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Frangipane Topped Mince Pies @nevenmaguire @simplybetter @dunnesstores
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.@Anahaugh Vegan Chocolate Mousse
This quick and easy chocolate mousse is a brilliant vegan dessert. Made with silken tofu, it’s even high in protein!
Equipment: you will need a confectionery thermometer.
Each serving provides 620 kcal, 8.5g protein, 86g carbohydrate (of which 74g sugars), 27g fat (of which 7.5g saturates), 2g fibre and 0.4g salt.
Ingredients
For the chocolate mousse
- 300g/10½oz silken tofu, drained
- 150g/5½oz vegan dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- 1 vanilla pod, seeds only
- ½ tsp ground star anise
- 2 tbsp treacle
- agave syrup, to taste
- 20g/¾oz toasted flaked almonds, to serve
For the honeycomb
- 100g/3½oz caster sugar
- 100g/3½oz glucose syrup
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- pinch bicarbonate of soda
For the apricots
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 dried apricots
- 1 star anise
- pinch sugar
Method
- Put the tofu, ground star anise, vanilla seeds, treacle and agave syrup into a large bowl and blend with a hand blender until silky smooth.
- Melt the chocolate in a heatproof glass bowl sat over a saucepan of simmering water, being careful not to let the bowl touch the water. Fold into the tofu. Spoon the mixture between 4 glasses and refrigerate until set.
- To make the honeycomb, line a baking tray with baking paper. Put the sugar, glucose and golden syrup into a deep saucepan and heat until it reaches 145C. (This should take about 5 minutes). Quickly whisk in the bicarbonate of soda. Be careful as the mixture will bubble up very suddenly. Quickly pour onto the lined baking tray. Set aside to cool and harden.
- To make the apricots, heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the apricots and star anise and cook until the apricots start to caramelise. Sprinkle over a pinch of sugar and leave to cool.
- To serve, sprinkle the toasted almonds on top of the mousse and serve with the apricots and peices of honeycomb.
Rachel Allen’s lavender sponge cake with rhubarb curd
A lovely lavender flavoured cake with a hint of rhubarb from Rachel’s TV series “All Things Sweet” proudly sponsored by Connacht Gold.
Ingredients
For the lavender sponge
- 6 eggs
- 175 g (6 oz) caster or granulated sugar
- pinch of salt
- 150 g (5 oz) plain flour
- 2 tsp lavender buds, finely chopped (off the stems)
- 125 g (4½ oz) butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
For the rhubarb curd
- 550 g (1 lb 3 oz) rhubarb, cut in to 1cm (½in) slices (weigh when sliced and trimmed)
- 200 g (7 oz) caster or granulated sugar
- 75g (3 oz) butter
- 3 eggs, whisked
- To decorate
- icing sugar
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas mark 4. Line the base of three 18cm (7in) cake tins and butter the sides.
- To make the sponge, place the eggs, the sugar and the salt in the bowl and, using an electric whisk, beat for 5–8 minutes until tripled in volume, light and fluffy. Sift in the flour and fold into the light mousse-like mixture with the lavender and the melted butter, working quickly so that too much air does not escape.
- Divide the cake mixture into the three tins and place in the oven. Bake for 22–25 minutes until light golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Take out of the oven and let sit in the tin for a few minutes before taking out and cooling on a wire rack.
- Next, make the curd. Place the rhubarb and 50g (2oz) of the sugar in a saucepan on a medium heat, stirring every so often. Cook for about 5–6 minutes until the rhubarb has softened, broken up completely and the mixture has thickened to a pulp.
- Pour into a sieve sitting over a bowl and push the mixture through the sieve into the bowl, making sure to scrape the underside of the sieve to get every last bit.
- Next, place the butter in the cleaned saucepan on a low-medium heat and allow to melt. Take off the heat just while you add in the eggs, rest of the sugar and the rhubarb purée. Put back on a low heat and stir all the time for about 2–3 minutes until thickened. Take off the heat, tip into a bowl and allow to cool.
