The initiatory of all 'Autumnal' recipe I made for dinner this twelvemonth was this exactly fantastic recipe for chicken thighs, roasted inward a large casserole dish alongside reddish lentils in addition to onions until the lentils became crispy to a greater extent than or less the edges in addition to soft similar mashed white patato inward the inwardness which I became obsessed alongside making from the River Cottage Light & Easy
mass terminal Autumn. While the dish is all the same from a 'light' cookbook (we convey hence many of those these days) yous all the same larn the crisp chicken skins where they convey been exposed during cooking, in addition to that comforting feeling yous desire on a moisture in addition to stormy eve without that heavy feeling afterwards.
mass terminal Autumn. While the dish is all the same from a 'light' cookbook (we convey hence many of those these days) yous all the same larn the crisp chicken skins where they convey been exposed during cooking, in addition to that comforting feeling yous desire on a moisture in addition to stormy eve without that heavy feeling afterwards. 
Something from my mothers shelf, Light & Easy has truly last a mass that nosotros both dearest to gear upwardly in addition to consume from; some dishes are made every bit a family, but I've institute that when it is exactly me habitation lonely for the calendar week I push clitoris it downwards from the shelf in addition to brand a few dishes for myself, rather than reaching for ane of my (many) cookbooks where I've already bookmarked hundreds of dishes for my 'to make' list.
The thought behind the mass is for yous to consume 'healthily' (I pose that inward italics, because I mean value nosotros convey reached the betoken where the entire cookbook marketplace is exactly flooded alongside supposedly salubrious books that I'm starting to larn a flake bored of them, fifty-fifty if in that location are all the same a few volumes from this novel popularity inward my Amazon wishing list) field all the same eating inward a somewhat normal fashion. This mass cuts out milk in addition to wheat; non something I'm certain is a expert thought inward the long term unless you're intolerant of either, but none the less are ii nutrient groups my diet is pretty calorie-free inward anyway, hence I similar how this mass has given me a diversity of delicious in addition to lighter dishes to mix inward alongside my everyday eating. Also, inward the 'healthy' mass spectrum, most of the ingredients are what we'd ordinarily detect at your average supermarket, though some recipes such every bit the Potato Cakes in addition to Savoury Pan Scones I'll ever give a miss, because who needs to hunt downwards a purse of rice flour hence convey it sitting going stale inward the dorsum of the closet if yous don't occur to similar the ane or ii recipes yous bought it for?
None the less, I exercise truly dearest this book. I've enjoyed (almost) everything I've cooked from it (the Eggy Fish Fingers exactly just exercise non work, has anyone else had this problem, every bit it seems similar a cool recipe?), in addition to in that location is hence much to a greater extent than I desire to endeavour from it, such every bit the Storecupboard Fishcakes, Chicken Livers inward Lemony Cucumber, Parsley, Anchovy & Walnut Pesto in addition to the Squash, Red Onion & Butter Bean Roast.
So, this chicken alongside lentils. What I dearest nearly it is that every bit good every bit it existence delicious in addition to comforting, it is too stupidly slow to make. Soften sliced onions in addition to garlic inward a flake of mutual depression temperature pressed rapeseed crude (I similar Mrs. Middletons) inward a large casserole dish (you can't crunch a expert Le Creuset), add together fresh rosemary, chicken stock in addition to lentils, settle some chicken thighs on transcend in addition to roast it, uncovered inward the oven for an hour. Simple. This dish serves 3-4 people (used ii chicken thighs per person, in addition to the same amount of lentil base), in addition to has been barely adapted, I've exactly switched upwardly the method minimally.
- 2 tbsp Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil
- 1 Large (or 2 Small) White Onion(s), thinly sliced
- 4 Large Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced
- 3 Fresh Rosemary Sprigs
- Sea Salt & Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- 200g Red Split Lentils
- 500ml Chicken Stock (I utilisation a whole stock cube or yous tin brand your ain fresh)
- 6-8 Bone in, Skin on Chicken Thighs
- Small Handful Flat Leaf Parsley, chopped
Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees. Heat the rapeseed crude inward the bottom of a large, heavy bottomed casserole dish over a medium heat. Add the onions in addition to gear upwardly until softened. Add the garlic in addition to the rosemary sprigs, flavor good alongside tabular array salt in addition to pepper, in addition to stir. Cook until the garlic is too soft.
In a sieve, rinse the lentils nether a mutual depression temperature tap until the run off H2O runs clear in addition to is no longer cloudy. Add the lentils to the pan in addition to stir until they are good coated alongside crude in addition to gear upwardly for nearly a minute, stirring every few seconds. Stir inward the hot stock. Arrange the chicken thighs inward casserole dish, peel upwardly alongside the peel higher upwardly the liquid hence that the peel has a direct chances to crisp upwardly field cooking. Season the skins alongside tabular array salt in addition to pepper, in addition to transfer the dish, uncovered to the oven. Cook for an hour, checking that all the liquid has non evaporated in addition to the lentils are non drying out one-half agency through. If it looks similar in that location is non whatever liquid left, pour a flake of hot H2O from the kettle to a greater extent than or less the chicken.
If you're planning to serve this upwardly to a crowd, scatter the casserole alongside chopped parsley in addition to dish upwardly at the table; alongside the lentils turned to squeeze (fish the rosemary sprigs out every bit yous dish up) this is non the most attractive dish, inward spite of its fantastic flavour out of the casserole dish. However, if you're exactly serving it upwardly to family, yous tin give a flake of flourish to each private plate past times finishing them alongside the parsley. This too goes good alongside a side of greenish beans.
What are your favourite comforting dishes for when Summer has started to plow into Autumn that you're starting to brand again? Do yous convey whatever slow ane pot recommendations for me? Also, what are your thoughts on all of the 'healthy' books that convey come upwardly out over the past times few years? I convey the which I mentioned inward this post service at the offset of the year, in addition to I innovation to review properly sometime this Autumn.