Courgette & Beetroot Bahjis
2014-08-25 05:44:15
Crisp, tasty snack
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
10 min
Ingredients
- 300 g courgette
- 200 g beetroot
- 1 tsp salt
- 225 g gram flour
- 2 onions
- 1 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Grate courgettes and squeeze out excess juice with your hands
- Peel and grate beetroot
- Slice onions
- Mix flour with baking powder, and salt
- Add onions, beetroot and courgette
- Stir until all flour has been absorbed by the vegetables to form a batter
- Deep fry in hot oil until browned and crisp
Notes
- The type of beetroot used will change the colour of the bahjis. Red beetroot for red bahjis, golden beetroot for yellow bahjis! The bahjis can be made using other vegetables such as carrots instead of beetroot or just courgette and onion. A little bit of water can be added if the mixture is too dry.
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Stuffed Marrow
2014-08-14 19:30:42
A favourite summer supper dish
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
20 min
Ingredients
- 1 kg minced lamb
- 2 onions
- 4 sticks celery
- 1 tblsp paprika
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tblsp ground allspice
- 500 g passata
- 6 tomatoes
- 1 kallo beef stock cube
- 1 tblsp olive oil
- 75 g sun dried tomatoes
- 1 tsp rosemary
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2.5 kg marrow
- Grated Cheese
Instructions
- Immerse tomatoes in boiling water and leave for a few mins
- Cut sun dried tomatoes into small pieces
- Chop rosemary
- Drain tomatoes and peel off skins and then chop
- Slice onion and celery, crush garlic and fry in olive oil until softened
- Add minced lamb
- When lamb has browned add passata, spices, sun dried tomato, tomato, beef stock and rosemary
- Simmer until lamb is tender
- Slice marrow and remove seeds and boil rings under tender
- Fill marrow rings with lamb mix
- Top with grated cheese and put in oven until cheese has melted and filling is hot
Notes
- For a meat free filling use cooked green lentils instead of lamb.
- Also good with minced beef or bacon with chicken livers
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Summer Trifle
2014-08-14 19:50:28
Yummy!
Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
40 min
Victoria Sponge
- 110 g butter
- 110 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 110 g SR flour
Custard
- 6 egg yolks
- 600 ml milk
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tblsp sugar
Blackberry Jelly
- 300 g blackberries
- 4 sheets gelatine
- 1 lemon
- 2 - 3 tblsp sugar to taste
Cream Topping
- 300 ml double cream
- 2 passion fruit
- 1 tblsp caster sugar
Fruit
- Banana
- Blackberries
- Raspberries
For the Sponge
- Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
- Add eggs to creamed mixture a little at a time together with a little flour to prevent curdling
- Add remaining flour
- Divide into lined tins and bake in oven for about 20 mins until risen and browned
For the Custard
- Whisk egg yolks and sugar together
- Heat milk until nearly boiled and add to egg mix
- Return to pan and add cornflour dissolved in a little cold milk
- Heat gently stirring until thick
- Add vanilla essence
For the Jelly
- Simmer blackberries in pan without water until softened and then press through a sieve to remove seeds
- Soften gelatine in a little water and then add lemon juice and heat in microwave until gelatine has completely dissolved
- Add gelatine to blackberry puree to make about 400 ml of liquid
- Sweeten to taste with sugar
For the Cream
- Remove contents of passion fruit and strain to remove seeds
- Beat cream and add passion fruit juice and sugar to sweeten
To assemble Trifle
- Break up sponge and put into bottom of sundae dish
- Pour jelly over sponge
- Add prepared fruit
- Pour in custard
- Leave to cool then top with the whipped cream
Notes
- Delicious with different flavoured jellies and fruit
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Greengage & Plum Jam
2014-08-14 20:03:06
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
15 min
Ingredients
- 1 kg greengages or plums
- 1 kg granulated sugar
- 200 ml water
Instructions
- Wash the fruit, cut in half and remove the stones
- Simmer the greengages or plums with the water for about 10 mins until softened
- Add the sugar and boil gently for about 10 mins stirring occasionally until setting point is reached
- Test for setting by putting a small amount of jam on a cold plate in the fridge
- If done when cold the surface of the jam should wrinkle when you pull your finger through it. If it is still runny continue to boil the jam for a few more minutes and test again
Notes
- Will keep for about a year if stored in sterilised jars with lids
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Flat Seeded Bread
2014-07-10 18:21:45
Easy tasty bread, great for parties and picnics
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
15 min
Ingredients
- 500 g strong plain flour
- 25 g yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 280 ml water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 egg white beaten
- sesame seeds
- poppy seeds
- fennel seeds
Instructions
- Combine flour, yeast, salt and water to from a dough
- Knead for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic
- Leave to rest for 10 minutes
- Divide into balls and roll out into flat rounds
- Brush bread with egg white and scatter with seeds of your choice
- Bake in oven for about 15 mins until they puff and brown
Notes
- Can be re- heated in oven if you wish to serve warm. If making into shaped rolls rather than flat rounds leave to rise for approx 20 mins before baking
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Jam Tarts
2014-08-25 05:52:25
Sweet treat any time of year
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
15 min
Pastry
- 250 g plain flour
- 125 g butter
- 1 tblsp sugar
- 1 egg
- cold water to bind
Instructions
- Rub butter into flour until mixture resembles breadcrumbs
- Add sugar
- Beat egg and stir into flour
- Add enough cold water until mixture binds together
- Roll out to line tart tin
- Add a tsp of jam to each tart
- Bake in the oven for approx 10 mins until pastry has browned and jam in bubbling
Notes
- Don't try them until they have cooled a little as the jam will be very very hot.
- We made our tarts with greengage jam. Try using different jams to make a colourful display on the plate
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