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Chipolata sausage cassoulet & garlic bread {recipe}

Sat, 08 Nov 2014 20:30:22 +0000

I am always trying new recipes that give old ideas and ingredients new life. If you have the same old meals on the menu every week you become bored so it’s always nice to have something exciting and different. When you hear the ingredient sausages you instantly think of bangers and mash or a sausage sizzle and while these are delicious comfort foods, this chipolata sausage cassoulet recipe with parmesan cheese garlic bread is to die for!

Chipolata Sausage Cassoulet recipe

Ingredients

500g chipolata sausages (can be pork, beef, lamb)
4x bacon rashers, sliced
1x brown onion, sliced
1x tbs crushed garlic
1x tsp finely chopped parsley and/or rosemary
1x 400g can cannelloni beans
1x 400g can diced tomatoes

Instructions

1. Halve sausages on diagonal. Brown them in pan.
2. Add sliced onion, garlic, herbs. Mix through and fry until sausages are almost cooked through.
3. Add cannelloni beans, tin tomatoes and 1/4 cup of water. Mix through salt, pepper and 1 tsp of sugar. *Sugar stops tomato going bitter during the cooking process.
4. Reduce liquid on simmer heat.

Parmesan cheese garlic bread

Ingredients:

Ciabatta loaf, sliced
Butter
Garlic, crushed
Parmesan cheese, shaved
Parsley, finely chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Mix butter, garlic and parsley together.
3. Brush one side of ciabatta bread slice with butter mix and top with parmesan cheese.
4. Put in oven until cheese is browned and crunchy.

ENJOY!

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What is your favourite sausage meal? Do you enjoy sausage stews like this one?

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Lemon Cake {Recipe}

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Looking for something citrus, sweet and delicious? Do you have an abundance of extra lemons or even just 2? Well the lemon cake recipe below is a must try and you will make it over and over because it is so tasty, flavoursome and moreish. In case being mouth-watering isn’t a good enough reason for you, they are also incredibly easy to make.

Lemon Cake Recipe

Serves 8

Ingredients

125g butter, softened

1 cup castor sugar

1.5 lemons, rind finely grated, juiced

2 eggs

1.5 cups Self Raising Flour, sifted

¼ cup milk

¼ cup lemon juice

ICING– 1 cup icing sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice
(If more liquid is needed add a tad more)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees (160 fan forced)

2. Cream butter, castor sugar and lemon rind with an electric beater until light and fluffy.

3. Add each egg one at a time; beating well after each to mix in well.

4. Add half the flour and the milk to the egg mix and combine. Fold in the remaining flour and ¼ cup lemon juice.

5. Spoon mixture into greased loaf pan, mini loafs, muffin trays, etc.

6. Bake for 20-25 mins or until skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of cakes.

7. Turn out onto cooling rack after 5 minutes.

8. To prepare icing mix the icing sugar with lemon juice.

9. Spoon onto the lemon cake/loaf while still warm.

10. Add some extra thinly grated rind on top of icing for decoration.

Once you have tried my lemon cake recipe I’d love for you to pop back and let me know what you thought.

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The BEST bacon, chicken and mushroom pie EVER!

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:24:00 +0000

Today I thought I’d share with you all an absolute favourite recipe (even the fuss pot kids LOVE it)
This is not only delicious but it is also extremely quick and thrifty to make as you can change up the ingredients to suit what you have in the fridge.

This is also good if the kids want to help with the pastry – let them cut out shapes and put them on top (as seen in pic below). My boys love helping with dinner (sometimes I don’t love it as much as them – they make it a lot messier and time consuming) however it makes it worth it when they see the finished product and know they helped, the big smiles and the fact they will actually eat it makes a huge difference!

Bacon, Chicken and Mushroom Pie Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of small cooked (diced) chicken

4 bacon rashors

1 1/2 (sliced) mushrooms

1 onion (diced)

2 tbs butter

1 1/2 tsp minced garlic

1 tbs plain flour

3/4 cup milk

1/4 cup cream

1/2 tsp mixed herbs

Pinch nutmeg (tastes fine without it)

2 tbs oil

Puff pastry

1 egg

METHOD

1. Cook chicken and then set aside in mixing bowl.

2. Melt half of the butter in fry pan and add onion, bacon and mushroom. Cook until soft then add to bowl with chicken. Add herbs and mix through.

3. Add remaining butter to empty frypan and melt. Add flour (stirring until it combines) then slowly stir in milk and cream over low heat until it thickens.

4. Add sauce to the chicken mix and combine. Let cool.

5. Preheat oven to 180°C.

6. Cut pastry to make large pie or individual pies (stab pastry with fork a few times, so it doesn’t go soggy)

7. Fill with chicken mix and cover with pastry.

8. Brush with lightly beaten egg and bake until pastry turns golden brown.

Let me know what you think of this simple and hunger busting chicken and mushroom pie recipe.

DEFINITELY WORTH GIVING A GO!

If there are any other recipes you would like to know, let me know and I’ll have a hunt through my tried and tested favourites. I have everything from restaurant quality to family meals in entrees, mains, desserts, snacks, etc.

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