Creamy Curried Sausages

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• 8 beef sausages
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 200g sweet potato, diced
• 1 zucchini, diced
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar (optional)
• 400ml can of coconut milk

Method:

• In a frying pan, cook the sausages until just done, slice and set aside
• Discard most of the residual oil from the pan leaving a little bit to coat the bottom then add in all the vegetables and cook until the onion is transparent
• Add the spices and brown sugar, fry this for 2 minutes or until aromatic
• Add in the coconut milk and 1/2 can of water stirring well so all the spices infuse through the sauce
• Finally return the sausages to the frying pan and simmer for 5-10 minutes
• Serve with your choice of rice, pasta, mash, vegetables and/or salad.

Recipe notes:

• The coconut milk can be replace with evaporated milk should you not want a dairy free option.
• Store covered in the fridge for a maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within3 months

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

Cottage Pie

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

• 500g beef mince
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 1 zucchini, diced
• 1 cup frozen corn kernels
• 1 portion of C4K’s Mumma’s Magic Sauce (approximately 700-800ml)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 8 medium-large potatoes
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup grated cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Method:

• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius
• Peel and chop you potatoes into even sized pieces and put on the stove to simmer for 15-20 minutes
• While your potatoes are simmering, heat 2 tablespoons rice bran oil in a heavy based frying pan and add the oil, garlic, onion and mince, browning off the contents and breaking up the mince with your wooden spoon
• Add the carrot, celery and corn and top with a 800ml portion of Mumma’s magic sauce, simmer for 10 minutes
• Pour the savoury mince mixture into a lasagne dish and spread evenly
• Drain the potatoes once cooked and mash well adding in the milk, butter and salt & pepper to taste
• Spread the mash evenly over the top of the savoury mince, then evenly spread both cheese on top of the mash
• Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cheese if golden brown.

Recipe Notes:

• Store covered in the fridge for the maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within 3 months

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

Cornish Pasties

Makes: approximately 36

Ingredients:

• 500g plain flour
• Pinch salt
• 250g butter, chilled and cubed
• 200ml water
• 500g beef mince
• 1 carrot
• 1 small onion
• 1 celery stalk
• 1 small potato
• 1 small parsnip
• 1 small swede
• 100g sweet potato
• 100g butternut pumpkin
• 1/4 cup shredded fresh parsley

Method:

• Peel vegetables as appropriate and either finely dice (5mm cubes) or grate all the vegetables and place in a large mixing bowl, add in the mince meat and use your hands to combine the ingredients well ensuring all the vegetables are well mixed into the mince, place in the fridge while you prepare the pastry
• Place the flour into a large mixing bowl and add in the salt, using your finger tips rub the cubed butter into the flour until there are no butter “chunks” and the flour now resembles a yellow tinted breadcrumbs
• Add in the flour and very quickly using your hands mix the dough to bring it all together squeezing and patting the dough. Do not knead the dough just work with your hands in the bowl to bring it together
• Take approximately 1/8 of the dough and roll out on a lightly floured bench to approximately 1/2cm thick and use a 10cm round cookie cutter to cut your dough, place a tablespoon of filling in your hands and compress tightly, place in the centre of the pastry disc, use a pastry brush to spread some egg wash the whole way around the pastry disc and pinch the pastry up and over the pastry filling to create your Cornish pasty
• Repeat with the remaining cut pastry disc
• Mix the uncut pastry with some of the pastry set aside and knead gently to bring together and cut our more disc, complete and repeat until all the pastry and/or filling is used
• Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius and line baking trays with baking paper
• Place the pasties on the tray and coat with the egg wash and cook for 30-15 minutes until golden.

Recipe Notes:

• Store in an airtight container in the fridge for the maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within3 months

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

Classic SC Beef Stew

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

• 800g gravy beef or chuck steak, diced
• 200g bacon pieces
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 portion of C4K’s French Onion Soup mix
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 carrots, halved and in thick slices
• 200g sweet potato, cubed
• 200g pumpkin, cubed
• 1 portion C4K’s Mumma’s Magic Sauce, approximately 700-800ml
• 1 tablespoon beef stock powder
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup frozen sliced green beans

Recipe Notes:

• C4K French Onion Soup Mix can be interchanged with any store bought stew and/or casserole recipe base satchels

