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Author Archives: Helen Jackson
Stuffed Pork Loin Chops
Upside down Pear Cake
Serves 8.
this cake is delicious with caramel sauce, pouring custard or with whipped cream.
We love it as a dessert.
Ingredients
- 50 g butter
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 medium firm pears, peeled and sliced into eighths
- 150 g butter
- 1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups self raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
Mums Fudge Cake – Tammy
Tammy McLeod
Ingredients
- 100g butter
- 200g (1/2 can) sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 packet plain biscuits (eg wine biscuits), crushed
Warm Pumpkin and Chickpea Salad (Adapted from Casa Moro)
Lynley Ruck
Ingredients
- 1 kg pumpkin, peeled and chopped into 2.5cm cubes
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 x 415g tin chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1/4 red onion finely chopped
- A large handful fresh coriander, chopped
- 100 g feta cheese crumbled
- sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- Tahini Dressing
- 1 clove garlic crushed with the side of a knife into a paste with a little salt
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons tahini
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp of your best olive oil
- Seasalt and freshly ground pepper
Moroccan Chicken and Chickpea Harira (Inspired by Claudia Roden from Arabesque)
Lynley Ruck
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken thighs
- 1 large onion, chopped coarsely
- 250 g chickpeas, soaked overnight
- 200g green lentils, rinsed
- 300 g ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 2 celery stalks, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- salt
- 4 tablespoons plain flour
- 100 g vermicelli or orzo (optional)
- juice of 1 lemon
- large bunch coriander, chopped
- large bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Spicy Bean Patties with Lemon Mayonnaise
Lynley Ruck
Ingredients
- Lemon Mayo
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 300 ml light oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 red capsicum, diced
- 1/4 teaspoon red chilli flakes (to taste)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 x 410g tin black beans or kidney beans, drained
- 1 small handful coriander, chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon mayonnaise (or tomato paste)
- 50g soft breadcrumbs
- Dried breadcrumbs for coating
Falafel – Lynley
Lynley
Serves 4.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried chickpeas
- 1/2 large onion, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2-1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander or parsley
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4-6 tablespoons flour
Chorizo and Lentil Soup
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 carrots, diced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup brown or green lentils
- 1 400 g can of chopped tomatoes in juice
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 500g chorizo or other flavoursome pre-cooked sausage
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- small bunch flat leaf parsley, chopped
Lamb and Lentil Ragout
Lynley
Serves 4.
Ingredients
- 500 g shoulder lamb steaks
- 1 cup green puy lentils
- 400 g can chopped tomatoes in juice
- 1/2 cup vegetable stock
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 2 rashers bacon
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Chocolate and Ginger Shortbread
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Ingredients
- 250 g butter
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 cup cornflour
- 1 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup finely chopped crystallised ginger
1/2 cup chocolate bits
Shepherds Pie
Serves 4-6.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 medium carrots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 stalk celery, finely sliced
- ½ cup red wine
- 400 g can crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped herbs (eg parsley, rosemary, oregano, thyme)
- 4 cups shredded cold roast lamb
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 kg floury potatoes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup milk
Cottage Pie
Serves 4-6.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 courgettes, grated
- 10 button mushrooms, finely chopped
- 750 g beef mince
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup frozen peas.
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1 kg floury potatoes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 sheets frozen butter puff pastry
Gingerbread Shapes
Ingredients
- 125 g butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup treacle
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 heaped teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 heaped teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- currants or silver balls for decorating
