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Mary Flahavan- how to make the perfect bowl of porridge…

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We are sharing Mary Flahavan’s definitive guide to making the perfect bowl of porridge, as it’s been handed down through the Flahavan’s family for seven generations.#PerfectPorridge #FlahavansPorridge #NationalPorridgeWeek

The Perfect Porridge Recipe…

(Porridge on the hob with 3 topping variations)

Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Serves: 3

Ingredients:
120g Flahavan’s Oats
875mls of whole milk

Method:
Makes 3 x 40g servings on the hob.
Stir oats into milk.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes stirring continuously.
Pour porridge into serving dish.

Serving suggestion 1
Top with greek yoghurt, mixed berries, coconut flakes, chia seeds
Serving suggestion 2
Top with peanut butter, grated dark chocolate and a chopped banana
Serving suggestion 3
Top diced apple, dried cranberries, honey and cinnamon

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Potato and Mushroom Omelette

Serves 4

Cooking time:

Ingredients

  • 2 medium-sized Rooster potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (apprximately 300g)
  • 1tbsp olive oil
  • 10g butter
  • 100g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
  • 5 medium eggs
  • 20ml milk
  • A dash of cream
  • 2tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • Salt and milled pepper

To Cook

Place the sliced potatoes into a pan of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, drain and leave until needed.

In a large frying pan add the olive oil and butter and cook the sliced mushrooms until soft, approximately 5 minutes. While the mushrooms are cooking preheat your grill to medium.

In a bowl lightly whisk the eggs, cream, parsley and a little seasoning.

Pop the potatoes into the pan with the mushrooms, arrange so the pan is evenly covered. Pour in the egg mixture and cook over a very low heat until the egg is setting around the edge, pop under the grill and continue to cook until set.

Serving Suggestions

Serve with fresh crisp salad.

 http://www.bordbia.ie/consumer/recipes/vegetarianrecipes/pages/potatoandmushroomomelette.aspx

For more delicious and healthy potato recipes visit www.potato.ie/recipes/

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Odlums Coconut Buns for baking with kids

Category

Baking with Kids

Cook Time15-20 mins

What you need:

  • 225g/8oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Odlums Baking Powder
  • 75g/3oz Butter or Margarine
  • 75g/3oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
  • 50g/2oz Shamrock Desiccated Coconut
  • 1 Egg, beaten
  • 150ml/¼pt Milk

To Decorate

  • Fruitfield Raspberry Jam
  • Extra Shamrock Desiccated Coconut

How to:

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Lightly grease 2 flat baking trays.
  2. Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl.
  3. Rub in the butter or margarine until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  4. Add the sugar and coconut and mix well.
  5. Mix to a fairly stiff consistency with the egg and milk. Drop dessertspoonfuls of the mixture, spaced apart on the prepared tins. Makes about 12.
  6. Bake for 15-20 minutes until risen and golden brown. Remove from oven and transfer buns to wire tray to cool.
  7. Brush the top with jam and dip in the extra coconut.

http://www.odlums.ie/recipes/coconut-buns/

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Michael Clifford’s Gourmet Lamb Stew

 

 This is adapted from a recipe from Cork chef Michael Clifford.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1kg shoulder of lamb well trimmed and diced (keep the bones)
  • 2 carrots, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 small white turnips, chopped
  • 4 potatoes, chopped
  • 2 sticks celery, chopped
  • 1 leek, finely sliced
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 50g approx. green cabbage, finely shredded125ml
  • 250ml cream
  • Dash of Worcester sauce
  • Chopped parsley

To Cook

Place the lamb in a large pot. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil.  Drain and rinse the lamb, place in a clean pot. Add the bones to the pot. cover with approx. 1 litre  water.  Add the vegetables, except the cabbage. Season.

Cover the pot and cook gently for approx. one hour, or until the meat is tender. Then remove the bones from the pot.

To finish the sauce, remove about 250ml of the liquid and vegetables from the pot. Process this with the cream and return to the pot with the finely shredded cabbage. Add the Worcester sauce. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, until the cabbage is heated through. Check the seasoning. Add the parsley and serve in deep plates.

 http://www.bordbia.ie/consumer/recipes/lamb/pages/cliffordslambstew.aspx
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Rachel’s warm winter green salad with Caesar dressing, smoked bacon and a poached egg #ballymaloe

 

The dressing recipe makes more than you will need, but it keeps in the fridge for a week, if covered.

For the dressing, you will need:

  • 100ml (3½fl oz) sunflower or vegetable oil
  • 25ml (1fl oz) extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 x 25g (1oz) tin of anchovies, drained and rinsed
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 small clove of garlic, peeled and crushed
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • Pinch of salt
  • ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce

For the salad, you will need:

  • 4 good-quality eggs
  • 1 tablespoon sunflower oil, for frying
  • 8 rashers of smoked streaky bacon, cut into 1cm (¼in) dice
  • 4 handfuls of mixed lettuce leaves, including rocket and winter greens, such as baby spinach, mustard greens or beetroot leaves
  • 50g (2oz) Parmesan cheese, grated, to serve
  • 1 tablespoon chives, chopped, to serve

First, make the dressing – you can do this either in a food processor or by hand. First, pour the sunflower or vegetable oil, whichever you’re using, and the extra-virgin olive oil into a jug.

If you’re making the dressing by hand, mash the anchovies with a fork, then put them in a bowl along with the egg yolk, the crushed garlic, the lemon juice, the Dijon mustard, the pinch of salt, the Worcestershire sauce and the Tabasco sauce. Whisk together.

As you’re whisking, add the oil mixture from the jug very slowly and gradually. The dressing will become creamy as the emulsion forms.

When all the oil mixture has been incorporated, whisk in 25ml (1fl oz) of water to make the dressing the consistency of double cream, then add some extra seasoning to taste.

If you’re making the dressing in a food processor, add the anchovies, the egg yolk, the crushed garlic, the lemon juice, the Dijon mustard, the pinch of salt, the Worcestershire sauce and the Tabasco sauce. Whizz together, then gradually add the oil mixture from the jug and the water, as previously described, pouring them in through the machine’s feed tube.

To poach the eggs, first put a saucepan of water on a high heat and bring it to the boil.

Meanwhile, pour the sunflower oil into a frying pan on a high heat, add the bacon and fry it for 3-5 minutes, or until it is golden brown and crispy. Drain it on kitchen paper and set aside.

While the bacon is frying, tear the mixture of lettuce and winter greens into large, bite-sized pieces and place a handful on a plate. Drizzle with 1-2 tablespoons of the dressing, then sprinkle with the crispy bacon pieces.

Once the egg-poaching water has come to the boil, turn the heat down to low. Crack each egg into the lightly simmering water and poach for 3-4 minutes, or until the white is set and the yolk is still a little soft.

Turn the heat off under the saucepan and carefully lift each egg out, one by one, allowing all water to drain from the egg. Arrange one egg in the centre of each plate of dressed salad leaves, sprinkle with grated Parmesan and chopped chives.

Serve immediately.

http://www.rachelallen.com/post/warm-winter-green-salad-caesar-dressing-smoked-bacon-and-poached-egg