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Light salmon quiche

By laetitia
Preheat the oven. Roll out the pastry dough in a flan tin
- 1 puff pastry or short crust pastry
- 3 eggs
- mustard
- tomatoes
- 200 ml single cream, low fat
- 150g smoked salmon
Pork - Cumin Roasted and Fried Squash and Cannellini Beans

By Keith Bradbury, FROM ALFREDO'S WITH LOVE...
I reckon this is a dish I could eat a lot of, and on its own
- 1 butternut squash
- 8 baby new potatoes
- 2 tablespoons of cumin seeds
- 4 halved long shallots
- 400gm tin of drained cannellini beans
- Pinch of a garam masala mix
- 125gm of vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon of crème fraîche
- Black pepper
- Olive oil
Chicken Biryani (Chicken with fried rice)

By Joydeep Pal, Joydeep's World of Food
Biryani is one of the very popular dishes in India but its origin was in the times of Mughal Emperors
- 500gm Chicken (boneless and medium pcs)
- 1 cup Yoghurt or curd
- 3 or 4 Green Chillies (optional)
- 4 tablespoons of Ginger Garlic Paste
- 6-8 tablespoons of Oil : Ghee (preferred)/Sunflower oil
- Medium Size Onion: 2 no.s
- 10-15 Almonds (optional)
- 2 Egg (boiled and sliced)
- Spices:
- Cummin Whole(Jeera): 1/4 teaspoon
- Cinnamon (Darchini): 1/4 of a stick
- Cardamom (Elaichi): 3 small and 3 big
- Clove (Labongo/laung): 3
- Bay leaves (Tejpata) : 3
- Black peppercorns (Golmorich) : 10
- Garam Masala: ½ teaspoon
- Cumin powder (Jeera): 1 table-spoon
- Turmeric powder (Halud/Haldi): 1 tea-spoon
- Ginger powder: 1 table-spoon
- Garlic powder:1 table-spoon
- Red Chilli powder: 1/2 table-spoon
- Coriander powder: 1 table-spoon
- Saffron: A pinch
- Water
- Salt to Taste
Steak Pie

By lpsatchell
A tried and tested Webbler favourite
- 800g diced steak
- 1 large onion diced
- 3 large parsnips
- 6 carrots
- 400ml red wine (or 1 bottle of ale)
- butter for frying
- tsp of marmite
- tbs of balsamic vinegar
- tbs of honey
- tbs of brown sauce
- gravy browning
- 1 cube chicken stock
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- cornflour to thicken
- puff pastry (if you're feeling ambitious use homemade salted croissant dough)
Irish stew

By samanthaknd
Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 200g smoked streaky bacon, preferably in one piece, skinned and cut into chunks
- 900g stewing lamb, cut into large chunks
- 5 medium onions, sliced
- 5 carrots, sliced into chunks
- 3 bay leaves
- small bunch thyme
- 100g pearl barley
- 850ml lamb stock
- 6 medium potatoes, cut into chunks
- small knob of butter
- 3 spring onions, finely sliced
Spicy Vegetable and Pasta Bake

By pedro.smith1@hotmail.com
Cook the pasta
- 2 mugs uncooked pasta
- 1 tin of Campbell's condensed cream of tomato soup
- 1 tbsp oil
- 6 mushrooms
- 1 onion
- 2 courgettes
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- ½ red or green pepper
- 1 red chilli
- 1 tsp mixed herbs
- 2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 mug grated cheese
Vegetable curry with peppers and couscous

By "Saveurs indiennes" - Solar
Peel and slice the onions
- - 4 onions
- - 4 cloves of garlic
- - 1 red pepper
- - 4 orange peppers
- - 240g chickpeas
- - 600g potatoes with firm flesh, boiled
- - 6 tbsp oil
- - 40 cl coconut milk
- - 1 tsp chilli powder
- - 2 tsp turmeric powder
- - 300g couscous, precooked
- - 2 to 3 tbsp butter
- - Salt and pepper
Lamb Pilaf

By lauradye
A beautifully simple, healthy meal with fresh ingredients
- 1 x 500g Pack lamb mince
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- Ground Cumin
- Salt & Pepper
- 250g Basmati Rice
- 1 ltr Lamb Stock
- 250g Peas
- 1 Lemon
- Handful fresh mint
Beef Lasagne (with leeks not pasta)

By meadows
1 to 2 hours cooking time Trim the leeks until they are about the same width as your lasagne dish
- 2 large leeks, each about 300g/10½oz
- 1 medium onion
- 2 celery sticks, trimmed
- 2 carrots, peeled
- 500g/1lb 2oz lean minced beef
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 150g/5½oz chestnut mushrooms, wiped and chopped
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 150ml/¼ pint red wine
- 400ml/14fl oz beef stock, made with 1 beef stock cube
- 400g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 heaped tsp dried oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- 500ml/18fl oz semi-skimmed milk
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- freshly grated nutmeg, to taste
- 50g/2oz extra-mature cheddar, grated
- 25g/1oz parmesan, finely grated
- 3 medium vine tomatoes, sliced
- freshly ground black pepper
Spicy Indian curry (Murgh Tikka Makhani)

By Patak's
Cut 2 slits into each drumstick
- 8 skinless chicken drumsticks
- 4 tbsp Patak's Tandoori Paste
- 1 tablespoon of lain yoghurt
- For the sauce
- 4-5 green cardamom pods
- 2 tbsp chopped cashews
- 8 tomatoes, halved
- 2 bay leaves
- 50g butter
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
- 1 teaspoon of honey
- single cream
Salmon or red tuna fillets with a crunchy chilli salad

By dominique
Heat the oil. When it's hot, add the chillies, ginger, lime leaves and cook a few minutes until crisp
- 4x200g fish fillets (red tuna or salmon)
- 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
- 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
- 2 sheets of dried lime leaf cut into strips
- 4 green chillies and 4 red chillies, cut into thin strips (don't choose the really strong ones!)
- 30ml lime juice
- 1 piece of ginger sliced into very thin strips-approx.1 tsp
- some peanut oil for cooking
Cheesy Pasta

By im_not_a_ginge
Cook the pasta
- Pasta
- Flour
- Milk
- Cheese
- Butter
- Garlic
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