- When ready to assemble, place one cake (save the cake with the best-looking top for the top) upside down on a plate or cake stand. Place half of the curd on top and spread it out (I like to allow the curd to drip slightly over the edges). Put the next cake, right side up, on top, then cover with the second half of the curd, as before. Finally, top with the third (and best-looking) cake. Dust with icing sugar and decorate with some more lavender if you’d like.
http://www.connachtgold.ie/recipes/rachel-allen-lavenderspongecake/
Apple porridge scones by Folláin @follainirishpreserves🤩
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follainirishpreserves- Apple Porridge Scones 🍎
This gorgeous seasonal take on the classic scone combines the wholesome goodness of oats and the sweet, tangy flavour of apples, and we think they are the perfect autumnal mid-morning treat!
We especially like to serve them with a dollop of our Blackberry Jam, and some of the fresh berries from the brambles too 😋
Ingredients:
– 2 cups all-purpose flour
– 1 cup rolled oats
– 1 large apple, peeled, cored, and diced
– 1 cup buttermilk
– 1/4 cup brown sugar
– 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
– 2 tsp baking powder
– 1/2 tsp baking soda
– 1/2 tsp salt
– 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
– 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
– 1 egg
Methodology:
– Preheat your oven to 220°C.
– Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
– In a bowl, mix the oats with the buttermilk and let them soak for about 10 minutes to soften.
– In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add the brown sugar to the flour mixture and combine well.
– Stir the melted butter and egg into the oat and buttermilk mixture.
– Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined and gently fold in the diced apples.
– Lightly flour a clean surface and turn the dough out onto it.
With floured hands, gently shape the dough into a round, about 1-inch thick and using your hands shape into about 8 wedges.
– Place the wedges on the prepared baking sheet, leaving some space between each.
– Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes or until the scones are golden brown.
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Clodagh McKenna’s Orange Pistachio Yogurt Cake @NDC_ie #homebaking
This is one of my favourite cakes at this time of the year. It’s a much needed burst of sunshine. Deliciously light, and moist due to the natural Irish yogurt. You can make a gluten free version by simply using gluten free breadcrumbs. You can substitute the pistachios with hazelnuts, roast the hazelnuts before you add them to the cake, it enhances their flavour. It will last for one week, but not sure you will have any left for to test me on that!
To serve:
Decorate with 50g roughly chopped pistachios and the zest of one lemon on top. Serve with a dollop of natural Irish yogurt
Ingredients checklist
50 g slightly stale white breadcrumbs
100 g almonds, ground
100 g pistachios
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
150 g caster sugar
125 ml sunflower oil
200 ml natural Irish yogurt
zest of 1 orange
zest of 1 lemon
Ingredients checklist for the citrus syrup
juice of 1 orange
juice of 1 lemon
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 190°C / Gas 5.
Grease a 20.5cm (8in) round and 5cm (2in) deep tin and then lightly dust with flour.
In a large bowl mix together the breadcrumbs, almonds, pistachios and baking powder.
In a separate bowl whisk the eggs with the caster sugar. Continue to whisk while pouring in the vegetable oil, followed by the natural Irish yogurt.
Next stir the liquid pour into the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the orange and lemon zest.
Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and into the pre-heated oven.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the cake is golden brown. To ensure cake is done, insert a skewer into the center – if it’s ready, the skewer should come out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a plate.
Meanwhile, make the citrus syrup. Put all of the ingredients into a saucepan and bring gently to the boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved completely. Simmer for 10 minutes or until thick.
While the cake is still warm, pierce it several times with a skewer, then spoon the hot syrup over the cake, allowing it to run into the holes. Leave to cool. Spoon any excess syrup back over the cake every now and then until it is all soaked up.
Sprinkle chopped pistachios on top, and the zest of one orange. Serve with natural Irish yogurt
https://ndc.ie/recipe/clodaghs-orange-pistachio-yogurt-cake/
Frangipane Topped Mince Pies @nevenmaguire @simplybetter @dunnesstores
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Frangipane Topped Mince Pies
Ingredients (Makes 24)
1 Packet Simply Better All Butter Shortcrust Pastry, thawed
Plain Flour, for dusting
1 Jar Simply Better Mincemeat
Flaked almonds, to garnish
For the Frangipane
150g Butter
150g Caster Sugar
3 Simply Better Free Range Corn Fed Large Eggs
150g Ground Almonds
1 Tbsp. Plain Flour
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
Zest of 1 Lemon
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (375°F/Gas Mark 5). Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured work surface to make a large rectangle, then stamp out 24 x 6cm discs (with a cutter or use a glass) and place in greased muffins tins (of course you can do this in batches).
2. To make the frangipane, combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and whisk with an electric whisk for about one minute until you achieve a soft paste.
