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Sausagemeat Pasty
Packet sausagement Salt, pepper, herbs Small tin curried beans Make pastry – approx 8oz 220C for 15mins then 190C for an hour
Christmas Stollen
1 tsp dried yeast 5 fl oz warm milk (45 deg C) 1 large egg 2oz castor sugar Pinch of salt 3oz butter 12oz plain flour 2oz currants 2oz raisins 2oz glace cherries, quartered 5oz dried peel 6oz marzipan (or … Continue reading
Chocolate Cheesecake
2oz butter (melted) 5oz digestive biscuits (crushed) 2oz dem. sugar 6oz plain chocolate 8oz cream cheese 3oz castor sugar 2 eggs (separated) 10 fl oz double cream Combine butter, crumbs and dem sugar to form base. Form over base and … Continue reading
Farmhouse Fruit Cake
Ingredients 6oz Marg 6oz Castor sugar 2 large eggs 8oz Plain flour – sieved with ½ level teaspoon baking powder, 2 level teaspoons mixed spice 10oz fruit – eg. raisins, sultanas, glace cherries, peel Cream marg and sugar Add everything … Continue reading
Fruit Pie
Ingredients: 1lb fruit – anything really, or a mixture 4-5oz granulated sugar 8oz pastry (see pastry recipe – this means 8oz flour) Method: Prepare fruit (core, slice etc) Cut pastry into two equal pieces Roll out half and use to … Continue reading
Cheesecake
Base: 6oz digestive biscuits crushed 3oz butter a little granulated sugar Keep a clean plastic bag to put the biscuits into and crush with rolling pin. Remember that bags have safety holes at the bottom so if you fold back … Continue reading
Pork and Soy Sauce
4 pork chops or steaks Should be tossed in 1 tablespoon seasoned flour but I prefer to thicken with cornflour at end 2 oz marg for brownign meat onion if wished 4 tablespoons soy sauce 4 tablespoons tomato sauce 4 … Continue reading
Sweetcorn Soup
Ingredients: 1oz butter 1 medium onion (peeled and finely chopped) 1/2 a green pepper (finely chopped) 1/2oz plain flour 2 tsps of paprika Salt to taste 1 pint milk 12oz can of sweetcorn Instructions: Melt fat and fry onion and … Continue reading
Parsnip Soup
Ingredients: 1oz butter 1 onion 1 parsnip (peeled and thinly sliced) 1 medium potato (thinly sliced) 500ml milk 250ml stock pinch of mace or ground nutmeg S & P Instructions: Melt butter in large saucepan. Add prepared vegetables. Cover pan … Continue reading
Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pint chicken stock 12 oz tin of sweetcorn Cornflour for thickening Bits of chicken Add stock and 8oz of sweetcorn. Boil, season and simmer for 15mins with lid on. Blend soup and return to pan. Reheat and … Continue reading