| Simnel Cake |
Simnel Cake
SIMNEL CAKE
A dense, rich confection of dried fruit and spices which was traditionally served by servant girls for Mothering Sunday, but is now baked for Easter in England. The eleven balls represent Jesus’ faithful Aposltles, excluding Judas. This Easter-tide cake keeps well and is best made about six weeks ahead.
4oz(110g) butter, softened
2½oz(70g) demerara sugar
3 free range eggs
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| Tomato Soup |
Tomato Soup
Tomato Soup
1-1.25kg ripe tomatoes
1 medium onion
1 small carrot
1 celery stick
2 tbsp olive oil
2 squirts of tomato purée (about 2 tsp)
a good pinch of sugar
2 bay leaves
1.2l hot vegetable stock (made with boiling water and 4 rounded tsp bouillon powder or 2 stock cubes)
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| Braised Pork with Wild Mushrooms |
Braised Pork With Wild Mushrooms
SERVES 4
25-30g (1oz) dried wild mushrooms
½ small onion, finely chopped
6 tabs olive oil
680g (1.5 lbs) boned hand pork cut into 50mm
(2 inch) pieces
8 tabs dry white wine
2 tabs white wine vinegar
3 anchovy fillets chopped
¼ tsp oregano
1-2 bay leaves crumbled if dry or chopped if fresh
20 juniper berries crushed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Soak the mushrooms for 30 mins, take out and rinse, st... Read More >> |
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| Pumpkin Pie |
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie recipe.
Ingredients:
500g Pumpkin - skinned, seeds removed, cut into chunks, boiled in lightly salted water until tender, drined, rubbed through a sieve and set aside to cool.
250g Shortcrust pastry
300ml cream
3 free range eggs
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (wash lemons in hot water to remove wax first).
150g muscavado sugar
½ tspn salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tspn gr
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| Butternut Squash & Leek Soup |
BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND LEEK SOUP
BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND LEEK SOUP
SERVES: 8
Ingredients
· 2 kilos (4 lbs) butternut squash, halved lengthwise
· 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
· 4 large leeks, white and tender green parts, coarsely chopped
· 7 fresh thyme sprigs or 1 teaspoon dried
· 1½ litres chicken stock
· 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
· ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
· 150 ml (¼ pt) crème fraiche
· About 3 tablespoons chopped chives
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| Lentil Crisps |
Lentil Crisps
Lentil Crisps
MAKES 20 CRISPS
Lentil flour is available at Indian markets and some specialty stores. To make your own,
finely
grind some green lentils in a coffee mill or spice grinder.
Ingredients
· 115g (4 oz) lentil flour
· 115g (4 oz) plain flour
· 115g (4 oz) semolina
· 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon curry powder
· 1 teaspoon salt
· 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
· 250 ml (½ pint) warm water
· Ol
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| SAUSAGE & APPLE STUFFING |
SAUSAGE & APPLE STUFFING
SAUSAGE & APPLE STUFFING
Ingredients
· 4½ tablespoons unsalted butter
· 6 celery sticks, finely chopped
· 3 mediumonions, finely chopped
· 750g (1½ lbs) pork sausage, removed from the casings
· 1 large day-old farmhouse white bread cubes 2cm(1”)
· 36 pitted prunes, coarsely chopped 3 medium Golden Delicious or Granny Smith
apples--peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
· 1 tablespoon cup f
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| Sausage & Pork Rissotto |
Sausage & Pork Risotto
Sausage & Pork Risotto
Serves four to six.
50g butter
200g sausage meat
200g pork, cut into small cubes
1 onion finely chopped
Water - the same quantity of rice to water, plus half a cup for the pot
350g Riso Superfino rice (Arborio rice)
Salt
Parmesan, grated
Melt the butter in a pan, and fry the sausage meat, pork and onion until cooked
and the pork is tender.
