Recipes to make this weekend

Some fantastic recipes to try this weekend...

I receive such a lot of messages from you all when I share my recipe recommendations, and I’m thrilled you enjoy these recipes as much as I do.

First, is Diana Henry’s baked chicken with marsala, blood oranges and olives. It’s a really straightforward recipe (think one-dish to pop in the oven) and makes the very most of the blood oranges that are around at the moment. I found some Tarocco oranges in Marks & Spencer Food Hall this week. I often use Nocellara olives as they look so attractive and are pretty universally popular.

This week, my sister and I made this black-eyed bean stew with mushrooms and squash, which we loved. Our Mum used to make something a little similar, which was an old Madhur Jaffrey recipe, but this is an update from Darina Allen and is delicious. I bought dried black-eyed beans from Sous Chef and tinned from Sainsbury’s. We served this with basmati rice, mint Greek yoghurt and a generous handful of fresh coriander.

Food writers have been raving about this fantastic apple and caraway cake from Irina Georgescu. The recipe is from Irina’s book, Tava, on Romanian and Eastern European baking. Irina is a wonderful talent, and this cake is no exception. Food writer Rachel Roddy shared this recipe in the Guardian recently. We all loved it and my Mum’s made it twice. We like it best served warm, as it forms a deliciously crispy crust. It couldn’t be easier to make, too. I found Caraway seeds in M&S, as it’s not a flavouring I use too often.

I’m planning on trying some exciting new Indonesian recipes from my friend Petty Elliott. Petty lives in the UK, and works as a top-level chef, having cooked for the G7 recently, and has shared some mouthwatering-looking recipes from her forthcoming book: The Indonesian Table.

I’d love to know what you make, so please do keep me posted. And, if this is helpful, please do consider becoming a paid subscriber to support my work and access my subscriber posts. Whatever you’re up to, have a wonderful weekend.