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Chocolate Iced Mille-Feuilles from Neven Maguires Irish Food Trails

 This dessert looks so impressive that it’s hard to believe that you’ve actually made it yourself with such little effort. It can be made up to 1 month in advance, leaving nothing for you to do on the day.

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 x 100g (4oz) bar of plain chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces
  • 150g (5oz) white chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 225ml (8fl oz) cream
  • 1 vanilla pod, split in half lengthways and seeds scraped out
  • 1 large egg white
  • 2 tsp icing sugar
  • good-quality cocoa powder, to dust
  • fresh raspberries, to serve

To Cook

Use a little water to dampen a 450g (1lb) loaf tin (the more square shaped, the better), then line with a double layer of cling film. Line 2 large baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.

Melt the plain chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Spoon half the melted chocolate onto each sheet of baking paper and spread it out to the edges in a thin layer. Put in the fridge for about 30 minutes to set.

Melt the white chocolate and 5 tablespoons of the cream in a separate heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, give it a good stir and set aside to cool.

Whip the rest of the cream in a large bowl with the vanilla seeds until the cream is just holding its shape, then fold in the cooled melted white chocolate.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg white and icing sugar until stiff peaks have formed, then fold into the white chocolate mixture.

Carefully peel the plain chocolate from the baking paper and break it up into pieces.

Place a couple spoonfuls of the whipped cream mixture into the prepared loaf tin and cover with a layer of the plain chocolate pieces. Repeat the layers until the loaf tin is filled up, finishing with a layer of whipped cream. Cover the top with cling film and freeze overnight (or up to 1 month). Any remaining pieces of plain chocolate can be put into a freezer-proof container and frozen separately to use for decoration.

About 1 hour before serving, transfer the loaf tin and reserved chocolate decoration to the fridge.

Serving Suggestions

To serve, carefully turn out onto a serving plate and peel away the cling film. Break up the reserved plain chocolate into small jagged pieces and use to decorate the top. Add a light dusting of cocoa powder and put straight on the table. Cut into slices and arrange on plates with some raspberries

 

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Rachel Allen’s Spaghetti with Anchovies, Garlic and Chilli #Ballymaloe

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Ingredients

Serves 4

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

350g (12oz) dried spaghetti or other pasta, such as linguine or tagliatelle

4 tablespoons olive oil

6-8 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced

10 tinned anchovies, chopped

1-2 pinches of dried chilli flakes

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Good squeeze of lemon juice

 

Fill a large saucepan with water, add a teaspoon of salt and bring to the boil. Add the spaghetti, linguine or tagliatelle, whichever you are using, and cook for 10-12 minutes, or according to the instructions on the packet, until al dente.

As the pasta is cooking, place another large saucepan on a medium heat. Add the olive oil, followed by the sliced garlic and fry for two minutes, then stir in the chopped anchovies and the chilli flakes, and cook for a further minute.

Drain the spaghetti, reserving some of the liquid, then add the spaghetti to the anchovy mixture with a few tablespoons of the liquid. Tip in the chopped parsley and the squeeze of lemon juice and stir to mix. Taste, adding some more lemon juice if you like. Grind over some black pepper and serve immediately.

 Anchovy Recipes:

http://rachelallen.com/post/spaghetti-anchovies-garlic-and-chilli

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Odlums Blackberry & Apple Crumble

odlums blackberry crumble

Ingredients:

Crumble

50g/2oz Odlums Porridge Oatflakes
50g/2oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
150g/5oz Shamrock Golden Caster Sugar
200g packet Shamrock Ground Almonds
175g/6oz Butter
50g/2oz Pine Nuts (optional)

Filling

175g/6oz Blackberries
450g/1lb Stewed Apples

and

Sugar to sweeten apples and blackberries

Method:

  1. Place the flour, sugar and oatflakes into a bowl.
  2. Add butter and rub into the dry ingredients with tips of your fingers to form a crumble. Mix in the ground almonds and finally stir in the pine nuts, if used.
  3. Mix the blackberries and apples together and place in an oven-proof dish. Sweeten with sugar to taste.
  4. Spread crumble over the fruit.
  5. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 190°C/375°F/ Gas 5 for 15 to 20 minutes approx.
  6. Serve hot with cream, ice cream, custard, yoghurt or crème fraiche.

To stew apples

  1. Peel, core and roughly chop apples. Place in saucepan with a little water (3 tablespoons approx) and place over a low heat, stirring occasionally until apples are softened. When apples are soft, if liked, add a pinch of cinnamon at this stage.

