Ingredients
1 1/2 cups red wine claret or burgundy
3 slices of lemon
3 cloves
1/2 cup white sugar
5cm (2in) piece cinnamon bark
6 medium, firm pears
Method
Place wine, lemon, cloves, cinnamon and sugar in a saucepan. When boilling, add peeled pears and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove pears to a bowl and continue to boil the wine for 10 hot wine over pears and allow to stand until warm, turn fruit often. Serve with ice-cream.
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Ingredients
5-6 slices of stale bread (wholewheat bread)
1 cup raisins or 1/2 cup raisins mixed with 1/2 cup sultans or 1 cup mixed fruit
1 tsp grated orange rind
1 tsp powdered cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
3 cups diluted evaporated milk
2 tbsp butter
red currant jelly or jam for glazing
Method
Cut off crusts from bread slices, cut each slice into squares and butter them generously on one side. Grease with butter an ovenproof dish 1 quart or 36 oz pyrex dish or a dish 17 cm across (6 1/2 inches) and 7.5cm (2 3/4 inches) deep.
Mix orange rind and cinnamon with the dried fruit. Scatter some dried fruit on bottom of dish and place over them some pieces of bread, buttered side up. Spread over bread slices more mixed fruit, then a layer of bread pieces, and continue to do this till dish is three quarters full.
Beat up the eggs, add sugar, salt, milk and vanilla essence and strain through fine sieve over the bread and fruit in dish. Allow to stand for 1/2 hour for bread to absorb the custard mixture. Bake in moderate oven for about an hour or till set.
Brush top with jelly or jam that has been heated and, if top of pudding is not sufficiently brown, put dish under grill till golden.
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Chicken and Vegetable Stew
Ingredients
12-14 meaty pieces of chicken
3 large carrots
2 parsnips
1 medium sized swede ( a kind of turnip)
8 small white onion or 3 large ones
1/2 cup finely diced large onion
3 stalks flour seasoned with salt and pepper
6 tbsps butter or margarine
salt
2 cups water or more
4 cm (1 1/2 inch) piece of cinnamon stick
Method
Skin carrots, parsnips, swede and onions. Leave onions whole,if small; if large, cut each into quarters. Halve the carrots, parsnips and swede lengthwise, and then cut each piece in 5 cm(2 inch) lengths.
Dredge chicken pieces in seasoned flour. Heat 2 tbsp butter in large saucepan which is not too deep, and fry as many pieces of floured chicken as pan can accommodate. Cover pan for 10 minutes or so, to brown the other side. Remove browned chicken to platter and brown the rest of the chicken, adding a little more butter.
Heat remaining butter in pan, fry the diced onion till soft, then add carrots, parsnips, swede and chicken pieces. Mix well together and then add 2 cups of water, celery and cinnamon stick. Add more more water, if necessary, and thicken with plain flour made into a thin paste with cold water, if a thicker gravy is desired. Test for taste before serving.
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Ingredients
125g (4oz) sunflower seeds
125g (4oz) dried apricots
125g (4oz) dates
1 cup water
60g (2 oz) butter or substitute
1 cup honey
1 cup desiccated coconut
Method
Put sunflower seeds in baking dish into a moderate oven for about five minutes or until golden brown. Bring finely chopped apricots and water to boil in pan, reduce (more…)
Ingredients
125g (4oz) butter or substitute
1 cup honey
250g (8oz) sesame seeds
125g (4oz) sultanas
125g (4oz) hazelnuts
Methods
Put sesame seeds in large frying pan. Stir over high heat until seeds turn golden brown, then remove the seeds from pan. Chop hazelnuts roughly. Stand butter and (more…)
Ingredients
1 cup honey
1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
90g (3oz) butter, or substitute
125g (4 oz) roasted peanuts
250g (8oz) raisins
Method
Combine honey, sugar, butter in saucepan, and stir over low heat until sugar has (more…)
Apricot Roll
Ingredients
250g (8oz) dried apricots
1 cup honey
60g (2oz) butter or substitute
3tbsp skim milk
desiccated account
caster sugar
Method
Pour enough boiling water over apricots to cover, let stand for 1 hour, drain and reserve 1/2 cup of the liquid. Put apricots, reserved liquid, honey and butter in (more…)
Imagine being able to gorge yourself on sweets that are not bad for the skin, the teeth or the figure. We offer a few recipes for confection aries designed for healthier eating.
Once you start stocking up on health food items like sesame and sunflower sees, you’ll probally start looking for recipes that feature these ingredients; and once you do that, you’re well on your way to healthier and better eating.
You can visit these websites: www.all-freehealthyrecipes.com
Ingredients
2 cucumbers, halved lengthwise and thickly sliced
1 small ripe pineapple, sliced and each slice coarsely shredded in short lengths
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1 cup vinegar
60 g fine sugar or honey
2 bay leave
salt and mustard to taste
1 clove garlic, finely minced
4 tbsp white wine
100 ml olive oil (more…)