Steaming Hot Dishes Will Make Your Day
On a cold day, there is nothing quite like a steaming hot baked dish being brought to your table – sizzling away seductively as the sauces within bubble with joy. The rosemary scented chicken with couscous is one such dish. Rosemary flavor is a perfect match for steaming chicken with its rich flavor.
Ingredients:
- 1 whole chicken
- 2tbs fresh lime juice
- ½tbs soy sauce
- 1tbs fresh rosemary
- 1tbs chopped and peeled fresh ginger
- 1tbs minced onion
- 5tsp olive oil
- 1 cup couscous
- ¾ cup boiling water
- 3tsp butter
Preparation:
First of all – prepare the couscous and then pour boiling water on the couscous in a bowl. Stir in butter and set aside for 10 minutes. Heat an oven to 500 degree F. Whisk all the ingredients with 3tsp oil in a small bowl. Blend and season.
Now brush a 9-inch diameter baking dish with the remaining oil. Put the chicken in it, , pour in half the sauce and coat on both sides. Roast the chicken for 25 minutes, take it out again from the oven, top with remaining sauce and bake again for 10 minutes. In a serving plate, place the couscous. Put the whole chicken on top and pour the cooked juices on the chicken and serve to your admiring guests or family members.
There is often a misconception that baked dishes are necessarily bland. But that is not true as they can be as spicy as one likes it to be.
Another great baking dish can be made of lamb – known as “Baked stuffed escalope of lamb.”
Ingredients:
- 500gm boneless lamb fillet
- Olive oil as required
- 2 ½ cup bread crumb (from French bread with crust)
- ½ cup melted butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 10 fresh spinach leaves
- Ground nutmeg, a pinch
Method:
Cut the lamb into six portions and with a streak hammer beat each piece and flatten into a thin escalope. Keep it aside. Cook spinach in a large pot of boiling salted water just until wilted, for about 30 seconds. Drain and cool briefly. Squeeze the spinach dry, chop finely and place in a bowl. Add nutmeg. One can also add half cup mascarpone and half cup cream cheese to it if he or she wants. Season it.
Heat the oven to 450 degree F. Brush the baking sheet with olive oil. Sprinkle the escalope with salt and pepper. Mix bread crumb and melted butter. Top each escalope with bread crumb mixture and spinach mixture. Transfer the escalope to a baking sheet. Bake until 12 minutes. Transfer to plates and serve.
