Last year I put a couple of recipes, & thought I'd do some more. They're simple, tried and tested old favourites. My style of cooking is a bit imprecise, and usually in a single pot for easy clearing up! I hope someone tries and enjoys them.
Edible Brussels sprouts
Boil briefly, max 5 minutes, then toss in butter, lots of fresh ground pepper, chopped frozen chestnuts (Waitrose is the only place I've found) tinned are too soft & sweet, and some cranberries. Sizzle gently until the cranberries start to disintegrate. You could add bacon bits, but our only sprout lover is a herbivore!
Caribbean Bananas
Soak a handful of raisins/sultanas or whatever in a couple of tablespoons of dark rum with a tablespoon of dark brown sugar, the richer & stickier the better, a tablespoon of mixed peel and of desiccated coconut, a generous teaspoon of mixed spice & the juice & grated peel of an orange and a lemon. Leave for a couple of hours in a covered ovenproof dish, then add 1-2 bananas per person, depending on how stuffed you all are, more rum if it's too dry, spoon the sugar & fruit over the bananas and put it in the oven while you eat the main course. Serve with an excess of thick cream. At least two of your five-a-day!
Mince-pie Crumble
Use your favourite crumble topping, but add a few ounces of really cheap muesli, it's crunchier than plain oats, and you don't need the fruit & nuts. Any fruit works, (Laura uses apple & raspberry) but a particularly nice mixture is apple, sultanas soaked in grape juice, mixed peel (home made from my vine & frozen) and 2 very generous teaspoons of mixed spice. The sultanas absorb the juice so it isn't soggy, and the grape juice give a wonderful red colour, maybe add angelica to the top after cooking to make it really Christmassy, or is that OTT?
Enjoy them
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