Jamie Oliver’s cookbook

I Read the recipe and try to guess the meaning of the unknown words from the
context. Put these verbs into Simple Present Tense or Present Continuous.

Chicken with cherry tomatoes

Ingredients
2 x 120 g free-range, skinless chicken breasts
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 bunch of asparagus
olive oil
4 rashers of pancetta
250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
5 black olives, destoned
a couple of sprigs of fresh basil, leaves picked
a small knob of butter
a splash of white wine

New Vocabulary:
free-range adj. (of livestock, especially poultry) kept in natural conditions, with freedom of
movement:a free-range, corn-fed chicken
  (of eggs) produced by free-range poultry.
ground /graʊnd/ past and past participle of grind adjective [attributive]
reduced to fine particles by crushing or mincing:
ground cumin (mljeveni kim)
bunch – sveza, struk
rasher – režanj slanine, tanka kriška slanine - /ˈræʃ.ər/ › a thin flat piece of bacon
halve /hɑːv/ verb [with object] divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size:
halve the aubergine lengthways
destoned – izvađenih koštica
sprig /sprɪg/noun a small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a plant: izdanak, grančica,
basil – bosiljak
leaves- listovi
pick –ubrati, obrati, čupati
knob  /nɒb/ noun
 1a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something. 1a) a small lump of
a substance: add a knob of butter
splash – plljusak, pljusnuti, uliti, poprskati
Asparagus –špargla
Method
This __________(be) a really quick and simple meal that _________(be) perfect for a midweek
supper. I__________(use) olives to add a bit of saltiness and extra flavour, but you
__________(should/fee)l free to throw in whatever you've got in the cupboard that'll do the
same job – anchovies or sun-dried tomatoes would work well.

You _________(place) a large pan on a high heat. Then you __________(lay) your chicken
breasts on a board and you __________(cut) three incisions into each one like fingers, going all
the way through the breast but leaving about 1cm joined at the top. You _________(should
/Sprinkle) with a pinch of salt and pepper. Next, you __________(snap) the woody ends off of
the asparagus spears. Secondly, you _________(add) a splash of olive oil to the pan, and then
you ___________(put) the chicken, pancetta and asparagus. You _________(cook) for 10
minutes, or until the chicken and asparagus are cooked through and you _________(must/ turn)
all the time. Next you ________(lift) the pancetta on top of the chicken once golden and crispy.

Thirdly, Jamie _________(move) the chicken, bacon or pancetta and asparagus to one side of
the pan then he _________(throw) in the tomatoes, olives, basil leaves and butter. He
__________(need/reduce) to a low heat and he_________(add) a splash of wine to help make a
sauce. He ___________(leave) it to bubble away and thicken for a couple of minutes.

He _________(use) tongs to divide the chicken, bacon or pancetta, asparagus and most of the
tomatoes between your plates. He _________(squash) the remaining tomatoes, mixing them with
the lovely juices in the pan, then he _______(drizzle) it over the chicken before serving.

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Nutritional Information Amount per serving:

 Calories465 23% , Carbs6.3g3% ugljenihidrati, Sugar6g7% šećeri

 Fat25g36% masti, Saturates10.3g52% zasićene masti
 Protein50.9g113% Of an adult woman's guideline daily amount

incision – usjek, brazda, zasjeći, zarezati

pinch – prstohvat
spear- izdanak
snap – skršiti, slomiti
bubble away – krčkati se do ključanja
tongs – hvataljke, mašice,
squash-zgnječiti, zdrobiti
drizzle- sipati
II Then now, you should imagine that Jamie was on TV last night and now you tell your friends
and colleagues about the recipe you heard about yesterday. Put the verbs into Simple Past Tense
(something that happened)

Last night, I ____________(see) Jamie Oliver on TV. He __________(have) his

famous culinary show on TV. He ___________(try) out new recipes. He
___________(make) chicken with tomatoes. First, he_____________ .....