Quiche Lorraine

This classic quiche Lorraine recipe courtesy of the brilliant people at BBC Good Food is simple to cook and a delicious hearty meal to make for your family and friends.

We have all had a quiche Lorraine before, but how many times have you actually made one at home yourself? Well this quiche Lorraine recipe couldn’t be easier to make. You can prepare and make this fantastic quiche in under 45 minutes, so why not have a go at this recipe yourself at home!

 

Ingredients:

For the Filling

  • 6 rashers of bacon
  • 5 large eggs
  • 284ml of single cream
  • 150ml of milk
  • 140g gruyere cheese, grated
  • Grated Nutmeg
  • 1 tbsp of olive oil

Instructions:

Step 1-Preheat your oven to 180 degrees/160 degrees for a fan oven/gas mark 4. Add the olive oil to a frying pan as well as the bacon and cook for a minute until it is lightly cooked.

Step 2-In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs, milk and single cream together and then add the cheese, nutmeg and salt and pepper. Add half of the bacon before pouring in to a flan tin. Add the remaining bacon after this.

Step 3-Bake the mixture for 35 to 40 minutes until the filling is set. You will know when this is the case as it will turn a golden brown colour and the filling will rise slightly above the edge of the tin. Allow the quiche to cool before removing it from the tin. Serve this quiche Lorraine with a delicious side salad or green vegetables.

Source: Quiche Lorraine 

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This St Patricks Day, with the weather still a little bit on the chilly side, why not make a good old casserole to warm you up!

BBC Good Food have a fantastic range of recipes in their magazine and on their website, and after spending some considerable time looking for our favourite St Patricks day food, this Irish lamb stew was the only winner in our eyes! This slow cooked Irish stew is full of hearty ingredients including potatoes, carrots, leek and lamb. As far as Irish recipes go, we think this is a pretty good one, so thank you to the brilliant people at BBC Good Food!

 

Ingredients:

  • 200g smoked bacon cut in to chunks
  • 900g of stewing lamb cut in to large chunks
  • 1 tbsp of sunflower oil
  • 3 onions, sliced
  • 5 carrots cut in to large chunks
  • 6 medium sized potatoes cut in to chunks
  • 700ml of lamb stock
  • 1 leek cut in to chunks
  • 85g of pearl barley
  • 3 bay leaves
  • One small knob of butter

Instructions:

Step 1- If you need to preheat your slow cooker, do that before you start preparing the food. Start by adding the sunflower oil to a frying pan, and cook the bacon until it is crispy. Once it is crispy, add to the slow cooker, before adding the chunks of lamb to the frying pan. Brown the lamb before adding that to the slow cooker as well, along with the onions, carrots, potatoes, thyme, lamb stock, bay leaves and water. The water should cover the lamb. Allow this to cook for 7 hours.

Step 2-After 7 hours, add in the leek and the pearl barley and turn to slow cooker up to high. Cooker the stew for a further one hour until the pearl barley starts to tenderise.

Step 3-Stir in the butter and season to taste. That’s it, serve this delicious slow cooker Irish stew straight in to a dish. If you want to serve something on the side, why not try some colcannon!

Source: BBC Good Food 

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone, and what better way to celebrate than this delicious Steak and Guinness pie!

We all know that the classic combination of steak and ale goes well together when it comes to making a pie, but the combination of steak and Guinness is mouth wateringly good! This recipe includes a rather small amount of ingredients but it certainly won’t lack in flavour. This steak and Guinness pie is something you can prepare and leave in the oven to cook while you carry on with something else, and a perfect way to celebrate St Patrick's Day 2016!

 

Ingredients:

  • 675g of diced braising steak
  • 4 sticks of celery
  • 2 heaped teaspoons of plain flour
  • 1 bottle of 500ml Guinness
  • 1 small handful of herbs (rosemary, thyme and bay leaf)
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
  • 500 of pre packed puff pastry
  • 1 egg
  • Olive Oil

Instructions:

Step 1-Start by taking the your beef and seasoning to taste with the salt and pepper. Sprinkle the beef with flour and ensure it is well covered.

Step 2-Pour 2 to 3 large glugs of olive oil in to heated casserole dish or frying pan and fry the beef until it is browned.

Step 3- Add in the onion and fry for a minute or so, then add the carrots, celery and the herbs in to the pan. Cook all of this for a further 5 minutes before adding in the bottle of Guinness.

Step 4-Add the chopped tomatoes and bring to the boil. Give it a good stir and allow it to slow cook for a further 2 hours until the meat is tender.

Step 5-After 2 hours check how it is doing. The sauce should have thickened and all of the ingredients should have provided a delicious flavour. Add further seasoning if you think it needs it.

Step 6-Now it is time to pre heat your oven. Set it to 190 degrees Celsius or gas mark 5. Place the meat filling and sauce in to a large pie tin.

Step 7-Roll out your puff pastry and place it over the pie tin. Please make sure it is slightly bigger than the tin itself.

