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The most important step in making the perfect, traditional Greek chicken souvlaki is to marinade. For this chicken souvlaki recipe, the chicken is first marinated to soak up all the wonderful Mediterranean flavors and then grilled to high temperature, to get all crunchy, nicely colored and juicy.

The mouthwatering smell of souvlaki (a Greek word for ‘skewer’) cooking on an outdoor grill is so evocative of a summer evening in Greece. Here is how to recreate it at home.

 

Preparation time over 2 hours, Cooking time 10 to 30 mins Serves 4

 

Ingredients:

• 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into 4cm/1½in pieces
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• ½ tbsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp sweet paprika
• 2 garlic cloves, grated
• 1 lemon, grated zest and juice only
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the mustard sauce

• 125g/4½oz Greek-style yoghurt
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp English mustard

To serve

• 4 pitta breads or flatbreads
• 1 onion, finely sliced
• ½ bunch flatleaf parsley, finely chopped
• sliced tomatoes, shredded white or red cabbage (optional)

 

Directions:

• Put the chicken in a large bowl and add the olive oil, oregano, paprika, garlic and lemon zest. Season with ½ teaspoon each of sea salt and black pepper. Mix together well, then cover and place in the fridge for a few hours, preferably overnight.
• Take the chicken out of the fridge 30 minutes before cooking. Preheat the grill to its highest setting. Thread the meat onto four skewers. Place on a baking tray and grill for 15–18 minutes, turning halfway through.
• While the chicken is cooking, make the mustard sauce. Mix together the yoghurt, mayonnaise, honey and mustard.
• To serve, spoon the mustard sauce onto the pitta breads and put the chicken on top. Scatter over the sliced onion and chopped parsley and add a good squeeze of lemon juice. Serve immediately, with sliced tomato and shredded cabbage if you like.

 

This is the traditionally used to make chicken souvlaki, and for you to make it to perfection from the very first time!

 

 

 

 

This is another healthy on-a-budget recipe.

 

“I’m stretching the meat further by squeezing the sausage meat out of the skins and bumping it up with chickpeas. This is a great one to batch up and stash in the fridge or freezer for busy weeknights.”

 

This recipe requires 5 mins Preparation time, 45 mins Cooking time, Serves 6.

538 calories per serving.

 

Ingredients:

• 4 higher-welfare pork sausages
• Parmesan, #CommissionsEarned for grating (optional)
• 4 rosemary sprigs (or 2 tsp fennel seeds)
• 2 garlic cloves
• olive oil
• 320g frozen classic vegetable base mix
• 1 x 400g tin chickpeas
• 2 x 400g tins quality plum tomatoes
• 450g dried conchiglie pasta

 

Directions:

 

• Place a large, shallow casserole pan on a medium-high heat. Squeeze the sausage meat out of the skins into the pan, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, and fry until lightly golden, stirring regularly. (If using veggie sausages, roughly slice and fry in 1 tbsp olive oil until golden and crispy.)
• Pick and roughly chop the rosemary leaves and peel and finely slice the garlic. Add 1 tbsp olive oil to the pan, then add the vegetable base mix, rosemary and garlic. Season to perfection, then mash everything together with a potato masher and cook for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened.
• Pour in the chickpeas, juice and all, and scrunch in the tomatoes along with 1 tin’s worth of water, mashing everything up. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a medium-low heat and simmer for 30 mins until thick.
• When the sauce has around 12 mins remaining, cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water to pack instructions, then drain, reserving a mugful of the starchy cooking water. Toss the cooked pasta into the sauce, adding splashes of the water to loosen if needed, then divide between bowls. Grate over a little Parmesan and drizzle with a little olive oil, if you like, then serve.

 

*Note: You can Go veggie – Simply use vegetarian sausages and skip the #CommissionsEarned Parmesan instead.

 

 

 

 

Upgrade cheesy tomato pasta with gnocchi, chorizo and mozzarella for a comforting bake that makes an excellent midweek meal

 

The recipe requires 10 minutes preparation time, 25 minutes cooking time, and serves 6

 

 

Ingredients:

 

• 125g mozzarella ball, cut into chunks
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 120g chorizo, diced
• 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 600g fresh gnocchi
• small bunch of basil, torn
• green salad, to serve

 

 

Directions:

 

 

• Heat the oil in a medium pan over a medium heat. Fry the onion and garlic for 8-10 mins until soft. Add the chorizo and fry for 5 mins more. Tip in the tomatoes and sugar, and season. Bring to a simmer, then add the gnocchi and cook for 8 mins, stirring often, until soft. Heat the grill to high.

 

• Stir ¾ of the mozzarella and most of the basil through the gnocchi. Divide the mixture between six ovenproof ramekins, or put in one baking dish. Top with the remaining mozzarella, then grill for 3 mins, or until the cheese is melted and golden. Season, scatter over the remaining basil and serve with green salad.

 

 

 

 

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