Recipes by Janice Pattie (Page 7)
Chicken and 7-a-day Mediterranian VegetablesI thought I'd better make a recipe for my own blog challenge: The Slow Cooker Challenge. The theme this month is 7-a-day Fruits or Vegetables. Now it might be pushing it to get a full seven portions of fruit or vegetables onto one plate, but it isn't that difficult to add 7 fruits or vegetables to a single dish.Chickenwith 7… |
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Drinks and Snacks on my 'Spring' Kitchen TableDrinks and Snacks on my 'Spring' Kitchen TableSpring has definitely sprung now, after a beautiful sunny Easter weekend in Scotland, there can be now doubt about that. I'm afraid I don't have any lovely outdoors photos for you, although I did spend a couple of hours in the sun on Saturday, shifting logs for our neighbours before… |
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Moroccan Vegetarian Haggis Scotch EggsMacsween, the award winning haggis and black pudding producer, have just launched three new Special Editions: a Wild Boar Haggis, Moroccan SpicedVegetarian Haggis and Chocolate and Chilli Black Pudding. The haggis can be microwaved for 3 minutes on medium, simmered for 20 minutes in boiling water, or simply sliced and fried, however I… |
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Chocolate PotsSimple recipes require the very best of ingredients. Chocolate Pots is a simple recipe and deserves good chocolate as the main ingredient. I used Hadleigh Maid Dark Chocolate Buttons for Baking, which are made with care by a small family business based in Suffolk whose expertise and passion as chocolatiers, since 1976, goes into… |
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Chardonnay Poached Pears and a Slow Cooked ChristmasChristmas cooking doesn't have to be rich and heavy, full of sugar and fat. I love a lush sugary treat but sometimes it's also nice to have a lighter fruity dessert like these poached pears. The recipe, and the wine, were supplied by Eisberg wines and I've replicated the recipe in it's original form below. However, I used my Slow… |
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Five go to Chocolate HeavenAs a child I loved Play School. It wasn't Big Ted and little Ted or the silly songs and antics that I enjoyed so much, what I was waiting for was when the cameras took you through one of the 'windows', square, round or arched, it didn't really matter as long as we were going out into the world to visit a factory or workshop. Of… |
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Chocolate Mincemeat TartI like lots of mincemeat in my tarts and sometimes find that the small tarts tend towards an overload of pastry and not much mincemeat whereas a nice big tart means that it's mostly filling. The mincemeat I used for the tart is Instant Chocolate Mincemeat, this is mincemeat that you can mix up quickly using any mixture of dried… |
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What to Bake and How to Bake it: Festive Fruit CakeDo you make a fruit cake for Christmas? Usually I have my cake made at the end of October and maturing until it is iced a couple of weeks before Christmas. However, this year I was in danger of not having any cake at all, as I've just been so busy. Thank goodness I was sent a copy of What to Bake and How to Bake it by Jane Hornby… |
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Duck and Plum Salad for Chinese New YearChinese New Year falls on the 19th of February this year, we leave behind the Year of the Horse and welcome the Year of the Goat. Duck is often featured in Chinese recipes and I would often choose it if I was eating out, however it's a meat I cook only occasionally.This salad was so delicious, the tender roasted duck and juicy plums… |
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Mackerel with Madeirean Special Sauce and Cooked Maize (Mihle or Polenta)This is my take on a dish we enjoyed at the Apolo Cafe in Funchal, Madeira. We had just visited the local farmers market, including the fish market and it had whetted our appetite for lunch.The Cafe Apolo is right in the centre of Funchal right… |
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