Gillian Hegarty’s Home-made Pasta
Odlums Blackberry & Walnut Teabread
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Ingredients:
350g/12oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
50g/2oz Margarine (room temperature)
150ml/¼ pt milk
2 Eggs
125g/4oz Sugar
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
50g/2oz Shamrock Chopped Walnuts
Rind of Lemon
150g/5oz Blackberries
Method:
- Preheat oven to 190°F/375°F/Gas 5. Grease and base line a 900g/2lb Loaf tin.
- Put the margarine, milk, eggs and sugar into a bowl and beat well together.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, walnuts and lemon rind. Finally fold in the blackberries.
- Transfer to prepared tin and smooth top.
- Bake for about 40 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. Gently insert a knife into the deepest part of the bread and it should come out clean.
- Turn onto a wire tray to cool.
Mary Burns’s Butterific Irish Scones
Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 cups (about 8 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar, plus additional for sprinkling over tops
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) cold Kerrygold™ Pure Irish Butter,
- cut into pieces
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 large egg, plus additional beaten egg for brushing over tops
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 425° F
- Sift together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl
- Using fingertips or pastry blender, rub or cut butter into flour mixture to form coarse crumbs
- Add raisins
- Whisk together milk and 1 egg
- Make a well in the flour mixture; pour in milk mixture. Using fork, stir just until soft, moist dough is formed
- Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface; gently knead 1 or 2 times to incorporate loose pieces
- of dough. (Do not over-knead)
- Pat dough to 1 1/2-inch thickness.
- Using well-floured 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter or bottom of a glass, cut out
- about 6 rounds.
- Place rounds on lightly-buttered baking sheet. Brush
- tops with additional beaten egg; sprinkle with additional sugar.
- Bake until golden brown and delicious, about 14 to 17 minutes, rotating pan
- halfway through baking for more even browning
- Serve warm with Kerrygold™ Irish Butter and jam
Makes about 6 servings (depending on hunger level and capacity for
sharing)
Note: These scones are more muffin-like in texture; dough will be moist
and wet, which ensures a tender texture.
Odlums Peanut Butter Cookies
Category Afternoon Tea
Cook Time 15-25 mins
What you need:
- 175g/6oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
- 125g/4oz Butter (room temperature)
- 175g/6oz Shamrock Light Muscovado Sugar
- 125g/4oz Kelkin Crunchy Peanut Butter
- 1 Egg, beaten
How to:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Lightly grease 2 flat baking trays or swiss roll tins.
- Put the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Next, beat in the peanut butter. Finally, stir in the beaten egg and the flour. Mix until smooth.
- Put teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking sheet (a little apart, to allow for spreading during baking).
- Bake for 15 minutes if you like them soft in the middle, or for 25 minutes if you like them crisp.
- When baked, allow to set for about 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire tray to cool. When completely cold, store in an airtight container to keep them fresh.
Apple Tart with warm custard & raspberries
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 250g shortcrust pastry
- 50g ground almonds
- 4 large Bramley apples, peeled and diced
- 2 tablesp. sugar
- 250ml cream
- 3 egg yolks 50g caster sugar
- Dash of whiskey
To Cook
Set oven Gas Mark 6, 200°C (400°F).
Line four individual tart tins with the pastry. Sprinkle some ground almonds on the base of each one. Then add the apple and enough sugar to sweeten. Heat the cream. Beat the egg yolks and sugar together. Stir in the cream and a dash of whiskey. Spoon a little of the cream mixture into each tart. Keep remaining cream. Bake tarts for 25-35 minutes.
Pour the remaining cream into a bowl. Place over simmering water. Stirring constantly, continue to cook until the custard thickens. Set aside – keep warm
Serving Suggestions
Serve the tart, dusted with icing sugar, with the warm custard. Vanilla ice-cream, thin almond biscuit, raspberries etc. are optional.
http://www.bordbia.ie/consumer/recipes/desserts/pages/appleandjamesontart.aspx
Avocado Breakfast Bake
For a protein-packed brekkie, made with just three ingredients, try this tasty avocado breakfast bake.
Ingredients
- 2 large avocados
- 4 eggs
- 4 rashers
Instructions
First, fry the rashers, allow to cool and set aside. (For a healthy option, place your rashers under the grill and cook to your liking)
De-stone and cut the avocados in half, scooping out a little of the flesh so the eggs have room to sit.
Crack an egg into the centre of each avocado half.
Carefully place onto a baking tray so that the eggs dont spill out of the centre.
Cook in a pre-heated oven at 205°C/400°F for about 15 minutes, or until the eggs are cooked to your liking.
Top each one with two rashers, and season with salt and pepper.
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Mary Flahavan’s Apple & Cranberry Crumble
Deep Filled Apple and Cranberry Crumble
Makes 8-10 servings.
