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I’m willing to bet this is harder than it sounds. For example I can see it being a bit of a comedy show trying to get the boiling hot eggs into the ice water at precisely 1 minute 45 seconds but maybe that would just be me.

If you’re game, here is the recipe. From Waitrose.com to me to you.

Ingredients
10 medium eggs
450g Waitrose Premium Pork Sausagemeat Stuffing or 6 Waitrose Gourmet Pork Sausages, skins removed
1 heaped tsp thyme leaves (approximately ¼ packet)
45g French’s mustard
½ level tsp cayenne pepper
Seasoning
1 packet of chives, chopped
Plain flour
50ml milk
125g Cooks’ Ingredients Breadcrumbs
Ground nut oil, for frying

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190c, gas mark 5. Place 8 eggs in a large pan with enough cold water to cover them by 2cm and place over a high heat. As soon as the water starts to simmer, set a timer for 1 minute 45 seconds exactly. While the eggs are cooking, fill a bowl with cold water and ice and after the exact time has elapsed, take the eggs out of the saucepan and plunge them into the water to cool.
2. Place the sausagemeat in a bowl and add the thyme, mustard, cayenne pepper, seasoning, chopped chives and 2 tablespoons of water. Mix thoroughly and form 8 patties with your hands (dip your hands in cold water if the mix sticks). Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.
3. Once the eggs are cool enough to handle, gently remove the shells. Flatten each pattie into a circle and place an egg in the centre. Wrap the sausagemeat around the egg, pressing the edges in order to seal it but being careful not to press too hard.
4. Put the flour into a small bowl and season. In a second small bowl, beat the remaining 2 eggs and stir in the milk. Put the breadcrumbs into a third bowl. Roll each egg in the flour, gently tapping off any excess, then dip it in the beaten egg and finally, roll it in the breadcrumbs, making sure that all sides are coated
5. Heat a deep fat fryer to 190c or fill a saucepan with oil deep enoughto cover the eggs and heat to 190c. Fry the Scotch eggs 2 at a time for 2 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and place on a drying rack over a baking tray. When all the eggs have been fried, place the tray in the oven for an additional 10 minutes. Serve immediately while the yolks are still runny.Copyright Heston Blumenthal 2010

Serving tips
Make a mustard mayonnaise to dip the eggs in by stirring 1 tbsp of French’s mustard into 3 tbsp of mayonnaise.

We altered the recipe by cooking it with one chicken breast (it was a big one) and two packets of veg which comes out a bit cheaper. Now that we have the ginger and spices, we can make this a bunch of times for even less than the £2.40 estimated. And of course you can find cheaper veg at Tesco, but I did really enjoy the rainbow mix this recipe called for.

Overall this was so delicious and fresh and the flavours are perfect together. I highly recommend it!

Ingredients:

2 essential Waitrose British chicken breast fillets
1tbsp plain flour
½ tsp Chinese Five Spice (we could only find the paste version, but that was nice too)
1tbsp sunflower oil (we used sesame)
180g bag Waitrose Ready Prepared Rainbow Vegetables
¼ tsp crushed chillies
Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
20g piece Chinese Stem Ginger in Syrup, chopped plus 2 tbs syrup

Method:

1. Cut the chicken into thin slices. Mix together the flour, five spice powder and seasoning, then place in a plastic bag. Add in the chicken strips and toss to coat.
2. Heat half the oil in a wok or frying pan. Add the chicken to the pan and stir fry for 3–4 minutes until cooked through, with no pink meat, and golden. Remove and set aside the chicken, then pour the remaining oil into the pan. Add the rainbow vegetables and chillies and fry for 4 minutes until almost tender.
3. Return the chicken to the pan. Add the lemon zest and juice, ginger and syrup and stir-fry for 1–2 minutes to give a sticky sauce. Serve with fresh noodles or steamed rice.

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Waitrose Garden Chives
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Yoplait Petits Filous Little Desserts / Fromage Frais
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Kraft Light salad dressing
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200g
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Well this time I was doing a quick shop and all the ingredients to make this week’s featured recipe, Delia’s Seafood Risotto, were right in front of me at Waitrose so I decided to go all in. The recipe card said it would ring in at £2.55 per serving for four servings but I actually think we came out below that because we had a few ingredients in our cupboard and I didn’t buy the gruyere for topping. That said, I’m not sure if that price reflects normal prices or the current sale prices.

