Rowena G's Recipes

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  • Burnt Aubergine Butter on Tomato Toasts

    30 minutes
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    Very simple and to me, (a lover of aubergines), a truly sublime nibble. 1 large aubergine 1 ½ tablespoons best-quality butter,softened 6 slices of your favourite bread 1 large garlic clove, crushed 2 ripe tomatoes, cut in half Finely chopped fresh herbs, such as dill, basil, coriander (optional) Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper You […]

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  • Mushroom lasagne with basil and cream

    1 hour and a half
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    A lucious lasagne which the basil sauce takes to another level !! 2 onions 4 large, juicy cloves of garlic a thick slice of butter 400g mixed mushrooms (wild, brown, fresh, frozen etc) Mushroom Ketchup (if possible) a good handful of chopped parsley leaves 200ml cream 4 or 5 tbsps freshly grated Queijo de Ilha […]

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  • Onion and garlic bread rolls

    4 hours
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    Great little bread rolls 1 tablespoon fresh yeast 1 tablespoons sugar 1/2 cup warm water 1 onion 2 cups warm milk 5 tablespoons of soft butter 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons garlic powder 3 large eggs 1 tsp salt 8 cups of bread flour Plus 1/4 to 1/2 cup for kneading In a large bowl […]

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  • PALAK CHICKEN (SPINACH CHICKEN CURRY)

    40 miutes
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    Really tasty meal for four. 12 cashew nuts 2 chicken breasts or 8 Chicken Thighs, de-boned and skinned 400g spinach 1/4 cup cooking oil 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced 8 – 10 peeled garlic cloves 3 cm long piece of ginger 1 medium tomato, skinned and chopped 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 cardamom pod 3–4 cloves 1 tsp red chilli powder […]

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  • Moroccan Broad Beans

    30 minutes
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    This really simple dish tastes wonderful. Well worth the time it takes to peel the beans from their outer shells. Moroccan Broad Beans 500g frozen broad beans 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 small /medium onion chopped Small handful fresh coriander chopped finely 8 -10 leaves fresh mint chopped finely 1 teaspoon ground […]

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  • Mushroom, Ale & Lentil Pie

    1 hour 45 minutes
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    A vegan dish that is a really great pie for Sunday lunch a truly “meaty” flavour.  Would go down well as pub grub. Served this for Sunday lunch with roast potatoes and veggie and it really hit the spot for all concerned ! Ingredients Olive oil 20 shallots, halved or quartered if large 4 tbsp tomato purée 150 g puy lentils […]

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  • Tuna Tart

    1 hour
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    Cheap and tasty. This Tart was first given to our kids by the wonderful Isabel Maria dos Santos Henriques for lunches whilst they were growing up in Valado. I recently asked Isabel for the recipe and its just as popular now as it was over twenty years ago ! TUNA TART Pastry 200g of plain flour […]

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  • Welsh Chicken Pie

    2 hours
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    I have adapted this over the last 40 years from a recipe that I found on the side of an Echo Margarine Packet in the early 1980s. It is great hot or cold. Pastry 175g Cooking Margarine (Hard not soft) 350g Plain Flour 45 – 55 ml of cold water   Filling 550g chicken thighs […]

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  • Gnocchi a la Norma

    40 minutes
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    Another amazingly tasty vegetarian dish, based on the  recipe for Pasta alla Norma at this brilliant website https://leitesculinaria.com/100521/recipes-pasta-alla-norma.html   1 large aubergine (425 g) Sea salt 2 or 3 large ripe tomatoes 60 ml extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for tossing the aubergine 500 g pack of gnocchi 8 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced Dried powdered […]

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  • Gorganzola Risotto with apples and walnuts

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    Based on a Jamie Oliver dish, really good risotto, great on its own or with grilled meats. Very Luxurious !!   1 Small Onion chopped fairly small 4 cloves of garlic chopped fairly small Olive oil 250g Risotto  Rice 1 litre Vegetable stock hot in a pan 50 – 75 g of Gorgonzola or any […]

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