SC Creamy Pepper Beef
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

• 700g chuck steak or gravy beef
• 1 large onion, roughly sliced
• 1 stalk celery
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 beef stock cubes
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon ground black peppercorns
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup natural yoghurt or sour cream

Method:

• Place the chuck steak in the base of the slow cooker bowl in whole portions.
• Evenly spread the onion and garlic over the top of the beef and place the whole celery stalk.
• Place the stock cubes, paprika, peppercorns and water over the top off the beef.
• Cook on LOW for 8 hours of HIGH for 4 hours.
• Remove and discard the whole celery stalk.
• Shred the meat slightly with a fork and stir through the natural yoghurt until well combined and heated.

Recipe Notes:

• Picture shows the SC Creamy Pepper Beef served with mash potato and cauliflower & vegetable bake.
• Any leftovers make for a delicious pie filling
• To store covered in the fridge or a maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

Carrot & Zucchini Burgers
Makes: 8

Ingredients:

• 500g beef mince
• 1/2 onion, finely diced
• 1 medium zucchini, grated
• 1 medium carrot, grated
• 3/4 cup stuffing mix (or breadcrumbs)
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• Salt & pepper to taste

Method:

• Grate the carrot & zucchini, use your hand to squeeze out excess fluid from the vegetables and discard.
• Put all the ingredients into a bowl and use your hands to mix well the ingredients until well combined.
• Shape into your desired sized burgers.
• Heat about 2 tablespoons of rice bran oil in a heavy based frying pan and place your burgers in the frying pan, you may need to cook in batches so you do not overcrowd the frying pan.
• Cook for about 4-6 minutes, or until golden brown before flipping and cook on the other side until golden brown and the burger is cooked through.

Recipe Notes:

• To be stored covered in the fridge for the maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within 3 months

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

C4K Sausage Rolls
Makes: 16 large OR 32 halves OR 80 party sized sausage rolls

Ingredients:

• 500g beef mince
• 500g sausage mince
• 2 eggs
• 1 x 200g box stuffing mix (or breadcrumbs)
• 3/4 cup C4K Kitchen’s Mumma’s Magic Sauce
• 1 cup grated cheese
• 1 large onion, finely diced
• 1 large carrot, grated
• 1 large zucchini, grated and squeezed to remove excess moisture
• 1 heaped tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
• 8 sheets frozen puff pastry, defrosted

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• Place all ingredients (except puff pastry sheets) into a large mixing bowl.
• Use your hands to mix the ingredients squeezing through your finger tips until all ingredients are very well combined and have formed a nice smooth meaty dough like consistency.
• Take your first sheet of puff pastry and cut down the middle to have 2 equal sized rectangles.
• One the first side place a sausage shape of the mix mixture down the middle of the pastry rectangle. You want the thickness of the mixture to be about 1/4 of the rectangle with and about 1-1 1/2cm high. Roll the two sides of the pastry up ensuring that there is about 1cm over an overlap, if it overlaps more you can add some more filling, if it over laps less remove a bit of filling .
• Along the join use the point of a fork to press down the whole way along the join to intertwine the two layers of pastry, place join side down onto a baking paper lined tray. Repeat with the remaining mixture and pastry sheets.
• Brush the tops of the sausage roll with some milk, you can either cut now to preferred serving and/or storing size for a cleaner finish or you can cut after cooked.
• Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 30 minutes or until flaky and golden brown.

Recipe Notes:

• Store in an airtight container in the fridge for a maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly and should be consumed within 3 months

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

C4K Lasagne
Serves: 6

Meat Sauce Ingredients:

• 500g minced meat (beef, pork or a combination)
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon onion salt
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 1 stalk celery, finely diced
• 1 carrot, grated
• 1 zucchini grated
• 100g sweet potato, grated
• 1 portion of C4K Kitchen’s Mumma’s Magic Sauce
• 1 box dry lasagne sheets

White Sauce Ingredients:

• 1/2 head cauliflower
• 1 cup natural yoghurt
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 1/2 cup grated cheese

Meat Sauce Method:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large heavy based frying pan add in the garlic, salts, onion and celery into the frying pan and sauté for 2 minutes until the onion starts to soften
• Add in the mince meat, using your wooden spoon to break up the mince as you brown it off for about 5 minutes
• Add in the MMS and the grated vegetables and simmer for about 10 minutes until the grated vegetables have softened.

