Millennium Cookbook

St Alphege

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St Alphege was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012.
According to tradition, he was born at Weston, near Bath in
954 to a noble family. He became a monk at Deerhurst Priory
in Gloucestershire, and was noted for his holiness and
austerity of life. Chosen to be Abbot of Bath, he was later
consecrated Bishop of Winchester and was elevated to the see
of Canterbury in 1006. He was captured during the Danish
sacking of Canterbury in September 1011. Despite being kept
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impoverished by Danish raids and the payment of Danegeld,
to raise the enormous sum required for his release.
On April 19th 1012 at Greenwich, frustrated by his
continuing refusal to be ransomed, Danish soldiers, in the
middle of a drunken feast, dragged Alphege from prison
and showered him with ox bones. He was eventually killed by
an axe blow, which some interpreted as an act of mercy.

The killing of Alphege produced a wave of revulsion
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St Paul’s Minster, London. Later in 1023, Cnut, King of
Denmark, on assuming the English throne, as a gesture of
reconciliation, had Alphege’s remains transferred with great
solemnity to Canterbury Cathedral. There they lay opposite
the shrine of St Dunstan until the Reformation.
Alphege was regarded as a martyr for justice.
His place in the canon survived the Norman Conquest,
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have a close connection with his life and ministry.
The year 2012 marks the millennium of Alphege’s
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at national and local level. The twin themes of social
justice and reconciliation between divided peoples
will be at the heart of the celebrations.

(Millennium website: www.stalphege.com)


Published jointly in Great Britain in 2011 by Solihull PCC and Silhill Solutions Limited.
Copyright © Solihull PCC & Silhill Solutions Limited 2011.
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent,
resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publishers' prior written consent in any form
or binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including
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Welcome to the
St Alphege

Millennium Cookbook




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early forays into the culinary world hardly helped the progress of
romance for it gave my boyfriend Tim a severe stomach upset.
My mother-in-law, well known for her tact and diplomacy, sent me
a birthday card just after this event which contained the lines,
‘The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’ and gave me
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books and experimental cooking. This also happily resulted in my
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recipes with my daughters-in-law as my delight in recipes
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around the table with family and friends, which in itself is an
extension of the Christian family gathering around the Table of
the Lord to celebrate the Eucharist every Sunday.
As part of our Millennium celebrations in 2012 to mark the death
and entry into heaven of St. Alphege, Patron Saint of Solihull’s
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parishioners of Solihull in the 21st century. They will be rather
different in taste from those dishes eaten by people from the time
of St. Alphege, yet there is plenty here to excite and tantalize
the taste buds for the family and guests you invite to sit around
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words of encouragement such as, ‘Good for your cholesterol’,
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can do it, so can you’. So go on, get out your mixing bowls, have
fun and above all - enjoy some of the fruits of God’s creation.
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Solihull Rectory










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Contents




St Alphege Millennium Cookbook

Conversion Tables 4
Soups & Starters 5
Salads 13

Main Courses 19
Fish & Seafood
19
Beef
29
Chicken

Lamb 43
Pork 49
Other Meat Dishes 55

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Vegetables
Puddings
Cakes 95

Jams & Preserves 111
Wine Suggestions
Not for Human Consumption 120

















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CONVERSION TABLES LIQUID MEASURES
Pints Fl oz Millilitres (ml)
All the recipes in this book list ¼ 5 150
both Imperial and Metric ½ 10 300
measurements. ¾ 15 450
Conversions are approximate 1 20 600
and have been rounded up or 1¾ 35 1 litre
down. 2 40 1.2 litres
Follow one set of measurements
only; do not mix the two.


WEIGHTS
Ounces Grams
(oz) (g)
½ 15
1 25 OVEN TEMPERATURES
2 50 Gas °C Fan °C °F Oven Temp
3 75 ¼ 110 90 225 Very cool
4 100 ½ 120 100 250 Very cool
5 150 1 140 120 275 Cool or slow
6 175 2 150 130 300 Cool or slow
7 200 3 160 140 325 Warm
8 225 4 180 160 350 Moderate
9 250 5 190 170 375 Moderately hot
10 275 6 200 180 400 Fairly hot
11 300 7 220 200 425 Hot
12 350 8 230 210 450 Very hot
13 375 9 240 220 475 Very hot
14 400
15 425
16 450
17 475 SPOON MEASURES
18 500
19 550 Spoon measurements are level unless
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1 teaspoon (tsp) = 5ml
1 tablespoon (tbsp) = 15ml











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Soups &


Starters






St Alphege Millennium Cookbook

Broccoli and Boursin Soup
Broccoli and Stilton Soup
Easy Tomato Soup
French Onion Soup
Nana’s Tomato and Courgette Soup

