Did you know Crème Fraîche is delicious served with
Mashed: Potato/Carrot/Swede
A dollop on top of hot: Soup/Casserole /Curry/Pasta dish/Chilli Con Carne/Nachos
Scrambled: Egg or smoked salmon omelette
In a piping hot jacket potato with shredded Jersey Dairy Mature Cheese
Or why not try it on freshly stewed winter fruits (add dried fruit & nuts when stewing for something different)
Garlic & Herb Crème Dip
Ingredients
250ml Jersey Dairy Crème Fraiche (lightly whipped)
2 Cloves Garlic (crushed & chopped)
2 Tbsp chopped Chives & Parsley
Salt and Black Pepper
Method
Mix all ingredients.
Serve with vegetable crudités, jacket wedges, tortilla chips, fries or Italian bread sticks (Grissini).
Cocktail Sauce Dip For Prawns Etc.
Ingredients
250ml Jersey Dairy Crème Fraiche (lightly whipped)
2 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup
Squeeze of Lemon or Lime Juice
Splash of Worcester Sauce
Few Drops of Tabasco (Optional)
Salt and Black Pepper
Method
Mix all ingredients.
Sweet Chilli & Spring Onion Dip
Ingredients
250ml Jersey Dairy Crème Fraiche (lightly whipped)
2 Tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce
3 Spring Onions (thinly sliced)
Salt and Black Pepper
Method
Mix all ingredients.
Serve with vegetable crudités, jacket wedges, tortilla chips, fries or Italian bread sticks (Grissini).
Creamy Smoked Bacon Dip
Ingredients
250 ml Jersey Dairy Crème Fraiche (lightly whipped)
1 Pack of Smoked Bacon Lardons (fried and cooled on kitchen paper)
3 Spring Onions (finely sliced)
Splash of Worcester Sauce
2 Tbsp Cream Cheese
Good Pinch of Smoked Paprika
Method
Mix all ingredients.
Serve with vegetable crudités, jacket wedges, tortilla chips, fries or Italian bread sticks (Grissini).
Jersey Mature Cheddar & Red Onion Dip
Ingredients
250ml Jersey Dairy Crème Fraiche (lightly whipped)
160g Grated Jersey Mature Cheddar
1 Small Red Onion (finely chopped)
Chopped Chives
Salt and Black Pepper
Method
Mix all ingredients.
Serve with vegetable crudités, jacket wedges, tortilla chips, fries or Italian bread sticks (Grissini)
Avocado & Lemon Crème Fraiche Dip
Ingredients
250ml Jersey Dairy Crème Fraiche (lightly whipped)
2 Ripe Avocados mashed with a good squeeze of lemon juice
Grated rind of lemon
Clove of Garlic (crushed and chopped)
Spring Onion or Chives finely chopped
Salt and Black Pepper
Method
Mix all ingredients and squeeze a little lemon juice on top and put cling film on surface to stop discolouring.
Serve with vegetable crudités, jacket wedges, tortilla chips, fries or Italian bread sticks (Grissini).
Curry Crème Fraiche Dip
Ingredients
250ml Jersey Dairy Crème Fraiche (lightly whipped)
150ml Jersey Dairy Natural Yoghurt
Clove Garlic (crushed and chopped)
Splash of Tabasco / Worcester Sauce
2 Tspn Curry Powder
Splash of Soy Sauce (optional)
Method
Mix all the ingredients.
Serve with vegetable crudités, jacket wedges, tortilla chips, fries or Italian bread sticks (Grissini).
Black forest cocktail and Jersey Dairy Cream
Andrew Baird Executive Head Chef, Longueville Manor, Jersey
This is a great simple with flavours which hark back to my childhood, done in a slightly more refined way using the very finest of ingredients including Valhrona chocolate and of course, fresh Jersey Dairy Cream.
This recipe will make 8 portions.
300g Jersey Dairy Whipping Cream
140g Castor sugar
125g Flour
100g Dark chocolate (Valhrona 66% caraibe is our choice)
150g Griottine syrup
100g Griottine cherries
125g Flour
20g Corn Flour
50g Water
25g Chocolate powder 100% (Extra bitter)
½tsp Baking Powder
5 Eggs (seperated)
100g Egg whites
Kirsh to taste
The recipe and ingredients can be broken into four parts.
Chocolate sponge
Chocolate mousse
Kirsh cream
Cherry filling
Chocolate sponge
You will need a whisk, mixing bowl, sieve and some weighing scales together with a greased cake tin approx 8”, but size doesn’t really matter!
