Fresh Berry Pie Bars

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Raspberry, Almond & White Chocolate Tart

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Ingredients

  • 100g (4oz) Avonmore butter, at room temperature
  • 100g (4oz) icing sugar
  • 25g (1oz) plain flour
  • 100g (4oz) ground almonds
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
  • • large pinch ground cinnamon
  • • 300g Raspberries
  • • 2 oz White Chocolate Pieces
  • • 1 tbsp toasted flaked almonds

For the pastry:

  • 100g (4oz) butter, diced and chilled
  • 175g (6oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting
  • pinch of salt
  • 50g (2oz) caster sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 tbsp Water

To serve:

  • Raspberries
  • 250ml Avonmore Fresh Dessert Cream

Directions

  1. To make the pastry, place the butter, flour, salt and sugar in a kitchen mixer and blend briefly until mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs.
  2. Add the egg yolk and water and mix together again briefly until the soft dough has formed. Cover in clingfilm and chill for 1 hour.
  3. Preheat the oven to 190C (375F), Gas mark 5. To make the almond filling, using electric whisk, cream the butter and icing sugar together in a large bowl. Add the flour and almonds and gradually beat in the eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon. Beat for another 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Fold in the white chocolate pieces.
  4. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface, line a 23cm (9in) fluted loose-bottomed flan tin with the pastry. Chill again for 15 minutes. Spread the almond filling in the pastry base and carefully arrange the raspberries on top, gently pressing them into the filling.
  5. Bake the tart for 25-30 minutes until the tart is cooked through and golden brown on top.
  6. Garnish with raspberries and serve with Avonmore Fresh Dessert Cream, which is already slightly sweetened & ready to pour

http://cookwithavonmore.ie/recipe/raspberry-almond-white-chocolate-tart/

 

Delicate Spinach Soup from Kerrygold

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Prep:

45 Minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. potatoes
  • 1 bunch of spring onions
  • 1 ¼ Tbsp. Kerrygold Salted Butter
  • 14 oz. cream spinach
  • 25 ¼ Fl. oz. vegetable stock
  • 1 ¾ Fl. oz. whipping cream
  • Fresh herbs (tarragon, parsley, dill, cress, chervil)
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Nutmeg
  • 3 ½ oz. Kerrygold Reserve Cheddar

Directions:

Peel, clean and roughly chop the potatoes into cubes. Clean and slice the spring onions. Chop the herbs finely. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and briefly sweat the potatoes and spring onions. Add herbs and continue to sweat everything briefly. Add cream spinach and vegetable stock. Simmer for 20 minutes, then purée the soup. Add cream and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Grate the Reserve Cheddar, Pour the spinach soup into pre-heated bowls and sprinkle with the Reserve Cheddar.

http://kerrygoldusa.com/recipes/delicate-spinach-recipe