Potato Soup

Ingredients:

8 Potatoes
4 Mushrooms
1200ml (2 pints) Milk
1 Onion
1 tbsp Parsley
1 tsp Basil
25g (1oz) Butter
Black pepper

Preparation:

Cut up potatoes and onions into cubes and slice mushrooms.
Boil until potatoes are soft, drain excess water.
Add milk, mushrooms, butter and herbs.
Cook for an further five minutes.
Add pepper to taste before serving.

Stilton Pasta Salad

Ingredients:
225g (8oz) Pasta
110g (4oz) Stilton Cheese
225g (8oz) Walnuts
225g (8oz) Celery
4 tblsp Mayonnaise
3 tblsp Parsley
Black Pepper

Preparation:

Cook pasta according to directions.
Immediately rinse with cold water and drain well.
Add crumbled cheese, toasted and chopped walnuts, chopped celery, mayonnaise and pepper.
Mix everything together in a bowl.
Refrigerate until serving, this will allow the flavours to develop.
You should need to add more mayonnaise if the salad seems dry.
Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve lightly chilled.

Welsh Cockle Pie

Ingredients:
900ml (1½ pints) Cooked Cockles
600ml (1 pint) Milk
225g (8oz) Streaky Bacon
110g (4oz) Fresh Breadcrumbs
75g (3oz) Caerphilly Cheese
50g (2oz) Plain Flour
25g (1oz) Butter
1 medium Onion
4 tblsp Dry White wine
3 tblsp Fresh chives

Preparation:

Melt the butter in a pan, add the rinded and chopped bacon and chopped onion and cook for 5 minutes, until the onion is transparent.
Add flour and cook for a further minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat and gradually stir in the milk.
Bring to the boil, stirring continuously, until the sauce thickens then boils and becomes smooth.
Add the cockles, wine and snipped chives and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Place the mixture into an oven-pie dish.
Mix the breadcrumbs and grated cheese together and sprinkle on top.
Place under a hot grill for 5 minutes, until golden brown.

Salade Lyonnaise

Ingredients:
275g (10oz) Bread
175-225g (6-8oz) Chicken Livers
1 Lettuce
225g (8oz) Onion
25g (1oz) Butter
1 Clove Garlic

Dressing

3 tblsp Olive Oil
2 tblsp Lemon Juice
2 tsp Dijon Mustard

Preparation:

Add butter to pan and melt, add garlic and bread cut into 1 cm (½ inch) cubes and cook for 3-4 minutes until crisp and golden.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Dice onions and lightly sautee for a few minutes, add the livers and cook for about a minute (be careful not over-cook).
For the dressing whisk the oils, lemon juice and mustard together.
Cut the lettuce leaves into 1 inch slices
Combine all ingredients in bowl, toss until all the leaves are coated.

Pan Haggerty

Ingredients:
450g (1lb) Potatoes
110g (4oz) Cheddar or Lancashire Cheese
2 medium Onions
25g (1oz) Butter
1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
Salt and Pepper

Preparation:

Thinly slice the potatoes and onions and grate the cheese.
Combine the butter and oil in a large frying pan.
Remove the pan from the heat and place layers of sliced potatoes, onions and cheese, reserving a little of the cheese.
Cover and cook gently for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes and onions are cooked.
Pre-heat the grill five minutes before the end of the cooking time.
Sprinkle the reserved cheese over the top of the mixture, place under grill until the cheese is golden brown and bubbling.
Serve straight from the pan.

Irish Omelette

Ingredients:
6 Small or 4 Large Eggs
135g (5oz) Mashed Potato
1 tbsp Chopped Chives or Spring Onion
25g (1oz) Butter
Lemon Juice
Salt and peppers

Preparation:

Separate the eggs.
Beat the yolks, adding salt and pepper to taste.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
Combine the beaten yolks, mashed potato, a squeeze of lemon juice and chives (or spring onions), ensuring they are thoroughly mixed.
Gently fold in the whisked egg whites, retaining as much air in the mixture as possible.
Melt the butter in a frying or omelette pan over a medium heat.
Pre-heat the grill.
Cook until just set, and then place under the grill until the top is lightly browned.
Serve immediately.

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Kedgeree

Ingredients:
450g (1lb) Smoked Haddock Fillets
175g (6oz) Long Grain Rice
3 Eggs
50g (2oz) Butter
Fresh Parsley

Preparation:

Cook the rice until tender.
Drain well and rinse under cold water, then spread out to dry.
Boil the eggs until hard.
Place the haddock in a large pan with enough water to cover, simmer for 10-15 minutes, until tender.
Drain, skin and flake the haddock, removing any bones.
Chop one egg and quarter the other two.
Place the butter to a large frying pan,add the rice, haddock and chopped egg .
Cook moderate heat for about 5 minutes, until hot.
Place on to a warmed serving dish and garnish with chopped parsley and quartered eggs.

Scotch Eggs

Ingredients:
340g (12oz) Pork Sausage Meat
4 Boiled Eggs, shelled
1 Egg
55g (2oz) Dried Breadcrumbs
Pinch Mace
Salt and Pepper
Oil, for deep frying

Preparation:

Mix together the sausage meat and mace in a large bowl, season to taste.
Divide into four portions, flatten between hands, place an egg at the centre of each portion.
Wrap the egg evenly in sausage meat.
Beat the egg.
Dip each covered egg into the beaten egg, then into the breadcrumbs, press the breadcrumbs on firmly.
Heat the oil to 190°C: 375°F.
Fry the covered eggs until golden brown.
Drain well.
Serve hot or cold.