3. To assemble, add a large teaspoon of mincemeat into each pastry case then top with a tablespoon of the frangipane mixture. Sprinkle over some flaked almonds and transfer to the oven to bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm or cold with brandy butter or custard.
Mary Flahavan’s Oaty Flapjacks… with chocolate on top! #kidshealth
Oaty Flapjacks
Makes approximately 30 flapjacks.
This is a wheat free recipe.
Ingredients
175g (7oz) Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
175g (7oz) Flahavan’s Jumbo Oat Flakes
200g (7oz) Butter or Margarine
100g (4oz) Brown Sugar
2 tbsp. Golden Syrup
Method
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas Mark 2.
- Melt margarine or butter in a saucepan with the sugar and golden syrup. Heat gently until the sugar is dissolved.
- Stir in the oatflakes.
- Tip the mixture into a swiss roll tin (22cm x 33cm, 9’’ x 13’’) lined with parchment and press it out evenly using the back of a spoon.
- Bake in preheated oven for approximately 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- When baked, coat with melted chocolate as a special treat.
- Cut into squares while still warm and leave to cool in the tin.
These nutritious flapjacks keep very well in a tin. Children love their crunchy texture and they make an ideal addition to any lunchbox.
Lemongrass Coconut Cake by Rachel Allen @Ballymaloe
By Rachel Allen Celebrity Chef
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A quirky combination. The end result? A scrumptious cake for all to enjoy.
Ingredients
4 stalks of lemongrass, base and tops trimmed, outer leaves removed but reserved for the syrup (see below)
250 g (9oz) caster sugar
4 eggs
200 g (7oz) butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
125 g (41/2 oz) desiccated coconut
125 g (41/2 oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting
2 tsp baking powder
greek yoghurt or creme fraiche, to serve
for the syrup
reserved trimmings and outer leaves of the lemongrass (see above)
75 g (3oz) caster sugar
23cm (9in) diameter cake tin with 6cm
Method
Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F/Gas 3). Butter the sides of the cake tin and dust with flour, then line the base with a disc of baking parchment.
Slice the lemongrass stalks quite thinly into rounds about 3mm (1?8in) thick, then place in a food processor with the caster sugar and whiz for 1–2 minutes or until the lemongrass is finely puréed and very aromatic.
Add the eggs, butter and coconut and whiz again until combined, then sift the flour and baking powder together and add to the machine, whizzing very briefly just until the ingredients come together.
Tip the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 40–45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. While the cake is cooking, make the syrup.
Roughly chop the lemongrass trimmings, place in a saucepan with the sugar and 75ml (3fl oz) of water and set over a high heat. Stir the mixture until the sugar is dissolved, then bring to the boil and boil for 2 minutes before removing from the heat and leaving to infuse.
When the cake has finished baking, take it out of the oven and let it sit in the tin for 10 minutes. Loosen around the edges using a small, sharp knife and carefully remove the cake from the tin before transferring to a serving plate.
Reheat the syrup, then pierce holes all over the cake with a skewer and pour the hot syrup through a sieve onto the cake, moving the pan and sieve around as you pour so that the syrup covers the top of the cake. Allow the cake to cool down completely.
Serve with a dollop of natural Greek yoghurt or crème fraiche.
Neven Maguire’s chocolate baked Alaska with chocolate sauce : rte.ie recipes
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Watch Neven’s Christmas at Adare on RTÉ One at 8pm on Thursday, 7th and 14th of December.
Ingredients
Serves 6-8
- 1 x 900ml tub Vanilla Ice Cream
- 200ml cream, whipped, to serve
Chocolate Sponge
- 4 eggs
- 120g caster sugar
- 90g self-raising flour
- 30g good quality cocoa powder
Italian Meringue
- 4 x egg white
- 225g caster sugar
- 135g water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Warm Chocolate Sauce
- 200ml cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp Coole Swan Irish Cream Liqueur
- 255g plain chocolate, finely chopped (at least 70% cocoa solids)
Method
To Make the Chocolate Sponge
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4
- Line a baking tray (13.6 x 9.5in) with parchment paper
- In a large bowl whisk the eggs and caster sugar together with hand mixer
- Whisk for 3 minutes on full power until light and fluffy
- Sieve in the flour and cocoa powder and gently fold in using a spatula
- Transfer the mixture to the baking tray
- Bake for 8-10 minutes
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely
For the Italian Meringue
- Place the caster sugar and water in a saucepan over a medium heat, swirling the pot until the sugar has dissolved.
