Pete's Recipe Book

[yummymummie83]

This makes loads of sauce so you could reduce to make small amount:

3 tbsp reduced fat peanut butter (smooth or crunchy) (10.5 syns)
120ml water
½ garlic clove, crushed
1 tbsp sweetener
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp very low fat fromage frais

Mix peanut butter, water and garlic together in a pan over a low heat. Heat until the sauce begins to thicken slightly, but don't worry if it seems runny as it will thicken as it cools. (I add generous helping chillies to give it at bit of a kick)

Remove from the heat, allow to cool slightly and then add the remaining sauce ingredients. Beat until smooth and serve together with the satay, hot or cold.

Absolutely lovely Thankyou. Defo one for my recipe book

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[bilsat]

Hi Yummymummie83.
I always add herbs that are long such as chives to the Instant mash to help hold them together, then place the mash in clingfilm, cover with another piece, then roll out, the pics should show you hoe it's done, when I cook the base then I let them cool before adding the topping.
Pete

 

[bilsat]

Pete’s Saltaire Chicken

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Chicken breast per person, cut into cubes (s) (ff)
1 red onion, finely chopped, (s) (sff)
1 Sweet pepper, finely sliced (s) (sff)
1 Red pepper, finely sliced (s) (sff)
1tbsp Tomato Puree (s) (sff)
1tbsp Virgin olive (1Heb/2=1/2 Heb per person) Or (6syn/2=3syn per person)
2tbsp oregano
3 Garlic cloves, finely chopped (sff)
400g Chopped tomatoes (s) (sff)
Cajun seasoning
Salt & Pepper

Method

Cook the chicken sprinkled with Cajun seasoning in a hot frying pan until browned.
Remove & set aside.
In the frying pan add the olive oil & the garlic, cook until the garlic is infused, add the peppers & onion, cook for 5 mins.
Add the tomatoes, puree & oregano, mix well, put the browned chicken into the tomato, sauce and bring to the boil, cook for 20-30 mins until the chicken is cooked and the sauce has thickened. Season to taste.
Serve with either vegetables or cooked rice.



( Inspired by my Daughter-in-Law on a visit to Saltaire!)

 

[cat yoyo greaves]

Pete's Saltaire Chicken

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Chicken breast per person, cut into cubes (s) (ff)
1 red onion, finely chopped, (s) (sff)
1 Sweet pepper, finely sliced (s) (sff)
1 Red pepper, finely sliced (s) (sff)
1tbsp Tomato Puree (s) (sff)
1tbsp Virgin olive (1Heb/2=1/2 Heb per person) Or (6syn/2=3syn per person)
2tbsp oregano
3 Garlic cloves, finely chopped (sff)
400g Chopped tomatoes (s) (sff)
Cajun seasoning
Salt & Pepper

Method

Cook the chicken sprinkled with Cajun seasoning in a hot frying pan until browned.
Remove & set aside.
In the frying pan add the olive oil & the garlic, cook until the garlic is infused, add the peppers & onion, cook for 5 mins.
Add the tomatoes, puree & oregano, mix well, put the browned chicken into the tomato, sauce and bring to the boil, cook for 20-30 mins until the chicken is cooked and the sauce has thickened. Season to taste.
Serve with either vegetables or cooked rice.

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( Inspired by my Daughter-in-Law on a visit to Saltaire!)

Saltaire in Yorkshire ? If so that's not far from me

 

[bilsat]

Hi Cat.
Yes Saltaire in Yorkshire! My son & his wife live in Shipley and we went to the Saltaire festival........

 

[puddles01]

It is easier to control consistency if you add water really gradually and mix in really well, so you dont get soft wetter spots within the "dough"-ball. Also, I find it easier to press/roll out on a sheet of clingfilm , so you can lift it up to put onto the pizza pan (obviously remove the clingfilm before cooking!); it does hold together better when cooked, so a few defects in the raw pizza base will be OK.

hi thanks, tried it again last night. Very tasty, I wasn't adding enough water previously.

 

[solo12]

Just had the peanut curry for tea... OMG! It was beautiful, pete you rock!!

 

[slimming sinead]

Pete, I love all your recipes - I can always rely on them being tasty! Would you have any recommendations for pasta or rice salads for a BBQ that I have coming up?

 

[bilsat]

Hi Sinead.
I have looked through my recipes but i don't appear to have done a pasta or rice salad, this is the only salad recipe I have.

Pete’s Onion & Tomato Salad

Ingredients
1 Spanish onion, chopped into 5mm pieces (s)(sff)
1 large tomato, chopped into 5mm pieces (s)(sff)
5 cm of Cucumber, chopped into 5mm pieces (s)(sff)
1 spring onion, chopped into small pieces (s)sff)
¼ sweet pepper (s)(sff)
1 spring onion (s)(sff)
1 tsp sea salt
Zest of a lemon (ss)(sff)
Juice of one lemon (ss)(sff)
10 mint leaves, chopped finely

Method

Place all chopped veg into a bowl; add juice of the lemon, also the zest.

Mix together and add the salt. Place covered in the fridge to chill, when serving with a meal, add the chopped mint and mix again.

 

[slimming sinead]

Thanks a million Pete. I'll try thank one anyway & have a look around for a rice/pasta one as well.

Thanks again for all of your brilliant recipes & for the time you spend posting them.

 

[mamaboo3]

Pete, I love all your recipes - I can always rely on them being tasty! Would you have any recommendations for pasta or rice salads for a BBQ that I have coming up?

