Category Archives: Recipes

Lemon Melting Moments

Posted on January 7, 2012 by DemeterG

These Lemon Melting moments have a lovely passion fruit filling. The original recipe keeps the seeds in, but I prefer to strain the passion fruit pulp, as I don’t like the crunchy seeds but love the passion fruit flavour.   Ingredients: 225g unsalted butter 80g icing sugar 200g … Continue reading →

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Individual Wellingtons with Mustard Cream Sauce

Posted on December 31, 2011 by DemeterG

I am a bit of a sucker for meat wrapped in pastry and these individual wellingtons (they are really just glorified sausage rolls) were very simple to make and the mustard sauce was a delightful addition to dish along with DB’s onion … Continue reading →

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Pear, Almond & Chocolate Pudding

Posted on December 30, 2011 by DemeterG

This is a lovely twist on the classic chocolate self-saucing pudding. From the MasterChef Magazine Issue 12. Makes 6   Ingredients: 40g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing 2 pears, cored, peeled and cut into 1cm pieces (I used beurré … Continue reading →

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Brandy Roasted Chicken with Mushrooms and Pearl Barley

Posted on December 26, 2011 by DemeterG

I love pearl barley in soup, so I was keen to try this recipe. The chicken was cooked beautifully with a nice crisp skin and the mushrooms & barley gave the dish a wonderful flavour. This recipe was taken from … Continue reading →

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Haloumi Crusted Cutlets with Mango, Avocado & Citrus Salad

Posted on November 15, 2011 by DemeterG

This combination was lovely, the tangy salad was very refreshing.     Ingredients:  serves 2 Salad: 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon grated orange peel 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 x cup … Continue reading →

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