Christmas Magazine Edition 2015
All you need Seasonal Party RInescpipireation
for the festive Food Ideas from Paula
feast inside Pages 4 -5 MPacgIensty1r0e-11
Enchanting recipe ideas, treats and more inside!
Christmas at EUROSPAR Supermarket Delicious Breakfast Ideas
FESTIVE FRENCH SPAR enjoy local Plain SPAR enjoy local Free Clark’s Original Philadelphia Cheese Spread Regular / Light
TOAST White Batch Loaf Range Eggs Maple Syrup 180/170g
800g £1
Serves: 6-8 6 Pack £1.59 £1 180ml £1.99 £1.69 £2.09 £1.25 each
Ingredients
• 250g enjoy local batch loaf bread triangles Keelings Cranberries 250g
• 200g packet of Philadelphia crème cheese £1.89
• 3 -4 tbsp. sugar (optional or to taste)
• 8 eggs, slightly beaten
• 350ml whole milk • 150ml double cream
• 120ml maple syrup • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon • Powdered sugar
Method
1. Place the bread triangles in a buttered
13 x 9-inch baking dish.
2. In a bowl beat the softened cream
cheese with sugar at medium speed with
an electric mixer until smooth.
3. Add in eggs one at a time mixing
well after each addition.
4. Add in milk, double cream, maple syrup,
cinnamon and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
5. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the bread
in the baking dish, using a fork or spoon gently
lift the bread so that it is coated evenly with the
egg mixture.
6. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate
for 8-24 hours.
7. Next morning set oven to 375°F/190°C
8. Remove the dish from the fridge and let sit
out at room temperature for 30 minutes.
9. Bake uncovered for about 45-50 minutes
or until set and a golden brown colour.
10. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and
serve with more maple syrup.
Tip: Serve with some delicious
homemade cranberry jam.
SPAR enjoy local Premium Sausages
Pork / Beef 360g £2.69 £2 each
SPAR enjoy local Butter 500g
£2 £1.69
SPAR enjoy local Fresh Clementines 750g
Soda Farls £1.89 £1
2 Pack 79p
HEARTY Tropicana Orange Original / Smooth
BREAKFAST GRILL 1.75Lt £3.89 £1.94 each
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Scrumptious Starters
LOADED CHEESY BAKED
POTATO SOUP
Ingredients
• 1.25L water
• 1Kg potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 300g carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 tsp. garlic powder • 2 tsp. onion powder
• 1 chicken stock cube • Streaky bacon pieces
• Salt & chopped chives (for flavour)
Method
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 20 min
1. In a large pot, bring the water to a boil.
2. Add in the chopped potatoes, carrots, and onions.
3. Add in the garlic powder, onion powder, salt,
and chicken stock cube.
4. Boil all together for 15 minutes, or until the
vegetables are soft.
5. Pour half of the soup into the blender and
liquidise.
6. Pour the liquid soup back into the pot with the
chunky soup. Stir together.
7. Adjust salt and chopped chives to taste.
8. Serve topped with chopped chives and cooked
pieces of streaky bacon
For a vegetarian option of this recipe replace the chicken
stock with vegetable stock and do not add bacon.
Denny Streaky Bacon 150g Coleraine Mature Cheddar Cheese 350g Glens of Antrim Baking Potatoes
£1.79 £1.39 £3.89 £1.94 4 Pack £1.19 79p
Keohane’s Salmon Fillet Jusrol Filo Pastry Italian Style Salad 170g
200g £3.50 £2.79 Sheets 270g £1.59 £1.79 £1
SALMON
FILO PARCELS
Serves: 4
Ingredients
• 4 x 100g Keohane’s Salmon fillets
• 8 sheets filo pastry
• 90g melted butter
• Salt & ground black pepper to taste
• 4 tablespoons Dijon mustard
Method
Prep: 25min
Cook: 20min
1. Preheat oven to 190°C / Gas 5.
2. Take 2 sheets of filo pastry,
placing one on top of the other and
lightly brush with melted butter,
covering the one side completely.
3. Place a portion of salmon (100g)
on the edge (nearest you) of the filo
pastry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper
to taste. Coat the portion of salmon
with 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard.
4. Fold the filo pastry, nearest you,
over the salmon and make one
complete wrap. Take the sides of the
dough and fold them towards the
centre and continue rolling up the
dough. Brush all sides with butter,
covering completely and place on
a baking tray. Repeat steps for
remaining portions of salmon.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until filo
pastry is golden brown.
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Christmas at EUROSPAR Supermarket Party Time
SPAR Mozzarella Pesto & Sunblushed Tomato / Salami & Red Onion Chutney SPAR enjoy local Cocktail
Premium Pizzas 455/445g £4 each Sausage Rolls 20 Pack
£1.59
SPAR Onion Bhajis / Vegetable Samosa / Silver Hill Farm Half Crispy Half Roast Silver Hill Farm Yummy
Vegetable Spring Rolls 2 Pack Duck with Pancakes & Hoi Sin Sauce Duck Legs 380g £4.99
£1 each
600g £6.79
William Carr Smoked
Salmon 40g
£1.59
BLINIS Gazebo 8 Hot & Spicy Prawns with Gazebo Garlic Mushrooms / Spicy Wedges Country Kitchen Garlic
Sweet Chilli Dip/ 6 Chicken Pakora & / Cheese & Onion Potato Skins / Mini Doughballs 168g
Ingredients Spicy Tomato Dip/ 6 Thai Fish Cakes £1.89
• 1 egg • 100ml buttermilk & Sweet Chilli Dip / 6 Coconut Flavour Duck Spring Rolls / Mini Veg Spring Rolls
150g/240g
• 150g soda bread flour Torpedo Prawns 120g/160g/170g
• Pinch salt • Oil for cooking £3.79/£3.99 each Any 2 for £5 / £2.99 each
Method SPAR Original/Red Pepper Doritos / Doritos Dips 200/300g Schweppes Mixers 1 Litre Shloer 750ml
1. Whisk the egg and buttermilk together and then mix Houmous/SPAR Sour Cream & £2.10/2.39 £1 each £1.39 89p each £2.39 £1 each
in the flour and salt to a smooth batter. Allow to rest for Chive/Onion & Garlic/Tomato
Salsa/Cheese & Chive Dips 170g
10 minutes.
