Do you have a " signature dish" ?

The following chicken dish was my grandma's. Growing up we all called it "That Chicken". Ingredients are surprisingly humble yet good enough for company. My only recommendation is that you use a large cast iron skillet or cast iron dutch oven.

One large chicken cut up into pieces or eight large chicken thighs or three whole breasts cut into halves....(Amount of chicken should yield about four to six servings)

About 3 or 4 cups of carrots and potatoes cut into 2.5 centimeter cubes
2 large sliced yellow onions
2 or 3 chopped garlic cloves
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
1.5 cups of chicken broth (homemade, store bought, made w/buillion cube etc.)
1/2 cup dark raisins (more if you like raisins)
3/4 cups of robust red wine (and have a taste while you're at it)
olive oil and butter

Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper. In the heavy cast iron skillet brown chicken pieces on all sides in oil/butter until they're golden. Set aside.
Add some butter and throw in the onions and the chopped garlic. Stir around and deglaze the bottom of the pan until onions are soft and transparent. Add carrot/potato pieces and stir into the onions.
Add broth and parsley and let boil for a few seconds. Add raisins and red wine, stir and let boil for a few more seconds. Turn off the heat and return chicken pieces to the pan. Remove pan and place in 190 C degree oven for approx. 35 minutes. When everything is golden brown, tent it with aluminum foil until time is up or chicken and vegetables are tender (which ever happens first).
Remove Chicken pieces and vegetables with a slotted spoon and place onto a serving platter that has sides.
Over stove top, thicken the sauce by reduction. Correct salt if needed. Sauce should not be watery. Thicken it to consistency of thin gravy. Spoon over the chicken, potatoes and carrots and garnish with fresh parsley.
Serve with cooked green beans or some other green vegetable.
Enjoy!

Shepherds pie.

Longdistancegrnny can I get weights and measures for your flapjacks please?? They sound amazing ?
I'm normally asked for pasta (bolognese or sausage) or roast dinner with all the trimmings. My friends love my rice pudding, indulgent and naughty with double cream and vanilla (I'm salivating!!) ?
Lots of lovely recipes ladies , keep them coming

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Coolgran same as you,
spag bol and lasagne, the DC always want this made for them, and also a roast dinner.
My puds (that people want) are usually apple crumble or trifle.
Have made notes of all the recipes above though, as they sound delicious.?
I do the haddock meal, but usually just use milk ( but will try cream.)

Lemon and raspberry pavlova is my dish. Usual meringue based but filled with a thick lemon custard, same as you would fill a lemon meringue pie with, and top with fresh raspberries. Never any left!

I never consider myself to be much of a cook but my lasagne is always popular with the family and thy often request it. The GC ask for apple crumble always and the extended family when we have get togethers usually ask for trifle which I make just s my mother used to. And at Christmas my chestnut stuffing is very populated, also a family tradition.

Cornergran - how do you make a meringue using a kenwood chef? I have never even successful with meringue but do have a kenwood chef so would be glad of your top tips!

My GDs love meatballs in Dijon mustard sauce, but making 30+ meatballs before the whole family come is hard work but I do it in advance.
Quicker is ALDI puff pastry rolled out flat. Fry lean minced beef with chopped onion and season with origano and oxo and spread on the pastry. Place crumbled Feta cheese over it and make up the parcel. Bake in hot oven.
Its for that Greek taste, and its not as fattening as some of these delicious recipies I've read on this thread!
And which I will now make especially the fish in double cream!

The above recipes sound lovely.

My 'accidental' recipe, which is a family favourite, is called 'filo pizza' by the DS.

Take an eight by ten inch baking tray and oil it. Add a leaf of filo pastry, fold it on so it fits the tray and then oil that again. Do the same with another sheet of filo.

Then add a layer of ham or Prosciutto and some of the following depending on what you have:- roasted vegetable, sun dried or oven dried tomatoes, olives and cheese which can be feta, goat's cheese, mozzarella, blue cheese or cheddar. I usually have at lease two cheeses.