- Once the sugar has dissolved allow to boil.
- Meanwhile place the egg whites & vanilla extract in a large mixing bowls and whisk until soft peaks form.
- Boil the sugar until it has reached 120°C (use a sugar thermometer to check).
- Carefully stream the syrup into the egg white while whisking on high speed.
- Keep whisking for around 5 minutes until the meringue is thick, glossy and has completely cooled down.
- Keep covered in a bowl or transfer to a piping bag until needed.
For The Warm Chocolate Sauce
- Place the cream, vanilla extract and Coole Swan in a pan and bring to the boil, stirring occasionally
- Gently add in the chocolate and stir gently until completely melted.
- This is ready to serve warm or transfer to a bowl and leave to cool completely, then cover with clingfilm and keep in the fridge until needed
- Use warm or cold as required
To Assemble
- Line a 2lb loaf tin with a double layer of cling film, ensuring an overhang on each side
- Cut the prepared chocolate sponge in 3
- Place one third of the sponge in the base of the tin
- Using half of the tub of vanilla ice-cream, spread an even layer over the sponge. Use the back of a tablespoon to help
- Place another piece of the sponge on top followed by the remaining ice-cream, ensuring to spread it evenly
- Add the final piece of sponge on to, gently pressing down
- Fold the overhang of cling film over the top
- Pace in the freezer to firm up for 3-4 hours minimum or overnight is best
To Serve
- Once ready to serve, remove from the freezer, open and turn out onto a long plate/serving plate
- Pipe the prepared Italian meringue around the loaf ensuring it is completely covered
- At this point the Alaska can be returned to the freezer until needed or alternately to serve straight away, use a blow torch to evenly brown the outside of the meringue all over
- Enjoy with warm chocolate sauce and whipped cream
Auntie Maureen’s Plum Pudding by Neven Maguire @macneanhouse Co.Cavan
Makes 2x 1.2 litre (2 pint) puddings
Nothing beats the flavour of homemade Christmas pudding, but it’s important to get good-quality fruit and it’s best made at least 1 month in advance.
I love plum pudding, hot or cold, with lashings of cream, but the spiked almond custard is even more special. I always look forward to it. A big thank you to Auntie Maureen for this recipe.
Ingredients
- 50g (2oz) plain flour
- 1/2 tsp ground mixed spice
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 225g (8oz) sultanas
- 175g (6oz) butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
- 175g (6oz) fresh white breadcrumbs
- 175g (6oz) light brown sugar
- 175g (6oz) raisins
- 50g (2oz) currants
- 50g (2oz) candied mixed peel
- 50g (2oz) blanched almonds, hopped
- 1/2 eating apple, peeled, cored and diced
- 1/2 small carrot, grated finely grated rind and juice of
- 1 lemon
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 300ml (1/2 pint) stout
- fresh redcurrant sprigs, to decorate (optional)
- icing sugar, to decorate (optional)
- spiked almond custard, to serve
Method
- Sift together the flour, mixed spice, cloves and nutmeg. Add the sultanas, melted butter, breadcrumbs, sugar, raisins, currants, mixed peel, almonds, apple, carrot and the lemon rind and juice and mix until well combined. Gradually add the beaten eggs, stirring constantly, followed by the stout. Mix everything together thoroughly and cover with a clean tea towel, then leave in a cool place overnight.
- Use the fruit mixture to fill 2 x 1.2 litre (2 pint) greased pudding bowls. Cover with a double thickness of greaseproof paper and tin foil, then tie tightly under the rim with string. Store in a cool, dry place overnight.
- To cook, preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F/gas mark 2).
- Stand each pudding basin in a large cake tin three-quarters full of boiling water, then cook in the oven for 6–8 hours (or you can steam them for 6 hours in the usual way). Cool and re-cover with clean greaseproof paper. Again, store in a cool, dry place.
- On Christmas Day, re-cover with greaseproof paper and foil. Steam for 2–3 hours, until completely cooked through and tender. Decorate with the redcurrant sprigs and a light dusting of icing sugar, if liked.
- To serve, cut the plum pudding into slices and arrange on serving plates. Have a separate jug of the spiked almond custard so that everyone can help themselves.
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