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Looking for some weekend brunch inspo?! Try these delicious Banana & Oat Pancakes

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Looking for some weekend brunch inspo?! Try these delicious Banana & Oat Pancakes. Made with our delicious Oats and topped with our favourite summer berries! it’s the perfect way to start your weekend! What are your favourite toppings?! #FlahavansOats

Serves 2|Takes 15 mins

Ingredients:

Pancake Mixture
1 cup of Flahavans Organic Oats
2 eggs
1 large banana
Dash of almond milk
Toppings
Fresh berries of your choice
Greek Yoghurt
Organic Flaxseed
Almond butter (or any nut butter of your choice)
Maple Syrup or Organic Honey

Method:

Whisk the eggs in a large bowl
Mash the banana and add to the egg mix along with 1 cup of Flahavans Organic Oats
Add a good dash of almond milk to the mixture
Option to add frozen berries to the mix before frying
Heat a knob of butter on the pan at a medium heat.
Once the butter is melted and sizzling, spoon 2 x servings of the batter on the pan
Fry until golden and flip sides.
Serve with fresh berries, Greek yogurt, a sprinkle of organic flaxseed, a drizzle of honey or maple syrup along with a generous serving of almond butter – adding some salt to the sweet (our favourite combo)
Enjoy with a nice freshly brewed cup of coffee, or herbal tea

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The Ballymac Inn – closes “to try to curb the covid 19 surge in our commumity”….


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We have made the decison to temporarily close our doors in order to ensure the highest care and safety of all our staff and customers.
Our team are being tested along with a professional deep clean & antiviral covid fogging of the premises.
We are sorry for the inconvenience however we have a responsibility to our staff, customers and families to try and curb the surge in our community. We will keep you all updated and will be open again as soon as it is safe to do so.
Thank you for all your support and understanding.
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Neven has a Halloween recipe up his sleeve for us this week: Penne with pumpkin, crispy bacon, sage and Parmesan

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I love this time of year. Conor and Lucia have made their pumpkin lanterns and I never let anything go to waste. I make soup with the flesh that they have scraped out – which is also good with pasta. Sage is a herb that tastes particularly well with pumpkin.

This is a recipe that you could use any time of the year with butternut squash or with sweet potatoes instead of the pumpkin.

I mentioned recently how many butchers are making their own sausages and here is another chance to try some out. With colcannon, this makes a very tasty meal.

Colcannon is also delicious with any grilled meat or with Sunday lunch. I often use this onion gravy with roast meats or pork chops. Allowing it to carmelise adds great depth of flavour.

Happy cooking,

Neven

Penne with pumpkin, crispy bacon, sage and Parmesan

Serves four to six

4 tbsp olive oil

175g (175g) smoked streaky bacon lardons

500g (1¼lb) pumpkin, peeled, seeded and finely diced

15g (½oz) packet fresh sage, finely shredded

500g (1¼lb) penne pasta

50g (2oz) freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra to garnish

sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • 1 Heat the oil a large frying pan and fry the bacon for two to three minutes until crisp. Add the pumpkin with the sage. Season with salt and pepper and cook for four to five minutes, stirring occasionally until the pumpkin is cooked through.
  • 2 Cook the penne according to the packet instructions, then drain and add to the pumpkin with the crispy bacon. Stir in the Parmesan and season to taste, then divide among bowls.
  • 3 Garnish with extra Parmesan and black pepper.

