JW Recipes

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What you need:

4 oz butter
12 oz sifted icing sugar
1 raw egg yolk
2 fl.oz brandy
Grated rind of one orange

What you do:

Cream butter with grated rind.

Add half the sugar and beat together until light and fluffy.

Add the egg yolk, remaining sugar and brandy, beating again.

Notes:

This brandy butter will keep in a fridge for at least two weeks.

What you need:

4 medium to large garlic cloves
salt to taste
2 egg yolks
1 1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 cup extra virgin Spanish olive oil

What you do:

Peel and mince the garlic. Using the flat side of a large knife, crush the garlic. Place in a small mortar and pestle and add ½ tsp salt and smash into a paste.

An alternative to save time is to use a good garlic press that peels and mashes the garlic in one step. Either way, you can use a mortar and pestle to mash the garlic into a paste.

Crack the eggs and separate the yolks into a small mixing bowl. Transfer the garlic paste to the bowl and whisk to blend. With a hand mixer on low speed, slowly pour in the olive oil in a THIN, steady stream until a creamy sauce forms. Add the touch of lemon juice slowly at the end, while keeping the mixer on to ensure that the sauce stays smooth.

Serve it with meats, fish, or vegetables – or just spread it on crusty bread

What you need:

400g plums
2 cooking apples
170g blackberries
350g castor sugar

What you do:

Cut the plums in half & take out the stones. Cut the plums into chunks.

Cut the apples in half, take out the cores then peel & cut into chunks.

place in a saucepan along with the plums & blackberries along with a little water.
Simmer gently for around 15 mins until partly cooked.

Add the sugar & cook gently until the sugar has dissolved.

Simmer for 30 mins until the fruit is cooked, but still has texture & the mixture has thickened & is just slightly jammy.

Spoon into clean sterile jars, cover with tight- fitting lids and leave to cool.

Store in the fridge for a couple of weeks.

What you need:

3lb / 1.5kg of already cooked beetroot ( chopped)
1lb / 400g onions (diced)
1lb / 400g of apples ( chopped)
1lb / 400g sugar
1pt / 600 ml white vinegar (spiced)
2tsp / 10ml salt

What you do:

In a saucepan, pour in a little of the vinegar, then cook the chopped onions for a short time.
Then add the apples, beetroot & salt with a little more vinegar…just enough to stop it burning, & cook for around 15/20 mins or until the apples are soft.
Stir in the sugar until its dissolved with the rest of the vinegar and simmer for around another 20 mins or until its thickened.
Pour into hot jars.
Leave to cool, then cover with lids.

What you need:

6 1/2 lb /3kg strawberries, hulled, halved
6 1/2 lb / 3kg white sugar
Juice from 1/2 a lemon

What you do:

First of  all wash and sterilise the  jars and lids that you will use.

In a large saucepan, put in the strawberries and sugar & mix all together.

Leave for a couple of hours so the sugar can soften all the fruit.

Add the lemon juice then simmer over medium heat, stirring all the time untilall the fruit is soft.

Remove 1/3 of the fruit & leave to one side.

Keep simmering the remaining mixture until fruit is mostly dissolved & the  jam coats the back of a spoon.

Divide the fruit that was put to one side  between the jars then fill with jam.

Allow to cool, then seal with the lids.

Keep refridgerated.

What you need:

4 oz / 100g sugar
1 oz / 25g butter ( melted)
1 beaten egg
1 lemon ( grated rind & juice)

What you do:

In a saucepan, put the butter, sugar & egg and whisk together well. Add the grated rind & lemon juice then mix all together well.
Simmer gently over a low heat all the time stirring until it boils. Continue cooking for around 3 – 5 mins until the mixture is fairly thick stirring all the time.
Pour the mixture into a heated jar then cover it & seal it.
Keep it refrigerated.

What you need:

3/4 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves
2 tsp caster sugar
60 ml boiling water
125 ml white wine vinegar

What you do:

Mix together the mint and caster sugar in a small heat proof mixing bowl.

Add the boiling water and stir gently until the sugar dissolves.

Add the vinegar and mix well.

Leave to cool completely before using.