Mushroom and potato frittata

MUSHROOM & POTATO FRITTATA

Ingredients

• 500g baby potatoes, halved

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 150g baby button mushrooms, large ones halved

• 120g Co-op grated mature Cheddar

• 6 medium h eggs, beaten

Method

Put the potatoes into a pan of cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 12-15 mins, until tender, then drain Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4 When the potatoes are nearly cooked, heat half the oil in a 20cm ovenproof frying pan (base measurement) and fry the mushrooms over a medium to high heat for 5 mins

Lower the heat and cook for a further 5 mins, then remove the mushrooms from the pan Add the remaining oil to the pan and put it over a low to medium heat

Add the cooked potatoes and mushrooms to the pan, and season Add three-quarters of the cheese to the beaten eggs and pour over the vegetables

Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and cook gently for 5 mins Transfer to the oven and cook for 15 mins, until cooked through and golden Serve in wedges

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CHOCOLATE, HAZELNUT & COOKIE CAKE

Ingredients Method

• 250g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing • 250g 70% cocoa dark chocolate, chopped • 250g light brown soft sugar • 250g self raising white flour • 50g cocoa powder • 4 large free range eggs • For the buttercream • 150g unsalted butter, softened • 200g chocolate spread • 150g icing sugar • 1 tbsp semi-skimmed milk • 6 Irresistible triple chocolate cookies, to decorate Grease and line 2 deep loose-bottomed 20cm cake tins

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/ gas 4 Put the chocolate, sugar and butter in a pan and melt together over a low heat, until the sugar is completely dissolved and everything is combined. Leave to cool

Put the flour and cocoa into a large bowl Whisk the eggs into the cooled chocolate mixture, then whisk the chocolate mixture into the dry ingredients Divide between the prepared cake tins and bake for 25-30 mins, until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Leave to cool completely Once the cakes are cool, make the buttercream

Whisk together the butter and chocolate and hazelnut spread until light and fluffy Whisk in the icing sugar, then add the milk to loosen slightly Place one of the cakes onto a serving plate and spread a layer of the buttercream over the top Sandwich with the second cake, then spread over the rest of the buttercream To decorate, cut 3 of the cookies in half and crush the other 3 into crumbs

Pat most of the crumbs around the sides of the iced cake, push the halved cookies at intervals around the top, and sprinkle with the remaining cookie crumbs to serve

PLANS WILL NOT PROGRESS DUE TO IMPROVED TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS

South Gloucestershire Council has decided not to progress proposals for further work on a number of junctions and roundabouts along the A4174 ring road.

The funding bid to introduce changes to the ring road junctions (including a further three throughabouts) will not be submitted to Government in response to a positive change in traffic patterns. The council’s Cabinet made the decision after initially putting the wider A4174 scheme on hold for a year to allow for further assessment.

A significant reduction and change in traffic movements was found to have taken place since the proposals were initially drawn up in 2018. There are now less delays on the ring road, as the Covid pandemic has changed people’s travel habits and the Wraxall Road throughabout has had a positive impact. Both southbound and northbound ring road traffic at morning and afternoon peak times was found to have reduced by up to 14 percent between 2018 and 2022 in post-pandemic travel conditions. Therefore it was agreed that the junction proposals for the A4174 corridor between Lyde Green and Kingsfield roundabouts were no longer needed. Councillor Steve Reade, cabinet member responsible for regeneration, environment and strategic infrastructure at South Gloucestershire Council, said: “We have made the decision not to submit a funding bid and to withdraw the proposals. “We monitored the ring road and have the evidence that traffic patterns have changed. We have seen that there are now not as many delays, largely due to our new post-lockdown travel habits and journey time savings thanks to the Wraxall Road throughabout. “Our data for the Wraxall Road junction improvement indicates that many of the congestion issues on the ring road between Siston Hill and Kingsfield have now been reduced.”

A 12-week consultation after the opening of the area’s first through-about at the Wraxall Road junction saw residents asking for the performance of Wraxall Road to be better understood. Concerns were also raised about the impact of construction and roadworks, so the plans for further work were put on hold to enable the council to carry out further assessment.