Colcannon#Foodieextravaganza

This traditional Irish food staple, Colcannon, an essential Irish St. Patrick's Day potato recipe it’s a mixture of creamy mashed potatoes with veggies.

Ingredients
1 Cup Shredded Cabbage
3 Medium Potatoes
1 Leek  - chopped

½ Cup  Green Peas - boiled 
A Pinch of Nutmeg powder
1 Tablespoon Heaped Butter

1 Tablespoon Level All Purpose Flour 

250 to 300 Ml Milk 
Salt to taste
Black pepper powder  to taste
3 Tablespoons Grated Cheddar cheese

Method

Boil the potatoes till they are  are fork tender. Peel them and then grate or use a ricer, keep them aside. 

In a heavy bottom pan add the butter, flour and roast till flour for 3 to 4 minutes  or till it releases an aroma.  Add the milk and make a thick smooth sauce.   Add the veggies and cook till they are  wilted  or for 3 -4 minutes. 

Keep stirring continuously  till the sauce thickens. Add the black pepper, nutmeg powder,  cheese.  Taste for salt and then add the mashed potatoes and stir it till thoroughly mixed.  

Serve it immediately garnished with chopped scallion greens, a dash of nutmeg and black pepper powder. 

 This is the ultimate comfort food, its creamy and delicious.

Labels: Irish, Ireland Vegetarian, Foodie Extravaganza Party, Cabbage, Potato, Green Peas, Leek, Butter, Cheddar Cheese, Savory, Side Dish, Salads,International Cuisine 

March 17 is National Irish Food Day, or National "Eat Like an Irishman" Day. My #FoodieExtravaganza friends and I are all sharing Irish themed recipes to celebrate! Karen of Karen's Kitchen Stories, is our host. Check out this collection of recipes celebrating Irish food:
Beef and Smoked Sausage Cabbage Rolls from Food Lust People Love
Colcannon from Sneha's Recipe
Colcannon (Irish Potatoes and Cabbage) from Caroline's Cooking
Cold Irish Day Cocktail from Our Good Life
Dublin Coddle - Irish Bacon, Sausage, and Potato Stew from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Instant Pot Dublin Coddle from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Irish Cheese and Walnut Biscuits from Simply Inspired Meals
Irish Coffee from Tara's Multicultural Table
Mushy Peas from Pandemonium Noshery
Shepherd's Pie from Palatable Pastime
Traditional Shepherd's Pie from Cookaholic Wife

Maple Pancakes

These delicious pancakes are light and moist.  The pancake texture soft and spongy. Quick and easy to make must try these.

Serves 2

Makes 6 Panckes

Ingredients
1 Cup All-purpose flour
1.1/2 Teaspoons Baking powder
1/4 Teaspoon Salt

1/2 Teaspoon Level Baking Soda
1 Egg
1 Cup Milk
1 Tablespoons Melted Butter
1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup or Sugar
For Serving Maple syrup as required

Method

In a  bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the egg, milk, oil and syrup, stir into dry ingredients just until blended and smooth.

Pour a ladle full of batter onto a lightly greased hot pan on medium high flame and cover it with a lid for 2  minutes, you will see bubbles form on top of pancakes.  After that take off the lid reduce the flame to medium low and  flip the pancake.  Cook until this side is golden brown . 

Serve with additional syrup. 

Enjoy a delicious and filling breakfast.

Labels : Pancakes, Maple Syrup, Breakfast

Grilled Pork

This recipe single serving / one slice of pork.  It's super delicious. 

Ingredients

1 Big slice of Pork
For the Marination
1/2 Teaspoon Fresh Red Chilly Crushed
1/2 Teaspoon pepper powder
1/2 Teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
1 Teaspoon vinegar
1 Teaspoon Hosin sauce
1 Soya sauce
4 Drops of Tobassco salt
1/2 Teaspoon salt.
Method

Mix all the ingredients for the marination well and apply this to the pork slice. Keep this in the fridge for at 4 hours.  I kept it overnight.   Then grill it  in a preheated oven at 180 degrees. After 10 minutes  turn the slice and grill it again for 10 minutes or till done.

This grilled pork slice for was so tasty and crisp.

Labels: Pork, Baked

Stir Fry Baby Corn On A Bed Of Fettuccine Pasta

This is a tangy and sweet baby corn stir fry. This is served on a bed of Fettuccine pasta. It's vegan and delicious. 

Ingredients

3 Tablespoons Sesame oil
6 Baby corns - cut into four parts
2 Capsicums - cut into strips
1 Spring Onions - white and green sliced separately
1 Tomato - de seeded - cut into strips
1 Tablespoons Ginger Garlic paste -
1.1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder
2 Tablespoons Tomato sauce
2 Tablespoons Tomato Puree
1 Tablespoons Corn flour - mixed in 1/4 cup water
1/2 Teaspoon Ajinomoto - optional
1 Teaspoon Soy sauce
Salt to taste
200 Grams Fettuccine Pasta
Method

Boil the Fettuccine Pasta as per packet instructions.

Mix the ginger - garlic paste in 2 tablespoon water and keep aside.
Fry the baby corn, capsicum and tomato separately, keep aside.

In a wok heat oil and add the ginger-garlic paste and fry till all the water dries. Then add the tomato puree, tomato sauce, soy sauce, chilly powder and salt to taste. 

Stir fry till oil leaves the sides then add the white part of the onion and stir fry on high flame for a minute add the fried baby corn, capsicum and tomato, stir fry on high flame for a minute add water to make it saucy and the ajinomoto  and bring it to a boil, add the corn flour slurry and let it thicken slightly. 

Take off flame and serve it on a bed of Fettuccine pasta.

Labels : Pasta & Noodles, Baby Corn, Vegetarian, Vegan, Main course, Italian

Mini Bundts Nutella Tea Cakes#BundtBakers

These are such quick easy nutella tea cake. These tea cakes do not require any frosting. 

Since this month we celebrate World Nutella Day, we were asked to prepare a favorite bundt with chocolate hazelnut spread, by our Host Tammy & Catherine.

Makes 12 
Ingredients
1½ Cups Self Raising Flour
1 Teaspoon Vanilla essence
2 Eggs
½ Cup Milk
¾ Cup Caster Sugar
100 Grams Butter
3 Tablespoons Coarsely Ground Cashew Meal
½ Cup Nutella

Method
Mix the flour and cashew meal. Keep aside.

Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy, add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Now add one-third of flour and fold until mixed, then add in little of the milk again fold, until all flour and milk has been incorporated , finally add the vanilla and nutella, fold in lightly. 

Spoon them into the bundt molds and bake on 180 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes.

Dust them with icing sugar and enjoy with tea.

Labels: Bundt, Bundt Bakers, Nutella, Cashew Meal, Baked
Have a look at our other Bakers:

Banana Nutella Swirl Bundt Cake with Coffee Crumble by All That’s Left Are The Crumbs
Bundt Cake with Sherry Pedro Ximenez with Nutella and Nuts by Paty Co Candy Bar
Chocolate Bundt with Nutella Cream by Living the Gourmet
Chocolate Nutella Bundt with White Chocolate Glaze by Sweet Sensations
DIY Nutella Bundt Cake by Katin Spajz
Individual Nutella Swirl Pound Cakes by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Mini Bundts Nutella Tea Cakes by Sneha’s Recipe
Nutella Swirl Bundt Cake by Cookaholic Wife
Nutella Pear Bundt Cake by Patty’s Cake
White Nutella Bundt Cake by Merce’s Cake

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.