Step 8-Beat the egg and then brush the edge of your tin with it. Place the pastry on top of the large pie tin and use the extra pastry around the outside of the dish to secure it. Use a knife to score the pastry on top and brush with more of the egg.

Step 9-Place the pie on a baking tray or in a roasting tin and place in the middle of your pre heated oven for around 45 minutes. You will know it is done when it turns a golden colour and starts to bubble around the edge of the pastry.

Step 10-Allow the pie to cool for a few minutes before serving, and that’s it! This delicious steak and Guinness pie is ready to be served. We recommend serving with some delicious new potatoes and some green beans!

Source: All Recipes 

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Our final low fat recipe for the month comes in the form of these delicious oven baked fish and chips. They can be prepared and cooked in under and hour, so what are you waiting for, give it a go at home!

Fish and Chips are one of the classic British dishes and it is easy to see why! However this version puts a twist on the classic dish. This version is low fat fish and chips and the reason is because it is oven baked rather fried. The fish comes with a delicious breadcrumb topping, made up of parsley, lemon zest and fresh breadcrumbs, and the chips are made of floury potatoes so they are a lot lighter than your regular potatoes. So if you love fish and chips and want to try these oven baked fish and chips at home, take a look at this delicious recipe from BBC Good Food.

 

Ingredients:

  • 880g of floury potatoes
  • 4 sustainable white fish fillets, roughly 140g each
  • 50g of fresh breadcrumbs
  • The zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp of chopped parsley
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil
  • 200g cherry tomatoes

Instructions:

Step 1-Preheat your oven to 220 degrees celcius/200 degrees in a fan oven/Gas Mark 7. Cut the potatoes in to chips, and pat them, dry using kitchen paper. Lay the chips on a baking tray in a single layer before covering with half of the olive oil, and seasoning with salt.

Step 2-Cook the chips for 40 minutes in total until they start to turn a golden brown colour. Turn the chips after 20 minutes to ensure they are evenly cooked.

Step 3-In a bowl, mix the breadcrumbs, lemon zest and parsley then season to your own taste with sea salt and black pepper. Once well mixed, top each fish fillet with some of the mixture and add the remaining olive oil.

Step 4- Place the fish fillets in a roasting tin and put them in the oven along with the chips for the final 10 minutes that the chips will need to cook. That’s it, the oven baked fish and chips is finished!

Source: BBC Good Food 

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Quesadillas

These quick quesadillas are a fantastic idea for your party this New Year’s Eve, they take virtually no time at all to prepare and cook, and your party guests will love the flavours from the pineapple salsa and guacamole!

After a busy Christmas with a lot of complicated food, we can imagine that you want to keep the food simple for New Year’s Eve without losing any of the flavour of the food. Well these quick quesadillas are a fantastic dish to serve your guests! The recipe is courtesy of Jamie Oliver, so you know it is going to be fantastic! The sweet finish of the pineapple is backed up with the heat from the chilli, and this is excellently complimented by the creamy taste of the cheese in the quesadillas themselves. So have a go at this fantastic recipe and your guests won’t be disappointed!

 

Ingredients:

  • 250g cottage cheese
  • Juice of half a lime
  • 1 finely chopped yellow pepper
  • 1 finely chopped red pepper
  • 1 red chilli
  • Half a bunch of fresh coriander
  • 120g cheddar cheese
  • 4 large flour tortillas

For the Pineapple Salsa

  • 227g tinned pineapple rings, chopped
  • Olive Oil
  • Half a Lime
  • Half a teaspoon of black mustard seeds
  • Half a red chilli

For the Guacamole

  • 2 ripe avocados (halved and stoned)
  • Half a bunch of fresh coriander
  • Half a red onion, grated
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped

Instructions:

Step 1-Start with your pineapple salsa. Set your hob or hotplate to a medium-high heat and add a dash of oil, the mustard seeds and the chilli. Once the smell starts to release, add the pineapple and the juice and some black pepper. Cook until this solution turns thicker and starts to bind and become sticky. Squeeze the juice of the lime in and set aside in a dish to serve later.

Step 2-The next part to do is the guacamole. Take the already halved and stoned avocados and scrape the flesh of both avocados in to a mixing bowl. Add in the grated red onion, lime juice, chilli and coriander. Add as much salt and black pepper as you want, then add the tomatoes. Mix it together well either using an electric blender or just your hands.

Step 3-Add the lime juice and salt and pepper in to the cottage cheese and stir together. To make the quesadillas, mix the cheddar cheese in with the coriander, peppers and chilli and spread across two of the flour tortillas, and then add the other two tortillas on top.

Step 4-Cook in your oven or grill for 3 minutes or so on either side of the quesadilla until they turn a delicious golden brown colour and the cheese melts.

Step 5-That’s it, simply cut up and serve with the pineapple salsa and guacamole. Enjoy!

Source: Jamie Oliver 

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