Brixfest in Brixham

We have just had a fantastic weekend in Brixham with Brixfest ... have a look at their website and Facebook page to see what happened. Our daughters and I enjoyed lots of the events over the weekend especially the Children's Day on the Monday. Many thanks to the fantastic volunteers who organised all the events!

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New Evening Menu Requests ...

 So it is that time of year when we change the evening menu ... do you have requests? It might be things we might have done a while ago that you loved or something we haven't done before!

A tasty recipe from Chris ... he does love tagines and tasted lots on our visit to Morocco

Moroccan style Chickpea & Chicken Tagine

Serves 4

4 chicken breasts	2 large white onions
4 cloves of garlic	8 salad tomatoes
350g dried chickpeas	2 red peppers
Large bunch of coriander	2 green chillies
4 tsp ground cumin	2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp cumin seeds	1 tsp mixed spice
Small tub of low fat natural yoghurt	Olive Oil

Method

1.     Soak the dried chickpeas over night in plenty of cold water.

2.    Remove skin and fat from chicken and dice into bite size chunks. In a separate bowl, mix all dried spice together and take half and rub onto the diced chicken. Allow the chicken to marinade over night in the fridge.  

3.    Wash soaked chickpeas next day in cold water and cook in pan with plenty of hot water until crushable between fingers or for about half an hour. Don’t add any salt to the water at this stage.

4.    Cut the peppers and chillies in half and remove seeds from both. Dice the tomatoes and add the two chopped peppers.   

5.    Peel onions and dice into small pieces, peel and crush garlic cloves with side of knife or small pan to release more flavour.

6.   In a medium pan (a pan big enough to hold all ingredients) pour 1 tablespoon of olive oil and place on gentle heat.

7.    Gently fry onions and garlic until lightly browned and add chicken from fridge, increase heat and stir until chicken is coloured all over.

8.    Add the diced peppers, chilli and tomatoes to the pan, after 5 minutes add the rest of the dried spice mix. Keep stirring all time. With a colander or sieve drain the chickpeas and add to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Also the add natural yoghurt and 1 pint of hot water. Lightly season with sea salt and pepper and cover, cook on a low heat for about 45 minutes. Stir every 10 minutes or so.

9.    Wash and roughly chop coriander and add to pan. Taste the tagine, add a little more salt if needed and serve. Enjoy!!  

Deal of the Moment at Bistro 46

Certificate of Excellence

We have just been awarded another Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor ... read our reviews Click Here . We are very excited and would like to thank all our lovely customers and reviewers. It makes all the hard work worth it!

So what is our Evening Menu like? ... A Taste of the World in Brixham

Our Evening Menu ... what would you choose? Favorites with our customers are always the pork belly and  creme brulee. We also now have Tastes of the Moment which are changed frequently and these are published on Facebook ... www.facebook.com/bistro.fortysix   and of course within the bistro. 

A Taste of Devon at Bistro 46

We have a busy week ahead as we have the last of our Gourmet Nights before the summer madness. We have held over 40 Gourmet Evenings in the past 5 years and these have included A Taste of Morocco  A Taste of India, A Taste of the Ocean and many more. This week I will be working for the Gourmet Evening alongside Chris in the kitchen and Aran (our new fantastic waiter), I will be 'Tweeting What We Serve' with pictures of each course so why not follow us on Twitter ... https://twitter.com/Bistro46

PS ... we have a couple of tables left for A Taste of Devon if you fancy something different to do in Brixham on a Thursday evening. Book now on 01803 858936

So what is Bistro 46 like?

Have a look at this to find out more ...

Welcome to the Bistro 46 Blog

So I have finally decided to create a blog for our family run business in Brixham, South Devon. My name is Sophie and along with my husband Chris we own and run Bistro 46, a small licensed restaurant in Brixham. 

We established the bistro in September 2007 and during the past 5 years (nearly 6) we have developed a thriving, successful business in Brixham. We have also got married, had two lovely daughters and moved house along with lots of other achievements. Our family do joke 'so what is happening next?'. 

My aim for this blog is to share information, pictures and anything else I can about Bistro 46 ... so watch this space!

Our website ... www.bistro46.com