Apple Tart
Traditional British Pudding
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Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
20 min
Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
20 min
Pastry
  1. 250 g plain flour
  2. 125 g butter
  3. 1 tblsp sugar
  4. 1 egg
  5. cold water to bind
  6. Filling
  7. 1 kg cooking apples
  8. 2 tsp cinnamon
  9. 3 tblsp brown sugar
  10. 2 lemons
Instructions
  1. Rub butter into flour until mixture resembles breadcrumbs and add sugar
  2. Beat egg and stir into flour then add enough cold water until mixture binds together
  3. Roll out half of the pastry to line pie dish
  4. Peel and core apple and chop into small pieces
  5. Add cinnamon, brown sugar and lemon juice to apple
  6. Fill pie with chopped apple
  7. Roll out remaining pastry and place on top of apple
  8. Seal edges and brush with beaten egg and bake in oven until browned
Notes
  1. Try different fruit fillings e.g apple and blackberry, plum, blackcurrant, pear, apricot
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Flat Seeded Bread
Easy tasty bread, great for parties and picnics
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Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
15 min
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
15 min
Ingredients
  1. 500 g strong plain flour
  2. 25 g yeast
  3. 1/2 tsp salt
  4. 280 ml water
  5. 1 tbsp olive oil
  6. 1 egg white beaten
  7. sesame seeds
  8. poppy seeds
  9. fennel seeds
Instructions
  1. Combine flour, yeast, salt and water to from a dough
  2. Knead for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic
  3. Leave to rest for 10 minutes
  4. Divide into balls and roll out into flat rounds
  5. Brush bread with egg white and scatter with seeds of your choice
  6. Bake in oven for about 15 mins until they puff and brown
Notes
  1. 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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Stuffed Marrow
A favourite summer supper dish
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Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
20 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
20 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 kg minced lamb
  2. 2 onions
  3. 4 sticks celery
  4. 1 tblsp paprika
  5. 2 tsp cinnamon
  6. 1 tsp chilli powder
  7. 1 tblsp ground allspice
  8. 500 g passata
  9. 6 tomatoes
  10. 1 kallo beef stock cube
  11. 1 tblsp olive oil
  12. 75 g sun dried tomatoes
  13. 1 tsp rosemary
  14. 4 cloves garlic
  15. 2.5 kg marrow
  16. Grated Cheese
Instructions
  1. Immerse tomatoes in boiling water and leave for a few mins
  2. Cut sun dried tomatoes into small pieces
  3. Chop rosemary
  4. Drain tomatoes and peel off skins and then chop
  5. Slice onion and celery, crush garlic and fry in olive oil until softened
  6. Add minced lamb
  7. When lamb has browned add passata, spices, sun dried tomato, tomato, beef stock and rosemary
  8. Simmer until lamb is tender
  9. Slice marrow and remove seeds and boil rings under tender
  10. Fill marrow rings with lamb mix
  11. Top with grated cheese and put in oven until cheese has melted and filling is hot
Notes
  1. For a meat free filling use cooked green lentils instead of lamb.
  2. Also good with minced beef or bacon with chicken livers
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Cream Meringues with Blackberry Coulee
Crunchy, creamy and sweet treat
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
2 hr
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
2 hr
Meringue
  1. 4 egg whites
  2. 225 g caster sugar
Blackberry Coulee
  1. 300 g blackberries
  2. 2 - 3 tblsp sugar to taste
Cream
  1. 300 ml double cream
  2. 1 tblsp sugar
Instructions
  1. Line baking sheets with non-stick paper
  2. Whisk egg whites until stiff
  3. Whisk in half of the sugar gradually until stiff
  4. Add remaining sugar
  5. Pipe meringue mixture onto baking sheets
  6. Bake for about 2 hours until meringues are dry and will lift off the paper easily
  7. Cook blackberries in pan until juices run
  8. Sweeten with sugar and push through sieve to remove seeds
  9. Allow to cool
  10. Beat cream until thick and stir in sugar
  11. Serve meringues with cream and blackberry coulee
Notes
  1. Also good served with fresh fruit such as strawberries or raspberries.
  2. Crush meringues and mix with strawberries and cream to make eton mess
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