Nigel Slater's Christmas ginger biscuits Nigel Slater's recipe Ingredients 70g/2½oz butter 80g/2¾oz light muscovado sugar 2 heaped tsp black treacle or molasses 8 cardamon pods 250g/9oz plain flour ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground ginger 1 free-range egg, yolk only around 2 tbsp milk 1 tbsp icing sugar 1 lemon, juice only Preparation method Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Lightly butter a baking tray. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the black treacle or molasses. Break the cardamom pods open and crush the seeds finely. Add them to the mixture with the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ginger and egg yolk. Beat in a couple of tablespoons of milk and then bring it all together to form a dough. Roll the dough out on a floured surface to a £1 coin thickness. Cut into your desired shapes. Lay the biscuits on the buttered baking tray and bake for 12-14 mi...
From Jamie Oliver Fish in a bag Serves 1 Ingredients 1 free-range egg, beaten 100 g waxy potatoes ½ bulb fennel, trimmed and cut into wedges, frond reserved ½ lemon, finely sliced 5 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 drizzle olive oil 1 handful pitted black olives, halved 120 g firm fish fillet, such as haddock, halibut or salmon, from sustainables sources, ask your fishmonger, skinned and pinboned sea salt freshly ground black pepper 1 splash white wine Method Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Make a bag out of wide foil by tearing off a piece 35 x 45cm in size and folding it double. Fold three sides up, sealing it by brushing a little beaten egg onto the edges before you fold. Leave one side open. Cut the potatoes into quarters (large potatoes into eighths). Drop them into the boiling salted water and cook for 6 minutes. Meanwhile, place the fennel, lemon slices, cherry tomatoes, oil, olives and fish in a large bowl. Season and gently combine. Drain the potatoe...
Jamie Oliver recipe To serve 2: 10g/a small handful of dried porcini mushrooms olive oil 2 chicken thighs, boned, skinned and cut into bite-sized pieces sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 clove garlic, peeled and finely sliced 200g/handful of mixed fresh mushrooms, cleaned and torn 150ml white wine 225g dried spaghetti 250ml double cream 100g Parmesan cheese, grated a sprig of fresh basil, leaves picked Instructions: Preheat oven to 200ºC/400ºF/gas 6. Put porcini mushrooms in bowl and pour over just enough boiling water to cover, soak for a few minutes. Heat a big saucepan, add olive oil. Season chicken and brown gently. Strain porcini, reserving the soaking water, and add to pan with garlic and fresh mushrooms. Add the wine, with the strained porcini soaking water, and turn heat down. Simmer gently until chicken is cooked through and wine has reduced a little. Meanwhile, cook spaghetti. Add the cream to the pan of chicken , then bring to boil and turn the heat off...
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