I've no idea where this idea came from, as I'd originally intended to make a chicken chasseur. When I opened the fridge though, I had an excellent head of fennel, amazing lemons, some beautiful pink garlic and some of my new favourite king oyster mushrooms. It reminded me of one of my absolute favourite summer lunches - finely sliced fennel, served with a garlic and lemon dressing, and seared chicken breasts which have been marinated in garlic and lemon juice. I think it just seemed logical to give it a go...
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Showing posts with label Casserole. Show all posts
Chicken Casserole with Fennel, Lemon, Garlic and Mushrooms
I've no idea where this idea came from, as I'd originally intended to make a chicken chasseur. When I opened the fridge though, I had an excellent head of fennel, amazing lemons, some beautiful pink garlic and some of my new favourite king oyster mushrooms. It reminded me of one of my absolute favourite summer lunches - finely sliced fennel, served with a garlic and lemon dressing, and seared chicken breasts which have been marinated in garlic and lemon juice. I think it just seemed logical to give it a go...
Braised Ox Cheek
In January I found myself tucking into a braised ox-cheek, in the middle of a horrific snow storm. We were in Cheltenham to shoot, a shoot which would subsequently be called off due to 5ft snow drifts. We'd lunched at the fabulous Le Champignon Sauvage and were supposed to have an early dinner in the dining room at the Ellenborough hotel. With the storm raging around us however, the chef had abandoned us in a fit of pique - apparently he had set up for a conference of two hundred people, and the whole thing had been cancelled at the last moment.