Creamed Spinach with Applewood Smoke Bacon & Caramelized Onions

Ham Hock, Spinach and Cheese Crêpes

Ingredients

• 100 g (3½oz) fresh spinach
• 300 ml (10½fl oz) milk
• 150 g (5oz) plain flour
• 2 large free-range eggs
• 2 tblsp melted butter
• 225 g (8oz) gruyère cheese, grated
• 260 g (9oz) cooked ham hock meat

Pancake Cannelloni with Spinach and Four Cheeses

Ingredients

• for the pancakes:
• 110 g fine whole meal or plain flour
• sea salt
• 2 free range eggs, beaten
• 7 floz milk mixed with 3 fl oz water
• 50 g melted butter
• for the sauce:
• 570 ml milk
• 50 g butter
• 1 tblsp plain flour
• 1 bay leaf
• fresh nutmeg
• sea salt and fresh ground black pepper
• for the filling:
• 450 g spinach
• extra virgin olive oil
• 150 g ricotta cheese
• 150 g cashel blue
• 50 g parmesan cheese
• 1 bunch of chives (finely chopped)
• 110 g mozzarella cheese
• 50 g parmesan cheese

Savoury Prawn and Spinach Creamy Pancakes

Ingredients

• 125 g plain flour
• small pinch of salt
• 1 medium egg (beaten)
• 275 ml semi-skimmed milk (may need up to 25ml more)
• vegetable or sunflower oil (for frying)
• 2 handfuls cooked and peeled prawns
• a bag of spinach
• 1/2 tub crème fraîche
• grated parmesan or mature cheddar

 

Spring lamb wellington

Ingredients

• 2 lamb loins – trimmed
• 4 large field mushrooms
• 1 large onion
• 20mls of brandy or whisky
• Zest of half a lemon  
• 1 tbsp cooking oil

• Bag spinach leaves
• Salt and pepper for seasoning
• 6 sheets of spring roll pastry (wrappers)
• 1 litre of cooking oil for deep-frying
• 1 cup of hollandaise 
• ½ cup of fresh mint

Pasta with Creamy Spinach Sauce