Shopping list

Fruit and vegetables

3 medium carrots, peeled and cut into roughly 1.5cm/⅝in slices
1 medium leek, trimmed and cut into roughly 1cm/½in slices
150g/5½oz small mushrooms, halved or quartered if larger
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 tsp dried thyme or 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
2–3 Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1cm/½in thick rounds
1kg/2¼lb parsnips

Tins, packets and jars

500ml/18fl oz hot chicken stock (made with 1 stock cube)
20g/¾oz plain flour (around 2 tbsp)

Cooking ingredients

salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp olive or sunflower oil
1 tbsp runny honey
80ml/3½fl oz maple syrup
125ml/4fl oz vegetable oil
125g/4½oz caster sugar
25g/1oz cocoa powder, sieved
100g/3½ oz self-raising flour

Biscuits, snacks and sweets

300g/10½oz dark chocolate, broken into pieces

Dairy, eggs and chilled

20g/¾oz butter, cubed
80g/2¾oz cheddar, finely grated, plus 50g/1¾oz for the topping
50ml/2fl oz double cream
125g/4½oz baking spread or soft butter, plus extra for greasing
150ml/5fl oz double cream
2 large eggs
150ml/5fl oz full-fat milk

Meat, fish and poultry

4 rashers smoked back bacon, cut into roughly 2cm/¾in slices
8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (around 850g/1lb 14oz)