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Today’s Ready brek bowl is served with frozen berries, a dollop of greek yogurt, a chilled glass of orange juice and some mixed nuts 😍

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Odlums Granny’s Apple Cake

What you need:

  • 225g/8oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
  • 175g/6oz Butter or Margarine
  • 175g/6oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 level teaspoon Goodall’s Cinnamon (optional)
  • 3 Apples (peeled & cored)

How to:

  1. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Grease and base line a 900g/2lb loaf tin.
  2. Beat butter/margarine and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Stir in the sieved flour and cinnamon, if used.
  4. Roughly chop 2½ apples and stir into the mixture, then transfer to the prepared loaf tin.
  5. Slice the remaining half apple into thin circles and arrange on top of mixture.
  6. Bake for 30 minutes approx. Allow to stand in tin for about 5 minutes, then turn onto a wire tray to cool.
  7. To finish, dust with sieved icing sugar. Enjoy!

Granny’s Apple Cake

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Shane’s strawberry and pistachio galette: Today @RTEfood

Sweet strawberries and salty pistachios are a match made in heaven.

By Shane Smith

Award-winning Irish pastry chef Shane Smith.

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Sweet strawberries and salty pistachios are a match made in heaven.

Ingredients

Serves: 6

Prep: 15 mins

Bake: 35 mins

Dough:

  • 80g wholemeal flour
  • 170g plain flour
  • 80g caster sugar
  • 150g Irish butter, room temp
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • pinch salt
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 600g Irish Strawberries
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp water
  • ½ tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp chopped pistachios

To serve

  • 200g Greek yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp lemon zest

Method

  1. For the pastry, in a bowl using your fingertips, rub together both flours, sugar, butter, and salt until a breadcrumb consistency is reached.
  2. To this add the yolk and water and mix until a dough is reached.
  3. Turn this onto a floured table and gently work, wrap, and chill for 30 mins hour.
  4. Once the pastry is rested, roll into a circle and using the rolling pin, transfer this onto a lined baking tray.
  5. Into a bowl, mix the cornflour, water and maple syrup and mix this with the prepared strawberries.
  6. Spoon this mixture into the centre of the pastry, leaving a 2-inch rim around the edge.
  7. Carefully fold the edges inward on top of the fruit leaving some of the centre fruit exposed.
  8. Egg wash the pastry and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.
  9. Place in a preheated oven at 180C and bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.
  10. Remove and allow to rest before serving.
  11. To serve mix the yoghurt, honey and lemon zest and serve on the side.
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Odlums Fruity French Toast & Rowse Honey

odl french toast apr 16

 Ingredients

4 Slices of Bread

2 Eggs (beaten)

4 Tablespoons Milk

1 Tablespoon Caster Sugar

Butter for frying

Topping

Rowse Honey

Punnet of Blueberries & Raspberries

50g/2oz Shamrock Walnuts (roughly chopped)

Method

  1. Beat the eggs, milk and sugar well in a bowl, then transfer to a large shallow dish (so you can easily dip in a slice of bread)
  2. Dip each side of bread in the batter and allow to soak for a few seconds.
  3. Heat a knob of butter in a pan over a medium heat. Fry both sides of the bread until golden brown.
  4. Put 2 slices of hot toast on a plate, cover with sliced banana, drizzle with maple syrup or honey and sprinkle with the walnuts.
  5. If serving a large number keep the toast warm in a preheated oven 130°C/250°F/Gas ½!

Note

The toast can be used for both sweet and savoury recipes! If savoury, omit the sugar and add a pinch of salt and pepper.

This is a great way to use up stale bread!!

http://odlums.ie/recipes/fruity-french-toast-rowse-honey/