I am excited to take over the café from today. We’ll be opening the doors as usual at 10am but with all the same familiar faces and the usual cosy atmosphere that you’re used to.
I’d like to wish Emma the very best, and a big thank you for the time we’ve worked together & all the laughs we’ve had along the way.
I am looking forward to welcoming our loyal customers and new faces over the coming weeks and months.
Thank you to everyone for all your support and well wish so far. I’m very grateful.
Sharon Hearne Smith’s Sesame Seed Porridge Bread from Today with Maura and Dáithí.
Ingredients
This is an unusual bread recipe, based on porridge oats and yoghurt instead of flour and water. It is quick, easy and virtually foolproof to make.
Use any selection of seeds you prefer instead of sesame seeds, or omit them altogether for a plain bread. Alternatively, add other flavours like nuts and dried fruits or sundried tomatoes and basil or a swirl of pesto would be delicious too. This bread stays quite moist and fresh for a few days stored in an airtight container.
Makes: 1 loaf (about 12 slices)
Sunflower oil for greasing
500g tub natural yoghurt
100ml milk
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp sesame seeds + extra for sprinkling
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 x 500ml yoghurt tubs of porridge oats (or 400g)
butter for serving, optional
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C (fan 180C), 400F, Gas Mark 6. Grease a 1Lb loaf tin (approximately 3 x 5 x 7 inch) with parchment paper and grease again.
Scoop the yoghurt into a large bowl. Add the milk, oil, sesame seeds and bicarbonate of soda and mix until well blended.
Fill a clean and dry yoghurt tub with oats and tip them in. Repeat with a second tub of oats. Alternatively, weigh out 400g of oats on a scales.
Mix everything together until well blended.
Spoon into the prepared tin, spreading the top level. Scatter a small handful of sesame seeds on top.
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean when pierced in the middle.
Remove from the tin and return the loaf to oven, directly on the shelf, for another 5 minutes to dry out the crust.
Remove and leave to cool on a wire rack. Cut into slices and serve spread with a little butter if liked.
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Sausage ‘Nduja Pasta Serves 2-4 Ingredients 1 Pack Simply Better 6 Irish Pork Honey & Mustard Sausages 1 Tbsp. Simply Better Toscano IGP Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Jar Simply Better Italian Tomato & ‘Nduja Pasta Sauce 4 Tbsp. Simply Better Creamy Italian Mascarpone 1 Packet Simply Better Italian Fresh Strascioni Pasta 4 Heaped Tbsp. Simply Better Parmigiano Reggiano PDO Finely Grated Handful Fresh Basil Leaves Simply Better Achill Island Sea Salt & Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Method 1. Heat a skillet pan over a medium to high heat. Using a small sharp knife cut down the length of the sausages to remove from the casings. Add the oil to the pan and then add the sausages and cook for 6-8 minutes, breaking them up with a cooking spoon until sizzling and golden brown. 2. Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water for 4 minutes until ‘al dente’. 3. Stir the tomato & ‘nduja sauce into the sausages and allow to bubble up. Add the mascarpone and season to taste. Drain the pasta, reserving a cup full of the water and fold into the sauce, adding enough of the reserved water to achieve a smooth sauce. Fold in the cooked pasta and divide among bowls, then scatter over the Parmigiano and basil leaves to serve.
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Myrtle Allen had been making this old-fashioned pudding long before she opened the restaurant at Ballymaloe. The recipe first came into her family in the 1930s. It is a really lovely dish and I like to serve it as a lunchtime dessert throughout the year. As the pudding bakes, it separates into two layers: the top is a light lemon sponge, and the bottom is a creamy lemon sauce. I like to serve every spoonful of the pudding with a generous amount of softly whipped cream.
Serves 4
Ingredients
15 g/½ oz (generous 1 tablespoon) soft salted butter
225 g/8 oz (1 cup plus 2 tablespoons) caster (superfine) sugar
3 large eggs
30 g/1 oz (¼ cup) plain flour grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
250 ml/8 fl oz (1 cup) milk
icing (confectioners) sugar, for sprinkling
softly whipped cream, to serve.
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Have a 1.2 litre/2 pint (5 cups) pie dish to hand.
Place the butter in a mixing bowl, cream it with a wooden spoon and gradually add the sugar. It will seem odd trying to cream so much sugar into so little butter and the mixture will have a similar texture to damp sand. Separate the eggs place the whites in a spotlessly clean bowl and set to one side. Mix the egg yolks into the butter and sugar mixture followed by the flour. Blend in the lemon zest and juice followed by the milk.
Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and gently fold them into the wet mixture. Pour into the pie dish and bake for about 40 minutes, or until set. The top of the pudding should be golden. Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve hot from the oven with softly whipped cream.
This recipe is from ‘Ballymaloe Desserts’ a cookbook by JR Ryall, Head Pastry Chef at Ballymaloe House HotelSearch for:
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