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_mariaharte_Currently making blackberry and sweet geranium jam from a jackpot of blackberries on my evening stroll! 🌞A quick and easy no-bake strawberry cheesecake. Made with cream cheese, cream and Keelings strawberries… it will soon be a family favourite!DifficultyBeginner
Fruit TypeStrawberriesPrep Time20 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time40 mins
For the base
250 g digestive biscuits
100 g buttermelted
For the filling
10 Keeling’s strawberriessliced
250 g Keeling’s strawberrieshulled
100 g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
600 g full fat cream cheese
275 ml double cream
To decorate
Keeling’s strawberriessliced
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Line the bottom of a 20cm (8 inch) round springform cake tin with parchment paper.
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For the base, blend the digestive biscuits in a food processor until ground to fine crumbs.
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Pour crumbs into a bowl and add the melted butter. Mix together until all the crumbs are coated.
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Spoon mixture into prepared tin and press down firmly until evenly spread. Chill in the fridge to set, about 20 minutes.
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For the filling, arrange a ring of about 10 sliced Keelings strawberries around the edge of the baking tin.
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Combine 250g Keelings strawberries, icing sugar and vanilla in a food processor, blend to a smooth puree. Add the cream cheese and blend until smooth, then add the double cream and blend until mixture thickens – the batter should be thick enough that it can’t be poured out (about 2-3 minutes).
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Spoon batter over prepared base and smooth the top with a spatula. Leave to chill and set in the fridge overnight.
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To un-mould, run a sharp knife around the sides of the cheesecake then unclip and remove the outer ring of the cake tin. Gently work a spatula underneath the base and then slide the cheesecake onto a serving plate.
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Decorate with slices of fresh Keelings strawberries.
One for the weekend!
Two of our favourite things are oats and cheese. We can’t wait to try this recipe for Steal-Cut Oats with Maple-Roasted Apples and Cheddar. Sounds like the perfect Saturday brunch to us.
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Risotto. Creamy rice, a splash of wine, a big dollop of butter, and cheese, glorious cheese. What’s not to love about a dish like that? The infernal stirring, that’s what. It’s such a good, restorative, comforting dish, but really, who has the patience? Sure, it can be meditative, standing and stirring with Buddha-like calm as the wine cooks down, and ladle after ladle of broth plumps the rice. But, truly, can you give a handful of rice 30 minutes of unblinking attention while all manner of homework mayhem ignites in the other room? Here’s one way to eliminate the long stand, stir and stare: enlist your oven. Contrary to the stiff-necked (and armed) belief of cranky purists, you can bake a perfectly fine risotto. While it’s not completely stir-less, this method will cut your stove-top workout down to a couple dozen reps. And while the rice, onions and broth happily bake, you’ll have plenty of time and focus to roast asparagus with one hand, and put out homework fires with the other. And honestly, if you slipped a bit to one of those stiff-necked purists I’d bet you good money they’d never know.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
In 3.5 quart wide Dutch oven or any wide, heavy pan with lid, melt the butter over medium heat
Sauté onion until translucent and tender
Add rice, stirring occasionally, until rice is slightly toasted, about 2-4 minutes
Add garlic and salt (to taste), stirring until garlic is just fragrant, about a minute
Add the wine, and let cook for one minute
Stir in 3 cups of broth, turn up the heat to medium high, and bring to a simmer
Cover and place pot in oven.
Stir once halfway through cooking, after about 15 minutes
Cover pot again and continue to cook until the rice is tender and broth is absorbed, about 25-30 minutes
About 10 minutes before rice is done, coat asparagus pieces in the olive oil and spread on an aluminum-foil lined baking sheet
Sprinkle asparagus with salt
Place asparagus in oven (along with the rice) and roast until tender (about 7-10 mins)
Remove risotto from oven
Stir in remaining 1 1/2 cups warm broth, cheese, asparagus, butter pieces plus salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Serve immediately with extra grated Dubliner Cheese, if desired.
http://kerrygoldusa.com/recipes/baked-risotto-with-roasted-asparagus
Ingredients for 4 people
Ingredients
- 225g (8oz) plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 150g (5oz) caster sugar
- 75g (3oz) Flahavan’s Oat Bran
- 100g (4oz) cranberries
- 25g (1oz) icing sugar
- sifted Zest of an orange
- 1 egg
- Beaten 300ml (½ pint)of Milk
- 50g (2oz) melted butter or sunflower oil
Method:
- Sift the flour into a bowl with the baking powder. Add the sugar and the oat bran and mix. Toss the cranberries into the icing sugar. Add to the bowl with orange zest and stir to mix.
- Place the egg, milk and melted butter or sunflower oil into another bowl and beat lightly. Stir into the dry ingredients. Just do this casually – there is no need to over mix.
- Line a muffin tin with baking cases. Spoon the mixture into the lined muffin tin.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°C /400°F / Gas Mark 6 for around 15 minutes – or until risen and golden.
Serve warm or cold. Quick Tip Oat Bran is also great as a coating for fish before frying.
Serves 16**depending on the size of your muffin casesThis is a great recipe to impress when the girls are coming around for an afternoon chat. That said, my children love to bake these with me too. The blueberries give them the added extra goodness.Ingredients:
- 300g golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 170ml sunflower oil
- 100ml milk
- 280g self-raising flour
- 100g Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp salt
- 150g blueberries
- 1 large pear, peeled and finely diced
For the Topping
- 150g cream cheese
- 100g butter, softened
- 2 pieces stemmed ginger, very finely chopped
- 2 tsp ginger syrup
- 350g icing sugar
- 2 poached pears, thinly sliced for decorating
- Edible flowers to decorate (optional)
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 170°C/Fan 150°C/Gas 3.
- Place muffin cases in a muffin tray.
- Whisk the sugar, eggs, milk and oil together until thick and pale.
- Fold in the flour, oatlets, ginger and salt.
- Stir in the blueberries and diced pear.
- Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases.
- Bake for 25 – 30 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Place on a cooling rack.
- Cream the butter in a large bowl, then add some icing sugar, followed by the cream cheese and the rest of the icing sugar. Spoon in the ginger syrup.
- Pipe or spread over the cool muffins, decorate with chopped ginger and place slices of pear and a pretty edible flower on the top.
Tip:If using soft fruit like raspberries, just place fruit in freezer for about ½ hour and they will stay fairly whole when baked.http://www.flahavans.ie/recipes/oaty-blueberry-muffins-with-ginger-and-pear-frosting-/247
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4, 180°C (350°F). Slice the aubergines lengthwise and mix with 6 of the garlic cloves and 1-2 tablespoons of the oil. Spread out on a baking sheet. Season well. Roast until tender – this will take approximately 20 minutes.
Grill the peppers until well blackened. Cover with a tea towel and leave to cool. Then remove the skins and cut into strips.
Whisk the vinegar with the remaining oil in a large bowl, peel and chop the remaining garlic and add to the bowl. Mix in the aubergines and peppers, scallions and olives. Taste for seasoning. Tear up the salad leaves, arrange on a large platter, top with aubergine mixture and sprinkle with cheese.
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