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Herby Mushroom stuffing

Herby Mushroom stuffing, eat well on universal credit

Doesn’t quite work as stuffing balls as the mix was a bit wet. But this recipe really moves humble stuff to another level. Originally the ‘Stuffing’ was any odd wet mix of Oats and Herbs shoved in the cavity of a larger bird to flavour the meat and prevent it from drying out whilst cooking. It was not generally intended to be eaten.

We’ve moved on from Medieval cooking practices thankfully.

Ingredients:-

2 Tbsp of Olive based Margarine
1 Tbsp of Oil
5 Mushrooms, diced
1 Onion, diced
1 Tsp of Dried Sage
1 Tsp of Dried Thyme
Zest of a Lemon
1 Egg Beaten
100ml of Chicken Stock
50g of Breadcrumbs (Gluten free for us)
50g of Ground Almonds

Method:-

(1) Melt the Margarine and Oil in a frying pan.
(2) Add the Onions and soften.
(3) Add the Mushrooms and season with Salt & Pepper.
(4) Add the Sage, Thyme and Lemon Zest
(5) Add the Stock
(6) Allow to simmer until the liquid reduces.
(7) Remove from the heat at place in a bowl, allowing to cool.
(8) Add the Egg, Breadcrumbs and Almonds.
(9) Mix well and form into balls.
(10) cook in the oven on a lined tray at 180c for 30 minutes.

These had a strangely pleasing meaty mouth feel. If served as a tray bake they would probably be very interesting as a Vegan alternative for a “Meatless Loaf”.  

 

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This was actually much more tasty than it looks! When I worked in the butchers we had an older chap who regularly asked if we could do Tomato Sausages. Unfortunately the seasoning mix wasn’t available from Dalziel’s our supplier. But I do remember them from my childhood. So time to play with food! We also had a Broccoli which was beginning to look a bit sad in the fridge…...

Tomato Sausage ‘Pigs in blankets’ Sausage Rolls

Ingredients:-

6 Plain Pork Sausages, removed from their skins
½ a tube of Tomato Puree
6 Rashers of Bacon
Gluten free puff pastry
1 Egg, beaten

Method:-

(1) Mix the Tomato Puree and the Sausage meat in a bowl.
(2) Form back into Sausage shape by hand.
(3) Wrap a rasher of Bacon around each one.
(4) Preheat the oven to 180c
(5) Wrap in Pasty and brush with Egg.
(6) Pop them in the oven and cook until the Pastry is golden brown ( Do not leave them in too long like I did!)

Broccoli Bhaji

Ingredients:-

1 Head of Broccoli, roughly cut
100g Gram flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp Chilli powder
½ tsp Turmeric
½ tsp of Garlic Salt
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Mix the dry ingredients with enough water to make a think batter.
(2) Coat the cut Broccoli pieces.
(3) Fry in batches until they are golden brown.
(4) Dried on kitchen paper before serving.

We served ours with a few hand cut chips, home made coleslaw and a but of Basil for colour. But it was still quite brown looking to be fair!

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