Hi I had a BBQ at the weekend and I did tri colour fusilli pasta cooked in chicken stock with a tsp of curry powder some black pepper and salt some mixed herbs and roughly chopped mixed peppers red and white onions chopped all cooked up together was scrumptious and went down very well

 

[slimming sinead]

Thanks a million mamaboo! That sounds perfect. That's what I'll make.

 

[mamaboo3]

Thanks a million mamaboo! That sounds perfect. That's what I'll make.

Your welcome
Xxx

 

[bilsat]

Pete’s Bacon, Pasta & Cheese bake

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 pack Colman’s 4 cheese sauce mix (9.5/2=4.75 syns per person)
1tsp English Mustard
1tbsp oregano
2 Large leeks, cut lengthways, then into 3cm pieces, then washed (s) (sff)
2 Garlic, finely chopped (sff)
4 rashers of smoky bacon, cut into strips then 2 cm pieces (ff)
90g Low fat cheddar cheese (90g/2=45g=1Hea per person)
100g Pasta of your choice (ff)
300ml Skimmed milk (1/2 daily allowance per person)

Method

Boil the pasta as per instructions on packet, drain and save 1 cup of the water, set aside.
Dry fry the bacon until cooked, set aside.
In a frying pan, sprayed with Fry Light, cook the garlic for a few minutes, add the leeks & 2 tbsp of water, cook for 10 mins until soft.
Add the bacon & mix.
In a small saucepan make up the cheese sauce as per the packet instructions, when cooked & thickened add to the frying pan with the leeks & bacon, mix well. If too thick use saved water to thin slightly.
Preheat the oven to 180c. Place the ingredients into a oven-proof dish, and sprinkle the top with the oregano, add the measured amount of cheddar cheese & place in the oven for 15mins or until the cheese is bubbling and cooked.

 

[donnajt]

Pete that looks scrumptious, could eat it for breakfast!

 

[Emb77]

Pete's Yuk Sung

Serves 2

Ingredients

120g Brown Rice (ff)
1 vegetable stock pot
250g Tesco Healthy Living Pork Mince Free on Ee (ff)
100g Mushrooms, finely chopped (s) (sff)
1 red pepper, finely chopped (s) (sff)
1 tbsp ginger
1 tbsp. garlic (sff)
2 spring onions, finely chopped (s) (sff)
3 tbsp. dark soy sauce
2 tbsp. oyster sauce (2 syn /2= 1syn)
1 tbsp cider vinegar
Dash of sesame oil (1 syn /2=0.5 syn)
Salt & pepper
1 Washed & chilled Iceberg Lettuce (s) (sff)

Method

Weigh out 120g brown rice, wash in a sieve until the water runs clear then fill a saucepan with 400ml of cold water and add rice, bring to the boil then turn heat down and simmer for 40 mins.

Tip rice into a sieve and return to the saucepan, leave on the ring for a few minutes with a lid on to allow it to steam. Then put to one side.

Use a heavy bottomed frying pan, cook the mince until it is browned and all liquid has evaporated.

Add 1 Tbsp. of the soy sauce, and then add the veg stock pot, mix well, add cider vinegar, chopped mushrooms, peppers, ginger, garlic , spring onions & cook for 5 mins then add the rice and mix thoroughly with the remaining soy sauce & sesame oil. Finally add oyster sauce.

Cook until the rice is hot, place mixture into freshly washed and chilled Iceberg Lettuce and enjoy!

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Pete's Beef Curry

Serves 4

Ingredients

1tsp olive oil (2 syn/4= 0.5syn per person)
450g beef stewing steak (ff)
1 onion, finely chopped (s)(sff)
1tsp "Very Lazy" Garlic
1tsp "Very Lazy" Ginger
1tsp "Very Lazy" Chilli
½tsp asafoetida powder
½tsp fenugreek powder
1tsp cumin seeds
1tsp cumin powder
1tsp coriander
1tsp turmeric
1tsp garam masala
2tsp curry powder (for a hotter curry use up to 2tbsp)
1 (400g) tin chopped tomatoes (s)(sff)
Knorr Dark beef stock pot mixed with 200mL water
225g long grain rice (ff)
Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

Put the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat, and add the ground seeds and asafoetida powder, cook for 2 mins to allow the oils to come out, add beef cut into 25mm chunks and brown on all sides. Remove from pan, reserving juices with the beef stock, and season with salt and pepper.

Cook the onions until transparent then add the garlic, ginger and chilli, cook for 2 mins, until tender, and season with the cumin, coriander, curry powder & turmeric. Mix in the chopped tomatoes.
Return the beef to the frying pan. Add stock and the fenugreek powder.
Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 50-60 mins with a lid on the saucepan until the meat is tender.
5 mins before serving add the garam masala.

Serve on a bed of rice.

Hi I'm making your beef curry but as its simmering it's looking a little watery. It's this normal ? Thanks
Will it thicken up.

 

[bilsat]

Hi Ebb77.
You can turn the heat up to boil the liquid out or add a 1tbsp of tomato pure to thicken it, sometimes some tins of tomatoes have a high liquid content.
Pete

 

[Emb77]

Hi Ebb77.
You can turn the heat up to boil the liquid out or add a 1tbsp of tomato pure to thicken it, sometimes some tins of tomatoes have a high liquid content.
Pete

Thanks Pete but it turned out perfect. Was lush. Thanks x

 

[cat yoyo greaves]

Where did you buy asafoteida been on a hunt for a few weeks now :/ as its in a lot of my Indian housewife curry cook book recipes

 

[Emb77]

Where did you buy asafoteida been on a hunt for a few weeks now :/ as its in a lot of my Indian housewife curry cook book recipes

Hiya cat - got mine from sainsburys. It's near all the spices x