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The Complete Beverley Sutherland Smith Cookbook
By Beverley Sutherland Smith
Lansdowne - 1987
Steak and Kidney Pie : page 97
Dirties quite a few bowls and pans! Not quick, you spend about an hour chopping and frying before cooking the filling for 2 hours.
I do this the day before, then top it with mashed potato instead of puff pastry. Well worth the effort!
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Salmon with Basil and Tomato Sauce : page 65
You just steam the fish. It's the sauce, shallots reduced in white wine and water, then add finely diced peeled tomatoes and cook till soft, add basil and demount with butter. Scatter a few salt crystals on the fish before spooning sauce on top.
The basil can be omitted and it's still delicious.
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Pot-roasted Veal in the Italian Manner : page 123
Dead easy, just a suitable piece of veal studded with garlic and rosemary, browned and pot-roasted in white wine. Takes nearly two hours. Leftovers make delicious sandwiches.
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Pork Chops with Apples and Currants : page 197
The curry powder in the flour with which the chops are dusted is what does it. After frying add apples and currants then cook with the lid on - cannot dry out.
This recipe is over 20 years old, the cooking is done in butter. I've tried using oil, it's not the same.
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Meat Loaf with Apples and Vegetables : page 112
Absolutely my favourite meat loaf. Not cheap because instead of being cooked in a tin it is cooked on a tray, wrapped in bacon. Grated apple and potato make it very moist. Fantastic for sandwiches.
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Lentil Soup : page 10
One of my regular soups, I make it in the pressure cooker which cuts preparation time down from nearly two hours to about half an hour. Red lentils cooked in chicken stock, then add sauteed onion, finely diced potato and chopped tinned tomatoes and cook some more. Add parsley before serving - the finely sliced frankfurts suggested by the author are quite unneccessary.
Keeps well for days, but is inclined to thicken.
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Lancashire Hotpot : page 158
When buying the forequarter chops for this I tell the butcher I'm making Irish Stew, which of course it isn't because of the carrots and mushrooms. I reduce the quantities of everything because I'm only using 4 chops and I think the suggested amount of liquid is too much anyway.
Mandoline definitely required for preparation.
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Glazed Pork Spare Ribs : page 193
Orange/tomato sauce. Ribs baked plain for 30 minutes to ged rid of excess fat.
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Fillet of Pork with Mustard Crumb Topping : page 191
Easy, but you've got to watch that it isn't overcooked - depends on the size of the fillets. The mustard cuts the richness of the pork. Goes well with mashed spuds, strangely enough.
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