Thursday 20 October 2016

Fish cakes with cheese


Ingredients
1 white fish fillet
2 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped in half
50g soft cheese
Small lump of butter
Dried parsley
2 slices bread, grated to make breadcrumbs
2 tbsp olive oil

1. Boil the potatoes until soft

2. Fry the fish and crumble it into small pieces

3. Put the potatoes in a bowl, add the butter and mash together

4. Add the fish and parsley and a pinch of salt and pepper and mix well

5. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6 and grease a baking tray

6. Divide mixture into 4 equal sized burger shapes and put the cheese on 2 of them

7. Put the other 2 on top of the ones with cheese and press the edges together

8. Stir the breadcrumbs and olive oil together and coat the fish cakes with it

9. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Makes 2

Thursday 6 October 2016

Biscuits


Ingredients
225 self raising flour
100g butter
100g sugar
1 egg, beaten
A few drops of vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°C / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make bread crumbs

3. Add vanilla essence and egg and mix to make a dough

4. Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes

Makes approx 30