Help, I can't cook!

Help, I can't cook!

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By: Emmanuelle Bastide

13 mins

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This program is a replay of March 24, 2021 

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Do you have no recipe ideas, no basic knowledge, and you are in a panic in front of the stove?

It is never too late to learn to cook, to have fun and know directly what you are eating!

With

Anto Cocagne

, “

Chef Anto

”, home

chef

, author of 

Tastes d'Afrique,

published by Mango éditions

Merlin Ella

Gabonese chef

, founder of the Association of Gabonese cooks

Christian Abegan

, ambassador of African cuisine, Cameroonian chef, author of 

African culinary heritage

 (Michel Lafon), creator of the

IYÖ

brand

, a collection of mixed African spices.

And a report by

Raphaëlle Constant

who met the Togolese chef

Olivia de Souza

, home caterer.

Report from the chef Olivia de Souza in Togo

Musical programming

►Burna Boy -

Wonderful

► 

Diamond Platnumz -

Jeje

Chef Merlin Ella's Sleeved Chicken Drumsticks


Preparation time: 30 min


Cooking time: 20 min


Ingredients.


For 4 people.


- 1kg of chicken drumsticks


- 3 tbsp of soy sauce


- 1 tbsp of honey


- 50g of ginger


- 1 clove of garlic


- 1 tsp of turmeric


- 1 bunch of basil


- 20 cl of olive oil 'olive


- 50g of butter


- 2 tablespoons of paprika


- Sesame seeds


- Salt


- White pepper


Preparation


Step 1: Sleeve your chicken drumsticks, lift the skin of the chicken, make two large notches to allow you to stuff them, season them with salt and pepper, in the slits, put the minced ginger, paprika, soya, honey , garlic and turmeric, coat them with basil leaves, lower the skin to cover everything and let stand a few moments in the fridge so that the herbs infuse well.


Step 2: Heat a pan, pour a drizzle of oil followed by a knob of butter, mark your poultry over medium heat for 5 minutes.


Step 3: Finish cooking in the oven at low temperature, roast the sesame seeds, sprinkle them on a platter, roll your chicken drumsticks on them after taking them out of the oven.


Serve with a roast of young potatoes cooked in a field dress

Mango & lime crumble recipe by chef Anto

Ingredients

50 g flour 


50 g peanut powder 


50 g softened butter 


50 g sugar


2 ripe and firm mangoes


1 lime



Preparation 


Wash and peel the mangoes. 


Cut the flesh into cubes and put them in a gratin dish.

Zest the lemon on the mango cubes


In a salad bowl, mix the tant pour tant until the mixture is homogeneous 


Sprinkle on the fruit


Bake for 15 minutes at 180 ⁰C, serve lukewarm 


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