The Friday 5 #52

The best of the Coronation sparkling wine offers, the best food to show off a posh wine, and the new pub restaurant I’m going to be in ALL SUMMER!

In the UK we’re in full-on Coronation mode which inevitably means a revival of the splendidly retro Coronation Chicken which was invented for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953. For those of you who are not familiar with it it’s chicken in a fruity curried mayonnaise (which is actually much nicer than it sounds).

I was assuming that was going to be the basis for the Coronation quiche that King Charles has chosen to mark his investiture but in fact it’s a veggie version with cheddar, spinach and broad or fava beans (not totally convinced about broad beans in a quiche). 

Karen of Lavender and Lovage has created a much more appealing version with asparagus and feta on her website I’d be much more inclined to make. She’s also come up with some other good ideas for Coronation parties including coronation chicken scotch eggs which you can apparently make in an air fryer. (Slightly resisting the idea but she describes it as ‘an absolute triumph’.)

Speaking of air fryers don’t forget to go in for our amazing Instant Pot comp this month if you’ve always wanted one though it does all sorts of other clever things too. And if you’re a paid subscriber you’ve got two days left to nab this month’s cookbook giveaway, Alison Roman’s brilliant new Sweet Enough, one of the many reasons for subscribing 😉. Link below.