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Chicken and Bacon Salad with Gherkins

Chicken and Bacon Salad with Gherkins

We roasted a whole Chicken on Saturday. We  never manage to eat a whole Chicken in one sitting between the two of us, so we had the best part of half of the meat in the fridge. It really was too warm last night for another cooked meal so we opted for a quick Chicken and Bacon salad which only needed the Bacon grilling and a Potato boiling.

Ingredients:-

Cooked Chicken, stripped and cubed
4 Rashers of Bacon, grilled and cut into strips
2 Spring Onion, sliced
2 Gherkins, finely chopped
Black Pepper
Mayonnaise
1 Large Potato. Boiled, cooled and cubed
A squeeze of Lime juice

Method:-

(1) Reserve the green tops from the Spring Onions and a little of the chopped Bacon.
(2) Mix everything else in a large bowl.
(3) Serve over a fresh green salad.
(4) Dress with the remaining Spring Onion and Bacon.

We still had a little left over, but that was doomed to become my breakfast!

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Hazelnut Pesto

It’s very early for Hazel Nuts this year. But what falls gets eaten here!

Ingredients:-

Hazel Nuts
Olive or Rice Husk Oil
Fresh Basil
White Wine Vinegar
Salt

Method:-

(1) Put the nuts in the oven at 200C and roast for 10 minutes. This stops the Pesto going moldy.
(2) Allow to cool and then batter with a rolling pin the get the nuts out of the shells. Do not hit your thumb, it hurts!
(3) In a blender add all the ingredients and wuzz until it’s reasonably fine grained.

I like Pesto with a bit of bite so I didn’t wuzz it up as much as some folk might like.

Gluten free stuffing balls recipe

Sometimes it’s the little things Sue misses, or missed. But creative cooking is always good!

Ingredients:-

Home cooked Gluten free Bread, grated
1 Onion, finely sliced
Salt and Pepper
1 Egg, beaten
Dried Sage and Basil
Oil and Butter (Margarine)

Method:-

(1) Sweat the Onions down with a little oil and butter.
(2) Add the dried Sage and a little of Salt,Pepper and dried Basil.
(3) Grate the Gluten Free Bread.
(4) Add a beaten Egg and mix well.
(5) Form into balls and pop in the oven with your roast for the last 15 minutes in a greased tray on the bottom shelf.

Offally Versatility (No Waffles here folks!) and Sag Aloe

Both Liver and Kidney in one dish? Oh why not!

Ingredients:-

Liver and Kidney
Flour ( Gluten free in our case)
Salt, Pepper, Onion Salt and Garlic Salt – To season the Flour
White Wine Vinegar
Tomato Puree
Chilli Flakes
Reserved Chicken Stock
Peas
Salt and Pepper
Tomato Sauce
Oil

Method:-

(1) Cube and coat the Liver & Kidney in Seasoned flour.
(2) Sear on all sides in a bit of oil.
(3) Set the Offal aside and drain the juices into a pan.
(4) To the juices add White Wine Vinegar, Tomato Puree, Chilli Flakes, Pepper, Chicken stock and Tomato Sauce.
(5) Simmer to reduce.
(6) Add Liver and Kidney and Peas to the sauce.

We served ours with Sag Aloe. A very quite an tasty “End of the month” dish.

 

Pork with Apple & Clementine sauce

We’ve quite a bit of seasonal fruit at the moment. Pork and Apple is a traditional partnership. Add the juice of a Clementine and you’ve something very tasty for very little cost.

Ingredients:-

Tomato Puree
Tomato Ketchup
Juice of a Clementine
1 Apple
Chilli flakes
1 Onion
1 clove of Garlic, minced
Cider Vinegar
Garlic Salt & Onion Salt
1tsp of Cornflour
Salt & Pepper
Oil

Method:-

(1) Season the Pork chops with Salt, Pepper, Garlic Salt and Onion Salt.
(2) Sear on a high heat on both sides in a little oil.
(3) Chop the Onion into chunks and thickly slice the Apple. Lay them on the bottom of an oven proof dish.
(4) Add the remaining ingredients to a saucepan and and simmer to reduce.
(5) Lay the seared Pork over the Onion and Apple and pour the sauce over the top.
(6) Cover with foil and cook in the over at 180C for 15 minutes.
(7) Mix the Cornflour in a little water and drain the sauce back into the saucepan then add the Cornflour.
(8) Place the chops until the grill on a low heat to keep warm.
(9) Bring the sauce back to a simmer and stir until it has thickened.

We served ours on a bed of Rice with deep fried Cabbage sprinkled over the top. A few season Potato wedges made this a tasty and satisfying meat.

 

Universal Soldier – Gluten free Yorkshire Pudding batter

 

We had Toad In The Hole with Mashed Potatoes and a veg stir fry last night. Only because the Sausages were on offer at £0.42 for 4!!!! Well actually it is one of our favourite Go-To recipes and it seems I’ve neglected to put the latest batter mix on the site. Things are always evolving here…..

Ingredients:-

2 eggs
80ml Milk
50G Corn Flour
10g Tapioca Flour
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Mix everything and whisk the living daylights out of it. Then whisk it a bit more!
(2) Add oil to a square deep sided tray and pop it in the oven at 225c
(3) Turn down the heat to 225C after 5 minutes.
(4) Quickly pour the batter mix into the tray and cook at 225C until risen and golden brown.
(5) If you are making Toad in the Hole it’s best to pre-cook your sausages and add them to the tray cooked but still hot

 

 

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