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    Print Recipe Chouriço and calamari salad Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 15 mins Ingredients 100g calamari tubes, sliced or left whole, rinsed and patted dry 15ml (1 tbsp) flour 5ml (1 tsp) paprika salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 50g chouriço, cut into 1cm slices 1 punnet salanova lettuce, rinsed and washed 1 red

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    Print Recipe Caramelised onion and anchovy tarts Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil 6 large brown onions, sliced 125ml (½ cup) sherry vinegar 100g (½ cup) brown sugar sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 x 200g rolls ready-made puff pastry, thawed 65g Kalamata olives, pitted
    Print Recipe Grilled lamb chops with soft cheesy polenta Serves: 2 Cooking Time: 1 hour 20 mins Ingredients 6 lamb chops, trimmed of any thick pieces of fat 1 small dried red chilli, crushed 3 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked zest and juice of 1 lemon extra virgin olive oil 850ml water 125g polenta 15ml