Wednesday, 24 December 2014


Bread sauce

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Cooking time

Prep:10 minsCook:25 mins

Skill level

Easy

Servings

A traditional Christmas sauce to serve with your roast

Nutrition per serving

kcalories
141
 
protein
4g
 
carbs
14g
 
fat
5g
 
saturates
5g
 
fibre
0g
 
sugar
0g
 
salt
0.43g

Ingredients

  • 600ml milk
  • 50g butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 6 cloves
  • 6 peppercorns
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3 thyme sprigs
  • 100g white breadcrumbs
  • 4 tbsp single cream or mascarpone
  • pinch nutmeg, freshly grated

Method

Simmer the milk, butter, onion, cloves, peppercorns, garlic and herbs in a pan for 20 mins. Strain and return the liquid to the pan. Add the breadcrumbs and simmer for 3-4 mins. Stir in the cream or mascarpone. Add nutmeg, season and serve. Can be made up to 3 days in advance and heated up on the hob or microwave on Medium for 3 mins.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2005

Saturday, 20 December 2014

Homemade mincemeat

Recipe by: Cassandra
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Easy
 Ready in 21 days 10 mins
Picture by: Diana
Here is a classic mincemeat recipe without any suet. You can mix
up the dried fruits a bit,
substituting dried cranberries, cherries or blueberries
for some of the raisins and sultanas.
Perfect for your mince pies at Christmas!

Ingredients

Serves12
  • 250g seedless raisins
  • 250g sultanas
  • 250g currants
  • 65g mixed peel
  • 250g cooking apples, peeled and finely chopped
  • 125g butter, softened
  • grated zest of 1/2 a lemon
  • grated zest of 1/2 an orange
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • pinch of allspice
  • 250g dark brown soft sugar
  • 250ml brandy or dark rum

Preparation method

Prep: 10 mins | Extra time: 21 days
1.Make sure all of the dried fruits are finely chopped to around the same size. In a large bowl, mix all the fruit, apples, butter, zest and spices together till well combined. Dissolve the sugar in the brandy and pour it over the mixture. Cover and let stand overnight.
2.The next day, stir the mixture again then place in sterile, dry jars for 3 to 4 weeks before using in your favourite recipe.

Provided by:Allrecipes

Sunday, 29 June 2014


from http://happyhealthymama.com/2012/11/apple-peanut-butter-snack-bars.html
Apple Peanut Butter Snack Bars
Makes 9-16 bars, depending on what size you cut them
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup shredded apple (one medium apple)
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9×9 baking dish and set aside.
Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well.  Transfer the mixture to the baking dish and use the back of a wooden spoon or a spatula to press it down evenly.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until the edges are just barely browned.  Allow to cool before cutting into squares.

I can't remember why I posted this. I haven't tried them yet. Perhaps I should.