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September Recipes

By Natoora.co.uk
20/09/2006

September recipes from

Thin plum and apple tart (4 people)

Preparation time: 20 mn
Cooking time: 25 mn

Ingredients:

-   1 Puff pastry
-   2 apples
-   2 “Quetsche” Plums
-   20g butter
-   4 tablespoons of caster sugar
-   2 tablespoons of vanilla sugar

Method:

- Place the pastry on baking paper on an oven tray.
- Peel and thinly slice the apples and plums and place them on the pastry in your own way.
- Cut the butter in small pieces that you will put on the fruits and sprinkle with the sugar.

- Put the tart in the oven (Th 6/7) for approximately 25 minutes.
- Half way through cooking time take the tart out of the oven and sprinkle with the caramelised juice from the sides.
- At the end of cooling time, the tart must be a bit caramelised.

Tip: This tart goes very well with Vanilla ice cream.

Pork roast with plums and honey

Preparation time: 20 mn
Cooking time: 1h

Ingredients for 4 people:

-    1kg pork joint
-    20 greengages
-    4 table spoons of honey
-    2 hand full of sultanas
-    10 potatoes
-    25cl chicken stock
-    2 garlic cloves
-    Butter

Method:

- Pre heat the oven 180◦C (Th 6).
- Make slits in the pork joint and push the garlic cloves into them   Place it in an oven dish.
- Peel, wash, cut the potatoes in half and place them around the joint. Do the same with the plums, removing the stone.
- Add the sultanas, honey, salt/pepper and a nut of butter on the roast.
- Prepare the chicken stock and pour it over the joint.
- Place in the oven for 1 hour.
- Turn the roast over half way through cooking time.

Oven baked Skate wing (light)

Preparation time: 10 mn
Cooking time: 20 mn

Ingredients for 4 people:

-    2 skate wings (600-800g)
-    20cl of white wine
-    10cl crème fraîche
-    1 onion
-    Parsley, tarragon (and any kind of herbs of your choice)

Method:

- Place the skate wings in an oven dish and cover with the white wine, salt, pepper, the thinly sliced onion and the chopped herbs.
- Cook it in the over (th5-6 or 200◦C) for 15mn, then add the cream and put the dish back for 5minutes.

You can serve it with Bulgur (wheat), quinoa or even rice with a bit of lime.

Baked Figs

Ingredients (for 4 people)

- 4 Figs
- 4 slices of Denhay Air Dried Ham or Parma Ham
- 1 piece of Gorgonzola cheese
- 1 bag of mixed green salad

Method

- Pre-heat the oven to 220C/Gas 7.
- Make a criss-cross on the top of the figs, gently press open, but leave the fig whole.
- Place some cheese inside the fig and the wrap with the Ham.
- Place on a baking tray and bake in the oven for five to six minutes, or until the ham is crispy and the cheese has melted.

Serve on top of a pile of mixed salad leaves.

Bon Appétit
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