Paprika beef and mushroom pot

Ingredients
1 x 40g (1½oz) pack dried porcini mushrooms
2tbsp olive oil
2 onions, roughly chopped
2 celery sticks, finely sliced
4tsp paprika
1kg (2lb) stewing beef, cut into large cubes
1 x 400g (13oz) tin chopped tomatoes
1tbsp tomato purée
150ml (¼ pint) beef stock
2 red peppers, deseeded and cut into chunky slices
250g (8oz) pack chestnut mushrooms, sliced
bunch flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped, to serve
baked potatoes, pasta or rice, to serve
soured cream or Greek yogurt, to serve

Method

Soak the dried mushrooms in 300ml (½ pint) of boiling water for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp of the oil in an ovenproof casserole dish or pot and fry onion and celery for 10 minutes, or until softened. Add the paprika and sizzle for 2 minutes, then add the beef and stir to coat (there's no need to brown the meat).
Preheat the oven to gas 3, 160ºC, fan 140ºC. Lift the mushrooms from the liquid and roughly chop. Add to the pot with all but the last few tablespoons of liquid (as this will be a little gritty), along with the chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, beef stock and peppers. Cover the pot and cook in the oven for 2 hours, until the meat is tender and the sauce is rich and dark. Season.
Put the remaining oil in a pan and fry the chestnut mushrooms over a high heat for about 4 minutes, until golden. Scatter over the stew, along with the parsley. Serve with baked potatoes, pasta or rice, topped with dollops of soured cream or yogurt.
Tip
To avoid the meat disintegrating as it cooks, cut it into large cubes.

Piri Piri chicken with quick Portuguese tarts meal..

INGREDIENTS
For the chicken
4 large chicken thighs, skin on and bone in
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
6 sprigs of fresh thyme
For the Piri Piri sauce
1/2 a red onion
2 cloves of garlic
1-2 birds-eye chillies
1 tbsp sweet smoked paprika
1 lemon
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
A bunch of fresh basil
For the potatoes
1 medium potato
2 sweet potatoes
1/2 a lemon
1 fresh red chilli
A bunch of fresh coriander
50g feta cheese
For the tarts (makes 6 tarts)
Plain flour, for dusting
1 x 375g pack of pre-rolled puff pastry
Ground cinnamon
125g creme fraiche
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla paste or vanilla extract
5 tbsp golden caster sugar
1 orange
For the seasonings
Olive oil
Extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt and black pepper
For the salad
1 x 100g bag of prewashed wild rocket
1/2 a lemon
METHOD
To start: Get all your ingredients and equipment ready. Turn the oven on to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Put a large griddle pan on a high heat.
Chicken: Put the chicken thighs on a plastic chopping board, skin side down, and slash the meat on each one a few times. Drizzle with olive oil and season, then put on the griddle pan that is heating up, skin side down. Cook until golden underneath, then turn over. Wash your hands.
Tarts: Dust a clean surface with flour. Unroll the sheet of pastry, then cut it in half so you end up with two 20 x 20cm squares of pastry (put one in the fridge for another day). Sprinkle over a few good pinches of ground cinnamon, then roll the pastry into a Swiss roll shape and cut into 6 rounds. Put these into 6 of the holes in a muffin tin, and use your thumbs to stretch and mould the pastry into the holes so the bottom is flat and the pastry comes up to the top. Put on the top shelf of the oven and cook for around 8 to 10 minutes (set the timer), or until lightly golden.
Potatoes: Wash the potato and sweet potatoes and halve lengthways. Put them into a large microwave-safe bowl with ½ a lemon. Cover with cling film and put into the microwave on full power for 15 minutes.
Chicken: Turn the chicken over.
Tarts: Spoon the crème fraîche into a small bowl. Add the egg, vanilla paste or extract, 1 tablespoon of golden caster sugar and the zest of 1 orange. Mix well.
Piri Piri sauce: Peel and roughly chop the red onion half and add to the liquidizer with 2 peeled cloves of garlic. Add the chillies (stalks removed), 1 tablespoon of paprika, the zest of 1 lemon and juice of½ a lemon. Add 2 tablespoons of white wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, a good pinch of salt and pepper, the bunch of basil and a swig of water. Blitz until smooth.
Chicken: Slice the peppers into strips and add to the griddle pan. Turn the heat down to medium and keep moving the peppers around.
Tarts: Take the muffin tin out of the oven, and use a teaspoon to press the puffed up pastry back to the sides and make room for the filling. Spoon the crème fraîche mixture into the tart cases, and return to the top shelf of the oven. Set the timer for 8 minutes.
Chicken: Pour the piri piri sauce into a snug-fitting roasting tray. Lay the peppers on top and put aside. Add the chicken to the roasting tray with the sauce. Scatter over the sprigs of thyme, then put the tray into the middle of the oven.
Tarts: Put a small saucepan on a high heat. Squeeze in the juice from the zested orange and add 4 tablespoons of golden caster sugar. Stir and keep a good eye on it, but remember caramel can burn badly so don't touch or taste.
Potatoes: Finely chop the red chilli and most of the coriander on a board, mixing as you go. Add the feta and keep chopping and mixing.
Chicken: Take the tarts out of the oven and move the chicken up to the top shelf to cook for around 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
Tarts: Pour some caramel over each tart (they'll still be wobbly, but that's good). Put aside to set
Salad: Quickly dress the rocket, still in its bag, with extra virgin olive oil, a good pinch of salt and pepper and the juice of ½ a lemon. Tip into a bowl and take to the table.
Potatoes: Check the potatoes are cooked through, then use tongs to squeeze over the cooked lemon. Add the coriander mixture from the chopping board and mix everything together. Season, then take to the table.
To serve: Get the tray of chicken out of the oven, sprinkle over a few coriander leaves and take straight to the table.