Roasted Butternut and Coconut

So simple, and yummy!

 Ingredients:

1 Butternut
1 can of coconut milk
You can add what you like, half a red onion, half a pepper, it's a great way of using up any left over veg.
Black pepper and chilli powder.


Chop up the Butternut about the size of a 50p and put on a roasting tin with anything else you want to add. Sprinkle over 2-3 tablespoons of chilli powder. Roast till starting to brown. Add the coconut milk, mix lightly and return to the oven. Cook for 15-30mins until it's started to thicken.

Rustic Ale Pie

I've been working on my pies in time for Christmas. I used to make a beef and ale pie and wondered if I could reproduce it with mushrooms! It was yummy!!

Ingredients:

1x red onion

1x spring onion

half a stick of celery

half a bottle of new castle brown ale (I have double checked Newcastle Brown Ale and a tiny amount of fish is used in the process of making it. In just over a year I've not made many mistakes! More information here http://www.barnivore.com/beer/43/newcastle-brown-ale Lots of other ales to pick from)

Homemade Pastry 

Mushroom

Spring Onion

Half a red pepper

Fry the onions and celery.

Add the pepper and herbs to your taste. (I added rosemary and black pepper.)

Chop up mushroom, coat in a small amount of oil and then cover in flour.

Add mushrooms, to the onions.

Once they are starting to brown, add the Ale.

Bring to a rolling boil.

Reduce down, make the pastry or use pre-made puff pastry.

Add to muffin cases or large tin (click here for blog about puff pies for tips on how to make pies this way)

I used cookie cutters to make little crowns, the kids love this! Bear held up the crown on the top of his head and sung 'am the kind of the castle.)