Delighted to see our friends @gleniskinsta back @flahavans

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We’re so delighted to see our good friends at @gleniskinsta back up and running, producing their amazing organic yoghurts, and to celebrate here’s a throwback to a recipe we created together back in the summer of 2020. This Cranberry & Pecan Porridge bread recipe is t-oatally worth the effort, so stock up on your oats and yoghurt and get creative in the kitchen! Make sure to tag us and @gleniskinsta if you give it a go! #FlahavansOats #FriendsOfFlahavans #IrishBrands

Serves 8|Takes 65 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

360g of Flahavan’s Organic Oats
500g of Glenisk Organic Natural Yogurt
60g of Pecans (reserve a few to decorate the top)
50g of Dried Cranberries
60g of Honey
1 Egg
2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
4 tbsp of Milk
Pinch of Salt

METHOD:

Place the dried cranberries into a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and set aside for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180°c. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper.
Add the yogurt, egg, milk and bicarbonate soda to a large mixing bowl and set aside for 5 minutes.
Drain the cranberries and add them to the bowl of yogurt etc. along with the oats, pecans, honey and salt. Mix all the ingredients together well.
Transfer the mixture to the prepared loaf tin. Place a couple of reserved pecans on top for decoration and cook for 45 minutes until golden (ovens may vary so do check before end of cooking with a skewer or toothpick to see if comes out clean – if it does it’s cooked).
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack. Slice and serve with a topping of your choice15m

Neven’s Irish Seafood Trails in Cork tonight @BordBia

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On fifth episode of Neven’s Irish Seafood Trails airing tonight, @nevenmaguire visits Cork restaurants @goldierestaurant, @gooddaydeli and @trawlerboyzballycotton to discuss all things seafood!

He also meets with @kinsalemeadco to learn about the process of making mead, the world’s oldest alcohol.

Tune in to @rteone to find out what seafood Cork has to offer! If you feel inspired, why not visit the Bord Bia website for lots of delicious recipe inspiration 🐠

#linkinbio #irishseafood #seafoodrecipes #fishreceipes

Nigella’s Spaghetti Carbonara

by Nigella. Featured in HOW TO EAT

Photo by Jonathan Lovekin

Introduction

This is my favourite – along with all my other favourites. I love the buttery, eggy creaminess of the sauce, saltily-spiked with hot-cubed bacon: it’s comforting, but not in a sofa-bound kind of way. It feels like proper dinner, only it takes hardly any time to cook. This is my most regular dinner for two: I keep, at all times, the wherewithal to make it in the house.

For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.

Ingredients

Serves: 1-2 Metric Cups

  • 200 grams spaghetti
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 100 grams guanciale or pancetta in one piece
  • 4 x 15ml tablespoons dry white vermouth or wine
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 whole egg
  • 4 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese
  • a grind of black pepper
  • a grating of fresh nutmeg
  • approx. 20 grams unsalted butter

Method

  1. Put water on for the pasta and when it’s boiling add a decent amount of salt and then, when it’s boiling again, the spaghetti. Italians say the water pasta cooks in should be as salty as the Mediterranean.
  2. Cut the rind off the pancetta (or guanciale if you’ve been able to get it) and put the rind in the pan with the oil on medium to high while you dice the rest of the pancetta. Then add it and fry for about 5 minutes, maybe more, until it is beginning to crisp. Remove the rind (I like to eat it, but you may not feel the same way.) Throw in the vermouth and let it bubble away for about 3 minutes until you have about 2 teaspoons or so of syrupy wine-infused bacon fat. Remove from the heat.
  3. For the egg mixture, simply beat the yolk, the whole egg, the cheese, the pepper and the nutmeg (the pancetta and the cheese should provide enough salt) together with a fork. When the pasta’s ready, quickly put the bacon pan back on the heat, adding the butter as you do so. Remove a cupful of pasta-cooking water and then drain the spaghetti and tip it into the pancetta pan. Mix it well together, then turn off the heat (take the pan away from the hob if your stove’s electric).
  4. Pour the egg mixture over the bacony pasta and quickly and thoroughly turn the pasta so that it’s all covered in the sauce. Whatever you do, don’t turn the heat back on or you’ll have scrambled eggs; in time, the hot pasta along with the residual heat of the pan will set the eggs to form a thickly creamy sauce that binds and clings lightly to each strand of pasta. Add a tablespoon or so, going gently, of the pasta cooking water as you toss it all together. This will help make the sauce creamier.

This makes two platefuls: it’s up to you whether you conclude this is enough for one or two of you.

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/spaghetti-carbonara

Flahavan’s Mushroom Risotto Porridge with sautéed baby spinach and fried wild mushrooms

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Did you know that oats are so versatile and that they can be used to create delicious breakfasts as well as flavourful dinners? This month, why not challenge yourself to create one savoury oat-based recipe like our Mushroom Oatsotto Porridge?
Follow our recipe below and let us know how you get on!

Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Difficulty Level: Medium

You’ll need:
• 1 L vegetable stock
• 115g unsalted butter
• 1 banana shallot, peeled and finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 175g portobello mushrooms, roughly chopped
• 175g chestnut mushrooms, roughly chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 tsp chopped fresh thyme leaves
• 100ml white wine
• 100g Flahavan’s Organic Porridge Oats
• 50g Flahavan’s Organic Jumbo Oats (plus a handful toasted for garnish)
• 100g Parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
• sautéed baby spinach and fried wild mushrooms, for garnish

Method:
1. In a medium saucepan, heat the vegetable stock over medium heat until simmering, then reduce heat to low and keep covered.
2. Meanwhile, melt 100g of the butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat before adding the shallot and salt. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Meanwhile, pre-heat the oven to 180ºC.
3. Add all the mushrooms, garlic and thyme and cook (stirring frequently) until mushrooms are deeply browned, stirring frequently. Add the wine and cook for 1 minute.
4. Reduce heat to medium and add the Flahavan’s Organic Jumbo and Organic Porridge Oats then cook for a minute while stirring. Add 2 ladles of hot stock and cook, stirring until oats have absorbed almost all of the liquid. Continue adding stock, 1 ladle at a time, and stirring until absorbed (approx. 20 minutes)
5. While this is cooking toast the extra handful of jumbo oats in the oven for approx. 10 mins until golden then set aside.
6. If needed, add some water to the risotto until all oats are tender. Once tender, turn off the heat.
7. To finish, stir in the 100g parmesan cheese and the remaining butter. Serve in warm bowls and top with the parsley, toasted oats and extra Parmesan if desired.
#OatsForDinner
#Versatility

Chai rice pudding with roasted rhubarb by Lily Higgins @NDC

Chai-Rice-Pudding

Yields. 1 Serving
Ingredients checklist
 500 g rhubarb, chopped into 3” pieces
 120 g sugar
 1 orange, thickly sliced
 100 g toasted flaked almonds or pistachio nuts
 75 g pudding rice
 375 ml milk
 2 chai tea bags
 2 tbsp sugar
Instructions

 

1Preheat the oven to 180C.

2 Place the rhubarb into an oven proof dish. Pour over the sugar. Place the orange slices on top. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with the orange blossom water and leave to cool.

3. Place the rice, milk, chai tea bags and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to the boil on the hob. Turn down to simmer slowly for 30 – 40 minutes, only leave the tea bags in the milk for ten minutes before removing.

4. Stir occasionally to ensure it doesn’t catch on the bottom. Spoon the rice pudding into bowls, top with some rhubarb and scatter with toasted almonds. Serve right away.

 

https://ndc.ie/recipe/chai-rice-pudding-with-roast-rhubarb/