    Recipe Notes:

    Apples can also be stewed in a microwave. Place apples and water in a deep microwaveable bowl and cook on HIGH for approx 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

http://odlums.ie/recipes/blackberry-apple-crumble/

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Dunnes Stores Simply Better Authentic Greek Yogurt 450g only €2.50  😀. 10% Fat

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Sale Information

Description

Natural Greek Strained Cows Milk Yogurt 10% Fat with Live Cultures

Nutritional Claims
Source of Protein
Source of Calcium

Features
10% Fat
An unsweetened Strained Yogurt
Source of Protein
Source of Calcium
Free From Artificial Colours Flavours and Preservatives
Suitable for Vegetarians

Lifestyle
Suitable for Vegetarians

Pack Size
450g ℮

Usage Other Text
Number of Servings Per Pack: 3 Approx.

Usage Count
Number of uses – Servings – 3


Ingredients
Skimmed Greek Milk
Cream (Milk) (13%)
Live Yogurt Cultures [Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, Streptococcus Thermophilus]

Allergy Advice
For allergens, see ingredients in bold.


Storage Type
Chilled

Storage and Usage Statements
Keep Refrigerated

Storage
– Keep refrigerated 0°C to + 4°C.
– Once opened, consume within 3 days of opening and by ‘use by’ date.
– For ‘use by’ date, see lid.

Storage Conditions
Min Temp °C 0
Max Temp °C 4

Country
Country of Origin – Greece
Packed In – Greece

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Avonmore Tomato & Basil Soup

avonmore tomato & basil soup

Quick, easy, warming – home warming and delicious

Ingredients

  • 25g Avonmore butter
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • ¼ clove garlic finely chopped
  • ½ tbsp tomato puree
  • Pinch of sugar
  • 900g/2lb fresh vine ripened tomatoes cut in quarters
  • ½ organic chicken stock cube, dissolved in 100ml hot water
  • 85ml Avonmore cooking cream
  • ½ tsp freshly chopped basil
  • Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Melt the butter in a large heavy saucepan. Add the onion and garlic and stir for 4 minutes over a medium heat without adding colour.

Stir in the tomato puree & the tomato quarters. Add the sugar & stock, cover with a lid, increase the heat and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 15 minutes.

Remove from the heat and puree the soup with a stick blender or alternatively in a food processor until it is completely smooth. Pass the soup through a sieve.

Return the pureed soup to the saucepan, stir in the Avonmore cooking cream and reheat. Season the soup to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Ladle into warm serving bowls and sprinkle with the freshly chopped basil.

http://cookwithavonmore.ie/recipe/tomato-basil-soup-2/
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A Pancake Extravaganza by Rachel Allen

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Tuesday is pancake time. In all their shapes and forms, they are a real favourite in our household. It isn’t just our children who get excited – I adore pancakes and love an excuse to make a real feast of them. There’s something so pleasingly simple, so supremely comforting about a perfectly browned pancake, unchallenging and uncomplicated, but always delicious.
We’ll make all different sorts of pancakes on different years, and often on the same day. I love thin pancakes – they’re called crepes in France, where they’re usually made with some buckwheat flour. I like to eat them rolled up with lemon and sugar, or the perennial favourite, Nutella! We like to make thin pancakes as a savoury treat too, omitting the sugar and making a creamy mushroom filling with bacon and perhaps some Gruyere cheese.
If you’d like to make your pancakes a little more elaborate than just a squeeze of lemon and sugar, you can try this divine orange butter recipe, opposite, that we often make at the cookery school.
At other times, we like to make big, fluffy American pancakes, served with rashers and plenty of maple syrup. I’ve written recipes for blueberry and lemon pancakes in these pages before, as well as in a number of my cookbooks.
The Italian recipe here is a totally different take on pancakes that I’ve made on Pancake Tuesday in previous years. It was inspired by a conversation I had with the great Italian chef, Aldo Zilli. He told me a wonderful story about his mother using light pancakes as an alternative to pasta in certain dishes, and I’ve discovered that they work wonderfully with rich tomato sauces. The Italian baked pancakes with tomato sauce recipe, opposite, uses the pancakes in place of lasagne sheets, which adds a fluffiness to the dish. It’s a perfect family dish and would make a great centrepiece to a Shrove Tuesday dinner table.
Tip
Adding melted butter to the pancake batter will make a real difference to the pancakes’ flavour and texture. It also makes it possible to cook them without having to grease the pan every time.

Pancake Recipes: