Easy Recipes for Christmas Cooking E-Book

Rosanne Hewitt-Cromwell

• Herausgeber: Mercier Press
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

A short collection of recipes from cookbooks 'Calso Cooks: Real Food Made Easy' by Paul Callaghan, 'Gimme the Recipe' by Sheila Kiely and 'Like Mam Used to Bake' by Rosanne Hewitt-Cromwell. Recipes for Chocolate Spiced Cupcakes and Gingerbread Cookies to delight your Christmas visitors, tips for Christmas planning and the perfect Christmas dinner and recipes to help you to use up any leftover turkey. Plus recipes for Super Smoothies, Buckwheat Salad and Curried Quinoa and Vegetable Soup to help you with your New Year's resolutions. Reviews for 'Gimme the Recipe': '...the go-to-bible for easy to follow recipes.' -Irish Tatler. '[A] terrific cookbook- a repertoire of recipes that nourish and delight. I particularly loved the chapter on planning family gatherings and parties at home.' -Darina Allen. Irish Examiner. '...it inspires confidence and makes you feel you can certainly whip up anything you fancy.' -Lara Bradley. Sunday Independent. 'You might not be able to have it all but, with Kiely's recipes, I'd say you can certainly make a decent stab at cooking it all.' -Fiona Kiely, Sunday Business Post. Reviews for 'Like Mam Used to Bake': 'An ideal read' - Food and Wine Magazine 'Full of handy tips and mouth-watering imagery, Rosanne has Christmas baking in the bag..' - House and Home '...makes you want to take a big gooey slice and settle down for a cosy afternoon with friends and a big mug of tea.' - Sunday Business Post

Leseprobe

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© Paul Callaghan, 2014, Sheila Kiely, 2012, Rosanne Hewitt-Cromwell, 2013

Epub ISBN: 9781781172599

Mobi ISBN: 9781781172605

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Inhalt

Introduction

Conversion Tables

Like Mam Used To Bake Christmas Checklist November

Like Mam Used To Bake Christmas Checklist December

Mam’s Christmas Cake

Gingerbread Cookies

Chocolate Spiced Cupcakes

Baileys Bomb

Mincemeat

Mince Pies

Chocolate Truffles

Lebkuchen

Florentines

Christmas Turkey Dinner Planner

Schedule

Roast Turkey and Roast Potatoes with Herb Stuffing and Gravy

Golden Syrup Baked Ham

Black Forest Roulade

Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Turkey, Leek and Sweetcorn Bake

Thai Fishcakes

Vietnamese Chicken Salad

Turkey Kashmiri

Turkey and Leek Pie

Super Smoothies

Wholewheat Muffins

Curried Quinoa and Vegetable Soup

Pear and Parsnip soup

Buckwheat Salad

Roasted Red Pepper and Black Olive Salad

Peppered Beef and green vegetable stir fry

About the Authors

About the Publisher

Introduction

We here in the Mercier Press offices know how stressful it can be to cook for your family and friends for the Christmas period. So to help you through this difficult time we have selected a few of our favourite dishes from Paul Callaghan's 'Calso Cooks: Real Food Made Easy', Sheila Kiely's 'Gimme the Recipe' and Rosanne Hewitt-Cromwell's 'Like Mam Used to Bake'. We hope you enjoy our selections as much as we do.

And to help combat those January blues we are offering two special offers. An exclusive reader discount from our website for our ‘Irish Cookbook Collection’ featuring Donal Skehan, Rosanne Hewitt-Cromwell and Sheila Kiely. Click here and use code ‘exclusive’ at checkout to receive 10% off this wonderful collection*. This is a further 10% discount in addition to the 10% discount for our website customers. Plus we are giving away free copies of the ebook editions of 'Gimme the Recipe' or 'Like Mam Used to Bake' to the first twenty people who sign up to the Mercier Press newsletter. Just go to www.mercierpress.ie and scroll down on the right hand side to add your email address to join our newsletter mailing list. Then send an email to [email protected] and let us know which of the two cookbooks you would like to receive.

The Mercier Press team

*Limited to one per user and valid until 28 Feb 2014.

Conversion Tables

Oven Heat and Temperatures

These recipes are from three different chefs who use different types of ovens i.e. fan assisted, conventional or gas ovens. Paul and Sheila both use fan ovens while Rosanne uses a conventional oven so please amend the recipes according to your oven.

TEMPERATURE CONVERSION TABLE

Fan Oven Celsius

Conventional Oven

Gas Mark

Fahrenheit

90oC (Very cool)

110oC

¼

225oF

110oC

130oC

½

266oF

120oC (Cool)

140oC

1

284oF

130oC

150oC

2

302oF

140oC (Moderate)

160oC

3

320oF

150oC

170oC

3

338oF

160oC

180oC

4

356oF

170oC (Mod. Hot)

190oC

5

374oF

180oC

200oC

6

392oF

190oC

210oC

6

410oF

200oC (Hot)

220oC

7

428oF

210oC

230oC

8

450oF

220oC (Very Hot)

240oC

9

464oF

Like Mam Used To Bake Christmas Checklist November

Make Christmas cake, pudding and mincemeat

All benefit from time to mature so the earlier you make them the better they will taste.

Write guest lists and send invitations

People book up quickly as December draws closer so it’s best to get in early. Write a guest list for each event that you plan to host over the Christmas season. A simple text, email or phone call will do. Alternatively you could design and send an e-invitation or a traditional card one.

Make appointments

Hair salons, barbers, beauticians etc. will be busier than normal during December so make appointments early to avoid disappointment.

Book babysitters

EVERYONE will be going out in December meaning local babysitters will be in high demand. You could also arrange a babysitting swap with family/friends, you babysit for them and vice versa.

Defrost and clean out the freezer

Make room for ice for drinks and any party foods that you want to make/buy in advance.

Clean out larder/store cupboard

Clear out the store cupboard binning anything that is out of date. Write a list and buy non perishable items that need to be replaced or bought especially for Christmas entertaining. Stick a piece of paper on the back of the door and write a list of any items as they run out during the month.

Place order with butcher

Order you turkey and ham and any other large joints of meat that you may require, and arrange a date close to Christmas day for collection.

Book online grocery delivery

If you plan to do your grocery shopping for Christmas day online book your delivery slot well in advance to ensure it arrives at a time that suits you.

Order fuel

If you will require gas/oil/coal etc. make sure to book in a delivery to avoid a cold Christmas.

Buy cards, stamps and wrapping paper

Write, address and stamp cards ready for posting.