Sweet Potato And Soup
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TORTILLAS
2 cups plain flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking powder (for a puffier tortilla, use) Then incorporate 4 tbsp room-temp butter (or soft coconut oil) hand-mix until crumbly hand-knead into dough until smooth and doughy add some hot water and mix and knead until it starts to lose its stickiness Roll and divide into
Easy White Bread Recipe Rolls And Loaf
Ingredients Qty Desc 500g strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting 7g fast yeast ( 1 sachet) 1tsp sugar 2tsp oil ( I’ve used sunflower and olive). up to 325 ml Luke warm water Method Tip the flour, yeast, sugar, salt and oil into a bowl. Pour in up to 325ml warm water a
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JB Pepper Corn Sauce – Lowish Cal
Very Fine chop shallots ( pref), 2nd pref red onion. Last choice normal onion. It is good to get some of the sweetness from the shallot / red onion. Gentle Fry until soft. Fine grate Garlic towards the end of cooking. Be careful not to burn this. Add whole peppercorns. Black or Green, mix any
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JB Base Curry Sauce Potato And Pea Amy Uni Dish
. Ingredients 500 to 750ml Stock, your choice veg, beef, chick etc. Arrow Root – You may need some arrow root to control thickness. If you dont have, corn flour will work but will change the colour. Some Ghee 1 med chopped ( big chop, even rings are ok) onion 2 clove garlic 2 Cloves
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Basmati Rice – Common Indian Method.
For Basmati use 1 measure rice to 1.5 measure liquid. Cheat Sheet Rice Liquid 1 1.5 2 3 3 4.5 4 6 Wash Rice, until the water is clear. Optional: Toast the rice in Ex Virgin Olive Oil – Adds a nice flavour Bring liquid to a soft bubble boil Add Rcie V Important- heat
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JB Dim Sum
Method Dough: Mix. ( Mix salt with water, it helps even out when added to flour) Leave to rest for about 30 mins, 1 hour ( Bag / Covered Bowl ). Can knock back every 30 mins. Cut into 1 inch cubes, roll out Cover with a damp cloth or in bag to prevent drying
JB Tasty Oven Spuds
Cut spuds to fat chips, dry light fry spuds and soften, 2 cloves garlic, 1 onion and 1tbl paprika 1/2tsb honey to caramelise spuds. Oven 180-190 turn and cover from time to time until spuds soft and good colour. Go for a good crispy. Once done put on wire rack and leave in oven for
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JB Mediterain Meat Balls And Tom Sauce
Method: Meat Balls: Soften onion, garlic, fry spices. Let cool. Mix bread, mix above, meat, herbs Make balls. Oven 190C Brush balls with olive oil (its worth the expense). Favorite
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JB Baked Beans
Method: Soak / Rehydrate Beans ( 4 hours high, 6 low in a slow cook). Gentle fry onion to soft, add garlic , pap, pepper, salt Add tin toms Bring to simmer for a few mins. Add herbs and everything else except beans Puree ( choppy thing) the mix. Add beans and I add the
French Onion Soup
Method Heat a large frying pan or sauté pan until hot, add two tablespoons of olive oil, the onions, thyme and soft brown sugar. Fry for 10-15 minutes over a medium-low heat, or until softened and golden-brown, stirring occasionally so it doesn’t catch on the bottom. Add the garlic and cook for a minute, then
JB- Mushroom Sauce
. Ingredients . Method . Put the dried mushrooms in a jug with 275ml boiling water and leave them to soak for 10 minutes Melt the butter, Saute all the prepared vegetables, herbs and garlic, stir well over a gentle heat until everything is glistening with a coating of butter NOT MUSHROOMS. Pour in the
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JB Pasta Bake
. Key to this is to allow for everything needing different cooking times. The best outcome is things are cooked but still have bite. i.e you have a piece of apple, the carrots have crunch. Also make sure the pasta does not end up over cooked. . Marinade 50 / 50 Rosemary & Basil Sesome
Aloo gobi
. Ingredients 3 mediumâlarge floury potatoes (about 500g/1lb 2oz in weight), peeled and chopped into bite-sized pieces 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 large brown onion, finely chopped 2 tsp cumin seeds 1 star anise 2 tsp sea salt, plus extra if desired 2 large garlic cloves, crushed 4cm/1½in piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely
JB – Veggie Bake
Main Ingredients Peel & slice sweet potato Peel & slice sweet beets Rough chop celery Chickpeas Baby Broad Beans onions – softened fine cut ginger Layer everything in dish Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds. Sprinkle with oats. The purpose of the top layer of oats and seeds is to give a crust. Sauce Sweat fine chop
