Tina's chestnut stuffing and other secret and not so secret recipes

FANTASTIC thread idea I will have a think (not just placemarking...honest)

Adding in a teaspoon of marmite to a spag bol/ chilli makes it taste amazing. People who I know HATE Marmite can't get enough of my chilli and always ask what makes it taste so lovely! 😂

Easy chicken satays

4 chicken breasts cut to large cubes
2 large tblsp peanut butter
Big slosh of oil
Same amount soy sauce
(Optional: chopped spring onion, dollop of honey, chopped up ginger, sesame seeds)

Mix to a runny paste, add the chicken to marinade (anytime from 10 mins to 4 hours)

Put chicken on skewers and grill 10 mins each side

My "Spanish" chicken. I never measure as I'm a Nigel Slater type cook. Fry up some chorizo until it browns and the surface browns, add onion then garlic. I then add the chicken,usually thighs, and brown. Then add a tin of tomatoes, a tin of white or borlotti beans. Stew for around 40 minutes.

If you fry up toaster crumbs (or fresh crumbs if you're all fancy) until crispy and stir in some ready dried onions that you can buy in vast bags in Turkish stores and some parmesan, otherwise fussy kids will eat any soup or any pasta as long as they can sprinkle some of this on, and adults will think you're a culinary genius
I have it on good authority that frying the crumbs in oil left over after frying chorizo or bacon works particularly well if you're a meat eater.

Medium or large tomatoes:

Slice thickly (maybe 4 to 5 slices per tomato). Spread out on a baking tray. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle over olive oil. Then about a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar.

Roast in the oven at not more than 160 deg. After 40ish minutes, sprinkle over some dried oregano. Carry on cooking for another 10 minutes.

Lovely antipasto, or a topping for pasta and pesto, or to have alongside more or less any savoury dish.

@Ellapaella

Most supermarkets sell buttermilk. It is the liquid left over from butter making. It is like double cream but tangier. Brilliant for baking/cooking with.

[quote unkindnessofravens]@steppemum I've found Ketchap Manis in Morrisons before if you have one close by[/quote]
They also sell it in Marks and Spencer

Actually @bearlyactive don't worry I've looked it up and sour cream can be used as a substitute if thinned down a bit

@bearlyactive what is buttermilk? I would like to try OP's recipe

I have found my people. I do flat breads, 350g Greek yoghurt
350g flour self raising
1tsp baking powder...
It might be Jamie Oliver's!

Simple one - marmite bread - mix butter with marmite to taste, then cut slits into a part baked baguette, fill with the marmite butter, use your knife to spread any extra over the top of the baguette and then bake on gas mark 6 for about 25 minutes wrapped in foil.

Coconut rundown chicken - no idea if this is a traditional recipe, I had it in a restaurant once and used the ingredients listed on the menu as the starting point. Soften a chopped onion in coconut oil, add 3 crushed garlic cloves and a grated thumb sized piece of fresh ginger, cook for a few minutes then add chicken strips/cubes, and brown. Add in a sliced red pepper, sliced mushrooms, a tablespoon of all purpose seasoning, a teaspoon of lazy chillies, cook for a few minutes. Add a tin of cherry tomatoes and a tin of coconut milk, and reduce until thickened.

I serve it with coconut rice (basmati rice, tin of coconut milk, 2 tins water, tablespoon of granulated sweetener, half teaspoon of salt).

This is the best thread I've ever read on Mumsnet! Already made the ice cream mentioned on page 1 or 2 and was delicious.

My offering is bonus bread... When I'm baking bread I sometimes pull off a lemon sized chunk and make either of the two below. It's a nice way to make a quick treat snack using just the dough you've made for your bread, and small enough not to affect the size of the loaves you're baking!

1. Chocolate frying pan bread: knead some dark chocolate chips through dough. Roll out to 5mm thick in shape and size of your smallest frying pan. Leave to rise for 10 mins or so. Heat frying pan to medium hot. Add bread, cook until bubbles appear then flip over and cook on other side for a couple of minutes. Spread with melted butter and a sprinkling of caster sugar and eat immediately.

1. Mini cinnamon rolls: cream together some butter and sugar and cinnamon. Roll dough out into rectangle. Spread the butter and sugar mixture over it. Roll up tightly and cut into mini slices. Arrange in mini tin, cut side up, and bake until done. About 20 minutes at 200.

So many lovely recipes!

I always heat an onion, a carrot and a stick of celery in the milk before I make a cheese or mushroom sauce and it makes it lovely and tasty.

@ssd PM'd you

Is buttermilk sour cream?

When making tuna or egg mayo use half mayonnaise half salad cream. It really makes a difference.

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Thai Fish Cakes: (Recipe stolen from somewhere god knows where).

One salmon steak per person skin removed.
Tablespoon of Thai curry paste per two salmon
Tablespoon of soy sauce per two salmon steaks
Chopped corriander.

Blitz in food processor. Shape into burger shapes (either big ones or smaller ones if you prefer). Dust outer surface with flour. Put in Fridge to cool if you have time. Fry in vegetable oil. Bloody yummy.

Cheat's chicken curry:
Brown chopped chicken breast add a tablespoon of curry paste.
Remove from pan add onion fry in veg oil add garlic paste and ginger paste. If I have any I tend to add some sliced peppers. Add some chopped fresh tomatoes. Return chicken to the pan.
Add some stock mixed in with creamed coconut. Reduce a bit until chicken is cooked through. Add a big tablespoon of mango chutney. Add finely chopped corriander. Add in some greek yogurt and serve.

Also can be made veggie by using chickpeas and courgettes instead of chicken.

If you've got some left over chicken ( say, from a roast), this is an easy and delicious pie. Just add the chicken to some chopped mushrooms and a tin of Campbell's condensed mushroom soup. Heat through and then leave to cool. Put in pie dish and cover with puff pastry and cook in oven. Easy and delicious!

Not as exciting as the others but when I make eton mess it's cream, meringues, halved graes and as many smashed up Crunchies as possible

Crunchies and grapes in Eton Mess?!!

Utterly random but I'm gonna try it!

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