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Chicken with Coriander Mousse and Garlic Sauce

Serves 4

 

INGREDIENTS:

4 x 8-9oz (200-250g) Chicken Supremes (skin-off)

3oz (75g) fresh Coriander

½ teaspoon of crushed Garlic

Pinch of Salt

Pinch of cracked Black Pepper

4 Rashers of Back Bacon (rindless)

 

For The Sauce:-

1pt (500ml) Single Cream

1 Chicken Stock Cube

1 teaspoon of crushed Garlic

1 large pinch of ground Black Pepper

   

METHOD:

 

1.     Cut off fatty bits from your chicken supreme (these are all the white bits).

2.     Turning €find a loose bit of chicken – this is called the fillet.  Cut away the fillets and put to one side.  Using cling-film cover each supreme and gently but firmly flatten with a meat hammer, if you haven’t a meat hammer use a rolling pin.  Bat the supreme until it is evenly flat and doubled in size.  Put them to one side while you make the mousse.

3.     Take the chicken fillets and put them in a food processor.  Blend with all the coriander, ½ teaspoon of garlic, salt and cracked black pepper until you get to a paste consistency.

4.     Lay the chicken supremes out and fill with a couple of teaspoons full of the mousse.  Roll them up like a swiss roll and use the bacon to wrap round each chicken supreme.

5.     Place in an ovenproof dish with a little water, cover with greaseproof paper and foil tightly.  Cook in a pre-heated oven for 30 minutes at 180ºC (gas Mark 4).

6.     While they are cooking make the garlic sauce.  To do this is very straightforward; place the cream in a thick bottom pan with the garlic, chicken stock cube and black pepper (no salt).

7.     Stirring continuously bring to the boil, then simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes stirring all the time (don’t let the cream catch on the bottom of the pan).

 

TO SERVE:

Place your chicken on a heated plate and pour the garlic cream sauce around serve with

petit pois and Lyonaise potatoes.

 

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Beef, Red Wine and Stilton Pie

Serves 4-6

 

INGREDIENTS:

 

100g (4oz) Stilton Cheese

1x Large Onion

100g (4oz) Mushroom, thinly sliced

25g (1oz) Fat or oil

400g (1LB) Lean beef (Topside or thick flank)

1 Large pinch of cracked black pepper

250m l(1/2 pint) Red wine

250ml (1/2 pint) Beef stock

50g (20oz) Plain flour

1 Large pinch of mixed herbs

400g (1Lb) Puff pastry

   

METHOD:

 

1. In a large pan cook the onions with the fat or oil without colour
2. Add the beef and cook until all the meat is seared
3. Add the mushrooms and herbs, cook for 2 minutes
4. Add the flour and mix through all the ingredients
5. Gradually add the red wine and stock
6. Cover with a lid and cook for 2 hours
7. Add the cracked black pepper and Stilton cheese
8. Allow the cheese to begin to melt into the sauce
9. Transfer ingredients into a flat oven proof dish
10.  Cover with the puff pastry
11.  Brush with egg wash and bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees (Gas mark4)
12.  Remove and serve
13. If preferred add Stilton to your own personal taste, it does not have to be 100g (4oz)
14. Enjoy

 

Lamb Shank on Cracked Pepper Mash

Serves 4

 

INGREDIENTS:

4X 350g (14oz) Lamb Shanks

1 Large onion, diced

2 Cloves of garlic

1Ltr (2pt) Lamb stock

600g (1½ Lb) Potatoes, peeled and sliced

25g (1oz) Butter

50ml (2Fl oz) Milk

 

METHOD:

 

1. Fry the onions in a large roasting tin
2. Chop the garlic into 8 pieces, place 2 pieces beneath the skin of each shank
3. Place the shanks into a roasting tin and pour in the lamb stock, cover tightly with tin foil and cook in the oven for 2hours at 180 degrees (Gas mark4)
4. Boil potatoes for 15-20 minutes or until soft, taking care not to over cook as this will cause the potatoes to become waterlogged
5. Drain and return potatoes to the pan on the heat, stir to remove any excess water
6. Add milk and butter, keep moving the potatoes until milk and butter mixture has melted and mixed with the potatoes
7. Remove from the heat and begin to mash the potatoes until a smooth consistency, a ricer will produce really smooth mash
8. Add salt and cracked black pepper, mix thoroughly. Keep warm with tin foil until needed
9. After 2 hours of cooking remove the lamb shanks and keep warm.
10. Pour meat juices into a pan, bring to the boil and reduce by 2 thirds
11. To serve, place a mound of mash on a warm plate, set the shank onto the mash and surround with reduction
12. Serve with sugar-snap peas, a really tasty dish

 

Omelette with Strawberries and Kirsch

Serves 1

 

INGREDIENTS:

 

150g (6OZ) Strawberries cut into 1/4’s

50g (2oz) Castor Sugar

75ml (3Fl oz) Kirsch

2-3 Eggs

10g (1/2oz) Butter

   

METHOD:

 

1. Prepare strawberries; in a shallow pan add Kirsch, castor sugar and bring to the boil slowly
2. Add the strawberries and cook for 1½ minutes, remove from the heat
3. Prepare omelette; break eggs into a basin and whisk until the yolks and whites are thoroughly mixed without any white streaks
4. Heat omelette pan then wipe with a clean dry cloth
5. Add 10g (1/2oz) of butter and heat until foaming, do not allow to brown
6. Add the eggs and cook quickly keeping the mixture moving with a fork
7. Add the strawberries and fold the omelette into ½ moon shape
8. Slide out of the pan and spoon leftover strawberry juice around the omelette
9. Try it once and you will want it again and again