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Chicken Maraq recipe from Oman

Our fictional trip around The World for £4 or less took us to Oman last night. This was one of our favourite recipes so far, with a new ingredient for us - Black Limes! These are dry preserved Limes which I found in the local Halal Continental shop. We only actually needed 2 but ended up with 500g. I can see these sneaking into all sorts of dishes. They really pack a citrus punch!
 
Ingredients:-
 
½ a small Chicken cut into portions – Drummer, thigh, wing, breast cubed etc.
A large knob of Butter or Margarine
1 Onion, chopped
2 cloves of Garlic, minced
Omani Spices (See below)
¼ of a tube of Tomato Paste
3 large Tomatoes, chopped
2 Black Limes, cut in half
1250 ml of Chicken Stock (We had our own in the fridge from the Chicken carcass Sue rended down a while ago – But Stock cubes are cool)
3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cubed
 
Omani Spices 
 
Ingredients:-
 
1 handful of chopped Coriander
Cumin
Cinamon
Black Pepper
Cloves
Turmeric
½ tsp of each dried ingredient.
 
Method:-
 
(1) Fry the Onion in the Butter / Margarine until golden and softened.
(2) Add the Chicken pieces and cook for a further 5 minutes.
(3) Add the Garlic, Omani Spices, Tomato Paste, chopped Tomatoes and Black Limes.
(4) Add the Chicken Stock and stir for 2 minutes.
(5) Add more water if the sauce seem too thick, but you are aiming for quite a thick sauce.
(6) Bring to the boil them simmer for 15 minutes.
(7) Add the Potato and simmer for a further 20 minutes until the Potato is softened but not breaking down.
 
We enjoyed ours with hand made Gluten free flat breads (Recipe Here), Turmeric Rice and a sprinkling of chopped Coriander to add a bit of colour. 
 

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Chorizo & King Prawn Pizza recipe

We had half a stick of Chorizo in the fridge, a tub of cubed Yellow Sticker Cheese at 20p and a bit of time on our hands. So we made another version of Pizza in a giant Gluten free Yorkshire pudding.

It’s a favourite ‘go-to’ recipe here for clearing bits and bobs from the fridge. Basically if you have a Tomato base sauce and some Cheese you can throw all sorts of wonders between them. It’s never failed us yet!

For the base:-

Ingredients:-

100g Cornflour
150ml Milk
3 eggs
Salt & fresh ground Black Pepper

Method:-

(1) Pre-heat the oven to 220c, add oil or lard to a large tray and place in the oven.
(2) Whisk all the ingredients for the batter several time to get as much air into it as possible.
(3) When the oil / lard is smoking quickly pour your batter mix in and return to the oven.
(4) Reduce the heat to 180c.
(6) Cook for 30 to 35 minutes until the Yorkshire Pudding has risen and is lightly browned. Don’t over cook at you will be returning to the the oven to melt the Cheese.
(7) Add the Tomato Base sauce and then your filling ingredients.
(8) Add grated Cheese to the top and return to the oven until the Cheese has malted and is starting to brown slightly.

These things are huge. But the remaining half made great snacks for the following day. OK to be fair this actually fed both of us for two days!

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