Irish Stew (SLOW COOKER)


Ingredients
  • 2 large onions, cubed
  • 1 large clove garlic
  • 2 tsp oil
  • 600g cubed trimed lamb shoulder meat
  • 500g potatoes, cubed
  • 1/4 cup fresh herbs (parsley, sage, thyme, marjoram etc)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp balsamic
  • 1/2 cup chicken or lamb stock
  • Exrta parsley to garnish

Method
  1. Spray oil in slow cooker
  2. Put 1 onion in bottom of slow cooker with half garlic
  3. put hald potatoes on top
  4. sprinkle with half chopped herbs
  5. then layer again, onion and garlic, potatoes, herbs
  6. Miz flour, salt and pepper and toss lamb in it
  7. Put lamb on top of slow cooker layers
  8. Pur over stock and vinegar
  9. Cover and cook on HIGH for 5-7hrs
I actually added another cup of water / stock as i cooked it for longer whilst i was away at work, and it could have even taken 2 more cups of stock i think. I also added creme fraiche and peas at the end which was yummy :)

Dunstan Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Sauce (Speights Southern man Cookbook)


Ingredients - Cake
  • 2/3 cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 100ml Glenfiddish whiskey
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups caster sugar
  • 1/2 cup sunflower oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda

Ingredients - Sauce
  • 200g cooking chocolate, broken into chunks
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 2 tbs Glenfiddich whiskey (optional)
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180C
  2. Line a 23cm cake tin with baking paper
  3. In a bowl, whisk together cocoa, vanilla, whiskey and boiling water
  4. In another bowl, beat eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy, then beat in sunflower oil
  5. Add Buttermilk and then hot water/.cocoa mixture
  6. Sift flour, salt and baking soda into the bowl and beat misture until shiny (it will have the consistency of batter)
  7. Pour into prepared cake tin and bake for 50-60mins or until skewer comes out clean
  8. Make Chocolate Suace - combine all ingredients in a saucepan, and heat gently, stirring until smooth

Old Fashioned Fish Pie (Healthy Food Guide)


Ingredients (serves 4)
  • 750g potatoes
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 leeks, sliced
  • 6 tsp oil
  • 200g firm fish, snapper
  • 1 1/2 cups trim milk
  • 200g smoked fish
  • Oil Spray
  • 1/2 tsp curry powder
  • 2 tbs flour
  • 4 tbsp milk (for mashing potatoes)
  • 1 tbsp parmesan cheese

Method
  1. Oven at 180C
  2. Boil potatoes and mash with milk
  3. Cook eggs in same water for 15 mins
  4. Cool eggs in cold water, peel shells and slice - put in a large mixing bowl
  5. Put smoked fish, flaked, into same mixing bowl
  6. Place leeks in a pot with tsp oil and 1/4 cup water
  7. Cover and cook for 5 mins
  8. Place leeks in large mixing bowl with fish and eggs - keep water in pot
  9. Place fish fillets in a pot wth 1 cup milk then cover and simmer until fillets are just cooked
  10. Drain fish - reserve liquid with leek liquid - put fish in large mixing bowl
  11. Mix all ingredients in large mixing bowl
  12. Combine leek juice and milk for fish, and add more milk until you ahve 1 1/2 cupd of liquid
  13. Heat 4 tsp oil in pan
  14. Add curry powder and flour, and cook for 1 min, stirring continuously
  15. Add liquid a little at a time, stirring as you go, until you have used half of liquid - bring this to boil stirring constantly
  16. Add rest of liquid and stir until boiling
  17. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 mins
  18. Mix sauce through fish mixture
  19. Put mash on top
  20. Put parmesan on top
  21. Put in oven at 180C for 30mins until lightly browned


Herb & Mustard Baked Chicken (Healthy Food Guide)


Ingredients (serves 2)
  • 2 tbs reduced fat creme fraiche
  • 1 tbs grainy mustard
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/2 cup chicken stock, salt reduced
  • 1/2 tsp tarragon
  • Oil spray
  • 2 chicken reasts, sliced in strips
  • 250g small potatoes, to serve
  • 125g green beans, to serve

Method
  1. Mix creme fraiche, mustard, garlic, stock and tarragon together
  2. Spray a pan with non- stick oil
  3. Pan fry chicken until tinged golden on each side
  4. Add sauce and cook until sauce reduced
  5. Serve wih potatoes and beans


Caramel Slice (Healthy Food Guide)


Ingredients
  • Spray Oil
  • 1 cup flour
  • 125g reduced fat spread, melted
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 380g can caramel condensed milk
  • 60g dark cooking chocolate
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180C
  2. Spray a 20cmx20cm slice tin with oil
  3. Thoroughly combine flour, melted spread, sugar and oats in a bowl
  4. Press mixture into prepared tin and bake for 15-20mins until golden brown
  5. Spead caramel over cooked base and return to oven for 15mins or until caramel is frm and starting to bubble and brown
  6. Remove slice from oven and cool
  7. Place coco;ate in heatproof bowl over boiling water to melt
  8. Drizzle or spread over slive then refrigerate until set
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