Organic Salad with Roasted Vegetables, Salad Leaves and Cheese
This makes a perfect lunch with some crusty bread.
Serves 4
Preparation time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- 1-2 aubergines
- 8 unpeeled garlic cloves
- 3 tablesp.olive oil
- 2 red peppers, halved and deseeded
- 2 tablesp. balsamic vinegar
- 4 scallions, finely sliced
- 8-10 black olives
- Salt and black pepper
- Salad leaves, generous handful per person
- 200g cheese
To Cook
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.
Serving Suggestions
Serve with crusty bread.
Colcannon Cakes with Poached Eggs and Hollandaise Sauce
This dish would also be delicious served with a slice of baked ham or bacon if you have any leftover. Alternatively, chop up the ham or bacon and add to the colcannon mixture before shaping into patties.
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 450g potatoes, peeled
- 40g butter
- 3 scallions, finely chopped
- A little salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 50g Savoy cabbage, shredded
- A little plain flour, for dusting
- Olive oil, for frying
- 1 tablesp. white wine vinegar
- 4 large eggs
For the Hollandaise Sauce
- 2 teasp. white wine or tarragon vinegar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 100g unsalted butter
To Cook
Cook the potatoes in a covered pan of boiling salted water for 15-20 minutes until tender.
Meanwhile, heat a knob of the butter and one tablespoon of water in a heavy-based pan with a lid, over a high heat. When the butter has melted and formed an emulsion, add the scallions and cabbage with a pinch of salt. Cover, shake vigorously and cook over a high heat for 1 minute. Shake the pan again and cook for another minute, then season with pepper.
Drain the potatoes and mash until smooth, then beat in the remaining butter. Fold in the cabbage mixture. Shape the mixture into four balls, dust with flour and press into neat patties.
Heat a thin film of olive oil in a heavy-based frying pan and add the patties, then cook for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown.
To make the poached eggs, bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add the vinegar and season with salt and keep at a very gentle simmer. Break the eggs into the water and simmer for 3-4 minutes until just cooked but still soft on the inside. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain well on kitchen paper, trimming away any ragged edges.
To make the hollandaise sauce, place the vinegar and egg yolks in a food processor with a pinch of salt. Blend until just combined.
Gently heat the butter in a heavy-based pan until melted and just beginning to foam. Turn on the food processor and with the motor running at medium speed; pour in the melted butter in a thin, steady stream through the feeder tube. Continue to blitz for another 5 seconds and pour back into the pan but do not return to the heat. Allow the heat from the pan to finish thickening the sauce as you stir it gently for another minute before serving. Season to taste with salt.
Serving Suggestions
To serve, place a colcannon cake on each warmed plate and place a poached egg on top of each one. Spoon over the hollandaise sauce and add a grinding of black pepper.
Nutritional Analysis per Serving
Protein: 13g
Carbohydrates: 23g
Fat: 46g
Iron: 2.5mg
Energy: 555kcal
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.
Kerrygold Choc Chip Cookies
Sprouts with dried cranberries, pine nuts, and the left over bacon from the roast turkey. I’m from Cavan – waste nothing! @nevenmaguire
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Grilled Mackerel with a potato salad @bordbia #foodaware
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bordbia- Grilled mackerel is always a good idea! Especially when paired with a warm and hearty potato salad 🙌
Ingredients:
4 mackerel, butterflied, or 8 fillets, trimmed and pin-boned
600g baby potatoes
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
3 scallions, finely sliced
4 tbsp. olive oil
1 heaped tsp. whole grain mustard
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 level tbsp. fresh chives
Zest of 1 lemon
To serve: Steamed summer vegetables
Method:
To cook the potatoes:
✅ Place the potatoes in a saucepan with enough boiling water to just cover them and simmer for about 10-15 minutes until tender. When the potatoes are cooked, drain them in a colander and then cut them into 2cm cubes.
✅ Transfer them to a serving bowl and keep them warm.
To make the dressing:
✅ Combine the oil, mustard, garlic, lemon juice, zest and chives. Taste and season.
✅ Stir about 2/3 of the dressing through the potatoes along with the scallions. Reserve the rest of the dressing to drizzle over the cooked mackerel.
✅ Preheat the grill to high.
To cook the mackerel:
✅ Line a grill pan or baking tray with lightly oiled tin foil then lay the fish skin side down.
✅ Spread the mustard over the mackerel. Season with salt and pepper.
✅ Place under a hot grill and cook for approximately 6 minutes.
To serve:
✅ Serve the mackerel with the warm potato salad, summer vegetables and lemon wedges. Drizzle over the remaining dressing.
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Neven Maguire’s Mediterranean monkfish and potato stew with an almond crumb @rtefood
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Neven Maguire’s Mediterranean monkfish and potato stew with an almond crumb, Nom, Nom. Check out the recipe here: https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/recipes/2017/0301/856327-nevens/ …, via @rtefood.
Chrissy Teigen’s Roasted Butternut Squash & Pomegranate with Garlicky Honey-Dijon Dressing
Serves 4 – 6
Ingredients, Squash
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 cups ½-inch cubes peeled butternut squash (1½ pounds; from a 2¼-pound whole squash, if that’s where you’re starting from)
1½ teaspoons kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, to taste
Ingredients, Dressing
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
1 tablespoon honey
1 clove garlic, grated or smashed into a paste
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
Ingredients, Salad
5 cups baby arugula
½ cup pomegranate seeds* (see Tip)
¼ cup pumpkin seeds, lightly toasted
½ small red onion, thinly sliced
½ cup crumbled goat cheese (4 ounces)
Freshly ground black pepper
Method
Roast the squash. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and pour 2 tablespoons of the oil on the lined sheet. Place the oiled sheet in the oven (yep, nothing on it) and heat until very hot but not smoking, about 8 minutes.
In a large bowl, toss the squash with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, the salt, pepper, and cayenne until coated. Using an oven mitt, remove the hot baking sheet from the oven and quickly pour the squash onto the sheet (you should hear some sizzling); take a few extra seconds to make sure the flat sides of the squash are hitting that hot oiled pan. Roast until the undersides are golden, about 15 minutes. Remove the squash from the oven, shake the pan (or flip the squash with tongs if you’re down with OCD, yeah you know me), return to the oven, and roast until the new underside is golden brown,10 to 15 minutes. Let cool to room temp or just warm (so it doesn’t murder the greens when you drop them on).
Make the dressing. In a screw-top jar, shake the vinegar, mustard, honey, garlic, salt, pepper, and oil until it’s creamy. (If it separates, just shake it again.)
Makes the salad. Arrange the arugula on a platter. Top with the roasted squash, pomegranate seeds, and pumpkin seeds. Scatter the onion and goat cheese on top. Drizzle with the dressing to taste and sprinkle with pepper.
*Or finely diced green apple if you can’t find pom seeds.
Based on excerpts from Cravings: Hungry For More by Chrissy Teigen, with the permission of Clarkson Potter, a division of Penguin Random House. Copyright © 2018.
Sprouts with dried cranberries, pine nuts, and the left over bacon from the roast turkey. I’m from Cavan – waste nothing! @nevenmaguire
Sprouts with dried cranberry’s pine nuts and the left over bacon from the roast turkey I’m from Cavan #wastenoting
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