Pressure Cooker – Mushroom Soup
Mushroom Soup Favorite
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Vegaterian
Korai
Heat oil 1 tbl spn Cumin Seeds 1 tbl spn Corriander Seeds When they start to pop add fine chopped onion Fry until growing equal garlic & ginger – approx 3 cloves to 1 inch ginger make into paste add to pan after circa 1 min Add tin of toms – fine / small. If
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
JB- Chinese Inspired Risoto ( Amy Likes )
rice veg , meat, onions , garlic, ginger , beans etc . Anything which is strong enough to survive the cooking. Make a stock based on JB Chinese Curry Sauce. Marriande the main ingredients in JB Chinese Curry Sauce. If using meat, Stir fry until sealed/browned. Stir fry until veg start to soften. Beans, prepare
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JB Chinese 5 Five Spice
6 whole star anise pods1 ½ teaspoon whole cloves (or 1 1/4 teaspoon ground) 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches long ) or two tablespoons ground2 tablespoons fennel seeds2 teaspoons Szechuan peppercorns ( or sub 3 teaspoons regular peppercorns) Favorite
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JB – a variation on Stroganoff
Ingredients Method Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan then add 1 sliced onion and cook on medium heat until completely softened, around 15 mins, adding a little splash of water if it starts to stick. Crush in 1 garlic clove and cook for 2-3 mins more, then add 1 tbsp butter. Once
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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 Belgium Chips French Fries
Maris Piper, King Edwards are good chip spuds. Peel and Cut spuds to size of chip you want. 1cmx1cm is quite good for this method. I sometimes make string fries more the French Style. These are ok, be careful with cooking times Soak in water for 10 to 15 mins. Change the water and repeat
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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 – Thousand Island Dressing
. Everything chopped very fine and to taste. 80 / 20 mayo to tom ketchup. Everything chopped very fine and to taste. onion, garlic, ginger colmans english mustard for 200g mix, 1/2 tsp it should be a hint not really tasted. See note below. hard boiled egg. Note: English Mustard is not the obvious choice,
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JB – Clotted Cream
. Clotted cream is wonderful. Probably best known as English Cream Tea. There is a long-running rivalry between Devon and Cornwall about this. Including, jam or cream first .. They are also still fighting over the pasty etc. It is far more versatile than just cream teas and great on sweet pies such as fruit
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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- Tasty Gravy like thick sauce- Amy had with dry rub pork
. Stock Cubes flour / bisto grnd pepper ( black ) fine / tiny chopped garlic fine / tiny chopped ginger mixed herbs red wine vinegar after cooking for a while to cook out the flour and to let vinegar evap taste, it might need a small amt of sweetener. I didnt use, if it
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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
Easy Frozen Yoghurt
Ingedients [table] QTY,DESCRIPTION 1 quart (about 3 cups), whole-milk plain yogurt 1/2 cup, Heavy cream 3/4 to 1 cup, sugar / honey – or other sweetener 1 tablespoon, corn syrup – optional for smoother frozen yogurt [/table] Instructions Freeze the bowl of your ice cream maker 24 hours in advance. Whisk together all the ingredients:
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Machine Made , Oven Cooked Loaf
Method Use machine on dough mode. Shape dough into a ball(ish) shape. Place on a try. In our case a pizza / bread stone. Use lots of flour on stone to stop it sticking. Use sharp knife to cut a X in the top to allow it to expand without tearing during cooking Brush the
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JB- Variation on Tiger Bread
Ingredients Loaf For the topping Method Favorite
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Choc Chip & other Muffins
Ingredients 300g self raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 50g cold unsalted butter cubed 80g caster sugar 150g milk or plain chocolate chips 2 eggs , lightly beaten 225ml milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Method preheat the oven to 200 c / 400 f / gas mark . line 12 muffin cases. Mix the flour
