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Merthyr Pie recipe, eat well on universal credit

Another in our Welsh Recipes series. This was a real Winter Warmer of a dish. It’s not easy to scale this recipe down - So realistically I’d say this will feed 4 to 6 people.

Ingredients:-

500g of Beef Shin (It’s on on the least expensive cuts, but cooked low and slow it tastes really good)
2 Carrots, halved
1 Onion, quartered
2 Sticks of Celery, halved
1 Bulb of Garlic, halved (Remove the papery outer parts)
2 Bay Leaves
2 Sprigs of fresh Thyme
3 Tbsp of Beef Dripping / Lard
9 Generous Sliced of Bread (Gluten free for us from the Bread Machine)
3 Tbsp of Dijon Mustard
150g of Cheddar Cheese, Grated (We used Lactose Free)
Salt & Pepper to season
Enough water to cover the Meat.

Method:-

(1) Heat the oven to 140c.
(2) Place the Shin in a covered casserole dish along with the Vegetables and add sufficient water to cover ¾ of the contents.
(3) Snugly fit a piece of baking paper over the Beef and replace the lid.
(4) Cook in the oven for 5 hours or until the Beef begins to fall apart.
(5) Remove the Beef and Vegetables and set aside.
(6) Remove the stock to a pan and simmer to reduce by 1/3.
(7) Heat the dripping in a frying pan and fry the Bread on both sides until golden brown.
(8) Spread Mustard on one side of the Fried Bread and chop the Vegetables.
(9) Squeeze the Garlic out of the skins.
(10) Increase the oven temperature to 180c.
(11) Place a layer for Fried Bread in the bottom of a dish, sprinkle with Cheese and then add half of the Beef, chopped Vegetables and Garlic.
(12) Season with Salt & Pepper.
(13) Repeat the process and then top with a layer of Bread sprinkled with Cheese.
(14) Pour over the reserved Stock.
(15) Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until the Cheese is bubbling.

You really don’t need anything else with this. It is a meal in it’s own right! It might not be too pretty but it was really tasty.

 

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Sesame Prawn Toast - gluten and milk free - eat well on universal credit

Gluten free bread is more like chemistry than baking to get it right. Gluten and Daily free Bread feels like you’ve actually lost the plot and are messing with the Occult / Alchemy.

But it worked. We’ll need to adjust the recipe slightly for our taste. More Salt and slightly less Honey next time. But the slightly sweet overall taste worked really well for Prawn Toast. Certainly the best version we’ve ever eating at home or in a restaurant.

Prawn Toast.

Ingredients:-

150g of Raw Prawns
1 Tsp of Ginger, grated
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Egg White
2 Spring Onions, chopped
1 Tsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
¼ Tsp of ground White Pepper
¼ Tsp of Salt
3 Slices of Gluten free White Bread, cut into triangles (Gluten free for us – See recipe below)
6 Tbsp of Sesame Seeds
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Add the Prawns, Ginger, Garlic, Egg White, Spring Onions, Soy Sauce, Salt, white Pepper together and blitz to a smooth paste.
(2) Spread the paste generously on one side of the Bread.
(3) Dip each triangle of bread in the Sesame Seeds, paste side down.
(4) Heart Oil and fry paste side up for 1 to 2 minutes.
(5) Flip over and fry until the paste is golden brown.
(6) Drain of kitchen paper.

The flavour enhances as they cook, so these are probably best served at room temperature as a side. They were really good. Certainly a recipe we will repeat next time we do an Asian dish.

For the Gluten free / Milk free Bread:-

Ingredients:-

335Ml of Almond Milk, unsweetened
35g of Dairy free Margarine
2 Eggs, beaten
1 Tsp of Apple Cider Vinegar
400g of Plain Flour (Gluten free here)
120ml of liquid Honey
1 Tsp of Salt
1 ½ Tsp of Xanthan Gum
1 ¾ Tsp of Instant Yeast


Method:-

(1) Add all the wet ingredients to your Bread machine.
(2) Add all the dry ingredients excluding the Yeast.
(3) Make a small well in the top and add the Yeast.
(4) Bake on the Gluten free setting (It’s No.9 on our machine)
(5) Remove and allow to cool on a wire rack.

 

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