Faggots with peas

Family recipes are great, Mum showed me this and it is a firm family favourite. This is a really easy cheat that gives a lovely hot luscious meal, great during cold weather, you just cook in one pan.

Ingredients
2 faggots per person
2 tins oxtail soup (sufficient for 8 faggots)
small packet frozen peas (I prefer petits pois)

Method
Put the faggots with the oxtail soup in a pan, bring to the boil then simmer for about 30 mins. Add in the frozen peas and continue to simmer for another 15mins.

Serve in large soup plates.

A tradition in my family is to break open your faggots and then shake over some malt vinegar (optional).

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Raspberry fool

Ingredients

1 punnet Raspberries

250ml Double cream

50g Icing Sugar

Method

Reserve a couple of raspberries to decorate the top of the dessert

Mash raspberries with icing sugar in a bowl, then push through a sieve (this is called "coulis").

Whip cream until soft (careful not to overbeat), then fold in 3/4 of the raspberry coulis.

Layer the coulis with the fool in a glass and then decorate with raspberries and a drizzle of coulis.

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Cheesy Dauphinois Potatoes

Ingredients

3 potatoes, cut into thin slices

250ml double cream

125ml milk

55g Butter

1 garlic cloves, chopped

100g cheddar cheese grated

salt and fresh ground black pepper

1. Prepare the potatoes by cutting into thin slices 0.5cm . Preheat the oven to 190ºC/Gas 5.
2. In a saucepan heat the garlic, potatoes and cream and butter, add enough milk to just cover the potatoes. Cover and bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
3. Transfer the potato mixture to a shallow gratin dish, top with the grated cheese. Bake the potato mixture for 30 minutes.

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Beef Enchiladas

For the Enchiladas

1 packet of flour tortillas (only 4 needed)

250g minced beef

1/2 green pepper (sliced)

1/2 red onion (sliced)

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp cayenne pepper

Olive oil

1/2 tin chopped tomatoes

1 tin kidney beans

1 beef stock cube

Method

Put the oil with paprika and cayenne in frying pan, gently warm the spices, add the onion and fry until softened, add the minced beef and fry until all browned, add the pepper and continue to cook for 1 minutes. Add the tomatoes, kidney beans and sprinkle in the oxo cube. Stir and cook for 15 minutes. Season to taste. Allow to cool slightly.

Take a tortilla, put 1/4 of the mix in the tortilla and roll up, place in serving dish. Repeat with other tortillas.

Mix the other 1/2 chopped tomatoes with 1 tablespoon of tomato puree and season. Pour over the tortillas.

Grate 75g of cheese and sprinkle over the top, put in a hot Gas 6 oven for 15 minutes.

Serve with Guacamole and Salsa

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