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Goat's Cheese Tartlets

By meadows
Line two 10cm tartlet tins with short crust pastry and bake blind in a medium oven for 10 minutes
- Tart:
- Short crust pastry
- 4 asparagus spears
- 4 turned carrots
- 2 turned courgettes
- 8 mange-tout
- 4 black olives
- 2 spears baby corn
- 2 cherry tomatoes
- 80g sautéed spinach
- 120-160g log of goats' cheese
- Garnish:
- 200g wild mushrooms
- 100ml beurre blanc sauce
- 50ml red pepper coulis
- 4tsp freshly chopped parsley
- Chervil to garnish ( or Fennel Tops)
- Red Pepper Coulis:
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 1 diced shallot
- 2 roasted and peeled red pepper
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 cup V-8 Juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and puree.
- Beurre Blanc Sauce:
- Preparation Time: 30mins
- 1/3 cup lemon juice (Fresh, or 2 1/2 tblsp concentrated)
- 1 shallots peeled and chopped
- 170gms butter cut into 1-inch sticks
- Salt and white pepper
Ebly wheat salad with chicken

By Amora
Cook the wheat for 10 minutes in a large saucepan of boiling salted water
- 300g Ebly wheat
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 cucumber
- 16 cherry tomatoes
- 12 black olives
- 1 spring onion
- 6 tbsp chopped herbs (chives, parsley, chervil)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 8 tbsp light mustard vinaigrette
- salt
Trout fish cake

By suengigi
School lunch ideas
- 3 X 300g trout
- 50g melted butter
- 450 boiled potato
- chopped parsley
- Sauce:
- 2 tbs dry white wine
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 1 small shallot
- 1 tbs double cream
- 75g chilled butter
Sweet fried eggs

By JessBess
First of all you need to break 3 eggs and beat them
- 3 eggs
- Cooking Sake
- Soy Sauce
- Sugar
My mum's tomato soup

By queenselphie
Filling and delicious, I haven't found a better recipe yet
- Large punnet of Cherry or baby plum tomatoes, ripe
- 1 tin chopped tomato
- 2 stock cubes
- 1 large potato
- 1 large onion
- Water
- Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper
- Tomato Puree
- 1 orange, lime or lemon (optional)
- 2-4 cloves of garlic
- Dash of tabasco sauce
- 1 tsp chopped chillies or paprika
Bacon, Egg & Asparagus

By foodiesandmore, foodiesandmore
This is an impressive pre starter, combining some wonderful flavours with vibrant colours
- 2 quail’s eggs
- 1 small bunch of asparagus (about 250g)
- 1 banana shallot or small onion
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
- 4 rashers pancetta
- 350 ml chicken stock (see Basics)
- 25ml double cream
- 15 g butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Baked Channa Dal

By agrawal.shweta.n, Merry Tummy
Who doesn't like to eat fried channa dal, but what if the same dish is converted into baked one with only 1 tbsp of...
- Channa Dhal-1cup
- Salt-to taste
- Red Chilli Powder-To taste
- Olive Oil-1tbsp
Tomato and Mascapone Soup

By queenselphie
A tasty creamy soup
- 1kg tomatoes
- pinch sugar
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- Thyme or other herb of choice
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 600ml vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp mascarpone cheese (or use double cream as alternative)
Salmon Pastry Parcels with Asparagus and Baby Carrots

By Sandrine , blog : La table de Sandrine
Steam the salmon steaks with the dill for 2 to 3 minutes depending on their size
- Filo pastry
- 2 salmon steaks
- Sea salt, pepper
- Olive oil
- 1 bunch asparagus
- 1 bunch small carrots
- 20g butter
- 1 pinch of turmeric
- 1 orange
- 30cl of cream
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 4 dill leaves
Goat cheese and prune pastry rolls

By Elen's cooking
Unroll the puff pastry
- 1 puff pastry
- 1 fresh goat cheese
- Some pitted prunes (+ or - according to taste)
Beetroot Cream Soup

By mollisia, (Hand) One Day On A Plate
full of flavour with incredibly strong fresh colour of dark pink
- - 650 g beetroots
- - 1 onion
- - 2 cloves of garlic
- - 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- - 1 tsp fresh thyme
- - salt/ pepper
- - 1,5l stock
- - oil
Butternut Squash and Chorizo Soup

By ginbin
Family Recipe - Daughter
- 1 large squash
- 2 onions
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
- 1/2 pack cooking chorizo (remove the skin for a smoother soup)
- Crushed garlic (one clove or a teaspoon of lazy garlic)
- Vegetable or chicken stock cubes
- Boiling water
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