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Canelo Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenere 2009 Chile; Gavi di Gavi La Minaia Bergaglio 2009 Italy; Block 13 McLaren Vale Shiraz-Grenache 2008 Australia

By Victoria Moore 4:00PM GMT 24 Mar 2011

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Top deals this week

Canelo Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenere 2009 Chile

13.5%, M&S, £6.99

Not just cabernet sauvignon and carmenere, but also merlot with a few per cent of aspirant bouchet and syrah, and it all sits together very nicely. This is a red with a refreshing edge, good weight, hints of cocoa nibs and tea bushes, and a bit of French oak. Perfect for lunchtime swigging with salami or rough and ready dinners. And it’s Fairtrade too.

Gavi di Gavi La Minaia Bergaglio 2009 Italy

12.5%, slurp.co.uk, £13.50

Stand back sauvignon blanc, move over pinot grigio, this northern Italian beauty, made from cortese, was awarded

Tre Bicchieri (that’s the top mark of three glasses) in the prestigious Gambero Rosso guide. Think the most fragrant lemon zest mingled with the most piercing lemon flesh, in a cool, smooth curve. Lovely.

Block 13 McLaren Vale Shiraz-Grenache 2008 Australia

13.5%, Tesco, £8.99

Made by Chester Osborn of d’Arenberg, this is so Australian: the nose is big and ripe, the fruit sweetness comes at you in a broad, expansive sweep and when you sip it’s like being hit by a gigantic wave, bathing you in warmth. A synaesthetic response to its taste might be to think of the saturated oranges and reds of the classic Ayers Rock picture. Lovely.

Chicken and mushroom pie recipe

Photo: Jasper James

7:00AM GMT 15 Jan 2009

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Serves 8

2kg shortcrust pastry – for the underneath of the pie

1.5kg puff pastry – for the pie lids

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5kg diced chicken (both leg and breast meat)

2kg sliced onions

2kg chopped mushrooms

6 tbs chopped mixed herbs, thyme, parsley and tarragon, or you can use dried herbs

1 bottle white wine

3 tbs Worcester sauce

2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

3 tsp salt

3 dsp cornflour

Put all the ingredients, apart from the pastry, chicken and cornflour, into a large saucepan, bring to a simmer and cook for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the chicken, stir well together, bring to the boil again, then turn down to simmer and leave to cook for one and a half hours, stirring occasionally.

When cooked, mix the cornflour with a small amount of cold water until it is a smooth paste. Pour into the chicken mix while stirring, turn off the heat and leave to cool.

When cool, fill the mixture into pastry cases, using shortcrust pastry for the bases and puff pastry for the tops. Brush the tops with egg wash and bake at 180?C for 30 minutes or until nicely golden brown.

Hamish Anderson's wine choice 2007 Cairanne Blanc 'Réserve des Seigneurs’, Domaine de l’Oratoire St-Martin, Rhône Valley, France Vine Trail (www.vinetrail.co.uk) £8.95. The pie could handle white or red wine depending on your disposition, just make sure if it is the former it is rich and the latter light and fruity. Being from a hot region this is naturally full-bodied and intense with flavours of honey and dried herbs. These elements pair with the pie’s ingredients, while a pleasing fresh finish cuts the rich sauce.

葡萄干烤鲑鱼(4人份)

葡萄干的六种新吃菜单(组图)

葡萄干烤鲑鱼(4人份) 原料：鲑鱼肉450克、葡萄干1杯、细芦笋12至15根。 调料：橄榄油1汤匙、糖汁1汤匙、白醋3汤匙、罗勒香蒜沙司2茶匙、新鲜罗勒1茶匙、松仁2汤匙、生菜叶4片。 做法： 1.鲑鱼肉洗净分切成4份。细芦笋稍微用水焯一下断生，再切成长约2.5厘米长的段。新鲜罗勒切碎。松仁烤熟碾碎。棕榈叶从罐头里取出过水冲净。 2.取一个大碗，倒入白醋、橄榄油、糖汁和香蒜沙司，充分搅拌，盛出两汤匙涂在鲑鱼块上，腌制30分钟后，放进烤箱烤熟。 3.芦笋放进碗中剩下的汁里，再加入葡萄干、罗勒叶碎，充分搅拌后盖上盖子晾凉。 4.把四片生菜叶铺在四个盘子里，在上面放上刚才已经做好并已放凉的3，再铺上烤好的鲑鱼，撒上松仁即可。

