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Cooking with Sian

Sian's recipe this saturday for the South Wales Evening Post is a Carmelised Onion Meatloaf. Watch the following the video to see Sian making the recipe and why not post your comments or send us your pictures.

Lets create a cooking community in South Wales and explore new recipes and new ingredients together.

Download Caramelised Onion Meatloaf by Sian Hindle

Cooking with Passion by Sian Hindle

Cooking with Passion is the name chosen for Sian's "first" cookery book. The book consists of all Sian's cookery recipes that have appeared in the South Wales Evening Post this year.

Sian was only asked to become a recipe writer in July but since then she has contributed regular articles and established herself as a culinary voice for Neath and South Wales. Sian can't walk through Tesco's now, without people chasing her down the aisles asking how to cook some obscure vegetable.

If you would like to have a copy of Sian's recipes then you can download them from the link below or alternatively you can call into the patisserie and purchase a copy.

Download Cooking with Passion

"Sian cooks with a passion and the recipes are designed to be eaten by real people. The recipes are not pretentious. They were not written or chosen to showcase Sian's undoubted talent. Instead they were selected because they were recipes that could be easily followed and in lots of cases they can be prepared in advance to fit in with people's busy lives".

I hope you like the recipes and if you do then please post a comment using the link below.

Front page with Catherine Jenkins

December 22nd 2008, the South Wales Evening Post printed Sian's article on cooking Christmas dinner.

As a preview to the full page article, Sian was pictured on the front page of the paper next to a photo of Neath's Catherine Jenkins.

   

 

Merry Christmas Everyone

Christmas Dinner cooking tips

The South Wales Evening Post have been to our cafe this week to video Sian making Christmas dinner so that they can post it on their blog.

In a series of videos, Sian first shows how to cook the vegetables and gravy.

Next, you can watch Sian cooking the stuffing and the pigs in blankets

Then Sian shows how to cook the turkey

And finally Tonya (making her debut on film ) talks about a vegetarian option

To download the recipe instructions for Sian Christmas Cooking tips, please follow the attached link Download Christmas Cooking Tips by Sian Hindle

If you have any questions on the videos which you would like to ask then please send us an email or a leave a comment.

We hope you have a lovely Christmas dinner. 

Squash, Apricot and Almond Chutney Recipe

Homemade Chutney is one of the most satisfying things to make this time of year. The winter spice aromas fill the kitchen when you are cooking up the recipe, but then you have to wait at least a month until it matures in your darkest cupboard.

When the time comes to add a table spoon of rich fruity chutney to moist peice of ham or wedge of mature cheese, you can take satisfaction from the fact that you cooked it yourself.

The recipe I am using this year is for a squash, apricot and almond chutney. If you watch the following video you can see how simple the recipe is to follow :

To download the recipe then click on this link  Download Chutney.doc

Homemade chutneys make great gifts at Christmas but if you haven't got the time to make it yourself, you can always order a jar to collect from the patisserie. Stocks will be limited so don't leave it too late. Email [email protected] to order to ring Sian in the shop on 01639 638574.

Black Forest Gateau Recipe

It is chocolate week this week so what better way to celebrate than to bake up a fantastic chocolate cake recipe. This particular recipe for Black Forest gateau has the added bonus of being gluten free - so it is a definate hit with coeliac chocoholics looking for that indulgent hit.

To download the recipe with cooking instructions follow the attached link

Download gluten_free_black_forest_gateau.doc

Gluten Free Black Forest Gateau  -  La Creme style

 

 

Speak to Sian on 01639 638574 if you would like a cake baked especially for your dietary requirements. Sian has an extensive library of recipes and she is able to make individual cakes to order.

 

Welsh Beef Chilli recipe

Sian's latest recipe for the South Wales Evening Post is for welsh beef chilli La Creme style.

Nowadays mexican flavours are all the rage with burritos, tacos, nachos, fajitas all becoming part of our everyday langauage, but there is no getting away from the old favourite of chilli con carne. We make ours slightly differently, using welsh beef pieces instead of mince and cooking it slowly the day before eating.

Serve the chilli with brown or wholegrain rice and have seperate bowls of grated cheese, jalapeno chilli peppers, tortilla chips and sour cream. For an extra special supper accompany with a frozen Margharita.

 

Look out for the recipe in saturdays evening post or click on the link below to download the recipe and cooking instructions.

Download welsh_beef_chilli.doc

Post a comment if you try the recipe and like it.