What to make with your box contents w/c 11 December 2023
Be creative and adapt recipes to suit what you have in your fridge and store cupboard. Don’t forget to check out our last few blogs here on box contents use.
Sweet potato mash
Prep time: 5 mins
Cooks: 12 mins
Serves 2
This delicious sweet potato mash goes really well with seabass and greens. This is a real favourite.
Source: Jamie Oliver 30 minute meals book
Ingredients
- Large sweet potato
- 2 limes
- Handful fresh coriander
- 2 tablespoons mango chutney
- Soy sauce
- 1/2 red chilli chopped
Method
Wash the sweet potato and trim off any gnarly bits. Stab a few times and put in a microwave safe bowl. Halve one of the limes and add to the bowl, cover with a double layer of clingfilm and microwave on full power for 12 minutes or until cooked through.
Finely chop the coriander on a large wooden chopping board, setting a few leaves aside for garnish. Add the mango chutney and a good splash of soy sauce and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, the juice from 1/2 lime and reserved chopped chilli. Chop and mix everything together on the board.
Remove the sweet potatoes from the microwave and check they are cooked then use tongues to squeeze over the juice from the hot lime halves and discard them. Carefully tip the sweet potato on top of the mango chutney mixture and use a knife to chop and mash everything together, including the skins. Season to taste adding more fresh lime if needed.
Curried leek and potato hash with fried eggs
Prep: 5 mins
Cook time: 45 mins
Serves 2
Source: Olive, find the recipe here
Moroccan chickpea and squash stew
Cook time: 30 mins
Serves 4
A belly-filling one pot dish with a moroccan touch!
Source: Crop drop, find your recipe here
Roasted carrots and mushrooms
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Serves 2
Cooked carrots don’t get much respect, but I promise that these thyme-seasoned Roasted Carrots and Mushrooms are amazing.
Source: Kalyns kitchen, find the recipe here
Honey balsamic fried red cabbage with goat cheese & walnuts
Cook time: 20 mins
Serves 4
Source: Must love garlic, find the recipe here
Beef and ale stew with parsnips
Cook time: 3 hours 40 mins
Serves 4
This hearty stew pairs beef shin with parsnips and ale. Serve with creamy mash on the side for a warming winter dinner
Source: BBC Good Food, find the recipe here
Apple tart
Prep time: 25 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Serves 8-10
This easy apple tart really is quick to make whilst still looking beautiful and tasting delicious.
Ingredients
- 320g all butter ready rolled puff pastry sheet
- 1 Tbsp plain flour for dusting
- 4 eating apples
- 30g unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 20g caster sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
Method
Peel and core one apple, and chop it into small pieces, placing them in a small saucepan.
Add about 100ml of water to the pan, or enough to mostly cover the apple pieces. Bring to the boil, and simmer gently for about 20 minutes or until the apple is really soft and most of the water has evaporated.
Mash the cooked apple into a smooth puree using a handheld blender or the back of a fork. Set aside to cool.
Prepare the butter and sugar, and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 200C (390F) / 180C Fan.
Lay the puff pastry sheet, including the parchment is was wrapped in, onto a flat work surface. If the pastry sheet is not as wide as your tart serving plate, dust it with some plain flour, and gently roll it until it is wide enough.
Flip your tart serving plate upside down onto the pastry sheet, and cut out a circle of pastry using the plate as a guide.
Remove the plate.
Crimp the edge of the pastry circle.
Lift the pastry by the parchment, and flip it upside down directly onto a large baking sheet (the crimped edge should now be underneath the base).
Chill in the fridge whilst you prepare the apples.
Peel the remaining apples, cut into quarters through the centre, and remove the core.
Slice the apples thinly, about 2-3mm thick.
Remove the pastry from the fridge, and spread the apple puree over it in a thin layer, leaving a 1cm margin around the edge.
Layer the apples on top of the puree in concentric circles, overlapping the slices. Use the larger slices for the outer ring and the smaller ones for the inner circles.
Brush the beaten egg around the pastry edge using a pastry brush.
Sprinkle the sugar over the apples, and dot the butter cubes on top.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden brown.
Cool slightly and transfer onto a serving plate.
