Author name: JB

Peppy’s Brown Stew Chicken with Rice n’ Peas

From Ainsley’s Food We Love Based on my mum’s delicious Jamaican brown stew with rice n’ peas – I’ve made a few changes over the years, but this always reminds me of my childhood. Ingredients 6-8 skinless chicken thighs 1 onion, diced 1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped 1 green pepper, deseeded and chopped 500ml …

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Apple Pie / Sauce Mix ( other fruits may be used. Berries etc)

This is a basic apple sauce Mix which is used for many things such as pies Apple sauce etc.The quantities are given as a guideline for an 8″ / 20 cm pie. Ingredients 5oz golden sugar ( Demerara ). White or Basic brown sugar is fine. 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 tbsp cornflour 600g/1lb 5oz …

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Spinach Pancakes with Creamy Ricotta Cheese Sauce

Good with ricotta cheese sauce and bacon 0r Vegetable , onion bits. Easy creamy ricotta cheese sauce 1. Finely-dice 1 onion and minced 3-4 cloves of garlic. 2. Heat 1-2 Tblsp olive oil in a frying pan and gently sauté the onions and garlic, seasoned to taste with sea salt, freshly-cracked black pepper, dried basil, …

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Tray ( tray ) baked pork with potato, parsnips,pears

Marinade [table] qty,ingredient 2 handful(s), pounded ( all crushed up ) fresh rosemary 6 clove,garlic 10 lugs, good olive oil 3 lemons, halved – juiced – skin squashed some, black pepper [/table] Main [table] qty,ingredient some, pork  about 8 chops 1, above marinade 3,parsnips 3, carrots 3,pears 680g,scrubbed spuds [/table] Mint Bread [table] qty,ingredient 3 …

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Chocolate Mousse Cake

Ingredients: 300g best dark chocolate 50g best milk chocolate 175g unsalted butter 8 large eggs, separated 100g light brown sugar 100g caster sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract pinch of salt  25cm spring form tin foil  Method: Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180°C and put the kettle on to boil. Line the inside of the …

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Apple & Lemon Sponge Cake

Ingredients [table] Qty,Ingedients 4oz (110g),S-Raising Flour 1tsp,Baking Powder 8oz(220g),Castor Sugar 2,Egg 4oz(110g),Butter or Marg 1 lemon 1 Bramley / Granny Smith ( Cooking ) Apple [/table]   Method [table] Mix sugar  and butter / marg  in a largish bowl Beat eggs in a small bowl Mix flour and baking power and sieve into sugar mixture …

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Golden Syrup Sponge Cake

For those in USA, Golden Syrup can be brought at Walmart. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lyle-s-Golden-Syrup-11-oz-Pack-of-12/17182633 Ingredients [table] Qty,Ingedients 4oz (110g),S-Raising Flour 1tsp,Baking Powder 4oz(110g),Castor Sugar 4oz(110g),Golden Syrup 2,Egg 4oz(110g),Butter or Marg. My pref is butter. [/table] Method [table] Mix sugar  and butter / marg  in a largish bowl.  This is sometimes called creaming. Beat eggs in a small …

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Thank you NHS England

I would like to thank the Teams at the NHS – John Radcliffe and The Churchill Hospitals. Especially Emily in Physio and Nurse Bryony, Nurse Vicky, Nurse Nina and Nurse Gina. I am sorry there are many more who have helped me but I do not know all of their names. Favorite

Rendang

Ingredients For the rendang 1 onion, roughly chopped 1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger 1 tbsp chopped galangal (or another tbsp of the above) 1 tbsp chopped garlic 1 lemongrass stalk, tough outer layer removed and roughly chopped 1 tsp turmeric 6 long red dried chillies, soaked in water and roughly chopped 2 tbsp sunflower oil …

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Victoria Sponge Cake ( Nans)

Ingredients [table] Qty,Ingedients 8oz (220g),S-Raising Flour 1tsp,Baking Powder 8oz(220g),Castor Sugar 4,Eggs 8oz(2200g),Butter or Marg [/table] Method [table] Mix sugar  and butter / marg  in a largish bowl Mix flour and baking power and sieve into sugar mixture and mix. Add eggs – be careful not to over stir . Divide the mixture equally between both  …

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Standard Burger

[table] Qty,Ingredients 3/4lb,Mince Meat 2tbl,Bread Crumbs 1sml, Fine chopped onion 1 clove,Garlic 1sml, Beaten egg 1tsp,Mustard powder 1tsp,Mixed herbs 1,Pinch salt 1,Pinch pepper 1,squirt tomato puree 1 dsp, nutmeg 1 dash, Worcester sauce [/table] Favorite

