Sinead's Fiery Thai

Location:

Dublin

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I love to cook!As I young child I used to annoy my mother in the kitchen helping her bake cakes and buns and my passion for baking and cooking has continued to grow since all those years ago.I love to use my creativity to transform an ordinary dish into something special using fresh and seasonal ingredients and to win a chance to train with some of the best chefs in the world at Ballymaloe would be a dream come true.Help me Cully & Sully turn my amateur passion for cooking at home into a career.

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My recipe is a Thai Red Chicken Curry with Bamboo Shoots. I make the curry paste from scratch which is a vital part of an authentic Thai curry.I use part-boned chicken breasts which I seal and place in the oven before popping into the curry sauce made up of coconut cream and milk, palm sugar,fish sauce, tamarind paste,bamboo shoots and homemade chicken stock. I pop in young green peppercorns which give the curry a real kick,lime leaves, holy basil and serve up the dish with steamed jasmine rice.