烤鲑鱼

类别 私家菜 补虚养身食谱 益智补脑食谱 健脾开胃食谱 高脂血症食谱 高血压食谱
工艺 暗炉烤 口味 炸烧味 食用 中餐、晚餐

主料 鲑鱼550克
辅料 姜5克 大葱10克 洋葱（白皮）50克
调料 奶油20克 胡椒粉5克 盐6克 白酒10克

指数 推荐指数 7 营养指数 7 难易指数 6 时间指数 7 减肥指数 0 养颜指数 0 麻辣指数 0

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烤鲑鱼的做法

1.先将鲑鱼去皮、剔骨，将肉取下，再切成长条的块状，拌入所有的调味料（胡椒粉5克、盐6克、白酒10克），一同腌制10分钟左右；2.再将姜、葱、洋葱分别洗净均切成丝；3.铝箔纸（5*15厘米，共计需用6张）每两张对折，再折成长方形的纸盒形状，先在底部涂上薄薄的一层奶油，然后放入洋葱丝和姜丝，最后放进鲑鱼；4.用烤箱或烤架，以200度的火力烤15分钟；5.取出后撒上葱丝即可食用了。

烤鲑鱼制作提示

三文鱼又称鲑鱼。

Cooking Tidbitz

Cooking Tidbitz

An easy way to prepare lasagna noodles?

Soak lasagna noodles in hot tap water for 20 minutes prior to using in recipe. They will be soft enough for your recipe, but will not fall apart when handled when assembling your lasagna. After cooking your dish, you will not taste the difference between boiling them and soaking them.

How do you keep your fried food both warm and crisp?

When you are frying your food, for example chicken breasts, an easy way to keep your food both warm and crips until you are ready to serve your dish is by using a cooling rack. Place the rack on top of an aluminum foil covered cooking sheet and place it in a warm oven. As you finish frying your recipe, place your chicken breasts, right on the cooling rack. This will prevent your dish from becoming soggy, keeping it crisp, while keeping it warm. The Rachel Ray Show

Do your hands smell like onion?

After cutting onions, an easy way to get rid of the smell off your hands is to take a silver spoon and rub your hands with the spoon under cold running water.

Spray Aluminum Foil before covering!

Before covering your casserole or cheese topped dish with aluminum foil, spray with non-stick spray. This prevents the top of the dish from getting stuck to the bottom of the foil.

Two Things to know when Cooking with Garlic!

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

Cooking Ground Beef Healthier

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

Keep your bread warm. (Perfect for the Holidays!)

This will be good just in time for the holidays. Go outside and get a few bricks, or rocks that are around the same size. Clean them and wrap them up in tinfoil. Place them in the oven and heat them up. After, place them in your bread basket and cover them with a cloth. Place your bread on top and the radiant heat from the brick/rock will keep your bread warm. A perfect for a nice dinner.

Need coffee and ran out of filters?

Use a clean paper towel. Cut the towel to fit into your coffee maker. Push down slowly into filter basket, and make coffee as usual. I am enjoying my coffee right now because of this.

How to Reheat Pizza
Heat leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove; set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.

Making frozen bread and rolls fresh again!

Do you have a whole loaf of bread, unsliced, in the freezer? Some leftover rolls, or a half loaf of frozen, unsliced bread? Want to make them good as new?

Run the bread under warm water just to rinse the outside well, a few seconds. Place on the rack in a 50-300 degree oven and check on it after ten minutes. Voila, rejuvenated bread, hot and crusty and good as fresh. Tidbitz given by Karen K., West Bloomfield, Mi

Ways to use coffee filters...who knew!

and you can buy 1,000 at a time at the dollar stores for almost nothing....

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.

2. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.

3. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

4. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.

5. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

6. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.

(This tidbitz was given by my girlfriend Dense.)

An easy way to use your measuring cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient (peanut butter, honey, etc.) and watch how easily it comes right out.