Oriental sticky chicken wings and drumsticks
If you're unsure, pierce a drumstick with a skewer: if the juices are still pink, carry on cooking. Eat as soon as they're cool enough to handle, with the sticky sauce all around your mouth and fingers. Isn't that what barbecues are all about? 1. ... [... more]
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Primula denticulata
The drumstick primula begins flowering from mid-spring through to summer, with flower stems pushing up through bare soil. As long as they are grown somewhere sheltered from late frosts, the flowers open out into traditional pink or purple spheres ... [... more]
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Satay Chicken with Crunchy Peanut Sauce
8 chicken drumsticks or large chicken wings, preferably free range a small handful of fresh coriander, roughly chopped (optional) 1. Pierce the chicken drumsticks several times each with a sharp knife and place in a non-metallic bowl. 2. Mix all ... [... more]
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Firecracker chicken
peel the garlic and ginger and roughly chop. Quarter the tomatoes and remove the seeds and roughly chop . Place all the marinade ingredients in a blender (in batches) and blend to a fine paste. 2. Rub the paste into the drumsticks. Place in a ... [... more]
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Fried chicken with spring onion sauce
1.5kg/3lb chicken pieces (preferably legs, thighs and drumsticks) few sticks Chinese celery or part stick ordinary celery, cut into small dice or rounds 1. Put the chicken pieces in a bowl. Prod the areas without skin with a point of a sharp ... [... more]
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Pan-Fried Pheasant with Pheasant Mousse
1. Joint the pheasant so you have 2 pheasant breasts, 2 pheasant thighs and 2 pheasant drumsticks. 3. In a food processor blend together the pheasant thighs, 200ml/7fl oz of the double cream and the egg white. Stir in 1 tsp of the snipped chives ... [... more]
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Primula denticulata lilac
The drumstick primulas are among the most popular primulas in cultivation. Their stout stems are topped with crowded, lilac flowers, resembling small drumsticks from mid-spring to summer. Plants have mid-green, finely toothed leaves and are ... [... more]
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Chicken bits on a skewer
4 medium chicken legs (thighs and drumsticks) boned and cut into 2.5cm/1in chunks 1 large green pepper, de-seeded and cut into 2.5cm/1in squares 1. Thread two pieces of meat on to a skewer followed by a piece of pepper. If you are preparing ... [... more]
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Ornamental onion, Allium
Find out more about ornamental onions with our plant profile Alliums include a wide range of plants, from chives and small bulbs with tiny flowers to drumsticks with stout vertical stems topped with balls of colour. Alliums add impact to early ... [... more]
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Chicken korma with grilled flatbread
1 whole chicken, skinned and cut into 10 pieces: 2 drumsticks, 2 wings, 2 thighs and 4 breast portions 1. For the chicken korma, place all the marinade ingredients together in a large bowl and mix to combine. 3. Cover and place in the fridge, ... [... more]
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Pot roasted guinea fowl with confit onion
2 guinea fowl legs and breasts (separated into thigh and drumstick) 1. Colour the leg and breast in a hot pan with a little olive oil. 2. Soften the leeks, carrot and celery in a saucepan with the thyme and garlic and a little olive oil. 3. ... [... more]
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Stuffed drumsticks with nut dressing
1. Place the couscous into a bowl and cover with hot water. Cover and leave for 2-3 minutes (or cook according to packet instructions). 3. Stuff the drumsticks with the couscous and then wrap in cling film. 4. Place the chicken in a steamer ... [... more]
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