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03-01-2014 10:24pm#1Hi all, As part of a christmas gift I got a food hamper, inside it there was:
- Brandy butter
- Cranberry sauce with port
- Roasted pepper relish
- Beetroot in redcurrent jelly
I'l admit Im not a big foodie, I'm a bacon and cabbage, custard and jelly for dessert kinda person, so something basic? 0
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Brandy butter is delicious with christmas pudding.
Cranberry sauce goes really nicely with white meat like turkey or chicken, it can be used in sandwiches or just on the side of your plate. Also lovely with cheese like brie.
Red pepper relish is exactly what it sounds like. Use either in sandwiches or with cold meats.
Beetroot is beetroot, just in redcurrant jelly.
Why don't you try them all out and pair them with things yourself?
Cause l havent a clue what to put them with! like l said lm not into food but ld like to use them and its something different....l just have no imagination/creativity when it comes to food
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »Hi all, As part of a christmas gift I got a food hamper, inside it there was:
- Brandy butter
- Cranberry sauce with port
- Roasted pepper relish
- Beetroot in redcurrent jelly
I'l admit Im not a big foodie, I'm a bacon and cabbage, custard and jelly for dessert kinda person, so something basic?
Brandy butter
As Faith says, put this with Christmas pudding. If you've no christmas pud left, just use with fruitcake.
Cranberry sauce with port
Put a big tablespoon on the side with a roast chicken dinner.
Alternatively, buy a crusty white roll, a bag of rocket and a wedge of camembert, and either sliced turkey or cooked chicken. Put a few thin slices of camembert on the sliced roll, and add the sliced meat, the rocket and a big smearing of the cranberry sauce. Devour.
Roasted pepper relish
Buy a box of water crackers. Buy a chunk of strong cheddar. Put a half tsp of relish on the cracker with a slice of cheddar. Stuff it in your gob. Chew. Wonder why you haven't done this before. Eat half the box of crackers with the block of cheese and most of the jar of relish. Watch your New Years resolution run towards the horizon with its arse on fire.
Beetroot in redcurrent jelly
Get the remains of the bag of rocket from the cranberry recipe. Buy a tin of peeled mandarin segments. Buy a bag of pine nuts and scatter a tablespoon of them in a dry frying pan and heat them until they toast (few minutes - don't let them burn, you want them to take on a bit of colour - then toss them out of the pan onto a plain plate so they cool). In a bowl put the rocket, a few of the drained mandarin segments, some of the beetroot in redcurrent jelly and the pine nuts. Toss it all up. Add some parmesan shavings if you like (buy a block of parmesan and take some thin shavings off it with a potato peeler). Eat the salad while trying to convince yourself you're making up for that episode with the cheddar and the crackers and the red pepper relish.0 -
stop animal cruelty wrote: »Cause l havent a clue what to put them with! like l said lm not into food but ld like to use them and its something different....l just have no imagination/creativity when it comes to food
My heart goes out to you. There is such a wonderful world of food for you if you would but try. Meals in my childhood were very plain but after marriage in the 70's I tried many new foods, recipes, because I got so bored eating plain food. I used to buy cookery books just as reading material and that is how I gained knowledge. Cookery books vary in quality these days and are expensive so perhaps you could visit your library and borrow some basic cookery books.
Your food gift is to be used with your Christmas fare. Brandy butter on your warm Christmas pudding, but in our house we prefer home made custard made on all cream, calorific, but delish! The other products can be eaten with cold meats like your turkey, ham, pork, chicken etc., just as you would use Branston Pickle or Ploughman's Pickle.
There is nothing new or trendy in the products you received as I have used them since the 70's. I'd be interested to learn what you thought of them.0 -
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »l like chessecake alrite
are you saying mix the brandy butter with the biscuit base?
Yes. Not for the whole butter quantity: perhaps half. It'll be a little sweeter than usual so I might swap two of the digestives for three gingernuts depending on the topping. My favourite is lemon cheesecake.0 -
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