Category: Food
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Apple Tart
Ingredients For the pastry 250g/9oz plain flour pinch sea salt 125g/4oz unsalted butter, diced, at room temperature 1 tsp cold water 1 medium free-range egg For the filling 15g/½oz unsalted butter ½ tbsp lemon juice 65g/2½oz caster sugar ½ tbsp Calvados 3-4 Cox’s Orange Pippin, Worcester, Russet or Braeburn apples, peeled, cores removed, each cut…
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Goat’s cheese and red pepper tart
Ingredients 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled 3 red peppers, halved 1 tbsp light muscovado sugar 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 75ml Cabernet Sauvignon red wine 1 tbsp olive oil 2 small red onions, thinly sliced 2 x 100g rounds Somerset goat’s cheese Small handful shredded fresh basil 2 medium eggs 142ml carton double cream For the pastry…
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Spiced vegetable curry
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 garlic clove, crushed 5 tbsp mild curry paste 400ml can coconut milk 150ml vegetable stock 125g fine green beans, trimmed 1 large sweet potato, cut into chunks 175g baby corn, halved lengthways 1/2 small cauliflower (about 375g), broken into small florets 100g ground almonds 410g…
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Tomato and goat’s cheese tarts
Ingredients: 375g packet ready-rolled puff pastry Plain flour, for dusting 150g goat’s cheese 250g punnet vine cherry or pomodorino tomatoes, halved 1 egg, beaten with a little water Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling Large sprigs basil leaves, to garnish 4 slices Parma ham (optional) Rocket, to serve The Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.…
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Sweet Cherry Tomato and Sausage Bake
Ingredients 2kg cherry tomatoes 2 sprigs of thyme, rosemary and bay (each) 1 tablespoon of dried oregano 3 cloves of chopped garlic Good-quality Cumberland or coarse Italian pork sausage (12) Extra virgin olive oil Balsamic vinegar Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper The method: 1. Preheat the oven to 190°C. Put in all your…
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Chilli-Con-Carne in a rush
A great quick Chilli recipe – if you have time, use the Chilli Deluxe recipe! Ingredients: 1 tin kidney beans, drained 1 tin chopped tomatoes. If you can throw in some whole tomatoes that have ben roughly chopped it will improve the texture. 500g lean minced beef Vegetable oil 1 large onion, chopped ½-1 tsp…
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Chilli-Con-Carne Deluxe
The Ingredients: 1 large onion or 2 banana shallots, chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 red chilli deseeded or keep half with seeds if you like it spicy 2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked and roughly chopped Olive oil, for frying 500g good quality beef mince 1 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp sweet paprika…
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Ultimate Sausage Casserole
Ingredients 8 Cumberland Sausages Onion (one large) Garlic (2 cloves) Peppers Mushrooms Butter beans (2x400g tins) Tinned Tomatoes (1 tin) Assorted herbs Chicken stock (300ml) The method: Grill the sausages and put to one side. Brown the onion with the garlic in a large casserole dish. When the onions are ready, throw in the tomatoes, chicken…
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Fluffy American Pancakes
Makes about 4 large Pancakes (you only need 2 each!!) The Ingredients: 135g plain flour 130ml/4½fl oz milk 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 2 tbsp caster sugar 2 tbsp melted butter (allowed to cool slightly) or olive oil, plus extra for cooking Maple syrup & more butter (to…