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Choc Chip Cookie
Ingredients 110g soft or spreadable butter 150g light brown soft sugar 1 large egg, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 175g plain flour ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 75g toasted chopped hazelnuts 100g dark, milk or white chocolate chips Method First put the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric
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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Raspberry ripple ice cream
Ingredients 250g raspberry, plus extra to serve, if you like 225g caster sugar 2 large eggs , plus 4 egg yolks 600ml whipping cream sliced mango, sprinkles, or cones, to serve Method Place the raspberries and 2 tbsp of the sugar in a small pan. Cook on a medium heat until sugar dissolves. Simmer for
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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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JB Flap Jacks
Ingredients [table] Qty, Ingredient 6tbsp,Golden Syrup — Note own brand syrup is ok. Normally the flavour is not as strong as Tate and Lyle so you end up using more. 200g, Butter 330g, Oats [/table] Method Melt Butter add Syrup and stir in the oats. Put in a tin and bake in oven 180C, about
JB Tomato soup
1 1/2 lb 700g tomatoes skins on quartered 1 medium onion chopped small 1 med spud chopped 2 tbsp olive oil 10 floz 275ml stock 1clove garlic Good with thyme, basil or bacon bits 1 heat oil, soften spud & onion about 10 mins 2 add toms stir well leave for a min 3 add
Somerset Sauce – Pork or Chickhen
JB Version I’ve used Pork, Chicken and Turkey. The only difference to the method is the cooking time. 1) Cut for pork you need slices about 1″ thick or use thick chops. 2) dry the slices with a tissue etc. 3) put some flour on a plate and lightly cover the slices. 4) heat some
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JB Ice Cream
Ice cream started using a very basic method. Italy and France started really raising the stakes for the best ice cream and over time came to a custard base which has been used ever since. It has been played around with to create different outcomes but all start with a simple custard base. Ingredients:4 egg
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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Stuffed Bread Rolls
Ingredients Crusty Bread Rolls, cut off the lid and scrape out the bread inside with tea spoon ( leave some thickness ). Coat with melted butter and put in hot oven ( 190 ) until toasted inside. Create tasty filling and place inside the rolls. Place back in the oven for about 15 mins. Favorite
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Tomato Ketchup / Tomato Sauce
250ml/8fl oz cider vinegar 1 bay leaf ½ tsp ground coriander ½ tsp ground cinnamon 8 tbsp Demerara sugar 1.5kg/3lb ripe tomatoes, quartered, seeds removed 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp English mustard powder 1 garlic clove, crushed Tabasco sauce 2 tbsp tomato purée ½ tsp cornflour, if necessary Method 1. For the tomato ketchup, place
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JB Curry
Curry 5tbl oil 1 tsp turmeric 2 fine chopped garlic cloves or equiv dried etc 1 inch fine chopped ginger or powder equiv 2 tsp mustard seed 6 big toms or 1/2 tin 1 tsp fenugreek 440 ml Coconut milk – 100g powder 1 green chille (deseeded diced) To add to the sauce pieces cut
Pasta
Ingredients 1 egg per 100g of flour 1 tsb olive oil per 100g of flour i.e. 6 eggs , 600g flour, 6 tsp olive oil Flavorings Spinach either frozen ( defrost and drain before using ) Tomao puree or Sun Dried Toms. Various herbs i.e oregeno, taragon , sage etc. Method Combine the ingredients. Kneed
Short Bread / Shortbread
Ingredients 125g/4oz butter 55g/2oz caster sugar, plus extra to finish 180g/6oz plain flour Method Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth. Stir in the flour to get a smooth paste. Turn on to a work surface and gently roll out until the paste is 1cm/½in thick. Cut
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Marmalade ( Oxford Style) Pressure Cooker
Ingredients circa 6 jars Remove trivet from pot. 1lb – 1/2 kg seedless orange / clementines 0r remove pips when cutting. Slice them, thickness to taste. Place in pot. 1.5 l water. Use 500 mls ( vary for your pressure cooker ) to pressure, add the rest later 1kg sugar. Add 1/2 to pot before
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