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Neven Maguire’s mushroom & leek strudel with madeira wine sauce from Neven’s Portuguese Food Trails

Neven Maguire’s mushroom & leek strudel with madeira wine sauce

Ingredients

Serves 4-6

For the strudel

  • 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for oiling
  • 1 small onion, peeled and finely diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • 225g mixed wild mushrooms roughly chopped
  • 1 small leek, washed and finely sliced
  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • 2 tbsp Madeira Wine
  • 2 tbsp chopped parsley
  • 4-5 sheets filo pastry, thawed if frozen (about 100g/4oz in total)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • mixed salad leaves, to serve

For the madeira wine sauce

  • 700ml beef stock
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 3 tbsp Madeira Wine
  • 3 tbsp cream

Method

For the strudel

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/ gas mark 5.
  2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
  3. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan.
  4. Add the onion, garlic and mushrooms and cook over a medium to high heat for 2-3 minutes until almost tender.
  5. Reduce the heat, add the cream and Madeira to the pan and cook for another minute.
  6. Add herbs and salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Sauté for another minute until the spring onions are just tender and the liquid has almost completely reduced.
  8. Allow to cool completely.
  9. Unroll the sheets of filo pastry and place them all, one on top of the other, on a work surface.
  10. Brush the top sheet of pastry with beaten egg and then spread over the mushroom mixture to within 4cm (1½in) of the edges.
  11. Fold the short ends inwards a little to meet the mushroom mixture and then, starting with a long edge, roll up the pastry fairly tightly like you would a Swiss roll, keeping the mushrooms in place as you roll.
  12. Place the strudel seam-side down on the parchment paper and brush it all over with the remaining beaten egg.
  13. Bake for 20-25 minutes until crisp and golden brown.
  14. Allow to cool for a few minutes before carefully placing on a chopping board.
  15. Cut the strudel into thick slices and arrange on warmed plates. Drizzle some sauce beside it and serve with some mixed salad leaves.

For the madeira wine sauce

  1. Heat a heavy based saucepan, add the Madeira Wine and reduce by half.
  2. Gradually whisk in the beef stock until smooth, followed by the tomato purée.
  3. Simmer for approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until slightly thickened.
  4. Whisk in the cream, bring to the boil, season to taste and thicken with some diluted cornflower.
  5. Set aside until required.

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Marbled Chocolate & Vanilla Shortbread

These shortbread biscuits are the perfect accompaniment with a cup of tea!

Ingredients for the Vanilla Shortbread:

  • 60g Ballyrashane Unsalted Butter (at room temperature)
  • 25g caster sugar
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste

Ingredients for the Chocolate Shortbread:

  • 60g Ballyrashane Unsalted Butter (at room temperature)
  • 30g caster sugar
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 3 tbsps cocoa powder

Method:

Vanilla dough:

  1. In a food processor, blitz the butter and sugar until well combined.
  2. Add the flour and vanilla bean paste and pulse briefly until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  3. Use your hands to bring the mix together, gently knead then roll into a ball.
  4. Wrap in clingfilm and transfer to the fridge to chill.
  5. Repeat with the ingredients for the chocolate shortbread, adding the cocoa powder with the flour.
  6. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.
  1. Lightly dust your work surface with flour and roughly break the doughs into small pieces, randomly assembling the pieces to create a single dough mixing both the chocolate and vanilla.
  2. Gently roll the dough again to create the mixed marble pattern, adding a little bit more flour if needed. You want the dough to be 1cm thick.
  3. Use fluted cutters to cut into rounds.
  4. Carefully transfer onto a baking tray.
  5. Then use a fork to prick a few lines of holes in the centre of each.
  6. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.
  1. Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan and bake for 12-13 minutes.
  2. They will be done when they are firm to touch and light golden in colour.
  3. Sprinkle with a little granulated sugar and set aside o cool on a wire rack.
  4. Will last 4-5 days stored in an airtight container.
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🌿 Have you heard the quiet call of the @killeshandra_camino calling? 🥾 @thisiscavanofficial

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  • 🌿 Have you heard the quiet call of the @killeshandra_camino calling? 🥾

    There’s a walk in Cavan that people don’t just finish – they carry it with them. The Killeshandra Camino is a long-distance walking route that winds through drumlin hills, lakeshores, woodland paths and welcoming villages, right in the heart of @irelandshiddenheartlands.

    🗓 Next event: Saturday, 20 June 2026
    🎟 Entry: €50 (booking fee applies)
    🎁Spot prizes for booking early🎁
    Please note that the entry fee goes towards local community voluntary groups.

