Ingredients: 15g/1/2oz dried porcini mushrooms2 tablespoons olive oil100g/4oz shallots, sliced175g/6oz chestnut mushrooms350g/12oz beef fillet, cut into5mm/1⁄4in slices)1⁄2 teaspoon Dijon mustard75ml/3fl oz double creamsalt and freshly ground black pepper Serves: • Put the porcini mushrooms in a bowl, cover with hot water and leave tosoak for 20 minutes. Drain, reserving the soaking liquid, and chop theporcini. …
Ingredients: 200g/7oz puff pastry275g/10oz Camembert or Brie1 egg, beatenfreshly ground black pepper Serves: • Preheat the oven to 230°C/450°F/Gas mark 8.• Roll out half of the pastry into a 20cm/8in round. Put the cheese in thecentre, and sprinkle with black pepper.• Roll out the remaining dough, cover the cheese and seal the edges tomake a …
Ingredients: 250ml/8fl oz milk250g/9oz plain flour75g/3oz butter250g/9oz Cheddar cheese,grated1 teaspoon cayenne pepper3 eggs, beatensaltvegetable oil for deep-frying Serves : • Warm the milk in a large heavysaucepan over a medium heat,stirring constantly while graduallyadding the flour.• Add the butter and, once themixture has thickened, remove fromthe heat and mix in the cheese.• Add salt to …
Ingredients: 900g/2lb raw prawns100g/4oz celery, finelychopped450g/1lb canned pineapplechunks, drained75g/3oz raisins125ml/4fl oz mayonnaise2 teaspoons curry powder4 pitta breads4 leaves of lettuce Serves : • Bring a saucepan of water to theboil, add the prawns and cook for3–5 minutes until the prawns turnpink. Drain and rinse with coldwater. Peel and devein the prawns.• In a bowl, combine …
Ingredients: 1 roast chicken carcass withmeat left on225g/8oz chicken wings1 onion, diced1 leek, diced1 parsnip, diced6 whole black peppercorns Serves : • Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas mark 2. Put in a large heavysaucepan with the chicken wings.• Add the onion, leek and parsnip,and bring to the boil. While thewater is heating, add the wholepeppercorns.• …