Spaghetti Bolognaise

It has taken me many years to get the perfect bolognaise sauce, and I have finally done it. Everyone loves this recipe, and it is a great, filling, family favourite. It is lovely and saucy, with no watery bits.

Ingredients

500g mince

1 onion, finely chopped

2 cloves or 2 tspn garlic

1 cup chopped button mushrooms

1 tspn beef stock powder

1 tspn mixed herbs

1 tin diced tomatoes

1 tin tomato soup

Method:

Brown mince, drain off excess liquid. Add onion and garlic and fry off for a couple of minutes. Add all other ingredients and simmer for about 15 minutes over a low heat with the lid on.  Serve over pasta of your choice.

Pumpkin Soup

I wanted to use up some of the many pumpkins I have stored at the moment, so pumpkin soup was on the cards - yum.

Ingredients

1 pumpkin cut and peeled

1 onion diced

2 stalks celery sliced

1 capsicum diced

1 large or 2 small sweet potatoes peeled and diced

1 rasher bacon

1 tablespoon butter

3 tablespoons flour

6 cups chicken stock

1/2 cup cream

Method

Melt butter, add vegetables and bacon and saute for 5 minutes. Leave lid on to sweat vegetables, but stir occasionally. 

Add flour and mix until combined,

 








then add chicken stock, and stir occasionally until boiling. Slow boil until vegetables are soft and mushy.

Remove from heat. Mash first with a potato masher, and then pulp up with a hand blender. Add half cup cream and stir, then serve. Serve with home made bread and butter.

Condensed Milk

This is exactly the same as the bought tinned stuff - yummo - and a fraction of the cost.

1 cup hot water

2 cups sugar

2 cups powdered milk - skim or fullcream is fine

3 tsp butter

Place sugar in a blender and dissolve with the hot water. Add other ingredients and mix for approx 2 minutes - that's it...easy.

Keep refrigerated. This makes the equivalent to 2 tins and can be used in any recipe that calls for it.

Deb's Sausage Hotpot

This is my original recipe, and tastes yummy. Much better than plain old snags.

8 Sausages - chopped into approx 1 in pieces

1 Chorizo sausage - chopped into 1cm pieces

1 onion - chopped

1/2 capsicum - chopped

2 stalks celery - sliced

2 tspn garlic

1 tin tomato soup

1 tin chopped tomatoes

Fry sausage and chorizo until browned, add onion and garlic, and fry off lightly, add all other ingredients and simmer for approximately 20 minutes or until cooked. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Chilli Jam

Ingredients

200g large red chillies
200g chopped onions
250g sugar
125ml water
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp lemon juice

Method

Slice chillies, leave seeds in if you like it hot, otherwise, discard

Place chillies in a pot with all other ingredients, bring to boil and boil slowly, stirring occasionally, for 30 mins or until desired consistency.

Pour into sterilised jars and seal. makes 2 medium jars.
It doesn't really matter if this finishes up with a jam like consistency or not. It is usually eaten by adding a spoonful as a sauce on top of cooked meat, or to accompany cheese, ham and a nice crusty bread roll, or as a enhancement to meat and salad sandwiches.