Ingredients – serves 2 2 chicken breasts 1 large onion 1 tsp sesame oil Chunk of grated ginger 1tbls lemon juice 1tbls fish sauce ½ tsp coriander – or fresh coriander ½ tsp chili powder or fresh chili 2 pak choy Slice and marinate chicken breast – in 1 tbls soy sauce, 1 tbls vodka, …
Author archives: Helen Drew
Christmas Pudding
Ingredients 150gm plain flour 1 tsp mace or mixed spice (if you can’t get it use mixture of cinnamon and ginger) 1 tsp nutmeg 100gm beef suet (difficult to get but margarine works as well) 500gm sultanas, raisons, currants mix or all of 1 75gm brown sugar 1 carrot peeled and grated Finely grated rind …
Farmor’s Christmas Cake
Ingredients – this makes a fairly large cake cut amounts for smaller 825gm sultanas, raisons, currants mix or all of 1 150gm glace cherries chopped 200gm mixed peel Finely grated rind of 1 lemon 290gm plain flour 1 tsp mixed spice OR ½ tsp of ginger powder, ½ tsp nutmeg, ½ tsp cinnamon 290gm butter …
Salmon in puff pastry
Ingredients 270 – 300gm fresh salmon thickness approx 3 cm 1 large red pepper 1 packet puff pastry Roll out pastry so there is enough space to cover the fish and close the sides, place fish in the middle and place cooked and skinned pepper on top, seal closed with beaten egg and brush beaten …
Scones
Ingredients 250gm plain flour 50gm marg or butter 50gm sugar 1 heaped tsp baking powder 50gm currant, sultanas, dried figs (optional) milk to mix Mix flour, baking powder, sugar and marg with fork, mix in dried fruit (or not). should be dry flaking consistency, add milk slowly until mixture sticks together not too wet. Roll …
Chicken and broccoli pasta
Ingredients – for 2 1 large chicken breast sliced 1/2 large broccoli head 70gm pasta (fusilli) per person 1 large onion 1 carton sour cream 1/2 chicken stock cube For chicken marinade – 1tbls soy sauce, 1 tbls vodka, 1 tbls water, 1 tsp cornflour Method Marinate chicken for at least 20 mins. Cook chopped …
Chicken, bean and cabbage cassoulet
Ingredients 200gm dry white beans or can 1 large chicken breast ½ white cabbage 1 large onion chicken stock cube 2tbs vinegar Salt + pepper Soak beans overnight in plenty of water, cook in pressure cooker for 13 mins Marinate sliced chicken in 1 tbsp soy sauce + 1tbsp vodka + 1tsp cornflour + 1tbs …
Spicy bean pancakes
Ingredients 1 large can red beans 5-6 small tomatoes skin removed and chopped 1 red pepper sliced 1 large onion Cook some of, or all of, small courgettes, pieces of broccoli, green beans (any veg that needs eating today) or ½ can sweet corn veggie stock cube 1 tsp turmeric ½ tsp chili chopped (depends …
Stuffed Courgette/pepper
Ingredients 1-2 large courgettes that have escaped surveillance or 2/3 peppers 250gm minced beef 180gm lentils cook 13 min in pressure cooker 3-4 small tomatoes skin removed and chopped 1 large onion Beef stock cube 1 tsp turmeric ½ tsp chili chopped (depends on strength of chili’s) Grated gruyere Salt + pepper Filling: Cook onions …
Marzipan icing for Christmas cake
220g ground almonds 220g icing sugar 1 egg 1 tsp almond essence Orange juice (or orange juice + rum) Mix almonds and sugar and egg yolk (use white of egg to brush on top of cake to make marzipan stick). Add almond essence + orange juice and rum. Mixture should be a little sticky, knead …