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Continue reading →: Vegetable stew recipe
Ingredients 2 tbsp Olive oil 2 Onions, chopped 1 Celery stick, sliced 1 Leek, sliced 2 Turnips, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces 250g (8.8 oz) Baby carrots, trimmed 75g (2.6 oz) Shiitake mushrooms, sliced 1 tbsp Plain flour 6 Thyme sprigs 1 Bay leaf 200ml (7 fl oz) Strong…
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Continue reading →: Dogs, weather and an update
1st off the dogs, once a quarter they go to a local groomer to get handstripped (ooer Missus!), they look very smart when done but at this time of the year I am sure they are glaring at us! Both dogs pre groomer (and staring at a hand with treats…
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Continue reading →: A common theme namely wine and yarn!
More to the point I've not blogged for a while *cough*, so have some wine photos of new wines tried and also an update on the sweater! First off the wines, all reds as that is my preference (hmm even if I do seem to be getting a few more…
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Continue reading →: Balsamic Roasted Vegetables
INGREDIENTS: 4 oz raw broccoli florets (from about 1 small head) 7 oz raw cauliflower florets (half of one large head) 8 oz raw yellow Summer squash, chopped (about 1 small-medium squash) 8 oz raw zucchini, chopped (about 1 small-medium zucchini) 7 oz raw carrots, chopped (this was about 3…
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Continue reading →: Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
Ingredients For the cupcakes 120g/4oz plain flour 140g/5oz caster sugar 1 tsp baking power 40g/1½oz unsalted butter 50g/2oz dark chocolate, melted and cooled slightly 1 free-range egg 125ml/4fl oz milk 1 orange, juice only 3 tbsp granulated sugar For the white chocolate and orange buttercream 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, softened 250g/9oz…
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Continue reading →: Eve’s Pudding
Ingredients For the filling 2 large cooking apples (about 500g/1lb2oz in total) 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp water 20g/¾oz butter 2 tbsp caster sugar For the topping 75g/3oz butter 100g/3½oz caster sugar 100g/3½oz self-raising flour 2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten 1 tbsp boiling water To serve cream or custard…
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Continue reading →: Kiwifruit marmalade
Cooking time: 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours makes 2.25 kg/5 lb marmalade Sweet oranges are better in this preserve, as the flavour of Seville (bitter) oranges rather overwhelms the taste of the kiwifruit. Ingredients 2 large oranges 1 large lemon 900 mL/1 1/2 pints water 900 g/2 lb kiwifruit pulp, see method…
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Continue reading →: Coq au Vin
Prep time 15 mins Cook time 2 hours Total time 2 hours 15 mins This is based on a traditional Coq au Vin recipe from the cookbook "Manu's French Bistro" by Manu Feildel, one of Australia's most popular French Chefs. The sauce is rich and thick with incredible depth…
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Continue reading →: Marrow and Ginger Jam
Cooking time 30 minutes makes 750 g/1 2/3 lb of jam Vegetable marrow is used quite often in preserves, both sweet and savoury. It makes an excellent ginger flavoured jam and is also good when blended with lemons or oranges. Some of the recipes for various kinds of pickle include marrow.…
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Continue reading →: 8th October 2016
Butter 6 oz (4 oz) Cheese 8 oz (3.5 oz) Cooking fat 4 oz (0.755 oz) Milk 3 pints (2 pints) Sugar 8 oz Preserves 1 lb every 2 months Tea 2 oz Eggs 1 fresh egg per week (0.5) Sweets/Candy 12 oz every 4 weeks (10.5 oz) Breakfast – none Lunch – Quorn sausages, brown sauce…
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