White Sauce Method:

• Remove the leaves from the cauliflower and cut into small chunks, stem included and either boil or steam until full cooked through.
• Puree the cauliflower and then stir through the yoghurt, sour cream, salt, garlic powder and parmesan cheese until well combined.

Lasagne Construction:

• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• Place 1/4 of the meat mixture into the base of an oven proof lasagne dish and spread evenly, then cover fully with the dried lasagne sheets, you may need to crack some of the sheets to ensure the mince mixture is completely covered.
• Cover the lasagne sheets with 1/4 of the white sauce mixture and spread evenly.
• Repeat with the remaining mixtures of; meat; pasta; white sauce finally finishing with a layer of the white sauce.
• Evenly sprinkle the tasty cheese over the top of the lasagne.
• Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until the cheese is golden brown and the lasagne sheets are soft.

Slow Cooker Method:

• Prepare the meat sauce and white sauce as described above
• Place 1/4 of the meat mixture into the base of slow cooker bowl and spread evenly, then cover fully with the dried lasagne sheets, you may need to crack some of the sheets to ensure the mince mixture is completely covered.
• Cover the lasagne sheets with 1/4 of the white sauce mixture and spread evenly.
• Repeat with the remaining mixtures of; meat; pasta; white sauce finally finishing with a layer of the white sauce.
• Evenly sprinkle the tasty cheese over the top of the lasagne.
• Place a clean tea towel over the top of the bowl and then place on the lid.
• Cook on LOW for 4-6 hours or HIGH for 2-3 hours.
• What is the benefit of SCing a lasagne? It delivers the flavour profile of a next day lasagne with the delicious same day freshness.

Recipe Notes:

• Store covered in the fridge for a maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within 3 months

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

Beef Stroganoff Balls
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• 500g lean beef mince
• 1 cup stuffing mix (or breadcrumbs)
• 1 egg
• 8 mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 beef stock cube
• 300ml sour cream
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 250g penne pasta

Method:

• Using your food processor place all the mushrooms and blend until you have something resembling mushroom breadcrumbs.
• In a large mixing bowl add in the mince, mushroom crumbs, stuffing mix, egg, paprika and celery salt. Use your hands to blend the mixture very well ensure all ingredients are well combined.
• Dampen your palms and roll tablespoons full of the mixture into balls. Repeat until all the mixture is gone.
• Heat the rice bran oil in a large frying pan. Once hot add in the meatballs and cook for about 10 minutes constantly shaking the pans to ensure the balls get browned all over.
• Add in ½ cup of water, the beef stock cube and the sour cream to the frying pan. Stir well until all the sour cream becomes a sauce, simmer for a further 5 minutes.
• Using a fork or whisk stir in the plain flour into 1 tablespoon of water to make a paste and then evenly stir into sauce and combine well.
• Leave the sauce to softly simmer and thicken on a very low heat while you cook the pasta as per the instructions on the packet.

Recipe Notes:

• Store covered in the fridge for a maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within 2 months.

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.

Beef Stock

Ingredients:

• 1.5kg meaty bones
• 2 large onions
• 4 carrots
• 3 stalks celery
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon whole peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 4 cloves garlic

Method:

• Place the bones in a roasting tray and put in an oven of 200 degrees Celsius for 45 minutes, turn all the bones over and roast for another 45 minutes
• Husk and 1/4 the onions, chop the carrots and celery into 5cm length and place in the SC with all other ingredients
• Tip the contents of the roasting tray, juices and all into the slow cooker and fill with water about 2-3cm from the top, place the lid on the SC and cook on LOW for 48 hours
• One ladle at a time pour the “brew” into a fine sieve and use a wooden spoon to push all the liquid out of the bulk, remove the discharge from the sieve and repeat with all SC contents
• Place stock in the fridge overnight and in the morning remove the fat layer from the top and discharge, it will not matter is some little floating portions or fat are in the residual stock but remove the big chunks.

Recipe Notes:

• This is a concentrate stock due to extended cooking time, I freeze in a muffin tray, one frozen muffin tray portion with 1 1/2 cups of water equals 2 cups of stock
• You can reduce the cooking time by half if you prefer a more traditional stock
• Store in an airtight container for a maximum of 3 days
• This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within 3 months

Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes.  The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.