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Apple Bread Pudding

My mother in law gave me a bag of apples to clear before she flew off to Korea for her holiday, and although she had suggested that we make apple soup, I wasn't too keen on it because Daryl hates drinking soups.

Thinking of a way to clear out produce sitting in my fridge, I made apple bread pudding.

The Apple bread pudding was very well received by him and we loved it so much we ate all of it. (It technically serves 4).

Ingredients:
*4 slices of bread cut into small pieces
*1.5 cups of milk
* 0.5 teaspoon of vanilla
*1  teaspoon of cinnamon
* Pinch of nutmeg
* 1 egg beaten
* 0.5 cups of raisin
* 2 large green apples or 3 small green apples skinned, cored & thinly sliced
* 2 × 1/4 stick of butter
* 1/2 cup sugar

STEPS:
1. Preheat your oven at 180 degree celsius for 15 minutes.
2.On a hot pan, put in 1/4 of butter and thinly sliced apples and raisins. Cook until apples are softened.
3. Strain the contents onto your baking dish, letting the melted butter grease the dish so that you wouldn't need to melt new butter to grease it.
4. Pour the strained apple and raisins onto the shredded bread pieces in a large bowl and give it a good toss.
5. Layer the bread, apples and raisins into the baking dish.
6. In the same pan used earlier, put in the remaining quarter of butter onto the pan to melt it under low heat, then pour in remaining ingredients. Stir it constantly until sugar is dissolved. Make sure egg doesn't get cooked by the heat!
7. Pour mixture onto baking dish and bake for 45 minutes until golden brown.

Sticky Lemon Chicken with fresh Rosemary

Sticky Lemon Chicken with fresh Rosemary

Serves:  4
Preparation Time:  10 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

6 Drumsticks / 1 Whole Chicken Chopped into Pieces
Salt & Pepper
Cooking Oil
1 head of garlic, halved horizontally
A few thyme  / Rosemary / mixed herbs sprigs 

2 tbsp dark soy sauce

3 tbsp honey or more to taste
1 lemon, finely sliced 
Handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped (optional)

Method:

1. Score drumsticks and chicken breasts evenly. Season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large pan.

2. Brown the chicken pieces, together with the garlic and herbs, over a high heat for two to three minutes on each side until golden brown.
3. Drizzle over the soy sauce and honey and shake the pan to combine the juices.
4. Pour in a good splash of hot water and add the lemon slices. Let the liquid bubble and reduce down until syrupy, which will take about 10 minutes or so. By now the chicken should be cooked through.
5. Transfer the chicken to a platter, spoon over the sauce and sprinkle with chopped parsley if using. Serve with Sweet Potato Mash or Potato Mash if desired.