The Broad Palate – Nov ’24

Bonfire Pizza Beans – feeds 4-6

Real comfort food, and a great one to come home to after bonfire night celebrations – good on its own or with sausages/ bacon/ toast/ fried eggs/ baked potatoes, etc.! For a non-veggie option, add some cubed, fried pancetta or chorizo before topping with the cheese. Freezes well.

  • Olive oil
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 celery stalks
  • 1 large carrot, all finely chopped
  • 2 large garlic cloves, crushed
  • ¼ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
  • 1 heaped teaspoon sweet smoked paprika (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 tins chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons tomato purée
  • 2 x 400g tins butter beans
  • 100g kale (leaves only) or baby spinach, chopped
  • 12 sliced black olives
  • 150ml vegetable or chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon sugar or sweetener
  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • 200g grated hard mozzarella
  • 40g grated Parmesan

Method:

Fry the onion, celery and carrot in a good glug of olive oil over a medium heat for around 15 minutes until softened but not too browned.
Add the garlic, chilli flakes and smoked paprika if using, cook for a further minute. Add a splash of water to loosen any tasty burnt bits.
Simmer for 2 minutes, then add the oregano, tomato purée and tomatoes, plus the olives and the kale or spinach.
Heat your oven to 210C/190Fan or Gas 7.
Stir in the butter beans. Add the stock little by little to the mixture – the sauce should be fairly thick – go by eye.
The beans should not be swimming in sauce. Season well with salt, pepper and sugar to taste.  Allow to bubble gently for 10 minutes.
Transfer to an ovenproof casserole (obviously skip this step if your frying pan is ovenproof!) and scatter the mozzarella over the top, then the Parmesan.
Bake, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and golden.

Rocky Road – makes an 8” square block 

Naughty but nice! No definitive recipe here – add whatever you fancy – anything from chopped Turkish Delight to pretzels. Cooking chocolate is fine for this (as are Cadbury’s or Bournville), as it’s less likely to split when melting than the expensive stuff. The addition of butter and syrup to the chocolate allows you to cut the rocky road without needing a pneumatic drill…

  • 150g milk chocolate, chopped
  • 150g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 80g butter
  • 50g golden syrup
  • 4 x 32g Crunchie bars, roughly chopped (or an equivalent amount of your favourite chocolate bars)
  • 175g digestive or Rich Tea biscuits
  • 100g mini marshmallows
  • 80g dried apricots, roughly chopped, or raisins.

Method:

Line an 8” square or 9” x 7” rectangular tin or dish with greaseproof paper.
Put the biscuits in a freezer bag and bash until you have a rough rubble of crumbs and bigger pieces.
Slowly melt the chocolate, butter and syrup in a heatproof bowl over a pan of just-simmering water and stir gently to combine. Try to ensure that the chocolate doesn’t get too hot, as it might split.
Remove from the heat.
Add in all the remaining ingredients, mix well and tip into the tin. Spread evenly, flatten down with a wooden spoon.
Refrigerate for at least two hours or overnight. Cut into squares.

Our thanks to Ann Shaw 🙂

Bon Appetit!

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International Men’s Day – Tuesday, 19th November 2024

International Men’s Day is a global awareness day for many issues that men face, including parental alienation, abuse, homelessness, suicide, and violence, celebrated annually on November 19th. The theme for 2024 is “Positive Male Role Models

The objectives of celebrating an International Men’s Day are set out in ‘All the Six Pillars of International Men’s Day’…

The Six Objectives of  International Men’s Day are:
  1. Promoting positive male role models
    This includes everyday men who live honest, decent lives, not just sports stars and movie stars.
  2. Celebrating men’s positive contributions
    This includes men’s contributions to society, family, community, marriage, child care, and the environment.
  3. Focusing on men’s health and wellbeing
    This includes men’s social, emotional, physical, and spiritual health and wellbeing.
  4. Highlighting discrimination against men
    This includes discrimination in social services, law, and social attitudes and expectations.
  5. Improving gender relations and promoting gender equality
    This includes promoting gender equality for both men and women. 
  6. Creating a safer, better world
    This includes creating a world where people can be safe and reach their full potential.

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November is also Movember… The leading charity changing the face of men’s health: addressing mental health and suicide issues, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Movember first started in Melbourne, Australia in 2003 when two friends (Travis Garone and Luke Slattery) talked 30 of  their friends into growing a ‘Mo’ (moustache). They had been inspired by a friend’s mother who was fundraising for breast cancer, they decided to make the campaign about men’s health and prostate cancer.
By 2007, the campaign had grown internationally including the UK campaign with The Prostate Cancer Charity. There are now official campaigns in 21 countries around the world 🙂

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