Bake. For 12-14 minutes at about 170C until bubbling but not burnt.

Carefully edge a fish slice underneath to loosen it all round and slide onto a board or large plate. Cut into slices with a pair of scissors and serve with a cake slice.

Lovely! Also, any left over can be added to with further toppings and heated for five minutes. It is almost better second time around.

God! I'm starving now after reading this and dinner will be another hour ?!!

Will be trying some of these previously mentioned tasties

Nothing fancy, my go to standby....

Spaghetti Bolognese
Lasagne - both the best ever according to anyone who ever eats it

Home made big fat potato wedges - wash and dry then toss in oil or spray with Frylight - and add whatever .... garlic salt, mild chilli sauce.

Egg Sponge with strawberry jam, mashed/sliced strawberries and double cream. It has to be eaten same day. Preparation 10 minutes, in the oven 20 minutes. Easy peasy. And looks impressive.

Home made stuffing... just breadcrumbs, fried onions, loads of butter, squeezed lemon, sage, egg, but must go inside the bird. Must be 'plain loaf' i.e. the one with the dark brown crusty top and a bit coarse, not the finer square pan loaf.

Crockery baked egg, sausage, bread and ched. Also ale ched soup.

I love cubed potato and beetroot salad. It was supposed to be a firm favourite during the war, but I remember it from infant school dinners.

My OH cooks his version of fish pie. While we were in Australia he cooked this and our sons Australian friends shared it with us. They have never forgotten and often tell us they miss it!

He uses salmon, white fish of two kinds, plus prawns. Covers this with a cheese sauce (which contains white wine) and spreads mashed potato with a good sprinkling of grated cheese on top. Serve with vegetables of your choice.

This week he made a chicken and tomato dish which was delicious.

Chicken, stuffed with basil, clove of garlic and other French herbs chopped up, with a creamy tomato and cheese sauce which he makes with whole cream, cheese and tomatoes chopped finely. Served with noodles and vegetables.

My MIL used to make a fantastic bilberry and apple pie with home made flaky pastry, served up with custard. We all loved it and always wanted a second helping.

Sunday roast, beef, crunchy potatoes, yorkshires and lots of veg.

Gd, I also do it with thigh fillets.

I do a similar thing to chicklette but with a tomato sauce and the chicken topped with sliced or grated mozzarella a drizzle of olive oil then parmesan.

Like the sound of your baked fish gaga.

Whenever we had a BBQ or party I was always asked to make the coleslaw, better than the supermarket stuff.

Spag Bol using the Bolognese recipe from the St Michael,(M&S) All Colour Freezer Cookery Book, 1980 edition. A family favourite, can be prepared in advance, other recipes have never quite come up to scratch.

Spag Bol using the Bolognese recipe from the St Michael,(M&S) All Colour Freezer Cookery Book, 1980 edition. A family favourite, can be prepared in advance, other recipes have never quite come up to scratch.

Giovetsi- a delicious Greek dish with melt in the mouth lamb, Orzo pasta, passata & Haloumi cheese etc. I tasted it on holiday & came home & practised it until I got it just right. It's my go to dish when inspiration fails me & all the DGC love it!!

My 'Chocolate Flapjack' - very easy - melt butter, add oats/sugar/cocoa/flour bake for 15 mins and top with a quick chocolate icing....all three children and all their friends love it! It has to be made whenever they are visiting, and now a second generation (their friends kids) are being introduced to it. A package of it has even been sent to Sicily! The oats give the illusion of it being healthy!!!

My daughters always ask for tuna and pasta bake or leeks and quorn in a creamy sauce.Will definitely be trying your recipe Chicklette,sounds delicious?

My easy baked fish is a go-to favourite and was my late Dad's request dish whenever they ate with us.

All it is is white fish fillets (we like haddock best but cod works too) in a buttered baking dish, topped with a small tub of double cream, a good covering of grated strong cheddar and a sprinkle of chopped parsley. Bake in oven for 20 mins or until the top is golden.