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Food on Friday with Paul Clerehugh

Paul Clerehugh tells you how to cook saffron chicken, zesty sugar snap salad and gooey chocolate with melted Galaxy. All the recipes are available for you below.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 27 Jun 2014 13:30

Saffron chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 large organic free range chicken, divided in to quarters; breast and wing, leg and thigh.
  • 2 roughly chopped onions
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • A generous pinch of saffron
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 4 tbsp cold water
  • 2 tsp coarse sea salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 100g unskinned hazelnuts
  • 70g honey
  • 2 tbsp rosewater
  • 2 roughly chopped spring onions

Method

Mix the chicken pieces, onions, olive oil, ginger, cinnamon, saffron, lemon juice, water, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Leave to marinate for at least an hour or overnight in the fridge.

Preheat the oven to 190掳c. Spread the hazelnuts out on an oven tray and roast for 10 minutes until lightly browned. Chop roughly and set aside .

Put the chicken and marinade in a large roasting tray, arranging the chicken pieces skin side up, and put the tray in the oven for approx. 35 minutes.

While the chicken is roasting, mix the honey, rosewater and nuts together to make a rough paste. Remove the chicken from the oven, spoon a generous amount of paste on to each piece and spread. Return the chicken to the oven for 5-10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the nuts are golden brown.

Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with chopped spring onions.

Zesty sugar snap salad

Ingredients

  • 70g unskinned hazelnuts
  • 400g green beans
  • 400g sugar snaps
  • 20g chopped chives
  • 1 orange
  • 1 clove crushed garlic
  • 2 tbsp hazelnut oil
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • Preheat the oven to 180掳c.
  • Trim the beans and sugar snaps, keeping the two separate.

Method

Bring a large pan of unsalted water to the boil (make sure there is plenty of space for the beans so as to preserve their colour).

Blanch the beans for 4 mins, then drain in to a colander and run under cold water until cold. Leave to drain and dry. Repeat with the sugar snaps, but only blanch for 1 minute.

Scatter the hazelnuts over a baking tray and roast in the oven for 10 minutes. Leave until cold enough to handle then rub them with a clean tea towel to get rid of most of the skin. Roughly chop them with a large, sharp knife.

Remove the zest from the orange in strips with a vegetable peeler (avoiding the bitter white pith). Slice each piece of zest in to very thin strips.

To assemble the dish, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, toss gently and season to taste. Serve at room temperature.

Gooey chocolate with melted Galaxy

Ingredients

  • 5 eggs
  • 200g butter
  • 200g sugar
  • 200g plain chocolate
  • 200g ground almonds
  • 250g Galaxy chocolate

Method

Melt the chocolate and butter together, then mix in the almonds. Set aside to cool a little.

Separate 4 of the eggs. Mix 1 whole egg and 4 yolks with the sugar. Blend this with the chocolatey mixture.

Beat the 4 remaining egg whites until they are stiff. Using a metal spoon, carefully fold in the egg whites.

Pour into a non-stick spring-form baking tin and bake at 180掳C for 45 minutes.

Melt the Galaxy in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water. Pour over the chocolate cake.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Jun 2014 13:30