I bought this tortellini at borough market - it is fresh pasta stuffed with wild boar. You serve it simply with olive oil, parmesan and lots of black pepper. Belissimo!!!

 

Aunt Netty's Impossible Pies

Netty told me about her famous 'Impossible Pies' at Christmas this year. The rasberries in London are so fresh and cheap (only 1 pound for a box near uni - I will often just buy them as a snack) - I will definitely be trying the impossible rasberry flan.

IMPOSSIBLE RASPBERRY FLAN 

Serves 6

2 Cups frozen raspberries or any other fresh/frozen berries
3 eggs
50g butter melted
½ cup plain flour
1½ cups milk
¾ cup sugar
1 cup desiccated coconut
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
1 teaspoon vanilla

Thaw raspberries. Place all ingredients except fruit into bowl of food processor. Process until combined. Place raspberries over the base of a round 20cm ovenproof dish or quiche dish. Pour . mixture over. Bake at 280 degrees C fo 50 minutes or until set.

FRUITY IMPOSSIBLE PIE

4 eggs
125g butter melted
½ cup plain flour
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1 cup desiccated coconut
2 teaspoons vanilla
415g can fruit diced and drained.

Beat all ingredients except fruit in a large bowl until smooth. Fold in fruit
Pour into a 23cm pie dish.
Bake in moderate oven (180C) for 40-45 minutes or until firm
Serve hot with ice-cream or custard.

SAVOURY IMPOSSIBLE PIE4 eggs
125g butter melted
½ cup plain flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 cups milk

FILLINGS
200g can tuna or salmon drained
½ cup grated cheese, q/2 cup parsley

Or

Bacon, tomato, diced onion

Or

asparagus, cooked macaroni and cheese

METHOD

Blend all ingredients together and pour mixture into 25cm greased pie plate. Place pie plate in a baking dish with some hot water to half depth of pie plate. Bake 180C for 1 hour or until firm.

These is of course the kind of recipe you can mix up and put whatever you like in them.  I would like to try the savoury pie with mushrooms and feta. Mmmm.

Greta Anna Cake

This is the best cake - dead easy, only one bowl required and delicious result.  You can substitute whatever fruit is in season at the time.

Recipe

The finished product - blueberry and cherry

Brekky Pods

Brekky pods

Wendy showed us this recipe - great for brekky, really simple and best thing is no clean up!  Really yummy served cold too - perfect when you have just got back from a surf.

Makes 6
6 pieces of bread, crusts cut off
2 rashers of bacon, diced into small pieces
6 eggs
A few tablespoons of tomato sauce or chutney
Salt and pepper
Grated cheese - gruyere, cheddar - whatever you have in the fridge

Grease a tray of large muffin cups.  Press a piece of bread into each cup.
Put bacon into the bottom of each cup.  Add sauce.  Crack one egg over each one.  Salt and pepper.  Sprinkle grated cheese over the top.
Put in oven for 10-15 minutes.
Enjoy!