Serves 12 (Freeze half) Ingredients 4 tablesp. sunflower oil 500g shallots or button onions, peeled 1 large onion, sliced 4 carrots, cut into 2½cm pieces 1 tablesp. sugar 65g plain flour Salt an...
You can also use neck of lamb or gigot chops to make this stew. Simply ask your butcher to cut it into 1½cm slices for you. This is a great nutritionally complete dinner in one pot for the whole famil...
Mid March is usually significant of two reasons for me; spring time approaching and St. Patrick’s Day. Having Irish blood run through my veins means that a good pub crawl with some traditional Irish f...
Who’s got leftovers? Try this delicious Turkey, Ham and Leek Pie Ingredients 1tablespoon oil 1 tablespoon butter 1 red or white onion sliced 3 leeks finely sliced 2 large potatoes, peeled and cu...
Ice Cream Pudding A delicious alternative to Christmas pudding. Serves 10 Preparation time: 30 Mins plus freezing Ingredients 100g granulated sugar 125ml water 4 egg yolks 500ml cream 1teasp.vanilla...
The Perfect… Trifle So my favourite part of Christmas Day is my perfect boozy trifle. The jelly must be set but still a little wobble & marinated fruits in the jelly always work for me soaked in ...
Tips for cooking the perfect Christmas Ham Choose the right sized ham e.g. a 4kg fillet of ham will feed 10 people and allows a little extra if your family like to help themselves to more on Christmas...
Celery with Herby Butter! Serves 8 Ingredients 2 heads of celery 50g butter 2 tablesp. red wine vinegar 2 tablesp. fresh chives and tarragon, chopped Salt and freshly-ground black pepper To Cook Wash ...
Brussels Sprouts with Chili and Lemon…. Serves 8 Ingredients 1 kg Brussels sprouts, trimmed 1 tablesp olive oil 2 shallots, finely sliced 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 1 red chilli, deseeded an...
Roasted Vegetables Serves 8 Cooking time: 20-30 minutes Ingredients 700g each of carrots, parsnips and white turnip, peeled and chopped into 5cm chunks 700g potatoes, scrubbed and cut into wedges 2 r...
