book, A Bird in the Hand, and have made one of the spiced thigh dishes, it was good but not memorable as I can't remember the name Blush will go back through the book and let you all know later. For those without any books or access to them through your libraries there should be recipes online.

Some of us were so enthralled by Made in India that we will still be reccing those recipes too.

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Pantah630 · 01/04/2015 07:40

Diana Henry website for recipes here

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glorious · 01/04/2015 07:46

Thanks pantah. I'm happy to type stuff up from roast figs, sugar snow or the healthy one when I can remember what it's called

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ScienceRocks · 01/04/2015 08:07

Checking in to see if you lot convince me I need one of these books in my life Grin

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HuevosRancheros · 01/04/2015 09:29

Thanks Pantah

I shall watch and read with interest, and probably end up with a whole shelf of Diana Henrys by the end of the month Grin

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pregnantpause · 01/04/2015 09:43

Thanks pantah. I'll be cooking much less this month as I'm away a lot, but I have a few recipes earmarked. Though, like you , I'm not ready to shelf mii yet- such a great bookSmile

The two Dh books I have are roast figs and change of appetite- it's like they're written by different authors! Complete opposites.

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TwoLittleTerrors · 01/04/2015 10:13

I will be back from my Easter break in the middle of the month. So a lot less cooking for me too. But I love diana henry. Especially cook simple and a change of appetite.

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tinytops · 01/04/2015 16:31

Hi, can I rejoin? I dabbled in jan/feb but was then struck down by morning sickness and had to avoid thinking about food. Sounds like made in India was a hit! Will check it out. I don't have any Diana Henry but will look at the website

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lbnblbnb · 01/04/2015 16:47

Some of her recipes are here:
dianahenry.co.uk/recipes/

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BrassicaBabe · 01/04/2015 21:33

Hmm, struggling to let go of my MiI love still Grin

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glorious · 03/04/2015 17:50

Ok so here's what we've cooked before from Roast figs, sugar snow.
Salad of pear, hazelnut and Cashel blue
Roast squash salad with lentils and goat's cheese. Much nicer than it looks.
Swedish Thursday soup
Romania bean, smoked bacon soup. This is absolutely amazing
smoked haddock and leek risotto. This really works though you wouldn't expect it to.
gin and juniper cured salmon. Worth the wait but even better with a bit of beetroot as well



This week we'll do
Roasted spare rib chops and
honeyed duck from roast figs

And pancakes with date and pecan from a change of appetite.

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glorious · 03/04/2015 19:25

Oh and chicken shawarma as well

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piebald · 03/04/2015 20:07

For anyone who has an interest in making pickles or preserving food in any way i highly recommend Salt, sugar, smoke. It is a fascinating book with lovely recipes. I have just today made a batch of hot mango chutney, it is fresh and zippy with lime juice

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couldntbebothered · 03/04/2015 20:27

I don't have any of her books but will have a look at the recipes online. Also still addicted to made in India!

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glorious · 06/04/2015 09:20

Did the roasted spare rib chops with pears, onions and melting gorgonzola from Roast figs, sugar snow last night. The pears took on a lovely flavour and the combination was great but somehow it didn't come together as one thing iyswim.

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Pantah630 · 06/04/2015 15:28

We had chicken with thyme and lemon and garlic smashed potatoes for lunch, very easy, very tasty and flavours I do normally so what's not to love. coconut fish curry last night, still stuck in MiI mode

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glorious · 08/04/2015 07:25

Did chicken shawarma from A change of appetite last night. It was very tasty though needed a lot of seasoning and DH tells me it was a bit of a faff For a weeknight. The chickpea puree wasn't the most attractive but it was tasty and the pomegranate really lightened things up. And what's not to like about griddled chicken.

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pregnantpause · 12/04/2015 18:42

I've made two meals from change of appetite this weekend - cod and saffron cous cous- this was very nice, the pistachios were a lovely additional texture. It was very pretty and light ( and very low calorie too)

The Peruvian chicken soup- this was very nice, though unusual, potatoes with chilli, spring onion and coriander in ginger garlic broth, are not a combination I love - I'd omit the potatoes and use egg or rice noodles next time. The eggs were very nice in the soup, which I didn't expect. Looking forward to the leftovers ( and again a very low calorie dinner)

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glorious · 12/04/2015 21:35

Mile High buttermilk pancakes with date and pecan butter from Roast figs were amazing. Very fluffy with whisked up egg whites and tangy from buttermilk. Next time I'd whizz the butter up instead of just chopping the dates and pecans.