Prawn and Yoghourt Soup 9
Spicy Red Lentil Soup 9
Roast Squash and Sweet Potato Soup

with Buttermilk Blue Cheese Sauce 10
Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Soup 11
Watercress, Rocket and Spinach Soup 11
Family Liver Pâté 12
Parsnip and Sweet Potato Soup 12


























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        
     
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 
 
 
 
      
 
      
 
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 
 
 
       
       
 
      
 
 
       
 

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 
 
  
 
 
        
        
     
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        
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       
 
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 
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 
       
      
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       
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       
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       
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 
       
      
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 
 
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    
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      
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              
 
 
 
 
 
        
        
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        
 
 
 
        
        
        
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        
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     
      
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       
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       
 
        
 
     
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Salads




St Alphege Millennium Cookbook



Salad Nicoise 15
Watermelon, Prawn and Mint Salad 15
Avocado and Pink Grapefruit Salad 16
Prawn, Mango and Avocado Salad 16
Crunchy Salad

Smoked Mackerel, Apple and Onion Salad
Asparagus and Avocado Salad
Rice Salad





































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 
        
 
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       
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 
       
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        
 
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 
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 
       
 
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      
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Fish &


Seafood




St Alphege Millennium Cookbook



Prawns in Sherry Sauce 21
Salmon Quiche 21
Amand’s Smoked Mackerel Dauphinoise 22
Lemon Sole Florentine 22
Lemon Sole with Anchovy

and Caper Butter Sauce 23
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9HUVDWLOH )LVK 3LH 24

Baked Avocado with Crab 25
Sheer Luxury Fish Pie 25
Salmon Rösti Fish Cakes 26
Oven Baked Fish and Potato Pie
Tagliatelle with Tuna and Pesto

Courgettes Maison with Prawns
Tuna and Spinach Bake





















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 
 
       
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      
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       
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 
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     
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  
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       
 
 
        
 
        
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 
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  
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 
      
 
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 
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 
      
 
       
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 
         
         
 
 
 
 
       
      
         
       
 
        
 
        
     
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 
 
 
 
     
         
        
 
 
          
        
 
      
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  
      
      
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      
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    
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     
      
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       
      
 
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 
      
        
 
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      
 
 
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      
 
 
 
      
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        
 
       
 
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      
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        
 
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      
 
 
 
 
     
 
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       
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      
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        
        
 
        
        
 
 
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 
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      
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       
       
 
        
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
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    
    
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      
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       
                             
    
     
      
 
      
 
 
        
   
 
 
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      
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      
      
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  
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 
 
 
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St Alphege Millennium Cookbook



Chilli recipe 31
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce with Tagliatelle 31
,QGLDQ 3LH 32
Light and Tasty Beef Stroganoff 32
Boeuf en Daube à la Provençal 33

Swiss Steak Special 33
Steak, Guinness and Cheese Pie 34
Spaghetti Bolognese 35

Texas Beef Brisket Casserole 35
Beef-Burgers 36
Tomato and Beef Torte 36






























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       
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 
 
        
       
 
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 
     
 
    
 
       
 
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 
      
 
 
        
 
 
        
 
      
 
 
    
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 
 
 
 
 
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       
       
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       
      
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       
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 
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 
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 
 
 
  
 
 
      
 
 
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 
        
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 
      
 
 
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   
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        
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    
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       
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 
 
   
 
      
       
 
 
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      
 
        
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 
       
      
 
     
      
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       
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 
      
 
 
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  
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     
 
 
 
 
     
 
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 
 
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    
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 
 
 
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     
     
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Chicken




St Alphege Millennium Cookbook



Fragrant Chicken 39
Healthy Chicken Curry 39
Chicken and Aubergine Grill 40
Golden Chicken Casserole 40
Chicken Breast in Lemon Sauce 41

Rosy Baked Chicken 41
Spicy Chicken 41
Chicken and Mushroom Pie 42

June’s Chicken 42
Minnas Chicken 42
































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 
 
 
 
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      
 
 
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 
 
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        
 
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 
         
 
 
  
 
 
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       
        
     
 
 
      
 
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      
        
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    
 
      
        
 
      
 
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       
 
 
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 
       
 
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  
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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  
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 
 
      
       
 
 
       
     
 
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  
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 
 
        
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   
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 
         
      
 
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
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  
      
 
       
 
 
 
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 
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Lamb




St Alphege Millennium Cookbook



Lamb Shank in Red Wine with
Bacon and Mushrooms 45
Roast Lamb with Garlic, Mustard
and Rosemary 45
Barbecued Leg of Lamb 46

Moroccan Style Lamb
Rosemary Lamb
Herbed Lamb Chops

Lamb Espagnol


































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 
       
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 
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       
       
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 
        
 
 
 
      
      
 
 
 
         
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       
 
 
 
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    
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 
 
 
 
        
 
 
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 
 
      
 
       
 
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 
        
   
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 
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 
 
 
 
 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
        
       
       
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       
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