Ingredients
Sweet Pastry
160g (6oz) plain flour
55g (2oz) caster sugar
75g (3oz) butter
1 egg
Compote
4 large cooking apples, peeled and sliced
150g (6oz) cranberries (fresh or dried)
100g (4oz) caster sugar
2 tbsp. water
Crumble
75g (3oz) flour
75g (3oz) butter
75g (3oz) brown sugar
75g (3oz) Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- To make pastry, sift the flour, add the caster sugar and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add enough beaten egg to bind the pastry. The pastry can also be made using a food processor.
- Cut a circle of parchment to fit a large pastry dish, sprinkle with flour, roll out the pastry on the floured parchment and then slide it into the dish and bake blind for about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile boil the ingredients for compote for 3 – 4 minutes.
- When pastry is baked, fill with the apple and cranberry compote.
- To make the crumble topping, combine the flour, sugar, butter and oats in a food processor until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. (Add the oats last if you would like them to stay coarse and be visible in the crumble).
- Sprinkle the crumble over the fruit and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes.
- Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
http://www.flahavans.ie/recipes/deep-filled-apple-and-cranberry-crumble-/419
The Classic French Omelette
Everybody, 9-90, should know how to make an omelette, then dinner is only 3 minutes away. Here it is step by step.
Ingredients
- 3 Eggs
- 3 teasp. water
- ½ tablesp. fresh herbs, chopped
- Salt and black pepper
- Knob of butter
Filling
- A little butter
- 25g Oyster or button mushrooms, chopped
- 25g Farmhouse Cheese, grated
Alternative Filling:
- Chopped tomatoes, basil, scallions
To Cook
Prepare the Filling
A non-stick omelette pan is essential. Beat the eggs, water, herbs and seasoning together. Heat the pan well, add the butter, pour in the egg mixture. Work quickly, drawing the egg to the centre of the pan as it begins to set. This allows the uncooked mixture to reach the base of the pan. Continue until you have the omelette cooked to your liking.
Place the filling along the centre of the omelette. Starting at the handle, fold over the omelette by 1/3.Slide the omelette down the pan.
Then, with your hand under the handle, tip the omelette onto a warm plate, making the third fold. Sprinkle with finely grated cheese (optional) and serve with mixed salad leaves.
Smoked Salmon on Potato Cakes
Very good, easy to prepare starter, potato cakes can be made ahead and reheated
Serves 6
Ingredients
- 450g cooked, mashed potatoes
- 75g flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 tablesp. scallions, finely chopped
- Salt, pepper and nutmeg
- 50g butter, melted
- 125 ml soured cream
- 1 tablesp. dill, chopped
- Salt and black pepper
To Cook
Mix the potato, flour, eggs, scallions, salt, pepper, nutmeg and half the butter. Mix well together and shape into 12 small potato cakes. Heat the remaining butter in a non-stick pan and then cook the potato cakes until browned on each side. The cakes can be served immediately or kept overnight in the fridge. 15 minutes before serving reheat in a hot oven.
Serving Suggestions
Mix the soured cream, dill and seasoning. Place a slice of smoked salmon on each potato cake and top with the cream mixture.
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Makes approx. ¾lb (350g) fresh pasta, feeds approximately 3-4.
You will need:
300g (10oz) ’00’ flour
25g (1oz) semolina flour and extra for dusting
A good pinch of salt
1 whole egg and 3 large egg yolks
1 dessertspoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon cold water
Sift the ’00’ flour, 25g (1oz) of the semolina flour and the pinch of salt into a bowl. Make a well in the centre of the flour, break in one whole egg and two egg yolks into the centre, together with the extra-virgin olive oil and the cold water and mix everything together.
When the dough is at a crumbly stage (before you form it into a ball) check to see if there is enough moisture in it. If there is not, add the remaining egg yolk and maybe even an extra egg white. It is difficult to be exact with the quantity of liquid, as it depends on the size of the eggs and the brand of flour.
Knead the dough for 8-10 minutes or until it is really smooth and silky, see my Tip, above left. Wrap it well in cling film and let it rest for 30 minutes before rolling. Divide the dough into three pieces – keep two covered in cling film while you roll the other piece into a length that is 1-2mm (about 1/8in) thick. As a guide, you shouldn’t be able to read the lettering on a matchbox through the pasta. If the pasta is rolled too thinly it will be too sloppy and won’t be strong enough to hold the sauce.
Using a knife or pizza wheel, cut into ¼in (5mm) strips for noodles or tagliatelle. Pappardelle are the widest of the noodles, they should be cut to a width of 15mm (about »in) with a crimped-edge cutter. Toss the cut pasta in the extra semolina flour and then place them on a tray that is also sprinkled generously with semolina flour. Repeat with the remaining pasta dough.
The pasta is best if the strips are allowed to dry out for at least an hour in the fridge or cool place.
It can be kept for up to three days in the fridge.
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