Risoto

4 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 onion, chopped 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 340g uncooked Arborio rice 4 tablespoons dry white wine 1.6 litres hot chicken stock 2 tablespoons butter 280g chopped cooked chicken breast salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme   Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a medium saucepan …

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Vanilla , Banana, Fruit Ice Cream

OPTION, substitute milk for cream. Do not use low fat milk. NOTE: For soft scoop use 50/50 mix of white sugar and  sweetener. [table] Qty,Ingredient 185ml,Milk ( Full Fat Milk or substitute cream ) 1,Vanilla Pod 90g,Granulated sugar  ( Soft scoop, 50/50 of sugar and sweetener ) 5,Egg yolks 375ml,Whipping cream [/table] Makes 800ml. Method …

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Inside Out Orange or Apple Pudding

Ingredients [table] qty,ingredients 50g,butter 100g,caster sugar 1, zest of orange 2,eggs separated 75g,sr flour 3tbl,marmalde thick ( can use thin ) cut 2, juice of orange – boiled and reduced by 2 thirds and cooled 600ml,milk 2tbl,marmalade to use for a glaze [/table] Method 1. Cream butter, sugar and orange zest 2.Stir in egg yolks …

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Hot Chocolate Fudge Sauce

[table] Qty, Inngredient 4oz  – 100g,unsweetened choc i.e 70% 1/2 cup-113g, butter 3/4 cup-100g, drinking choc ( dark) 2 cups-402g,sugar 1/2cup-120ml,milk 1/2cup-120ml,whipping cream [/table] 1. Use bay marie to melt choc and butter. When melted stir in drink choc. 2. Use a bay marie to melt choc & butter, gradually stir in sugar. Let it …

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Chicken and apricot curry with potato straws (sali murghi)

This Parsee dish uses jaggery, soft apricots and vinegar for a really successful balance of sweet and sour. The crisp fried potatoes add crunch. Ingredients For the sali (matchstick potatoes) 250g/9oz chip potatoes such as Maris Piper or Sebago, peeled, cut into matchsticks or coarsely grated, soaked in cold water for 15 minutes vegetable oil, …

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Banoffee Pie

For the base: 100g butter, melted 250g ginger nut biscuits, crushed For the caramel: 100g butter 100g dark brown soft sugar 397g can Carnation Condensed Milk For the top: 4 small bananas 300ml carton whipping cream, lightly whipped grated chocolate Method Melt the butter and sugar into a non-stick saucepan over a low heat, stirring …

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Oxtail soup with mini parsley dumplings

A really warming traditional winter soup with added dumplings, so there’s no need for bread. Ingredients 1 whole oxtail (around 1.3kg/3lb), cut into chunky pieces 3 tbsp plain flour flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 3-4 tbsp sunflower oil 2 onions, halved and sliced 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 3 carrots, peeled and …

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Honey-glazed Duck with pomegranate and pineapple

This recipe is certainly exotic – honey and five-spice chilli guinea fowl served with a fresh fruit salsa splashed with soy sauce. If you can source one, serve in a banana leaf to impress. Ingredients 1kg/2lb 4oz oven-ready guinea fowl / duck 2 tbsp sunflower oil ½ tsp dried crushed chilli ½ tsp Chinese five-spice …

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Lemon Chicken

Ingredients [table] Qty,Ingredient 2,Cooking Wine / Sherry 4,Spring Onions – Chopped finely 1 inch, Ginger Shredded 500g,Chicken – shredded and floured 2tbsp, Oil 2,Celery Sticks – chopped 1,Green Pepper – sliced 2tbsp,light soy sauce 2,shredded rind of lemons [/table] Method Put Sherry, onions and ginger in a bowl and marinade Chicken. Put the chicken in …

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Shoulder of Lamb stuffed with Rice ( Delia and JB Modifications )

Ingredients  3-5 lb (1.35-2.25 kg) shoulder of lamb (ask the butcher to bone it for you and give you the trimmings) 1 onion, quartered A few about 3 whole garlic cloves, not peeled. Fresh rosemary sprigs  3 oz (75 g) rice, cooked (that’s 3 oz/75 g weight before cooking)  3-4 oz (75-110 g) minced lamb, …

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Okonomiyaki – Japanese Omlete

Best Okonomiyaki Recipe: Okonomiyaki is easy to make!  Our favorite “best” Osaka Okonomiyaki recipe (also called Kansai Okonomiyai style) is immediately below, and further down you will find even simpler recipes for the batter that don’t require as many specialized ingredients and still taste great. Recipes for Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki and a variety of other …

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