Buffalo Chicken Wings

American Classic for beer night at home!

Ingredients for crispy wings:

5 pounds whole chicken wings

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. black ground pepper

2 Tbsp. hot sauce

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

Non-stick oil spray

1 cup of Buffalo Sauce (recipe below)

Method:

1. Cut wings into three sections: "tip", "flat" and "drum". We will use two bigger ones only for this recipe - but the smallest section "tip" can be reserved to make chicken stock.

2. To the bowl of chicken wings, add salt, pepper, hot sauce and oil. Toss to coat evenly.

3. Add flout to large plastic bag and pour in chicken wings. Shake to coat the wings in flour.

4. Cover two baking sheets in foil, spray them with non-stick spray. Place the floured wings evenly on the pans in one layer, spray the tops of the wings lightly with oil.

5. Bake in preheated 200 C oven for 30 minutes, then turn over each wing and bake for another 30 minutes, or until wings are golden brown and coating is getting crispy.

6. Transfer wings to a large mixing bowl. Pour the sauce (recipe below) over the hot wings and toss with spoon or spatula to completely coat.

7. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving, so the sauce will soak into the skin.

Buffalo Sauce:

8 Tbsp. Louisiana hot sauce (best, but i used Tabasco, hence did not find the one)

8 Tbsp. unsalted butter

1 1/2 Tbsp. white vinegar

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

1/8 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients in saucepan, bring to a simmer over law heat, stirring occasionally, an then turn off the heat.

Nigella's Marsala Pears

I love to make a wine evenings at home! Get good DVD to watch, bottle of good red wine and of course cheese. I usually used to prepare a regular cheese board with some grapes and fresh bread. But this time felt like making something different and at the same time not to exclude tradition of pairing wine with good cheese. Suddenly remembered that i watched how Nigella once was preparing her snacks for wine dinner with friends. And woa-la! This dish's preparation time is 30 min as maximum, but it is sooooo delicious! Sweet pears complement mild gorgonzola just perfect and walnuts'a appearance also is far from boring. Highly recommend you to try it for your wine evening!

Ingredients:

2-3 pears cut lengthwise in 8 parts (skin and core on)

2 Tbsp. olive oil

3 Tbsp. Marsala

2 Tbsp. honey

50 g. walnut halves

500 g Gorgonzola (i made a cheese board for two, so used only 200 g)

Method:

1. Heat oil in a large heavy pan over medium heat. Prepare your pears.

2. Fry pears for 3-4 min. on each side or until softened.

3. Meanwhile whisk Marsala and honey together in a cup or small bowl.

4. Add Marsala mixture to the pears allow to bubble and become syrupy. Transfer the pears to serving plate, reserving the syrupy mixture in the pan.

5. Add walnuts to the same pan and stir fry them for about a minute or until they are slightly darkened and sticky all over.

6. To serve, transfer the walnuts to serving plate along with any remaining juices and place the gorgonzola onto the plate.

Original recipe adopted from BBC Food