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Mate Tea, 50g
Unit price: £2.95 (approx. €3.30)
Shipping Weight: 50g

Hungarian Goulasch mix

Brown onions and diced beef in lard, add water and spice (1 teaspoon per person) and cook until meat is done. I normally cook a pot to last me a week, and for each meal I transfer a bit to a smaller pot and add potatoes (which is good but not Hungarian-orthodox). Serve topped with sour cream. Gets better each day.

Galangal powder

Pumpkin soup: fry 1 onion and 2 cloves garlic, chopped, in oil. Add 500g diced pumpkin, 1 tsp galangal powder, salt and pepper and fry for a minute. Add stock to cover and cook until pumpkin is soft. Blend the soup, add 1/2 tin coconut milk and re-heat. Garnish with fresh coriander.

Mexican Quesadilla seasoning

Season your meat or re-fried beans with this spice mix. Pile on to tortilla breads, add grated cheese, top with a second bread and fry in oil. Delicious!!

Aniseeds, green

Try making shortbread flavoured with aniseed: Mix 4 oz butter + 2 oz sugar. Add 6 oz plain flour and 2 tsp aniseeds. Roll the dough out to 1/2" thickness and stamp out biscuits. Chill for 20 mins then bake at 190°/gas 5 for 15-20 mins. Cool on the tray.

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