Spinach and Ricotta Pie

Spinach and Ricotta Pie

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Ingredients

  • 350 g spinach
  • 150 g ricotta
  • 50 g Parmesan
  • 1 sheet of puff pastry
  • 4 eggs
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
  • Wash the spinach and boil with a little water in a covered pan.
  • Meanwhile, mix the ricotta and parmesan cheese and 1 egg all together, add a pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Drain the spinach and remove as much water as you can.
  • Combine into the cheese mixture.
  • Line a 15cm cake tin with baking parchment and the sheet of puff pastry.
  • Fill with the spinach and cheese mixture making three wells. In each well, place a whole egg.
  • Bring the four corners of the puff pastry to the centre.
  • Bake for 50 minutes and serve warm on an ANTA serving plate.
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Paprika Roast Chicken

Paprika Roast Chicken

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 2 tbsp melted unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 whole 2kg roasting chicken
  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 180°C
  • Pat the chicken dry with a kitchen towel.
  • Mix together the paprika, melted butter, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
  • Spread over the entire surface of the chicken and place the chicken in an ANTA Salad Bowl.
  • Heat the honey and lemon juice in a small pot and set aside.
  • Roast for approximately 1 hour to an hour and 15 minutes.
  • Baste with the lemon-honey mixture after 35 minutes, and then every 15 minutes after that.
  • The chicken is done when the juices run clear.
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Magic Bar

Magic Bar

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Ingredients

  • 350 g digestive biscuits
  • 140 g unsalted butter melted
  • 300 g sweetended condensed milk
  • 200 g good quality milk or plain chocolate chopped
  • 100 g desciccated coconut

Instructions

  • Preheat the over to 180°C/ Gas 4.
  • Line an ANTA Baking Dish with greaseproof paper.
  • Finely crush the biscuits, then mix with melted butter.
  • Spoon mixture into the baking dish pressing down.
  • Drizzle condensed milk evenly over the top.
  • Scatter the chopped chocolate evenly.
  • Finally sprinkle with coconut, patting down lightly.
  • Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes until the coconut is golden brown.
  • Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely before cutting into small squares.
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Boston Beans

Boston Beans

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Ingredients

  • 300 g dried white haricot beans – soaked overnight
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 carrot chopped roughly
  • 1 red onion chopped roughly
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped in half
  • 200 g smoked pork belly
  • 100 g black treacle
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 100 ml white wine
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Drain the soaked haricot beans and place in a pan with fresh water, the onion, carrot and garlic. Bring to the boil for about 30 mintues or until the beans are soft but still with a little bite.
  • In another pan, cover the pork belly with water and bring to the boil. Once boiled, drain the water and set aside.
  • Reserve 250ml of the cooking liquid from the beans and discard the vegetables. Place the beans in an ANTA salad bowl. Preheat the oven to 160ºC/gas mark 3.
  • Stir in the treacle and mustard into the bean’s cooking water and add the white wine. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Add the pork to the beans and pour over the cooking water. Cover with an ANTA salad plate and tin foil. Bake in the oven for 2-3 hours. For the last 30 minutes, remove the plate and tin foil to let the beans become sticky.
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Rhubarb And Almond Cake

Rhubarb And Almond Cake

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Ingredients

  • 150 g unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 150 g granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 100 g ground almonds
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • 100 ml milk
  • 250 g chopped rhubarb or about 3-5 stalks, depending on size

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180°C
  • Grease and line an ANTA baking dish.
  • Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and pale in colour.
  • Add the eggs in one at a time beating until fully mixed in.
  • Add the flour, ground almonds, baking powder and milk and mix until combined.
  • Pour the batter into the baking dish, scatter over the rhubarb evenly, pressing it in just a little bit.
  • Bake in the over for 30-40 minutes until set in the middle and lightly browned.
  • Leave to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the dish and allowing to cool completely.
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Course Cake / Vegetables

Wee Lachie’s Big Prawns

Wee Lachie’s Big Prawns

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Ingredients

  • 16 prawn tails
  • 4 limes zest and juice
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled andcrushed
  • 2 red chillies chopped
  • 3 cm ginger scraped chopped andbruised
  • 100 g unsalted butter cut into smallpieces
  • 4 extra limes
  • a handful chopped parsley to serve

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 200°C / Gas 6.
  • Arrange prawns into an ANTA Baking Dish and marinade with the remaining ingredients for 20 minutes.
  • Place the dish in the oven and cook for 10 minutes.
  • Serve immediately with quartered limes and parsley

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

ANTA Baking Dish
oven
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Shortbread

Shortbread

Makes about 8 large or 12 mini shortbread.
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Ingredients

  • 120 g butter
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 50 g cornflour
  • 120 g plain flour

Instructions

  • Rub together butter and dry ingredients.
  • Roll out to 1cm thick.
  • Cut into large circles.
  • Bake at 140°C for 30 minutes.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

A tablespoon of cocoa powder or the zest of a lemon infuses this traditional shortbread recipe with an unexpected twist.
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Aubergine With Pomegranate Dressing

Aubergine With Pomegranate Dressing

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Ingredients

  • 450 g aubergine (1-2, depending on size)
  • 450 g courgette
  • olive oil
  • 1 bunch fresh mint
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoons pomegranate molasses
  • 1 handful pomegranate seeds

Instructions

  • Chop the aubergine and courgette into 2 cm .
  • Peel the garlic cloves.
  • In a large pan on a medium heat, fry the aubergine and courgette pieces in generous amounts of olive oil, about 5 to 6 minutes on each side, or until golden brown – you will need to do this in batches, adding more oil as necessary.
  • Transfer to folded paper towels to drain.
  • For the dressing, pick and finely chop the mint leaves.
  • Using a pestle and mortar, crush the garlic and a pinch of sea salt into a paste.
  • When smooth, mix in the extra virgin olive oil, vinegar, pomegranate molasses and mint.
  • Arrange the veg pieces on a serving plate, drizzle over the dressing and scatter over the pomegranate seeds
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Course Salad / Side Dish
Diets Vegetarian

Lemon Roast Radishes

Lemon Roast Radishes

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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 400 g radishes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • sea salt
  • pepper
  • ½ lemon

Instructions

  • After washing and drying the radishes, toss with olive oil and place in an ANTA pasta dish.
  • Sprinkle with sea salt flakes and cracked black pepper.
  • Roast at 200C for 8-10 minutes, then squeeze over the lemon juice turning the radishes.
  • Return to the oven for a further 5-8 minutes until golden brown.
  • Serve as a side dish straight from the ANTA dish.
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Course Fruit / Side Dish

Homemade Pimms

Homemade Pimms

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Equipment

  • ANTA jug
  • ANTA beaker

Ingredients

  • 1 part gin
  • 2 part dry vermouth
  • dash of creme de cassis
  • tonic
  • borrage or mint
  • ice

Instructions

  • Fill a large ANTA jug one third full with the spirit and top up with tonic.
  • Add the Creme de Cassis
  • Stir in the borrage or mint, you can also add in cucumber skin
  • Fill an ANTA beaker with ice, top up with your homemade Pimms and enjoy!
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