Tortia / Flat Bread
2 flour 1 1/2 Hot Water ( Tap Hot ) 1/2 tsp salt Mix until dough forms ( Add the water as needed may not need qty above ) Roll out Pre heat to a med heat heavy flat bottom pan —- Dry no oil. Place totia on pan for a few mins, flip and
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Custard
Ingredients 1 pint cream / milk 6 large egg yolks 1 dsp cornflour 1 oz golden sugar 1 dsp Vanilla or a pod split Method Heat cream / milk Whisk Egg yolks sugar and cornflour, if using vanilla extract mix here. If using a pod add to the milk to infuse. Gradually pour hot milk
Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients 115g uncooked rice 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling 1 medium onion, chopped 1 tbsp tomato paste 3 cloves garlic, crushed 450 g beef mince 1 (400g) can chopped tomatoes 1 tsp dried oregano Salt Freshly ground black pepper 6 bell peppers, tops and cores removed 100 g grated Cheese Freshly
Mince Curry
This is a wonderful eat anytime curry adapted from a recipe by Pat Chapman of The Curry Club. The curry is so easy to make and will be loved by all. I added chickpeas to my version as I love them but you could add peas which is more traditional. Ingredients 2 tbsp ghee or
Spicy Ground Beef
Ingredients 4 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon sugar ½ teaspoon onion powder ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper salt and black pepper – to taste 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 cloves garlic, chopped 500g minced beef ¼ cup tomato sauce Favorite
Double Fried Chips
Cut spuds. Soak in cold water – 20 – 30 mins. Dry. Fill chip basket no more than 2/3’s Pre heat 130 – 140 C then cook for 10 Mins. Should light in colour. Leave until room temp or cool. Not fridge temp. Pre heat 180 – 190 C cook until crisp. Favorite
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JB’s Seekh Kebab & Rita
There are many recipes for kebabs, this one I learnt from some Pakistani friends. I’ve also added my own tweaks to the original. Ingredients For Kebab NOTE: An electric grinder can be used if you do not have a pestle & mortar. 1 lb beef , minced. Also works with Chicken, Turkey, Pork and of
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Red Thai Curry Pork with Ginger and Lime
Serves 3 Ingredients 450g pork scotch fillet, cut into 5mm slices 2 to 3 tbsp olive oil 1 small brown onion, cut into wedges 2 garlic cloves, crushed 3 cm piece ginger, peeled, finely grated 2 heaped tbs Thai red curry paste Pinch lemon myrtle 300 ml thickened cream ¾ cup chicken stock 300g potatoes,
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Mexican Chilli Soup
Some butter and oil for saute 200g Onion – cut small 1 clove garlic – fine chopped 1 1/2 cup sweet corn 1 tin toms or 500g fresh toms 1 1/2 L ( 750 ml ) Chicken / Veg Stock 1/2 L ( 250 ml )Milk 2 red chilli – Use flame or toast /
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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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Carbonara ( JB’s Mods )
Ingredients 8 oz (225 g) dried spaghetti 5 oz (150 g) sliced smoked pancetta or good baconFine chopped onion.Some garlic , chopped. 2 large eggs, plus 2 extra yolks 4 tablespoons Pecorino Romano, finely grated, plus extra to serve 4 tablespoons double cream little olive oil freshly milled black pepper Hand full of Peas Method
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Fried Bread Crumb Chicken
2 eggs ½ cup flour ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 2 ½ cups fresh bread crumbs, made by cutting the crusts off white bread and swirling the bread in a food processor or blender 1 large chicken breast, split, boned and skinned, and cut into strips (or 4 fillets of fish) 3 tablespoons butter
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Quick orange and lemon chicken
Orange and lemon zest give a zingy flavour to this chicken stir fry, served with garlicky Chinese greens and rice. Ingredients For the chicken 450g/1lb boneless chicken breasts, skinned, cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes 2 tsp light soy sauce 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine (or dry sherry) 1 tsp cornflour 1 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil 1
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Oxtail soup with mini parsley dumplings
A really warming traditional winter soup with added dumplings, so thereâs 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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Butternut squash and lime soup
Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 50g/1¾oz butter 200g/7oz onion, finely sliced 900g/2lb butternut squash, peeled, seeds removed and cut into 1cm/½in cubes salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 vegetable stock cubes 750ml/1¼ pint milk 1 lime, juice only Preparation method Heat the olive oil and the butter in a large saucepan, add the onion,
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Roasted tomato & mascarpone soup
Ingredients 1kg very ripe tomatoes pinch golden caster sugar 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 3 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 carrot, finely chopped sprig of thyme and 2 fresh bay leaves, tied together 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 tbsp sundried or normal tomato purée 600ml vegetable stock 2 tbsp mascarpone cheese (or use
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Arnold Bennett – Fish Omlette
This rather special smoked haddock omelette named after the writer Arnold Bennett is a classic restaurant dish and easy to recreate at home. Ingredients 300ml/10fl oz milk 200g/7oz un-dyed smoked haddock 1 bay leaf 10 black peppercorns 4 free-range eggs 40g/1½oz butter 15g/½oz plain flour 50g/1¾oz grated mature cheddar cheese sea salt and freshly ground
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Crispy Duck
Ingredients Quantity,Ingredient 1,Duck 2 tsp, Salt 4 , Spring Onions 1 inch, Fresh Ginger 4, Star Anise 1 tsp, Cloves 2 stk, Cinamon or 2 -3 tsp Five Spice 1tbl, Sichuan Peppercorns 4tbl, Cooking Wine 4tbl, Soy sauce Method Trim wing tips, split duck and remove legs and wings, rub the marinade into
Chicken and pork pâté with pistachios Terrine
A rich make-ahead pâté that’s perfect party food or makes a great starter – delicious with pickled onions, toast and salad. Equipment: You will need a 1.5 litres/2½ pints terrine mould. Ingredients 3 corn fed chicken breasts, skin removed 100g/3½oz chicken livers 180g/6oz pork belly, minced 1 tsp salt 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
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Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
Serves 2 Ingredients list: 1 tbsp vegetable oil 100g boneless, skinless Chicken breast 1 clove Garlic, finely chopped 1 cm piece Ginger, finely chopped 1 tbsp cornflour 600ml hot chicken stock 100g Sweetcorn 1 Egg 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice shredded Spring onions, shredded, to garnish dark Soy sauce toasted Sesame seeds, to garnish Method
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Sweet Corn Soup Creamy Low Cal
Serves 2 This creamy sweetcorn soup is perfect for a weekend lunch, serve with slices of cheese on toast to make it more filling. Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 onion, finely sliced 150g/5½oz potato, cut into small cubes 200g/7oz sweetcorn 600ml/20fl oz hot vegetable stock 50ml/2fl
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Salmon Rosti Fish Cakes
Ingredients 12 oz (350g) tail end of salmon (ask the fishmonger to remove the skin and bones) 8 oz (225g) firm-fleshed new potatoes (Cyprus are a good variety for this) 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander 1 heaped tablespoon capers, drained and roughly chopped (or, if they’re very small, left whole) 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
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ONION BHAJIAS
These are probably the most common starter to be found in Indian restaurants. Youâll find them really quick and easy to make. Itâs lust a matter of getting the batter consistency right. You must use gram flour (bsan) which is made from channa dhal. The two-stage cooking method in the recipe makes life easier if
Seekh (Stick or Skewer) and Shami (Balls) KEBABS
These are great at barbecues, and as a snack, starter or main course, and are familiar friends at the Indian restaurant. You should get about eight kebabs from this mix. Ingredients For side dish 1oz (25 g) channa dhal, split Spices – Only if naking side dish 8 oz (22 g) fatless stewing ground (minced)
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Green Spinach Pancake
. Ingredients 125 g white flour 125 g self raising wholemeal flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs 240 ml milk 200 g baby spinach leaves Cracked pepper Method Wash and dry the spinach In a large mixing bowl, mix the two flours and baking powder. Add the eggs, milk and melted butter mix until
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JB – Traditional Carbonara From Milan – Not the popular UK version.
. Ingredients . Method Boil water and cook pasta to al dente. The time varies between shop brought dried and homemade fresh. Cut Guanciale / Ham / Gammon into small cubes. Cook over medium heat with a little olive oil to prevent sticking. Remember as the Guanciale cooks its own fat will render out. Give
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