    💬 Have you walked it yet – or is it on your list? Tag the person you’d bring with you.

    📩 Subscribe to our email newsletter at thisiscavan.ie/newsletter/
    🗺️ And don’t forget to explore more walks, guides and ideas — link in bio 👉 thisiscavan.ie

    Find out more about the Camino itself at 👉 killeshandracamino.ie
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🌿 Have you heard the quiet call of the @killeshandra_camino calling? 🥾 @thisiscavanofficial

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTxwjSmAD9i/?igsh=MTBzN2hpcW5sNGplMw==

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Original audio

  • 🌿 Have you heard the quiet call of the @killeshandra_camino calling? 🥾

    There’s a walk in Cavan that people don’t just finish – they carry it with them. The Killeshandra Camino is a long-distance walking route that winds through drumlin hills, lakeshores, woodland paths and welcoming villages, right in the heart of @irelandshiddenheartlands.

    🗓 Next event: Saturday, 20 June 2026
    🎟 Entry: €50 (booking fee applies)
    🎁Spot prizes for booking early🎁
    Please note that the entry fee goes towards local community voluntary groups.

    💬 Have you walked it yet – or is it on your list? Tag the person you’d bring with you.

    📩 Subscribe to our email newsletter at thisiscavan.ie/newsletter/
    🗺️ And don’t forget to explore more walks, guides and ideas — link in bio 👉 thisiscavan.ie

    Find out more about the Camino itself at 👉 killeshandracamino.ie
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Neven’s Recipes, Irish Stew and Mary Flahavan’s oatmeal cookies – Marty in the Morning @rte lyricfm

I never tire of a bowl of steaming hot stew. It’s the attention to detail that makes this dish one of the world’s great classics. This is my version that I have developed over the years. It’s a meal in itself, but for a special celebration, try serving it buffet style with bowls of turnip mash, colcannon and maybe even some glazed parsnips and carrots and watch your guests’ faces light up!

SERVES 6–8

  • 900g (2lb) boneless lamb neck or shoulder, trimmed and cut into cubes
  • 900ml (1½ pints) lamb or chicken stock
  • 50g (2oz) pearl barley, washed
  • 225g (8oz) potatoes, cut into chunks
  • 225g (8oz) carrots, thickly sliced
  • 225g (8oz) leeks, well trimmed and
  • thickly sliced
  • 225g (8oz) pearl onions, peeled
  • 100g (4oz) rindless piece of smoked
  • bacon, diced
  • 2 fresh thyme sprigs
  • sea salt and freshly ground
  • black pepper
  • chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley,
  • to garnish
  • turnip mash with crispy bacon and onion, to serve (optional)
  • colcannon, to serve

1 Place the boneless lamb pieces in a large heavy-based pan or flameproof casserole and pour over the stock. Bring to the boil, then skim off any scum from the surface and then stir in

the barley. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 50 minutes, until slightly reduced and the lamb is almost tender.

2 Add the potatoes to the lamb with the carrots, leeks, pearl onions, smoked bacon and thyme and simmer for 30 minutes, until the lamb and vegetables are completely tender but still holding their shape. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

3 Put the stew straight onto the table and scatter over the parsley. Serve dishes of the turnip mash with crispy bacon and onion and colcannon alongside and allow everyone to help themselves.

Oatmeal, Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies

This recipe was given to me by Mary Flahavan. I like it so much that we now make it up in batches and keep them in Kilner jars in our rooms for guests in case they’re feeling a bit peckish after a long journey but don’t want to ruin their dinner.

  • 275g (10oz) Flahavan’s
  • Progress Oatlets
  • 225g (8oz) butter, at room
  • temperature
  • 150g (5oz) caster sugar
  • 100g (4oz) plain flour, plus a little
  • extra for dusting
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 100g (4oz) dried cranberries,
  • roughly chopped
  • 100g (4oz) white chocolate,
  • finely chopped

Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F/gas mark 6). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Blend the oatlets in a food processor until quite fine. Add the butter, sugar, flour and baking soda and blend again until the dough just comes together.

Tip into a bowl and beat in the cranberries and white chocolate. Shape into 12 even-sized balls and arrange on the lined baking sheets well spaced apart, then squash them down with the palm of your hand to about a 4cm (1 ½in) thickness. Bake for 15–20 minutes, until they are a pale golden colour and soft to the touch. Remove from the oven and leave to cool and harden on the sheets for a minute, then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool for a few minutes before tucking in with a nice cup of tea.