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Serrano Ham Tortellini with Creamy Pesto Sauce July 9, 2010

Filed under: Fast Food,Meat,Pasta — delishuss @ 6:45 pm
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This is a quick and yummy cheat.  I stumbled across it when I was experimenting.

Serves about 2-3 people

Ingredients

Packet of ready prepared tortellini

½ onion, chopped

100ml of cream

½ bottle of white wine (small bottle)

20ml of liquid stock

4 teaspoons of pesto (see recipe in sauces section)

Salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons of olive oil

Instructions

Prepare tortellini according to packet instructions.

Meanwhile, fry off the onion in a separate pan. Add the wine and reduce, add in the pesto and stir.

Add in the liquid sock and slowly add the cream, stirring constantly. Season to taste.

Remove the tortellini from the heat and add to the sauce.

 You could sprinkle with some parmesan before serving.

 

Burgers with Peppered Sauce

Filed under: Meat — delishuss @ 6:35 pm
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This is my own recipe.  It’s real comfort food. It would probably work best served with chunky chips.

This recipe will make four burgers; I will leave it up to you to decide how many people that will feed.

Ingredients

500g of mince meat

½ large onion, finely chopped

100g of breadcrumbs

1 egg

4-5 drops of tabasco sauce

3 tablespoons of olive oil

1 teaspoon of mustard

Salt and Pepper to season

2 tablespoons of tomato sauce

Flour to dust with

Sauce

2 teaspoons of mixed peppercorns

100ml of cream

½ bottle of wine (small bottle)

30ml of liquid stock

¼ onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove crushed

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  2. Sauté the onions in a frying pan and set aside to cool.
  3. Mix all the burger ingredients in a bowl and shape into patties using some flour to bind together.
  4. Fry the burgers off in the olive oil, until still slightly undercooked.
  5. Remove for heat and place in an oven dish with some kitchen paper to remove the excess grease.
  6. Remove the paper from underneath and throw away.

Sauce

  1. Meanwhile, using the same pan. Sieve the remaining oil in a bowl to remove the bits from the burger.
  2. Put the oil back in the frying pan minus the bits and heat.
  3. Fry off the onion and garlic (2-3 minutes).
  4. Add in the pepper corns and add the wine. Cook for about a minute. Add the stock and reduce the heat slightly.
  5. Add in the cream little by little, stirring all the time until it reaches a nice consistency. Season with salt and pepper and pour over the burgers.
  6. Cover the burgers with tinfoil and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
 

Beef and Spinach Cannelloni

Filed under: Healthy Eating,Meat — delishuss @ 6:21 pm
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You will see a running theme with my recipes, low fat or low calorie. I try to keep them as healthy as possible and get a lot of my recipes from Weight Watchers and other health magazines. This is another Weight Watchers recipe. I haven’t made it in quite some time but it’s lovely.

6 ½ Weight Watchers points per serving                                                

Serves 4

Ingredients

Low fat cooking spray

1 onion, diced

300g extra lean steak mince

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 red pepper, de-seeded and diced

410g chopped tomatoes with herbs

1 beef stock cube, crumbled

150 ml of boiling water

150g chopped frozen spinach

16 cannelloni tubes

15g low fat margarine

25g of plain flour

1 tsp of mustard powder

600 ml of skimmed milk

50g of low fat mature cheddar, grated

8 cheery tomatoes, halved

Instructions

  1. To make the Bolognese sauce, heat a large pan, mist with low fat spray and add the onion. Cook for 3 minutes, and then add the book and cook, stirring well to break up the mince, until all the meat is brown.
  2. Stir in the garlic, pepper, tomatoes, tomato puree.
  3. Dissolve the stock cube in boiling water and add into pan.  Bring the sauce to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the spinach until defrosted, ten remove from the heat and season to taste.
  4. Preheat the oven (gas mark 5/190 degrees Celsius). Fill the cannelloni tubes with the Bolognese sauce and put in greased oven proof dish in a single layer. Pour any leftover sauce over the top and set aside while you make the white sauce.
  5. Melt the margarine in a small pan. Add the flour and mustard powder and stir to combine. Cook the paste for 1 minute.
  6. Remove from the heat and stir the milk in a little at a time, making sure it is smooth before adding more.
  7. Return the sauce to the hob and cook over a low heat, stirring continuously until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in half the cheese. Pour over the cannelloni tubes, scatter with the remaining cheese and cherry tomatoes and bake for 30-40 minutes until the top is bubbling and golden, and the pasta is cooked through.
  8. Serve with a green salad.
 

BBQ Leg of Lamb- Moroccan Style July 6, 2010

Filed under: Meat — delishuss @ 3:30 pm
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Note: It might be easier to select a pre-prepared cut of lamb if you don’t want the hassle of having to de-bone the meat etc.

Ingredients

Leg of lamb de-boned

1 teaspoon of turmeric

1 teaspoon of cumin

1 teaspoon of mixed spice

1 teaspoon of ground coriander

25g of dark brown sugar

3 tablespoons of lemon juice

50 ml of olive oil

50 ml of balsamic vinegar

Handful of chopped mint

Handful of chopped coriander

½ red chilli

2 cm of grated ginger

 Instructions

  1. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Butterfly the meat and bash with a mallet until it is evenly spread out. Feed some metal skewers through the meat in opposite directions so that it can be easily handled on the BBQ.
  3. Place the meat on a suitable tray and pour the marinade over either side of the meat and rub in. Leave to marinade overnight if you can but 4 hours is fine.
  4. Place the meat on the BBQ and cook for about 20 minutes depending on how you like your meat cooked.

 Serve with Spicy Cous Cous and a salad

 

Turkey Keema June 28, 2010

Filed under: Healthy Eating,Meat — delishuss @ 9:24 pm
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Just a few comments about this recipe:

I wouldn’t be put off by the turkey mince, it actually works well in this recipe.
The turkey mince could be substituted for Quorn mince.
The recipe states that it serves 4 people, I’d say more like 3 good sized portions
I think this would also be nice served as a starter on some large lettuce leaves.

Serves 4

5 ½ weight watchers points per serving

Ingredients

450g pack turkey mince

Low fat cooking spray

1 onion

3 garlic cloves, chopped finely

3cm piece fresh ginger, chopped finely

2 tsp cumin seeds, crushed lightly

2 tbsp korma curry paste

200ml chicken stock

200g garden peas

200g cherry tomatoes

6 tsp chopped fresh coriander

 

To serve

125g brown basmati rice

150g pot of low fat natural yoghurt

 

Instructions

  1. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium high heat, add the mince and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently until browned all over. Tip in a colander to allow any fat to drain off.
  2. Mist the same pan with low fat spray, add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until softened, adding a splash of water if it looks like it might burn.
  3. Add the garlic, ginger and cumin seeds to the onion and cook for 3 minutes, stirring all the time.
  4. Add the curry paste and cook for a further 2 minutes. Return the mince to the pan and add the stock, peas and tomatoes.
  5. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Season well and stir in the fresh coriander.
  6. Meanwhile, cook the rice according to the pack instructions. Drain and set to one side. Divide the rice between 4 servings dishes, top each with some curry and drizzle with the yoghurt.