FOOD NEWS
2015 TRENDS
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AMERICAN-STYLE CHICKEN The old favourite gets a Stateside update. Try pulled chicken (roast the bird, then shred the meat with two forks) served in burger buns with barbecue sauce, coleslaw and salad. Or marinate chicken breasts in sour cream, for extra-tender meat.
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DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT Looking for new ways to reach your 5-a-day? Try custard apples. Also known as cherimoya, this seeded exotic fruit has creamy white flesh that, when ripe, tastes like custard mixed with cooked apple – hence the name. To serve, cut the fruit in half, deseed and scoop out the flesh with a spoon, discarding the skin. Eat on its own, with ice cream or yogurt, or frozen as sorbet. Find them in the fresh fruit section.
RAMEN is the new way to eat noodles, with ramen restaurants popping up in big cities all over the UK right now. Packed with vegetables, meat or seafood, this hearty Japanese soup is very easy to make – just cook noodles in a savoury broth with your choice of added ingredients.
Five minutes with…Tom Kitchin Scottish chef Tom co-owns two restaurants – The Kitchin, which has a Michelin star, and Castle Terrace – plus a gastropub, The Scran & Scallie, in Edinburgh
What’s your signature dish? Razor clams. If they’re cooked in the right way, they taste like they’re straight from the sea! I steam them with white wine and shallots until they open, then make a sauce with the cooking juices. Are there any foods you won’t eat? Anything that isn’t in season! I always make sure anything I eat or serve is fresh – it tastes better and is a great way of pairing flavours and textures as nature intended. Where’s your favourite place to eat? [Fellow chef] Dominic Jack and I like to go to our gastro-pub, The Scran & Scallie, after work on Thursdays. Any culinary disasters? I used sugar instead of salt. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? I snack on pigs’ ears. Delicious!
FLEXITARIANISM This means eating a mainly vegetarian diet, with the odd portion of meat or fsh – so maybe just a roast at the weekend. To get started, go veggie one day a week with the Meat Free Monday* campaign, backed by Jamie Oliver. VIETNAMESE & KOREAN FOOD Expect Kimchi, a deliciously spicy Korean version of sauerkraut, to appear in dishes everywhere, served with rice or stirred into soups and stews. Vietnamese dishes, bursting with zingy herbs, will be popular, too.
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