Recipes by Janice Pattie (Page 8)
Muesli Rolls and a #review of Bread by Dean BrettschneiderDo you remember the lovely Pie book by Dean Brettschneider? Well he's done it again, this time Dean has created a superb book of Bread, as he says in the introduction "passion is my main ingredient" and that passion certainly comes through.The book begins with an informative chapter on the History of Bread Making. Starting with the… |
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Cloutie Dumpling in the Slow Cooker (nae clout)My Granny (Dad's Mum) was not a very adventurous cook. She made an amazing peppermint slice, mince and tatties and broth, but her 'signature dish' was her Cloutie Dumpling. A Cloutie Dumpling is a sweetened fruit pudding, boiled in a cloth (clout), the cloth is floured giving the pudding a 'skin'. My Granny made a Dumpling at… |
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Danish Open Sandwich with Roll Mop HerringDanish Open Sandwich with Roll Mop HerringI really love Scandanavian food, it goes back to a fabulous restaurant my parents used to take me to as a teen where they served incredible seafood smorgasbord, then on to the much missed Danish Food Centre in St Vincent Street in Glasgow, which I used to visit in the late 70's and early… |
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St Andrew's Day Slow Cooked Challenge and a GiveawaySt Andrew's Day Slow Cooked Challenge and a GiveawaySt Andrew's Day is a day of celebration for Scots, both in Scotland and for those who live elsewhere. Last year I wrote about St Andrew and how he became the patron saint of Scotland , this year I'm concentrating on the food, because all celebrations generally involve food!So for the… |
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Granola, Chocolate, Sauce, Nibbles and Chips on my Kitchen Table in OctoberIt's time for another monthly round up of products that I've been sent to review, it's always interesting to try something different or revisit an old friend, I hope you will find it useful to read my comments too.I've loved Jordans Original Crunchy… |
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Bacon-wrapped Trout kebabs with Gravadlax Potato SaladMore fishy goodness for you today, We are eating two servings of oily fish such as salmon, trout, mackerel, sardines and herrings every week for four week. This is no hardship for us as we love fish and I'm enjoying finding different ways to serve the fish. It's good to know that it's also doing us good (okay perhaps bacon wasn't… |
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Crock-pot Chicken Tagine for CrocktoberAs my regular readers know, I am slightly obsessed with my slow cooker and use it pretty much every week to make all kinds of slowly cooked recipes. There are many different brands of slow cooker but the original Crock-pot is still has a certain cachet, if slow cookers have cachet! I was delighted to be invited by Crock-pot to try… |
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Smoked Mackerel Kedgeree - Fish, Feed our FutureI do love smoked mackerel. It's such versatile fish, you can eat it cold with salad, whizz it up with creme fraiche to make a Mackerel Pate or serve on toast in a Mackerel Sun Dried Tomato and Cheese Toast or add it to all sorts of different dishes.I also have a soft spot for kedgeree, my mum used to make it with leftover rice and… |
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Chocolate Popcorn, Spooky Cakes, Pumpkin Soup and Pie-tatoes for HalloweenFood is such an integral part of every festival and Halloween is no exception. My memories of Halloween feature the Brownie Guide Fancy Dress Party for which we all had to carve a 'Turnip' lantern. There were no pumpkins in 1960s Scotland, so we used… |
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Baked Salmon with Herbs - Fish, Feed our FutureSalmon isn't just for summer, it's one of the easiest fish to cook and very popular with the whole family all year round.Omega-3 is a type of fat found in oil-rich fish like salmon, trout, mackerel sardines and herring- it's a 'good' fat that's not only beneficial for health but, essential in the diet (as it cannot be made by the… |
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