In another pot, bring the water to the boil. P
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| Tomato Soup |
Tomato Soup
Tomato Soup
1-1.25kg ripe tomatoes
1 medium onion
1 small carrot
1 celery stick
2 tbsp olive oil
2 squirts of tomato purée (about 2 tsp)
a good pinch of sugar
2 bay leaves
1.2l hot vegetable stock (made with boiling water and 4 rounded tsp bouillon powder or 2 stock cubes)
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| Pork Chops with Sage |
Braised Pork With Wild Mushrooms
SERVES 4
25-30g (1oz) dried wild mushrooms
½ small onion, finely chopped
6 tabs olive oil
680g (1.5 lbs) boned hand pork cut into 50mm
(2 inch) pieces
8 tabs dry white wine
2 tabs white wine vinegar
3 anchovy fillets chopped
¼ tsp oregano
1-2 bay leaves crumbled if dry or chopped if fresh
20 juniper berries crushed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Soak the mushrooms for 30 mins, take out and rinse, st... Read More >> |
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| Brussels Sprouts with Onion & Bacon |
Brussels Sprouts With Onion & Bacon
Brussels Sprouts With Onion & Bacon
SERVES: 12
Ingredients
· 250g (half lb) thickly sliced lean bacon, cut crosswise into thin strips
· 1 Spanish onion, thinly sliced
· 8 garlic cloves, halved lengthwise
· 250 ml (1 pint) chicken stock
· Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
· Sugar (optional)
· 2 kilos (4 lbs) brussel sprouts, trimmed
Method
1. In a large, frying, cook the bacon over moderately high
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| Curried Pumpkin Soup |
Curried Pumpkin Soup
Curried Pumpkin Soup
SERVES: 10
What makes this lightly spiced, slightly fruity soup so simple is the fact that the pumpkins
are roasted until tender before they are peeled rather than after.
Ingredients
· 2 kilos pumpkins or butternut squash, halved lengthwise
· 1 tablespoon olive oil
· 3 pears peeled, cored and cut into 5 cm (2”) chunks
· 3 medium onions, sliced
· 5 garlic cloves, chopped
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| Roast Burdfields Turkey |
Roast Burdfields Turkey
Roast Burdfields Turkey
Get it home, unwrap it, remove the giblets, put turkey into a roasting tin - breast side down,
cover losely with tin foil, keep in bottom of fridge until you're ready to cook it. DO NOT
LEAVE IT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE!
No stuffing, no lemons, no bacon, no basting, no anything, just turkey. We haven't added
anything, so why should you? Make the stuffing and cook it separately. Boil
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| Quail Eggs |
Quail Eggs, Cumberland Sausage, Bury Black Pudding & Seasonal Salad
SERVES: 4
Ingredients:
· 6 quail eggs, cooked for 1½ minutes in boiling water then drained and cooled under
the cold tap and peeled
· 180-200g good quality Cumberland sausage meat (you may need to just remove the
skins from the sausages)
· 1 tabs flour
· 1 egg, beaten
· 40-50g fresh white breadcrumbs
· Vegetable oil for deep frying
· 4 eggs
· 4 rashers streaky bacon, cut into rough 1cmchunks
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| Braised Pork With Wild Mushrooms |
Braised Pork With Wild Mushrooms
SERVES 4
25-30g (1oz) dried wild mushrooms
½ small onion, finely chopped
6 tabs olive oil
680g (1.5 lbs) boned hand pork cut into 50mm
(2 inch) pieces
8 tabs dry white wine
2 tabs white wine vinegar
3 anchovy fillets chopped
¼ tsp oregano
1-2 bay leaves crumbled if dry or chopped if fresh
20 juniper berries crushed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Soak the mushrooms for 30 mins, take out and rinse, st... Read More >> |
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| Chicken in Designer Beer |
Chicken In Designer Beer or Cider
Chicken In Designer Beer or Cider
1 large chicken cut into pieces
Splash of olive oil
75 cl bottle designer beer or cider
250 g (½lb) mushrooms wiped clean cut off the ends of the stalks
250 g (½lb) smoked bacon chopped into small pieces
2 large onions chopped finely
15 shallots peeled
2 garlic cloves
2 large carrots peeled and chopped
1 stick celery chopped
50 g (2 oz) butter
4 cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Sal
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