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Pantah630 · 17/04/2015 20:15

Paprika roast chicken with caraway potatoes tonight, very tasty. Served with carrots, shallots, celery and fennel cooked around the chicken with a little stock, pougari (cypriot bulgar/vermicelli/bacon) and sautéed pak choi in caraway and lime.

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TwoLittleTerrors · 18/04/2015 20:20

I'm back home and ready to do some cooking. And I've ordered yet another cookbook. I found Polpo 50% off at Foyles (£12.50). Couldn't resist Hmm. Hopefully DH won't notice the appearance of yet another cookbook. A lot of my new purchases are e-books so they are well hidden Grin.

I made the feta and orange and honeyed almonds salad from a change of appetite. It's very good. DH commented on how delicious the almonds were.

Basically, it's a salad with orange, fennel, watercress, feta, mint and honeyed almond. You made the almond by toasting it with oil, honey, paprika and cumin. Dressing is vinegar, orange juice, olive oil, honey and thyme. All very simple but oh so good.

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TwoLittleTerrors · 18/04/2015 20:28

While I was adding a note on the salad on EYB, I noticed the salad recipe is online. So here it is
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5c1yFvj7q2N5MjXP9t0XXYK/cook-the-perfect-healthy-salad

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glorious · 18/04/2015 21:23

Mmm that sounds good.

We have polpo. Good book and under used here.

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Haywire · 19/04/2015 17:09

Hello all have been crazy busy this month easter hols we were on holiday and then three lots of visitors so no time for trying new recipes. have made a few favourites from made in India and MWTE though.

love the sound of the salad TwolittleTerrors will try and look at Diana Henry books tonight and choose a few to try. Ugh have to sew on 4 beaver uniform badges first though.

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TwoLittleTerrors · 19/04/2015 20:43

Another Diana Henry night. I somehow ended up only half following her instructions. The plan originally was to make the Pacific Lime Chicken (link) from Cook Simple. I have made this many times, and we usually eat it with rice and a simple stir fried veg. It's a lovely sticky, sweet and sour marinade/sauce for roast chicken. However I didn't have enough honey at home.

Flicking through Cook Simple, I found a replacement roast chicken recipe. It's chicken baked with sweet potato, smoked paprika, olives and pickled lemons. The marinade is simply olive oil, smoked paprika, crushed garlic, flesh of preserved lemons and juice from the preserved lemons. Toss with sweet potatoes and red onions and bake for 45min. About 15min before finish, add olives. Add some chopped herbs before serving. With baby brain, I ended up forgetting the olives and herbs. I wouldn't say this is a new favourite, but it's pleasant enough and super easy. I will make this again but use more preserved lemons. (This is under variations to chicken baked with red onions, potatoes and rosemary if you are looking for it in the book).

I served the chicken with tenderstem broccoli cooked using a recipe under 'broccoli, second helpings' in a change of appetite. I also ended up failing to follow as I couldn't find any parmesan in the fridge. This is just steamed broccoli, add little balls of ricotta, and shaved parmesan, drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper. Very refreshing and very nice. I have never had tenderstem broccoli with ricotto but it somehow really works together.

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SconessMcFloness · 19/04/2015 21:10

From Cook Simple - I've made the Italian sausage with broccoli pasta - i overcooked the broccoli but it was easy, tasty and family friendly - a good midweeker.
Also made the leg of lamb stuffed with goats cheese, blush tomato and basil - this went down really well with the whole family, the flavours are familiar but usual in a roast.
Made the chermola lamb with hot pepper and carrot puree - the dcs liked the puree but dh and I found it too sweet.....
From change of appetite I made the Persian chicken with saffron, & spicy cous cous etc....I couldn't bring myself to throw away the saffron marinade, so I cooked the chicken in it....I need to play with the recipe to make this work but the cous cous was very good and I will make it again.

Ham hock and pea soup from Plenty was a big hit....definitely a favourite.

What the book for next month?

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