Reining it in with a Caponata

When cooking a piece of meat or fish, it’s second nature to reach for the potatoes as an accompaniment. Don’t get me wrong, I love potatoes as much as the next person. But seeing as I’m reining it in, I thought it was a good time to share one of my favourite potato-substitutions: a caponata.… 

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Cooking Pheasants with The Jamie Oliver Team

Chef line up (right to left) Gennaro Contaldo, Jon Rotheram, Andy Appleton

Chef line up  left to right: Andy Appleton, Jon Rotheram, Gennaro Contaldo

“The sport might-a be expensive, but the game is cheap! Five-a pounds for a brace of pheasant, you can’t-a get a chicken for that!” shouts  Italian chef Gennaro Contaldo, long-time mentor of Jamie Oliver and third-generation “hunter” of pheasants.… 

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