Bread and Butter Pudding

We made a Bread and Butter pudding with an Easter twist, instead of bread we used hot cross buns.

A great way to use up all those hot cross buns and make a warming dessert full of flavour.

You will need:

Hot cross buns

Butter

Milk

Eggs

Cinnamon

Sugar

Firstly slice the hot cross buns and butter one side.

Beat 2 eggs and add 500ml of milk and mix together.

Then add a teaspoon of cinnamon to 100g of granulated sugar.

Layer half the buttered hot cross buns in a dish and sprinkle half the sugar and cinnamon over this. then layer the other half of the bus on top. 

Pour over the egg and milk mixture and sprinkle the other half of the sugar and cinnamon over your bread and butter pudding. this will form a nice topping and add some crunch to the dessert.

Then bake in a oven that has been pre-heated to 190 degrees for 35 - 45 minutes until it looks like this:

The group really enjoyed this dessert, everyone thought it would be a great finale to an Easter roast.

Morrocan Lamb Burgers

For these burgers you will need:

Onion
Garlic
Tinned chickpeas
Dried figs
Fresh Corriander
Cumin
Cinnamon
Lamb Mince
1 Lemon for Juice
Red Pepper
Natural Yoghurt
Tortillas

Firstly chop the onion, garlic, chickpeas, dried figs as finely as possible.










The  add the lamb mince all chopped ingredients, cumin, cinnamon, lemon juice  and fresh coriander into a bowl and mix thoroughly.

Then divide the mixture into burgers and pat them into shape, this is to make them compact so they do not fall apart while cooking. Then place on baking tray and cook for 20- 25 minutes at 180 degrees.

While these are cooking chop up the red peppers and roast them, these are to go inside your wraps.

Once the peppers and burgers are cooked place them in the center of the tortilla wraps and add a dollop of yoghurt then fold the tortilla around the burger.

Then serve!

We had the burger with a mixed bean salad.

Stuffed Peppers

To make these you will need:

Red peppers (half a pepper per person)

Sun dried tomatoes

Black olives

Rice

Turmeric

Cajun Spice

Mozzarella

Fresh Parsley

Firstly half the peppers and remove the seeds. 

Then place on a baking tray and cook for 10 minutes at 180 degrees.

While the pepper are in the oven put the rice onto boil and chop the olives, sun dried tomatoes and parsley.

Once the rice has cooked drain the water and leave the rice to cool. Once the rice has cooled add the chopped sun dried tomatoes, olives, turmeric, cajun spice and parsley and mix well.





Then stuff the peppers with this mixture and put a slice of mozzarella on top of each one.

Then put in the oven for another 5-10 minutes until the mozzarella has melted, then serve!

The group really enjoyed making the starter and said that the flavors were different and tasty.

Baked Apples with Cinnamon and Sultanas

A really easy and tasty way to incorporate nutritious fruits into a meal.

You will need:

Apples
Cinnamon
Sultanas
Unsalted butter


     Firstly remove the core from the apples.

Then make up a mixture of sultanas, cinnamon and stuff in the apples and add a tiny bit of butter on top of each one.

Then put in the oven at about 170 degrees for about 20-25 minutes until the apples are soft.

Then serve with cream, custard or they are great on their own!

Chicken in a Black Bean Sauce

The group decided to make this for their main course, this is what you will need:

Chicken breast ( one small chicken breast per person)

Red peppers

Red chillies

Black bean sauce

Chinese 5 spice

Spring onion

Garlic

Fresh Coriander

Olive oil

Rice

First we chopped the red peppers, spring onion, chillies, garlic.      

We also cut the chicken into bite size pieces.

We then added all the ingredients into one bowl and mixed in the black bean sauce, chinese 5 spice and half of the fresh coriander

In the meantime we put the rice onto boil.

Then it was time to cook the chicken, after heating some oil in a Wok we added the black bean chicken letting it settle in the pan for about 30 seconds before stirring for about 10-15 minutes until all the ingredients were cooked and the sauce had reduced down.

      We then stirred in the rest of the fresh coriander and served the finished product with some boiled rice.

The group really enjoyed this meal as it included lots of exciting flavors and textures.

Butternut Squash Soup

The Weather has turned and it is bitterly cold...Again, so the group decided to make this winter warmer: butter nut squash soup.

To make this you will need:

Butternut squash
Fresh Garlic
Chicken stock
Coriander (Fresh and Ground)
Olive oil
Salt and Pepper

Firstly prepare the butternut squash; we peeled them, cut of their bottoms and scooped out the seeds.

We then chopped the squash into same size chunks ready for the pan.

In the meantime we also crushed the garlic and heated a glug of olive oil in the pan.

Once the oil was hot we added the garlic, chopped up butternut squash, salt and pepper to cook through for roughly ten minutes, stirring occasionally.



We then made up some chicken stock using a good quality stock cube and boiling water. Make enough to cover all the butternut squash and bring it to boil, then simmer until the everything is cooked through and the squash is soft.

The finished product.

We then blended the soup to make it smooth and creamy and added some fresh coriander to garnish...
...and voila! A beautiful  butternut squash soup to keep you warm.

The group said that the soup was simple but packed with flavor  A winner all round!

Fruit Salad

A fresh and easy dessert to whip up after a long day in the kitchen!

We used:
Pineapple
Plums
Melon
Kiwi
Banana
2 Lemons (for juice)
A cup of fruit juice of your choice.







We simply cut up all the fruit into bite size pieces squeezed over the fresh lemon juice and added a little tropical fruit juice.

Then mix and serve with some creme fraiche or cream.

Rainbow Trout Wrapped in Parma Ham with Lemon and Chive crushed Potatoes

What you will need to make this dish:

Rainbow trout fillets
Parma Ham
Baby Potatoes
Chives
Butter
Lemon
Black Pepper
Spinach

Firstly we wrapped the rainbow trout in the parma ham and put on baking trays.

These then go into the oven to bake or grill for 10 - 15 minutes.

We then put the baby potatoes on to boil and once they were soft we added butter, chives, lemon and pepper and crushed all the ingredients together.

We then steamed the spinach with a little water and black pepper.

The group loved this meal as it was different but simple. A delicious and healthy meal!

Vegetable Soup

Today we made a vegetable soup using carrots, celery, onion and garlic.

So first we peeled and cut the vegetables into chunks and crushed the Garlic.






We then put some olive oil in a saucepan and added all the vegetables. We added some vegetable stock and coriander, cumin and sage.

We boiled it all together and then blended until smooth.









Ingredients:
Carrots
Celery
Onion
Garlic
Coriander
Sage
Cumin
Salt and Pepper.

This simple soup was very tasty and cheap to make. We all really enjoyed it!