• mjes on September 26, 2019

  This cookbook has been the cookbook of the month for July 2019 for the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Sunny-side up egg, chicken & pak choi rice bowl (Bol renversé)

  • meggan on April 15, 2020

    Fun and delicious. Replaced baby corn with frozen corn. my kid loved the unveiling and everyone liked the taste.

  • Kduncan on January 15, 2020

    Prep takes a bit, as there is a lot of chopping, but cook time is pretty short. Due to how I have to buy chicken, ours was a bit chicken heavy. The egg on top is a great addition to a dish that is similar to a lot of other stir-frys.

• Four-spice pork kebabs with peppers (Brochettes de porc)

  • meggan on June 05, 2020

    My husband thought it was little heavy on the cloves but he doesn't like cloves. It would good without too. I always think it best to grill veg and meat separately due to different cook times and then combine afterwards.

  • joneshayley on September 15, 2021

    Delicious! I’d not add the tomatoes next time, but otherwise wonderful

• Spicy lamb patties (Catless)

  • meggan on June 24, 2020

    Ooh. These are good. I added more cilantro but no mint.

• Grilled spiced lamb chops with lemon

  • joneshayley on September 15, 2021

    So flavourful. Great way to get the best from less than top chops!

• Pork loin glazed with honey & thyme

  • lkgrover on April 12, 2021

    Excellent pork roast with onions & sauce; I plan to serve next month for guests. I substituted 1 tsp dried thyme for thyme sprigs (which were out of stock at my local grocery).

• Toasted coconut, mango & carrot salad

  • lkgrover on April 13, 2021

    Loved this salad--bright flavors of citrus & the tropics; colorful presentation.

• Lobster in vanilla cream sauce (Langouste à la vanille)

  • lkgrover on June 28, 2022

    Rich cream sauce with lobster for a special dinner. I used lobster tails & commercial chicken broth.

• Sausages in a spicy tomato sauce (Rougaille saucisse)

  • lkgrover on October 28, 2020

    Flavorful recipe using ingredients I usually have in my pantry. I used sweet chile chicken sausages from a local butcher.

• Coconut chicken (Akoho sy voanio)

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on April 07, 2020

    Nice, but not very special. Easy for a weeknight dinner.

• Slow-cooked duck with cinnamon & cloves (Salmi de canard)

  • Mayandbill on January 21, 2020

    Made this as written, except I used tinned tomatoes. Simple to make but really tasty and rich, if a touch too sweet, so would definitely make again but reduce the sugar by half.

• King prawns with tamarind & coconut (Cari koko)

  • Mayandbill on January 21, 2020

    It wasn't marvellous, but then it turned out that nor were my prawns, so all the taste had to come from the sauce. Nevertheless, a decent curry, which tasted far better a couple of days later. Would make again if I can find tastier prawns and would possibly add half a teaspoon of sugar.

• Creole saffran rice

  • Kduncan on March 12, 2020

    I made the mistake of overcooking my basmati rice while trying to cook down the rest of the vegetables. Overall a fine recipe for spiced and veged rice with a good amount of flavor from the spices added.

• Potato & pea samosas

  • Kduncan on November 10, 2020

    We couldn't find samosa pastry or egg roll wrappers, hence we used wonton wrapper, which aren't as big so we couldn't get as much stuffing inside them. The oven due to centigrade to Fahrenheit conversion was too hot, which caused a few to over cook. Other than that they were fine, liked the baking instead of frying technique.

• Stir-fried crab, pork & lime (Fosa sy hena-kisoa)

  • Kduncan on January 15, 2020

    Simple recipe, really needs the rice. Overall the flavors really didn't pop for us.

• Maldivian tuna curry (Dhon riha)

  • Kduncan on March 12, 2020

    My favorite recipe from this book so far, lots of flavor here. Really simple easy weeknight meal. Served with white rice.

• Sticky chicken with garlic & ginger (Akoho misy sakamalao)

  • Kduncan on March 12, 2020

    Pretty simple recipe. I made a few mistakes due to not having a bowl large enough to lay all the chicken side by side while marinading, which caused the skin not to brown enough while cooking. The flavors are good here. Would definitely try again without marinading the chicken on top of each other.

• Tamarind pineapple chilli salt salad

  • Kduncan on March 03, 2020

    Really easy recipe, though lots of knife work. Flavors are great, and it works really well with main dishes that have overpowering flavor.

• Sesame coconut flatbreads (Mkatra foutra)

  • Kduncan on March 12, 2020

    Another pretty easy recipe, but the problem is without the honey on top, there is not much flavor in the flatbreads themselves.