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Irish stew
1 carrot, thinly sliced
1 small onion, thinly sliced
115g (4oz) potatoes, thinly sliced
2 neck of lamb chops
250ml (8 floz) chicken stock
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste
Put the vegetables into the cookpot. Trim the chops of excess fat and lay on top. Add the
seasoning, bay leaf and boiling stock. Cook for the time shown.
braised liver and onions
225g (½lb) lambs liver, thinly sliced
2 tbsp cooking oil
25g (1oz) plain flour
1 large onion, thinly sliced
300ml (½pt) beef stock
Heat the oil in a frypan. Coat the liver in the flour and fry till sealed. Transfer to the slow cooker.
Add the onions to the pan and fry till golden. Stir in the remaining flour and stock. Bring to the
boil, stirring. Pour over the liver and cook for the time shown. Serve with grilled bacon.
bolognese sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 smallonion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
350g (¾Ib) minced beef
200g (8oz) tinned chopped to juice 100g (4oz) tomato purée
100ml - 200ml (¼ -½pt) beef stock
60g (2oz) button mushrooms, sliced
1 tsp dried basil
1 bay leaf
1 bouquet garni
1 tbsp dried mixed peppers
Heat the oil in a pan, and fry the onion and garlic lightly. Add the beef, and fry till brown. Stir in
the other ingredients. Bring to the boil, transfer to the cookpot, and cook for the time shown.
Remove the bay leaf and bouquet garni. Serve with spaghetti or noodles, and grated parmesan.
lasagne
100g (4oz) lasagne
25g (1oz) butter
1 medium onion, chopped finely
1 large clove garlic, crushed
400g (1lb) mince
2 tsp oregano
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp tomato purée or paste
cheese sauce
15g (½oz) butter
15g (½oz) flour
150ml (¼pt) milk
75g (3oz) grated cheese
parmesan cheese for topping
salt and pepper to taste
Grease the cookpot. Boil the lasagne in lightly salted water for 4-5 minutes. Dry on paper towels.
Heat the butter in a pan, fry the onion and garlic till transparent, add the mince and oregano
and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring. Season with salt and pepper and add the tomato purée.
To make the cheese sauce, heat the butter in a pan and stir in the flour. Gradually stir in the milk.
Bring slowly to the boil, still stirring. Season with salt and pepper and add the cheese.
Layer the mince, pasta, and cheese sauce in the cookpot, finishing with a layer of cheese sauce.
Sprinkle parmesan on top and cook at 1 for 4-6 hours.
boiled bacon in apple juice
500g (1lb) collar of bacon
275ml (½pt) apple juice
1 small onion, sliced
1 tbsp cornflour
freshly ground black pepper to taste
Put the bacon in a large pan, cover with cold water, and bring to the boil. Put the bacon in the
cookpot, and discard the water. Put the apple juice and onion in the pan, bring to the boil, and
pour over the bacon. Add pepper. Cook for the time shown. Remove the bacon to a serving dish,
and keep hot. Put the cornflour in a small pan and blend with a little cold water. Gradually stir in
the apple juice. Bring to the boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Serve with the bacon.
set hours
1
5-7
2
2-4
set hours
1
6-10
2
3-4
set hours
1
4-6
set hours
2
4-5
set hours
1
9-14
2
6-8
