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10 recipes
Good To FreezeCreamy Tuscan Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Render the skin hard before the sauce goes in, and put the chicken back skin-side up so it never sits in liquid — that is the difference between crisp skin and soggy skin.
BudgetHomemade Turkey Twizzlers
Blanch the sausages for a minute first so they firm up — raw sausage tears apart the moment you try to spiral-cut it around a skewer.
Accessible IngredientMozzarella-Topped Turkey Steaks with Tomato and Caper Sauce
Turkey steak is lean and turns dry fast, so it goes into a properly hot pan for two minutes a side and finishes under the grill rather than cooking through in the sauce.
Accessible IngredientOne-Bowl Olive Oil Chocolate Chunk Cookies
No butter, no eggs and no mixer. Whisking the oil, water and sugar until thick is what gives them the crackled top and chewy middle.
Packed LunchProper Tomato Soup
The tablespoon of vinegar at the end is what stops it tasting flat — long-simmered tinned tomatoes go sweet, and the acid brings the tomato flavour back into focus.
Good To FreezeSausages in Thyme Batter with Slow Onion Gravy
Two things decide how this turns out: resting the batter, and giving the onions the full hour. The tin and the oil both need to be properly hot before the batter goes anywhere near them.
Good To FreezeSlow-Oven Beef and Pancetta Ragu with Spaghetti
The long oven time is what separates this from a weeknight bolognese, and the milk is what makes it silky. Better still made a day ahead so you can lift the set fat off the top.
BudgetStore-Cupboard Tuna and Olive Spaghetti
Give the onions the full 15 minutes to soften and catch — they are the only fresh aromatic in a tin-and-jar sauce, so they carry the sweetness the whole dish is built on.
Accessible IngredientTriple Chocolate Chip Muffins
Stop mixing while the batter still looks lumpy. Overworked muffin batter develops gluten and bakes dense instead of light.
BudgetTuna Ragù
Stir the tuna in only once the sauce is off the boil and thickened. Simmering it breaks the flakes down into mush and the whole thing loses its texture.