Roast Chicken and Other Stories - Second Helpings by Simon Hopkinson

  • Almond and blueberry sponge cake

    from Second Helpings of Roast Chicken (USA) Second Helpings of Roast Chicken (USA) by Simon Hopkinson

    • Categories: Baked & steamed desserts; Dessert
    • Ingredients: store-cupboard ingredients; ground almonds; Amaretto; blueberries
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  • Almond and blueberry sponge cake

    • kbrooks on May 03, 2026

      Lovely cake.

  • Brisket and potato pie

    • pinchvsdash on August 07, 2025

      This is a really great version of a traditional British dish from the North West of England. Definitely serve with some pickles on the side.

  • Bloody Mary

    • Pamsy on December 30, 2024

      Very nice, very moreish!

  • Spinach and coconut dhal

    • Pimlicocook on January 19, 2025

      Warming and tasty. Followed recipe but used pressure cooker (1 minute at high pressure, natural release) after adding lentils, speeding it up considerably.

  • Braised duck with peas

    • Schoieash on January 06, 2026

      Made with duck legs rather than a whole duck, and used frozen peas in place of tinned. Was easy and delicious!

  • An English lettuce salad

    • kbrooks on February 15, 2025

      Perfect salad. The dressing is so delicious. I didn't have fresh tarragon, so used 1 teaspoon dried. Also didn't mix the hard cooked egg yolks into the dressing; just chopped them along with the whites and added to the salad. Used French breakfast radishes, which are milder than regular red radishes.

  • Braised Bibb lettuces with butter and spring onions

    • veronicafrance on January 09, 2012

      We had this as a side dish with beef stroganoff; it was delicious and went really well with it. Very easy to do as well. Note, in the UK edition it's called Braised Little Gem lettuces with butter and spring onions (p 123 in my copy). I've had this book a while and this is the first recipe I've cooked from it -- thanks EYB!

  • Raspberry clafoutis

    • veronicafrance on February 21, 2014

      This was OK, but I don't think raspberries really work in a clafoutis. It took much longer than advertised to cook, but that might be because my frozen raspberries weren't as thawed as they might have been. Basically, tart fruit that exudes less juice is better in clafoutis.

  • Rhubarb and almond crumble with custard

    • Pamsy on November 19, 2022

      I'm yet to be convinced that ground almonds are suitable in a crumble topping. I also added 75gr whole blanched almonds, very roughly chopped, in the hope they would add more texture. Certainly there is a lovely almondy flavour to the topping. The ground ginger didn't come through at all and next time I'd replace with finely chopped stem ginger (added to the fruit with some of its syrup). Will make again.

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  • ISBN 10 0333735870
  • ISBN 13 9780333735879
  • Published Oct 26 2001
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 224
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Macmillan

Publishers Text

A delicious new cookery book from one of our finest food writers with gloriously pretty colour illustrations by Flo Bayley..Simon Hopkinson's first book, Roast Chicken and Other Stories, was both hugely successful and highly acclaimed, winning both the Andre Simon and the Glenfiddich Awards. In Roast Chicken, he returns to that winning formula of chapters based round key ingredients and gives recipes for utterly delicious dishes using them. So, we have a chapter on apples with a perfect applie pie, a chapter on curry with Constance Spry's original Coronation chicken and a chapter on duck with Braised duck with olives and classic Roast duck and apple sauce. Here, too, you will find Pear and ginger sponge, 'a good' Waldorf salad, 'a nice' Chicken casserole, Armenian lamb pilaff, Linguine with browned garlic, chillies and pine kernels, Grilled whole plaice with lemon butter sauce and what is, quite simply, the best Bloody Mary. Roast Chicken is quintessential Simon Hopkinson; practical recipes for food you want to eat, whether it's a quick everyday supper dish or something for a more leisurely weekend meal.

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