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Berlin Brunch

Monday, January 14th, 2013

Fabulous brunches needn’t be all fried things and pastries.. have a go at making your very own breakfast platter and imagine yourself chilling out at a Prenzlauer Berg cafe! 

Berlin Brunch

1 Melon
1 Apple
1 Orange
2 eggs
4 slices ham
4 slices salami
4 slices yellow cheese
butter
mixed rolls, baguette pieces or bagels

Chop up seasonal fruit into attractive slices and arrange on a large platter with the butter.  Arrange the meats and cheeses next to them.  Place the rolls/bread in a basket.

Softly boil the eggs: place in saucepan of cold water and bring to boil, time a further 3 1/2 mins to soft boil, drain immediately and rinse with cold water.

Serve with fresh orange juice and some good coffee.  Don’t forget the papers.

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Cinnamon, Apple and Choc chip muffins

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Gala apple

dry
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon

wet
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar (or 2 tbsp honey)
1/2 cup melted butter (or 1/2 cup olive oil)
2 tbsp greek yoghurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pot apple puree (I use a spare organix pot)
3/4 bar dark chocolate, chopped (or 1 cup nuts, raisins, cranberries or milk chocolate chips)

Preheat the oven to 200c.  Put out 12 muffin cases on a baking tray.

Mix all the dry ingredients apart from the chocolate and stir well.

In another bowl beat eggs, then add sugar (or honey).  Add yoghurt, vanilla, apple puree and butter (or oil).

Stir dry ingredients into wet, then stir in chocolate chips (or nuts etc).  Divide between the muffin cases and bake in the centre of the oven for up to 15 mins until a knife comes out of the mixture clean.  The tops should be nicely brown.

Leave to cool before eating (if you can).

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Organic Box 1st June

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Fruit: bananas, grapefruit, lemon, apples, peaches

Vegetables: onions, cucumber, carrots, cauliflower, mushrooms, salad, spring greens, new potatoes

The arrival of the soft fruits and their enjoyment should be the order of the day – The tail end of last year’s apples inspire this  – apple brioche.

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Apple brioche

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Credit to Nigel Slater, whose recipe this is; longsince a firm favourite when entertaining guests to dinner for speed, simplicity and downright tastiness. 

1 brioche

several apples (eaters, not cookers)

calvados

icing sugar

Core and slice the apple into pretty thin slices as if making tarte tatin. Put slices in mixing bowl, pour over sufficient calvados to marinade the apples without wasting too much in a pool at the bottom. Allow apples to stand for as long as you have – mixing occasionally to keep the calvados going in.

Heat grill. Cut brioche into slices and gently toast both sides. place gently toasted brioche on grill pan and layer apple slices one layer deep (as with tatin) on top covering as much as the brioche as possible (exposed brioche will burn). Now shake over icing sugar in a generous though not engulfing quantity. Place under grill until the sugar has started to caremelise or the brioche threatens to burn. Serve with vanilla ice cream. 

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