Separate 5 eggs
1. Sieve the flour, baking powder and chocolate powder into a bowl.
2. Whisk the egg yolks with 100g of sugar till they turn pale.
3. Whisk the egg whites with 50g of sugar till they peak.
4. Carefully add the chocolate powder mix to the egg yolk mix.
5. Then add the egg white mix to the chocolate mix.
6. Carefully pour into the cake tin and bake in a pre-heated oven @ 190ºC for 15 minutes.
7. Once cooked leave to cool then turn out onto a cooling rack to go cold.
Griottine cherry filling
These are French cherries which have quite a kick when eaten by themselves.
1. Mix 50g of water with 20g of corn flour.
2. Mix 150g of griottine syrup with the corn flour and bring to a simmer, stirring all the time.
3. Leave to cool and add the griottine cherries.
Chocolate mousse
1. Melt 100g of 66% dark Valhrona Chocolate over a bain marie or warm water bath, making sure
you don’t overheat or add any water. Heat to 45ºC.
2. Whisk 100g of egg whites and 50g of sugar in a bowl until it becomes a stiff peak.
3. Whisk 100g of Jersey dairy whipping cream until it peaks.
4. Carefully but quickly fold and mix all ingredients together.
5. Cool then put into a fridge.
Kirsh cream
Add 20g of sugar to 200g of Jersey Dairy Cream then whisk with a good splash of Kirsh or more if you like.
Once all the ingredients are ready layer together in a cocktail glass as shown and decorate as far as your imagination will take you!
This dessert would be a great for anything from a Sunday lunch to a dinner party.
Andrew Baird’s Smoked Haddock topped with Jersey Rarebit
Andrew Baird is Executive Head Chef at Longueville Manor Hotel
This recipe is simple and extremely tasty. Buy un-dyed smoked haddock which is pale, not the bright yellow variety – the difference is remarkable.
4 x 100g smoked haddock
8 x plum tomatoes (optional)
350g Lé Fronmage Cheddar cheese
85ml milk
28g plain flour
25g plain white bread crumbs
1tsp English mustard
Good splash of beer
Worcestershire sauce
2 x egg yolks
Salt & pepper
Asparagus (optional)
This recipe can be served on a lovely fresh salad of vine ripened plum tomatoes or, when in season, local asparagus.
1 Grate the cheese and place with the milk in a heavy bottomed saucepan.
2 Bring to a simmer but do not boil as it will cause it to split. Remove from heat.
3 Mix in flour, English mustard and bread crumbs.
4 Return the mix to the heat and mix until smooth. It should start to leave the sides of the pan.
5 Leave to cool slightly and season with beer, salt, pepper and Worcester sauce.
6 Add the egg yolks and leave to cool. Cover with cling film.
7 It is now ready for use.
8 Take the haddock and remove the skin.
9 Butter an earthenware dish or baking tray and place haddock on it. Season with salt and pepper.
10 The Jersey rarebit will set to be quite firm, like a piece of cheese, so it can be sliced and placed on top of the haddock.
11 Place in a pre heated oven at 175 C for approximately 6 minutes.
12 If you require a darker colour on top of the rarebit place under a grill until browned.
13 If you are going to place on a tomato salad, simply plunge the tomatoes into boiling water for 10 seconds. Then place in iced water to cool. This will make them easy to peel.
14 Once peeled, slice through the middle and place in an overlapping ring. Dress with a little vinaigrette and chives.
15 This is a nice refreshing contrast to the haddock rarebit.
16 Alternatively, when asparagus is in season this can be used hot or cold with butter or vinaigrette.
Banana Yogurt Smoothie
1 medium banana, cut up roughly as you like
250ml of milk – choose you favourite
230g / 8 oz. carton strawberry yogurt
2 tbsp. of Jersey Honey
Dash of nutmeg
Creamy Delight Smoothie
1 banana or 2 for a really thick smoothie
15 strawberries
500ml of milk
3 tablespoons of Luxury Natural Yogurt
5 scoops of vanilla ice cream
240ml / 8.5 fluid oz. of double cream
2 table spoon apple juice
2 teaspoon vanilla
Mango Smoothie
This is a great smoothie for speed of preparation and has a fantastic blend of simple flavours
½ a mango – diced
150ml / 5.5 fluid oz of Luxury Natural Yogurt (Low Fat Luxury Yogurt can be substituted)
3 tbsp of Jersey Honey
2 cups of ice (or Vanilla Ice Cream)
Super Power Smoothie
1 banana sliced
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup blueberries
1/3 cup Luxury Natural Yogurt
2-4 ice cubes
1/4 cup of Oats cereal
The Strawbeery Skinny
Low-fat Yogurt – as much as you like
1/4 Cup Semi-skimmed milk
2 Tablespoons of honey
3 Cups Strawberries
1 Cup Ice Cubes