Joe Shannon and Mary Gleeson spoke to the Joe Finnegan Show on Tuesday morning and shared their recipes.
Take a listen here:
Heres the Recipe for Joes Creamy Ham and Mushroom Pasta Bake
500g Pasta or your own favourite shape, wholemeal, plain or flavoured
60g C butter, plus a little extra
300g Mushrooms, sliced
150g Chopped washed leeks
Bunch spring onions, finely sliced
60g Plain flour
100 ml Vegetable stock
500mlt milk
2 tsp Mustard
Salt/ Pepper
150g thickly cut ham or leftover cooked bacon, chopped
150g Irish cheddar cheese, sliced or grated
Method:
1. Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, then drain. Heat oven to 200 oC/fan 180C/gas 6, then melt a little Butter in a large saucepan. Fry the mushrooms for a couple of mins, then scoop out and set aside. Use some kitchen paper to wipe out the pan.
2. Melt the remaining butter in the pan, then add most of the spring onions, leeks and soften for 1 min. Stir in the flour for another min, then gradually stir in the vegetable stock followed by the milk until you have a lump-free sauce, then stir in the mustard. Increase the heat and bubble the sauce, stirring for a few mins to thicken. Turn off the heat, stir in the ham and most of the cheese, then season to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Tip the pasta and mushrooms into the sauce and mix well, then tip into a large ovenproof dish. Scatter over the remaining cheese and spring onions, then bake for 10 mins until golden.
here's the recipe for Mary's Caraway & Sultana Bread
1 X lb. white flour
1 X teaspoon bread soda
2 X teaspoon sugar
1 X teaspoon fine sea salt (or any salt)
2 X teaspoon Soft butter
¾ pint (450ml) buttermilk
2 X heaped teaspoons of Caraway seeds
Handful of Sultanas
1 X Egg for egg wash
Preheat Oven to 180 degrees C
Flour the base of a loaf tin
Sift the flour & bread soda into a bowl
Add the sugar, salt & butter.
Add sultanas & Caraway seeds.
Make a well in the centre
Using a large spoon, mix gently as you add the buttermilk to achieve a nice soft consistency.
Tip out on to a floured board and bind together lightly.
Lift into the tin
Egg wash & sprinkle sugar on the top.
Bake for 40 minutes.
Turn upside down in tin for the last 5 minutes in the oven
Cool on a baking rack. Enjoy!
