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Ice Cream Pudding
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 essence 500g dried mixed fruit e.g. raisins, currants, sultanas, figs, apricots (soaked overnight in 2-3tablesp. of port) 100g blanched almonds, toasted and chopped To Cook Put sugar […]
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The Perfect… Trifle
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 cassis of course. Ingredients – Serves 12 Jelly 100ml Fruit purée (raspberry is best) 100ml water 100g caster […]
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Perfect Christmas Ham
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 night! Make sure your ham is of the best quality. Choose ham with the Bord Bia Quality […]
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Celery with Herby Butter
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 and trim the celery stalks and cut into strips approx. 4cm long. Place in a saucepan, add a little salt and barely […]
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Brussels Sprouts with Chilli and Lemon
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 and thinly sliced Squeeze of lemon juice Salt and fresh-ground black pepper To Cook Trim the sprouts and place in a saucepan of boiling […]
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Roasted Vegetables
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 red onions, peeled and cut into eight, through the root Olive oil Salt and freshly-ground black pepper To Cook Preheat the oven to Gas Mark […]
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Honey Glazed Ham
Honey Glazed Ham Any leftovers can be used in sandwiches or salads or in an omelette Serves 20 Ingredients 1 whole ham 1-2 carrots, chopped 1-2 sticks of celery, chopped 1 onion, halved 1 tablesp. peppercorns 1 bay leaf 2 teasp. mustard 3 tablesp. clear honey Rind of 1 orange, coarsely grated 1 tablesp. […]
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Roast Turkey with Thyme and Onion Stuffing A traditional recipe that is hard to beat!
Roast Turkey with Thyme and Onion Stuffing A traditional recipe that is hard to beat! Cooking time: 3½ hours approximately Ingredients 7 kg turkey, oven ready Salt, black pepper and a little flour 2 tablesp. softened butter 8 slices streaky bacon Stuffing 450g bread broken into pieces 6 tablesp. fresh parsley chopped 2 tablesp. fresh thyme […]
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The Celtic Christmas Feast!
A Christmas Feast…you’ll find the brussel sprouts have been replaced. We’ve opted instead for the appeal of green beans, shallots and bacon. But if your Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a sprout or two, we won’t argue. To Cook Roast Turkey with Thyme & Onion Stuffing 7kg (14 lb) turkey, oven ready Salt, black […]
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Amelda’s Perfect Sausage Rolls
Perfect Sausage Rolls Serves Makes 16 small sausage rolls Cooking time: 15-20 mins Ingredients 500g (18oz) good-quality sausage meat 50g (2oz) sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and finely chopped 1 small onion, finely chopped 4 tbsp freshly grated parmesan cheese 3 tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 500g (18oz) all-butter puff pastry, thawed if frozen plain […]