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MacNean Roast Turkey with Chestnut and Dried Cranberry Stuffing
Chef, Neven Maguire’s Roast Turkey with Chestnut and Dried Cranberry Stuffing Serves 10-12 Ingredients 6kg (12lb) oven-ready turkey, at room temperature (preferably free-range) 1 orange 4 rindless streaky bacon rashers 8 ready-to-eat pitted prunes 450g (1oz) cocktail sausages 175g (6oz) butter, at room temperature 1 tbsp plain flour 3 tbsp Madeira 600ml (1 pint) turkey […]
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Christmas Sticky Toffee Pudding
Christmas sticky toffee pudding Ingredients – Serves 12 500g Christmas pudding (crumbled) 600ml warm breakfast tea 375g Brown sugar 100g butter 5 Eggs 500g Self raising flour 5tsp Bicarbonate of soda 2 tbsp Treacle 2 tbsp Golden syrup 2 tsp vanilla essence Method • Soak Christmas pudding into tea and soak for 10 minutes. • […]
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Christmas Ham with Port, Orange and Redcurrant Glaze
Serves 20 Cooking time: 3½ hours Ingredients 1 whole ham 1-2 carrots, chopped 1-2 sticks of celery, chopped 1 onion, halved 1 tablesp. peppercorns 1 bay leaf 1 tablesp. whole cloves Glaze: Zest and juice of ½ orange Zest and juice of ½ lemon ¼ teasp. ground allspice 4 tablesp. redcurrant jelly 2 tablesp. light muscovado […]
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Christmas Plum Pudding
Christmas Plum Pudding It is hard to believe that Christmas is almost upon us, and nothing beats the flavour of homemade Christmas pudding, so start stirring now. It is very important to get good quality fruit. The advance preparation now will make things easier at Christmas but, apart from that, the tastes will be so […]
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Mussel and Bacon Paella The ultimate one pan dish!
Mussel and Bacon Paella The ultimate one pan dish! Serves 4 Cooking time: 45 minutes Ingredients 20 mussels, scrubbed and de-bearded 12 uncooked large prawns, shells removed 100g bacon lardons 600ml seafood stock or water 5 saffron strands, soaked in 1 tablesp. boiling water 2-3 tablesp. rapeseed or olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and […]
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Bacon, Black Pudding and Goats Cheese Pizza A great combination.
Bacon, Black Pudding and Goats Cheese Pizza A great combination. serves 1-2 Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients 1 ready prepared pizza base 1 tablesp. passata – sieved tomato, or 2-3 sliced tomatoes 2-3 slices streaky Bacon, diced and cooked 2-3 slices of black pudding, cooked and crumbled 50g goats’ cheese, cut into small pieces A few […]
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Lemon and Poppy Seed Drizzle Cake
Ingredients: – Serves 8 4 unwaxed lemons 250g caster sugar 6 free-range eggs 200g ground almonds 50g chickpea flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp poppy seeds The Drizzle 4 tbsp lemon juice 115g caster sugar Method: Put two of the lemons in a pot of water and bring to the boil, then simmer for […]
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Horseradish Potato Pancakes
Ingredients: – Makes 4 large or 8 small 125g dry mashed potato 125g grated raw potato 75g plain flour 65ml buttermilk 2 tbsp horseradish sauce ¼ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp sea salt Horseradish & Chive Crème Fraîche 100g crème fraîche 40g cream cheese ½ lemon (zest & juice) 2 tsp horseradish sauce chives pinch […]
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Goats’ Cheese, Potato & Bacon Soda Bread
Ingredients: 175g self-raising flour 175g grated Maris Piper potato 100g goats’ cheese 1 tsp sea salt 50g pancetta lardons 2 tsp English mustard powder 2 medium free-range eggs 3 tbsp whole milk 4 scallions, chopped Method: Set your oven to 190°C. Place the flour, mustard powder and sea salt into a mixing bowl and whisk […]
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Baked Scallops in Pastry
Ingredients: – Serves 2 4 large scallops with shells 100g puff pastry, cut into 4 rounds Sauce 1 shallot, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, grated 1 tbsp fennel, finely chopped 50ml Pernod 150ml fish stock 100ml double cream tarragon flat leaf parsley ½ lemon 20g butter Method: Place a non-stick pan on to a high […]