In the end, though I screwed up the rice bit so that we lost about a quarter of it to the bottom of the pan, resulting in us making just three servings, it was truly amazing for a quick and budget meal. Plus there were glasses of wine left from the bottle of wine I bought for cooking, which meant we had a really lovely mid-week dinner! Highly recommend. (just remember to stir a bit whilst cooking – with risotto rice you’re allowed to according to E)

Here is the recipe, courtesy of Waitrose.com:

Serves: 4

Ingredients

400g pack frozen Waitrose Fruits de Mer (uncooked)
275ml Arborio rice (as measured in a glass jug)
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 x 780g jar Perard Soupe de Poissons
120ml dry white wine
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large shallot, peeled and chopped

For the sauce rouille:
½ teaspoon salt flakes
1 fat clove new season garlic
1 rounded teaspoon Seasoned Pioneers Hot Paprika (not smoked)
2 heaped tablespoons Delouis Fils Fresh Mayonnaise

To serve:
4 tablespoons Waitrose Grated Swiss Gruyère cheese

Method

1. First, prepare the sauce by pounding the salt and garlic to a paste with a pestle and mortar, then stir in the paprika and mayonnaise and whisk it all together.
2. Now in a medium saucepan or flameproof casserole heat the butter and 1 teaspoon of oil, then stir in the rice and, when it’s all glistening and the grains are coated with butter and oil, pour in the soup and wine (no need to season). Give it all a good stir and turn the heat down so that everything simmers very gently (without a lid) for about 20 minutes, giving it a stir from time to time.
3. Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan and, when it’s hot, add the shallot, cook for about 5 minutes, then add the fruits de mer straight from the freezer (stand back, as they will splutter as they go in). Keep the heat high and stir it all around for about 5 minutes until the prawns have turned pink and opaque on both sides. Then transfer the whole lot to join the rice after the 20 minutes are up. Stir well and continue to cook for another 6 or so minutes, until the rice grains are tender but still have some bite. Serve the risotto in warmed bowls.
4. Then at the table add little blobs of sauce and a sprinkling of cheese.

Recipe adapted from Delia’s Happy Christmas published by Ebury Press 2009. Copyright Delia Smith 2010

Pick up The Telegraph (£1.80 on Sat, £1.90 on Sun) on any Saturday or Sunday until Sun 24 Jan and you’ll find a voucher for £10 off a £50 spend at Waitrose. The offer’s valid in UK stores, and each voucher will be valid from the date that it’s printed until the following Friday.

Six vouchers are being printed in total over three weekends, and there’s a max. of one voucher per transaction.

The vouchers can’t be used on tobacco, stamps, mobile top ups, e-Top ups, lottery purchases, gift vouchers, cash back, petrol or car park charges. They also can’t be used online, or at motorway service stations and petrol stations. The offer ends on Fri 29 Jan.

If you’re planning on using three of the vouchers during January, enter the receipt details from the three shops on Waitrose’s offer page to get two more vouchers for £10 off a £50 spend. These will also be valid in store, and will be usable in February. Find your nearest Waitrose.

Thanks for the tip, Martin!

So I’ve been meaning to do a post on the Essential Roast advert and actually find out how budget the Essential Waitrose line really is.

Here is a break down of four key components to a Sunday roast – chicken, potatoes, carrots and parsnips. I went with the cheapest basic I could find at Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and ASDA. Please note the prices listed are online and don’t include any sales.

Also, I used the fantastic grocery cost comparison website MySupermarket.co.uk to do some of my price checks. Have you tried it? YOU SHOULD!

I’m not picking a winner–you can do that for yourself! But I have underlined the lowest price per unit in each category. Sadly my Waitrose isn’t the lowest (well we saw that coming!) but it isn’t THAT far behind.

Waitrose/Ocado

Essential Waitrose Large Chicken (Approx 2.3 Kg) – £6.88 (£2.99/Kg)

Essential Waitrose White Potatoes (2.7 Kg) – £1.23 (45.6p/Kg)

Essential Waitrose Carrots (1 Kg) – 98p (98p/Kg)

Waitrose Parsnips (500 g) – 98p (£1.96/Kg)

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s Large Whole Chicken (Approx 2.5 Kg) – £6.98 (£2.79/Kg)

Sainsbury’s Basics Potatoes (2.5 Kg) – 99p (40p/Kg)

Sainsbury’s Basics Carrots (1 Kg) – 89p (89p/Kg)

Sainsbury’s Basics Parsnips (750 g) – £1.12 (£1.49/Kg)

ASDA

ASDA Large Whole Chicken (Approx 2.23 Kg) - £6.22 (£2.79/Kg)

ASDA White Potatoes (2.5 Kg) – £1.28 (51.2p/Kg)

ASDA Smartprice British Carrots (2 Kg) – 98p (49p/Kg)

ASDA Smartprice Parsnips (1.12 Kg) – 84p (£1.12/Kg)

Tesco

Tesco Fresh Whole Chicken Large (Approx 3 Kg) – £8.37 (£2.79/Kg)

Tesco Market Value White Potatoes (2.5 Kg) – 99p (39.6p/Kg)

Tesco Market Value Carrots (1 Kg) – 89p (89p/Kg)

Tesco Parsnips (500g) – 99p (£1.98/Kg)

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