Miranda loved cooking for people. Here are some of her most well-loved recipes for you to try.
Starter
Baked Red Peppers serves 4
Ingredients 4 large red peppers | 4 vine tomatoes | A log of soft goats cheese | Tinned anchovies | 4 tsp herbs de Provence | Olive oil | Salt & Pepper
Method Preheat the oven to 160 degrees. Halve the peppers lengthways and deseed. Cut the tomatoes in half widthways and put one half inside each pepper half. Put a slice of goats cheese on each, criss-cross with two anchovies and sprinkle with the herbs. Season, drizzle with olive oil and bake for 40 minutes. For more recipes and information about the book visit www.placeatthetable.info
Main
Fish Pie serves 4
Ingredients One salmon fillet | One cod fillet | One smoked haddock | fillet | A packet of prawns | Two eggs, hard boiled | Milk | 1 tbs flour | 2 tsp butter | 1 bay leaf | 4 medium sized potatoes
Method Cut the potatoes into chunks and boil until soft. Place the fish and prawns in a pan and cover with milk. Add the butter and bayleaf and season. Simmer on a low heat for around 15 minutes, or until the fish is no longer translucent. Using a slotted spatula, take the fish out of the pan and arrange in the bottom of an over-proof dish. Quarter the hard-boiled eggs and lay on top. Take the bay leaf out of the milk and gradually add the flour to thicken into a bechamel sauce. Pour over the fish. Mash the potato and spread over the fish with a fork. Dot with butter and put in the oven for 30 mins, until the top is crispy and brown and the sauce bubbling. For more recipes and information about the book visit www.placeatthetable.info
Dessert
Homemade Strawberry Ice cream serves 4
Ingredients A punnet of strawberries | 200 mils double cream | 50 grams icing sugar | Zest of one lemon Method Remove the leaves from the strawberries and blitz in a blender until pureed. Fold into the double cream, sieve in the iceing sugar and add the lemon zest. Pour into ramakins and freeze.
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