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World Whisky Day

World Whisky Day

Celebrating World Whisky Day, the Dairy Diary way!


Did you know?

  • Whisky or whiskey is a distilled alcoholic drink made from fermented grain mash.
  • The smoky flavour found in some types of whisky, especially true of Scotch, is due to the peat smoke used to treat the malt.
  • Whisky is most often aged in wooden casks, often made of charred white oak.
  • With a value of £4.359 billion (2017), Scotch whisky exports accounted for over 20 per cent of all UK food and drink exports.
  • Some 34 bottles of whisky are exported from Scotland every second.

Whisky in Gaelic reads ‘uisge beathe’,
which means ‘water of life’

We will be celebrating World Whisky Day in the Dairy Diary office by baking these gorgeous Dundee Marmalade Flapjacks, and making our very own  Whisky Marmalade. Absolutely delicious!

 

Dundee Marmalade flapjacks

Dundee Marmalade Flapjacks

Whisky Marmalade

Whisky Marmalade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National Vegetarian Week and new ingredients

Nasi Goreng

National Vegetarian Week

 

Look who’s supporting this year’s National Vegetarian Week: Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, Ella Mills and many more… enjoy veggie food this National Vegetarian Week.

 

New ingredients

New and exciting veggie food products are launched regularly, but it’s not possible or affordable to try them all.

But one ingredient that I’m definitely going to try is jackfruit.

You will see it on supermarket shelves and also in restaurants. It comes in cans, has a savoury flavour and the texture of pulled pork.

I am reducing the amount of meat that we eat as a family, so it’s definitely going to be on my shopping list soon. If we like jackfruit it may be in future Dairy Diary recipes!

Tamarind paste is another ingredient that is new to me. It’s made from the fruit of the tamarind tree and has a sweet/sour taste. Although unfamiliar in the UK, it is a key ingredient in Worcestershire sauce, which has been around for almost 200 years!

Tamarind paste is used in this Nasi Goreng recipe, from the Quick After-Work Cookbook, and is stir-fried with garlic, ginger and chilli just before the rice is added.

This mouthwatering vegetarian recipe takes just 15 minutes to make and is an excellent weekday meal when you’re short of time.

Please share with us any new ingredients that you have used recently – who knows, they could appear in the next Dairy Diary!

 

Nasi Goreng

RECIPE

 

 

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Celebrate World Cocktail Day!

Cranberry Cocktail

Cranberry Cocktail is our Recipe of the Week

 

This cocktail is deliciously simple and takes just a few minutes to prepare.

Best when mixed with really good quality vodka, such as Grey Goose.

Enjoy it with friends this weekend and don’t miss World Cocktail Day on Monday.

 

Cranberry Cocktail

RECIPE

 

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Recipe of the Week: Black Forest Trifle

Black Forest Tridle

Trifle recipes remain one of the most popular on the Dairy Diary blog and this delectable version will be no exception.

With chocolate muffins, chocolate custard, black cherries and cream, what’s not to love?

 

Black Forest Trifle 

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Did you know?

The first recognisably modern trifle appeared in the fifth (1755) edition of Hannah Glasse’s, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. She didn’t suddenly invent the recipe. It had been around since Elizabethan times, usually known as “fool”. After Hannah, though, the name stuck – and the layered construction of the trifle stuck.

 

 

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Easy meals for fussy children – and they will love them!

Before I became a mum I didn’t realise just how fussy children are!

Despite introducing my children to a wide range of foods, I seem to have raised fussy eaters.

The new Quick After-Work Cookbook has an excellent selection of teatime recipes written specifically with little fussy eaters in mind. Of course, all children are different, but there should be something that appeals to all.

The Children’s Teas chapter features:

  • Fish Finger Tacos
  • Turkey Pittas
  • Tortilla Pan Sandwich
  • Sloppy Joes
  • Mini Muffin Pizzas
  • Veggie Nuggets
  • Pork & Apple Burgers
  • Bacon on Pea Green Fritters
  • Hidden Veg Quorn Bolognese

And all can be on the table within 30 minutes.

 

 

Sloppy Joes

Sloppy Joes

This recipe is a firm favourite in our family – with adults and children alike – taken from Quick After-Work cookbook.

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Quick After-Work CookbookTo find out more about this fabulous cookbook click here.

 

 

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Recipe of the Week | Halloumi Salad with Orange, Pomegranate & Hazelnut

Halloumi Salad with Orange, Pomegranate & Hazelnut

Vibrant, delicious & ready in 10 minutes!

This Halloumi Salad with Orange, Pomegranate & Hazelnut is very quick and easy, yet is full of flavour. 

Quick After-Work CookbookThe recipe is taken from the new Quick After-Work cookbook which features mouthwatering midweek meals that are simple to fit into your busy lifestyle.

Each of the exciting recipes can be on the table in 30 minutes or less!

Just what you need… quick and easy recipes with big satisfying flavours that just hit the spot!

Halloumi Salad with Orange, Pomegranate & Hazelnut

 

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