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  • Calling Greenleaves and Cariann

    Sorry for the delay folks but I have had visitors. Here are the recipes I promised.

    Cashew and mushroom nut roast

    1 tblspn oil
    1 small onion finely chopped
    2 cloves garlic crushed
    8 oz fresh cashew nuts ground in a mill
    4oz breadcrumbs
    1 egg
    3 medium parsnips cooked and mashed with a little butter
    1 tspn fresh or half a tspn dried each thyme and rosemary
    1 tspn yeast extract (marmite)
    Quarter pint water or stock hot
    Salt and pepper
    1 oz butter
    8 oz mushrooms chopped and fried

    Heat the oil and fry the onions and garlic until soft
    Mix together the breadcrumbs and ground cashew nuts thyme and rosemary
    Beat the egg and add it with the parsnips to the breadcrumb mix
    Add the cooked onion and garlic and mushrooms
    Dissolve the marmite in the hot water and add it to the mix
    Season well

    Line a 2 lb loaf tin with grease proof paper and press the mixture in. Cover with foil and bake in the oven at 180C or gas 4 for an hour. Let it stand for 10 mins before trying to remove it from the tin. Serve hot with all the usual Christmas trimmings and Mushroom and Sherry sauce or cold with Salad.

    Mushroom and sherry sauce

    Melt 1oz butter in a saucepan
    Add 8 oz mushrooms quarterd and 1 tblspn sherry
    Cook covered for 2-3mins on a high heat uncover and continue to cook until the liquid evaporates and the mushrooms are well browned.
    Reduce the heat and add 4 tspn flour cook for 5-6mins stirring constantly
    Add 1pint of veg stock and stirr to prevent lumps
    Season to taste
    Liquidize until smooth and reheat.

    A lot of faff but well worth it. Can I come for Christmas lunch??

    Sweet pickled Onions

    Peel the onions/shallots and put on a large plate and sprinkle well with salt.
    Leave at least 12hours
    Wipe off all the moisture
    Pack in jars with a sprig of tarragon and a piece of red or green pepper and a teaspoon of whole mixed pickling spice to each jar.
    Boil the vinegar with 6oz sugar to one and a quarter pints of vinegar
    Pour into the jars and cover at once.

    A jam skin under the metal lid will help to stop the lids rusting. Keep until at least Boxing Day before using. I will be round about 1ish for lunch!!
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

  • #2
    Thank you very much

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    • #3
      Another tip is to cut a small slice of the top and bottom of the onions, place in a large bowl and cover with boiling water for 5 mins.
      Then drain and the skins will slip away..
      I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


      ...utterly nutterly
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      • #4
        Thanks , I bet my OH would like the Cashew and mushroom nut roast. I don't like nuts.

        But I will give the sweet pickled onions ago
        Carrie

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        • #5
          I quite like the idea of that cashew roast!
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Nicos View Post
            I quite like the idea of that cashew roast!
            You won't be aware of the nuts it's more like a rich stuffing and yummy!
            Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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            • #7
              Pickling will begin this evening

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