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Elaine's recipes: September 2008
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008. Leek and Potato Soup. I had been planning on making some tomato soup after I found 2 tins of tomatoes lurking at the back of the cupboard, but when I got my organic veg box delivery yesterday I found it contained 4 leeks, so reckoned it was better to make leek and potato soup just now and the tomato soup can wait. Leek and Potato Soup. 4 small or 2 large leeks. 3/4 lb (350g) potatoes. 1 large or 2 smaller onions. 2 small garlic cloves, sliced. 1 oz (30g) butter. Add the milk...
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Elaine's recipes: Syllabub
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Monday, 29 December 2008. This recipe used to be a favourite of mine for inflicting on guests. It is posted again todayin response to a fervent request. 8 Tbsp white wine. 3 oz castor sugar. 4 - 6 egg yolks. 1/2 pt double cream. Grate lemon rind and put with juice and wine in a bowl and leave overnight. Whisk cream until stiff, add sugar and rewhisk. Add strained liquid and rewhisk until stiff again. Yum yum yum yum! 13 January 2009 at 11:49. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Slice of Chery Pie.
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Elaine's recipes: French Onion Soup
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Wednesday, 11 February 2009. I found yesterday, when clearing the vegetable drawer in the refrigerator, that I had an excess of onions (also potatoes, but that is for another post), so I decided to make French Onion Soup. After cutting off the tops and bottoms and skinning the onions I found I had almost a 1 lb, so I made the soup like this:. 1 lb onions, thinly sliced. 1 oz butter (I use organic). 1 level Tbsp flour. 100 ml dry white wine*. 1 litre beef stock *. I know I should stick to lbs and ozs.
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Elaine's recipes: August 2008
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Saturday, 30 August 2008. Long grain rice measured up to the 8 fl oz mark in a measuring jug. 16 fl ozs boiling liquid (see method). 1 ½ lb smoked fish fillets (haddock, cod or mackerel). 1 tsp Madras curry powder. 3 hard-boiled eggs chopped. 3 heaped Tbsps chopped fresh parsley. 1 Tbsp lemon juice. Place the fish in a saucepan and cover with 1 pint cold water. Bring to the boil, put on a lid and simmer gently for about 8 minutes. Then drain off the water into a measuring jug. I used Basmati rice. I used...
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Elaine's recipes: Beef Casserole.
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Monday, 1 December 2008. Yesterday I took a pack of organic stewing beef which I had removed from the freezer the day before. So I made it into a casserole using what I had in the fridge. First I cut each piece in two to make 1 inch cubes, then I put them into an empty freezer bag into which I had placed 2 Tbsps flour, tied the bag closed and tossed them around until all the pieces were thoroughly coated with flour. At this point I stirred in some defrosted mushrooms. D's version was a disaster!
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Elaine's recipes: Pak Choi Soup
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Saturday, 28 February 2009. Okay, me neither! The vegetable box this week brought a brown bag of pak. I think they like to challenge me! Stir fry seems to be the most common use, although the leaves can be used instead of lettuce. The leaves looked beautiful, lovely fresh green parts and creeamy. So, soup it was. I had 2 medium and 3 small onions in the fridge and 1 large potato. I sliced the potato until it looked llike. Chips, then chopped the chips to even squares. I then chopped the onions.
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Elaine's recipes: Cucumber and Mint Raita
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Friday, 3 April 2009. Cucumber and Mint Raita. Yesterday I had a delicious curry and, with a little help from TBSITW. Came up with this recipe:. 250 ml/8 fl oz natural yogurt. Large handful mint leaves, chopped. Clove of garlic, finely chopped. Grate some of the cucumber skin, remove the rest and discard. Cut the flesh from the seeds and discard the seeds. (This removes a lot of the water.) Chop the flesh and dry a bit between. This is so easy I wonder why I always bought raita. A Slice of Chery Pie.
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Elaine's recipes: April 2009
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Sunday, 5 April 2009. Today I made mushroom soup from a recipe of Lindsey Bareham. In "A Celebration of Soup". It is the best book on soups ever. The only other good mushroom. Soup I made was when I was offered, I don't. Know how many mushrooms , but it was most of a g. Sized basket. I just made this soup by melting some butter and chopping up all those mushrooms, sauteing. Them with some onions then adding chicken stock and bringing it to the boil before simmering them for about an hour.
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Elaine's recipes: May 2008
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Saturday, 31 May 2008. Pea Shoots and Smoked Pancetta Soup. I shamelessly acknowledge that I got the inspiration for this from The Frolicking Foodie. Until I read that post I had never heard of pea shoots, so when I saw them in Marks and Spencer yesterday I had to buy them to make the soup. I have made a few changes (as you do! Such as using lovely Italian Pancetta. Instead of bacon and using a chicken stock as I had some, and didn. 2 Tbsp olive oil. 4 shallots, diced. 1 medium potato, diced. I said it w...
