Baked Saffron & Garlic Chicken

Ingredients:

1. 4 chicken chop (chicken thigh/drumstick deboned)
2. 6 cloves of garlic (outer layer removed and chopped into very fine)
3. A few strands of saffron
4. Juice of 1 lemon (you can omit this if you're on a low-salicylate diet)
5. Sea-salt
6. Pepper

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1. Mix all ingredients and marinate chicken with it.

2. Place in fridge for a few hours.

3. Preheat oven at 230C.

4. Line baking tray with baking paper.

5. Place the chicken chops on the baking tray (skins facing down).

6. Bake for 25 minutes.

7. Turn the chicken chops over (with skins now facing upwards).

8. Continue baking for another 25 minutes.

9. Serve with hot rice.

Bon appetit!

Christmas 2014 (Part One): Classic Cheese Cake

Ingredients:

1. 900gm of cream cheese (room temperature)
2. 1/2 cup of sugar
3. 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
4. 4 eggs (room temperature)
5. Grated lemon zest (1 whole lemon)
6. Lemon juice (1 whole lemon)

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1. In a large mixing bowl, add the softened cheese and sugar. Mix until both ingredients are blended and well mixed.

2. Add the vanilla essence and mix again.

3. Then add the grated lemon zest and lemon juice and mix until the mixture has softened.

4. Add the eggs one at a time while continue mixing.

5. Preheat oven at 160C.

6. Line a spring cake pan with baking paper.

7. Pour the mixture into the pan.

8. Place the spring cake pan on a larger baking tray. Fill that tray with water (about half-way of the baking tray).

9. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours.

10. Allow to cool.

11. Place the cake in the fridge to chill before serving.

Bon appétit!

PS: I did not eat any of this cake.