Monday, 16 December 2013

(Food) Berry Fruit Filo Tartlets

 
Berry fruit Filo Tartlets
An easy delicious festive desert.
 
Ingredients:
1 pack of just roll filo pastry
300g crème fiche
strawberry's
raspberry's
blue berries   
2 tblsp honey
cinnamon & icing sugar for garnish
 
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 200c
2. Cut the filo pastry into equal squares 4 per each tartlet, cut to size of tin.
3. Using a pastry brush grease the tins with butter and place one square at a time greasing with butter between each one
4. Place in the oven for 15-20 minuets or till golden
5. Remove from the oven and leave to cool
6. Place 1 tblsp of the crème fiche in each tartlet and top off with berry's
7. To finish sieve cinnamon and icing sugar over each tartlet and finally drizzle the honey over the top.
 
 
 
 


(Food) Minestrone soup


A quick healthy, warm dish for the winter in front of the fire.  
Minestrone soup




Ingredients:

·         25g Pasta
·         Vegtables-½ of 1 chopped Fennel, leek, tomato,
turnip, celery, onion, cabbage, French beans
·         50g butter
·         20g tomato puree
·         1litre of stock
·         15ml chopped parsley
·         Bouget garni
·         1 garlic clove

Method used:
1.      Dice all vegetables, crush garlic clove
2.      Sweat down the vegetables in the butter apart from the tomato and green beans until softened
3.      Stir in the tomato puree cook out for 1 minute
4.      Add the stock and bouget garni and bring to the boil allow to simmer for 20 minutes with lid on
5.      Add green beans and tomatoes and pasta and cook for 5-7 minutes until pasta is cooked season and serve with chopped parsley.