Friday, April 26, 2024

Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 26th April 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

  Easy listening music and chat, Friday 26th April 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Creamy Chicken Supreme

 Creamy Chicken Supreme

By Nicky Corbishley, Kitchen Sanctuary, on Jun 29, 2023


Pan-fried supremes of chicken with a crispy, golden, perfectly seasoned skin, nestled in a creamy sauce with mushrooms and pancetta. This classic French dish is luxurious perfection!





Prep Time: 5 min, Cook Time: 30 min, Total Time: 35 min, Servings: 4




Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 150 g (5.3 oz) pancetta cubes
  • 4 chicken supremes or you can use 4 skin-on boneless chicken breasts
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 200 g (4 oz) sliced mushrooms (I like chestnut mushrooms)
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
  • 120 ml (1/2 cup) dry white wine
  • 120 ml (1/2 cup) chicken stock
  • 240 ml (1 cup) double (heavy) cream

To Serve: 

  • mashed potato
  • green vegetables
  • black pepper



Instructions 

  • Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. (1 tbsp oil)
  • Add the pancetta and fry for 5 minutes, stirring often, until the pancetta is golden and crisp. (150 g (5.3 oz) pancetta cubes)
    • Remove from the pan, using a slotted spoon and place in a bowl, lined with kitchen paper, to drain off excess fat.
    • Sprinkle the skin of the chicken supremes with the salt and pepper, and place in the pan, in the leftover bacon fat (still over a medium-high heat), skin side down.(4 chicken supremes,½ tsp salt,tsp black pepper)
    • Cook for 5-6 minutes, until golden, then turn the chicken over.
    • Make a little space in the pan and add the mushrooms (you can pile up the chicken at this point to make room). (200 g (4 oz) sliced mushrooms)
    • Cook for 3-4 minutes, moving the mushrooms around, until they start to soften slightly.
    • Add in the garlic and cook for 1 further minute, whilst stirring, then add in the white wine. Arrange the chicken back into a single layer in the pan. (2 cloves garlic) 
    • Allow the wine to bubble, until reduced by half (about 2-3 minutes), then add the chicken stock and double cream. 
    • (120 ml (1/2 cup) dry white wine,120 ml (1/2 cup) chicken stock,240 ml (1 cup) double (heavy) cream) 
    • Stir together and bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 10-15 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through, and the sauce has thickened.
    • Sprinkle over the cooked pancetta and heat for 1 more minute, then turn off the heat and serve. I like to serve mine over creamy mashed potato, with steamed green vegetables and a good grind of black pepper.
    • For more instructions watch the video 



Enjoy

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Art of Writing" To Show or Tell, What is Best?

 


Showing in writing is a technique that writers use to elaborate and express to the reader in a way that hooks them into the manuscript.  








A first rough draft maybe telling before the second draft is more specific and detailed to make the
story more effective. 

















Examples of telling.


He picked up the sword.



The town held a festival. 



Examples of showing:


With a grin, the warrior in silver picked up the sword as he gazed over the gathered host. 



Green and gold tents nestled in the valley below lofty mountains as the annual Renaissance festival opened people in costumes. Merchants lined the paths for eager spending customers to explore hand crafted trinkets to fine woven clothes to fit the special occasion.  Blue skies with a warm sun added the beginning to a perfect day.
















Showing is reeling the reader into the writer's world, closing out the outside world just for awhile
and if successful the reader has that connection to the writer with their world in words of description
and paragraphs with unforgettable characters to make the story work.













Writers create a picture in our minds
by the beauty of expression of the written word.

Know some writers with great showing in works of literature?  Share them with us. 




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Friday, April 19, 2024

Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 19th April 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Easy listening music and chat, Friday 19th April 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

The Manhattan Transfer - Chanson D'Amour


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