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Prepping a Perfect Picnic

8/May/2012

It's almost time to dust down that blanket and take it to the park for a picnic with friends! Chef Lesley Holdship will be making a honey-focused feast to help you create the perfect picnic. Lesley's menu includes:

Sweet Potato and feta salad with a honey dressing

In this pleasantly different salad, the mildness of the feta really brings out the sweetness of the sweet potato.

Key Ingredients:

• Sweet potatoes - Elsey & Bent
• Feta cheese - Borough Olives

Spicy Honeyed Chicken

The sweetness of the honey combines with the spices to make this chicken a deliciously moreish dish!

Key Ingredients:

• Honey from Rainha Santa Portugese Food
• Spices from Spice Mountain
• Chicken thighs from Wyndham House Poultry

Honeyed pistacio cheesecake with saffron

Saffron may seem like an odd choice for cheesecake, but it works brilliantly and will get your guests talking about the interesting mix of flavours.

Key Ingredients:

• Pistacios from Arabica Food and Spice Company
• Butter from Real France

Lesley will be preparing these dishes at the Demonstratiion Kitchen on Thursday 10th May from 11am-12pm, so be sure to join us and pick up some top tips!