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Pasta Bake recipe

A quick, satisfying dish packed with flavour.
 
Ingredients:-
 
2 Chicken Thighs
4 Rashers of Bacon
4 Tbsp Green or Red Pesto
250g Pasta (We used  Gluten free Fusilli)
25g Margarine
25g Plain flour (We use Gluten free flour)
400–500ml Milk
80g Cheese, grated (We used Cheddar)
1 tsp dried Rosemary or mixed Herbs
Salt and Pepper
 
Method-
 
(1) Boil the Pasta in salted water until it is partly cooked but still has plenty of bite.
(2) Drain the Pasta and set aside.
(3) Roast the Chicken Thighs and Bacon until the Bacon is crispy and the Chicken meat is easy to separate from the bone. Set aside to cool.
(4) Set a little crated Cheese aside.
(5) Making the Cheese sauce - Melt the butter in a saucepan.
(6) Stir in the flour and cook for 1–2 minutes.
(7) Take the pan off the heat and gradually stir in the milk to get a smooth sauce. Return to the heat and, stirring all the time, bring to the boil.
(8) Simmer gently for 8–10 minutes and season with salt and pepper.
(9) Stir in cheese and allow to melt.
(10) Strip the Chicken from the bone and cut into pieces and cut the Bacon up.
(11) Set a small amount of the cooked Pasta aside.
(12) Mix the remaining Pasta with the Pesto, Chicken and Bacon.
(13) Transfer to a casserole dish.
(14) Pour the Cheese Sauce over the pasta.
(15) Mix the remaining Pasta, grated Cheese and Rosemary and sprinkle over the Cheese Sauce.
(16) Roast in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes until the Cheese sauce has browned and the topping is slightly crunchy.
 
We served ours with home made Coleslaw.

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Bangladesh style Kalija Curry (Spicy Chicken Liver) recipe
 
Round the world for £4  - B is for Bangladesh
 
We're working our way through the alphabet nation by nation trying to create a dish for £4. We found Chicken Liver at 0.65p for 300g so this dish including the herb and spices cost us less that £1 per plate and it was really tasty.
 
Ingredients:-
 
300g Chicken Liver. Steeped in milk for a couple of hours
1 large Potato cubed and boiled to soften
2 Onions chopped
1 large Tomato chopped
½ tbsp ground Ginger
1 tbsp grated Garlic
1 tsp Garam Mesala
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tbsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Hot Chilli powder
½ tsp ground Black Pepper
5 to 6 dried Chillies
Salt
½ tsp Sugar
2 tsp Mustard oil (Mustard powder + Oil)
Flour & dry seasoning above to coat the Liver
 
Method:-
 
(1) Fry the Onions until lightly browned.
(2) Add ¼ tsp of Garam Masala and mix in.
(3) Add all the remaining dry ingredients, excluding the Sugar.
(4) Fry for a further 2-3 minutes.
(5) Coat the Liver in the seasoned flour.
(6) Add the Liver and softened Potatoes and fry on a high heat for 5 6 minutes.
(7) Add a cup of water, mix and cook on a low heat for a further 20 minutes until fully cooked. Stirring gently.
(8) Add the Sugar and ¼ tsp of Garam Masala. Mix well and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
 
Serve over salted boiled Turmeric rice, perhaps with a little salad.
 

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