Sausages with colcannon

Serves eight to 10

1.5kg (3lb) floury potatoes (such as Rooster), peeled and cut into chunks

8 traditional jumbo Irish pork sausages

225g (8oz) kale, finely shredded

2 scallions, very finely chopped

120ml (4fl oz) milk

75g (3oz) butter

Salt and pepper

Stout onion gravy, to serve (optional, see point 3)

  • 1 Steam the potatoes until tender. Cook the sausages in a frying pan in a little oil or under the grill. Place a knob of the butter and a tablespoon of water in a pan over a high heat. Add the kale and scallions with a pinch of salt. Cover, shake vigorously and cook for 1½ minutes. Shake again and cook for another 1½ minutes, until the cabbage or kale is tender but still crisp.
  • 2 Heat the milk in a small pan or in the microwave. Mash the potatoes and then beat in the butter with enough of the milk to make a smooth, creamy mash. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve with the sausages and some gravy, if liked.
  • 3 Stout onion gravy: sauté thinly sliced onions in butter and season with salt and pepper, then sprinkle with a little sugar to caramelise. Stir in a spoonful of flour and then pour in enough Guinness or beef stock from a cube to make a thick smooth gravy.
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Rachel’s Mendiants

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Makes 20.
You will need:
100g (3½oz) dark, milk or white chocolate, roughly broken in to small pieces, or chopped.
Place the dark, milk or white chocolate, whichever you’re using, in a heatproof bowl and place the bowl over a saucepan of water on a low heat. Bring the water to a simmer, then take it off the heat and let the chocolate melt in the bowl, stirring it from time to time.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Carefully drop a teaspoon of liquid chocolate on the paper, it will spread out slightly to form a round disc. Repeat for all the remaining chocolate. Then carefully, while the chocolate is still liquid, add any of a variety of toppings – see the list at the end of this recipe for inspiration.
Put the tray of mendiants somewhere cool to set, then carefully lift them off the paper and serve.
If you’re making these in advance – which you can, up to a few days – make sure to store them somewhere cool, but preferably not the fridge, as they will ‘sweat’.

Toppings to try:

Dried fruit such as dried cranberries, raisins, sultanas, or candied peel; chopped crystallised ginger; nuts such as whole (or chopped) almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts, pecans; a pinch of dried chilli flakes; a pinch of ground cinnamon or ginger; sea salt flakes; a little gold leaf!
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Cut a deep cross into the bread (this is called ‘blessing the bread’) @KerrygoldUSA

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Ingredients:

  • 1 pound all-purpose flour (about 3 1/2 cups)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 13 to 16 ounces buttermilk (depending on the consistency of the buttermilk)

Directions:

  • Preheat the oven to 450° F.
  • Mix the flours in a large wide bowl, add the salt and sieved baking soda. Lift the flour up with your fingers to distribute the salt and baking soda.
  • Make a well in the center and pour in all the buttermilk. With your fingers stiff and outstretched, stir in a circular movement from the center to the outside of the bowl in ever increasing concentric circles. When you reach the outside of the bowl, seconds later the dough should be made.
  • Sprinkle a little flour on the worktop. Turn the dough out onto the floured worktop. (Fill the bowl with cold water so it will be easy to wash later.)
  • Sprinkle a little flour on your hands. Gently tidy the dough around the edges and transfer to oven tray. Tuck the edges underneath with your hand; gently pat the dough with your fingers into a loaf about 1 1/2-inch thick. Now wash and dry your hands.
  • Cut a deep cross into the bread (this is called ‘blessing the bread’ and then prick it in the center of the four sections to let the fairies out of the bread).
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes then turn the oven down to 400°F for a further 15 or 20 minutes. Turn the bread upside down and cook for a further 5 to 10 minutes until cooked (the bottom should sound hollow when tapped). Cool on a wire rack

Variations:

  • Brown Soda Bread: Replace half the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour.
  • Dubliner Soda Bread: Before baking, brush loaf with egg wash (egg beaten with a little milk) and sprinkle with shredded Dubliner cheese.
  • Cheese Scones: After the soda bread has been shaped, flatten it out and cut into pieces to form scones. Brush tops with egg wash (egg beaten with a little milk), dip tops into shredded Dubliner cheese and bake, cheese-side up, 10 minutes in a 450° F oven; cook on wire rack.

http://kerrygoldusa.com/recipes/darina-allen-s-irish-soda-bread