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Brown Things!

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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Plum & Ginger Chutney

This was supposed have Goji and Inka berries but we couldn’t get them within Lock-Down distance, so we modified the recipe. It certainly packs a punch.

Ingredients:-

1 Hand of Ginger
1Kg  of Plums
2 large cloves of Garlic
A handful of fresh Coriander, chopped
2 Red Onions, chopped
6 Birds Eye Chillies
1 bunch of fries Chives
1 tsp Turmeric
White distilled Vinegar
4 tbst Sugar
Salt Oil

Method:-

(1) Peal the Ginger and cut into 1cm pieces.
(2) Quarter and stone the Plums.
(3) Reserve a little of the Ginger and Plums to add later to add “Lumps” to your Chutney.
(4) Add all the ingredients to a pan, bring to the boil and then reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes.
(5) Add sugar and / or Vinegar to taste. You are aiming for something which is both sweet and sharp.
(6) Once the Plums are starting to break down remove from the heat and allow to cool.
(7) In a food processor wuzz everything up to a pulp and return to the pan.
(8) add the remaining Ginger and Plums and gently bring to a simmer.
(9) Simmer for a further 5 minutes but remove from the heat if the lumps of Plum begin to soften.
(10) Allow to cool and decant into jars.

So far this has lasted perfectly will in the fridge for 3 weeks. It works well as a side for Chilli, Curry etc. It’s not a sickly sweet Chutney as you can imagine with the Chillies…..
 

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