2. Wipe a hot pan with a little oil and drop dessertspoons 2 for £2 / £1.15 each
of the batter into the pan. When bubbles appear on the
surface, flip them over and cook for another minute or
until firm.
3. Cool on a wire rack.
4. Top with smoked salmon, salami, cheese and
chutney, prawn cocktail or houmous.
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Party Favourites
Boursin with Garlic & Herb 150g
£2.85
Wenslydale with Orange & Champagne
/ Cheese & Cranberries / Cheese &
Apricots 200g
£2.49 each
Reverend Brie 200g
£1.85
Blue Stilton 160g
£2.25
Port Salut 275g Fresh Red Seedless
£3.99 Grapes 400g
£2.29 £2
Baxters Chutney 312g
£1.59 £1 each
Jacob’s Cheddars / TUC / TUC Sandwich /
McVitie’s Krackawheat / Butter Puffs 150/200g
£1.29/1.39 £1 each
Impress family & guests by creating your own cheese board feast! Why not try
with pates, chutneys, crackers & fruit to tantalise tastebuds!
SPAR Ardennes Pâté / SPAR Brussels Pâté
150g £1 each
Fivemiletown 4 Cheese SPAR Mixed Olives Chilli / Soft Cheese / SPAR Slow Roasted SPAR enjoy local Cheese Medium/
Selection Pack 500g £5.99 Tomatoes / SPAR Stuffed Peppers with Cheese Mature 300g £2 each
(120/160/180g) £2 each
Horgans Pate with Ale & Garlic/ Pate/Cheese/Chutney Gift Bag
Cranberries 180g £2.99 each 534g £9.99
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Christmas at EUROSPAR Supermarket Christmas Dinner
SPAR enjoy local Parsnips 500g SPAR enjoy local Navan
£1.29 89p Potatoes 2kg
£1.49 £1
See in stores for special offers on meats at the butchery counter
SPAR enjoy local Carrots 500g Fresh Brussels Sprouts
69p 49p 600g £1.50 £1
Silverhill Whole Fresh Grove Farm Fresh Turkey Cookstown Gammon Joint Cookstown Bacon & Cheese / Cocktail Sausage & Bacon /
Duck 2kg Crown Min. Weight 1.4kg 1.8kg Bacon & Stuffing Rolls 225/300g
£7.99 £7.49 £2.99 each
£11.99
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& All The Trimmings…
McCain Roast Potatoes 800g Aunt Bessies Yorkshire Puddings
£2.30 £1.15 12 Pack £1.50
Bisto Granules 170g
£1.25 £1 each
Green Isle Cheese & Onion Wedges 600g Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce 250g
£3 £1.50 £1.49 £1 each
TS Savoury Stuffing 400g TS Bread Crumbs 283g Colman’s Condiments 250ml
£1.99 £1.59 £1.65 £1.39 £1.38 £1 each
SPICED PLUM
SMOOTHIE
GINGERBREAD
SPICED LATTE
Quick & delicious smoothies Make your latte festive
by adding 1/4 tsp of
made easy! Blend 125g frozen cinnamon and 1/8
fruits, one banana, 100ml apple
juice and 1 tbsp honey tsp of ground ginger.
Tastes like Christmas
for a delicious tipple. Copella Apple Juice 900ml Boylans Fruit Mix 500g Rowse Squeezy Clear Honey in a mug! Nescafé Gold Blend
340g £2.59 £2 200g £6.49 £5
£2.69 £1.50 £2 £1.50
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Christmas at EUROSPAR Supermarket Heavenly Desserts
Avonmore Luxury SPAR enjoy local Strawberry Trifle 600g
Custard 500g £2.75 £2
£1.65 £1
STRAWBERRY TRIFLE
Dale Farm Wipping Cream Galberts Cheesecake Raspberry &
500ml White Chocolate / Lemon 500g
£2.99 £2.49 each
£1.89 £1.39
SPAR Luxury Mince Pies 6 Pack McVities Galaxy Misletoe Kisses 5 Pack/ Mullins Ice-Cream 900ml Viennetta 650ml
£1.89 McVities Penguin Yule Log 6 Pack £3.79 £1.89 each £1.30 £1 each
£1.65 £1 each
SALTED CARAMEL
CHEESECAKE
Ingredients
• 300g ginger biscuits
• 125g butter
• 200g condensed milk
• 70g unsalted butter
(for the caramel)
• 50g light muscovado sugar
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 300ml whipping cream
• 300g Crème Cheese
Method
1. For the base, whizz the biscuits
into crumbs in a food processor.
Transfer to a bowl, add the melted
butter and mix. Press the buttered
crumbs into a 22cm diameter
loose-bottomed cake tin. Chill in
the refrigerator until firm.
2. To make the filling, whip the
cream until firm but not too stiff.
Add the crème cheese and mix.
Spread the mixture evenly over
the caramel layer and chill in the
refrigerator.
3. For the salted caramel, heat the
condensed milk, butter and sugar
in a small saucepan over a medium
heat, stirring continuously until
the butter melts. Simmer for five
minutes over a low heat, stirring
continuously, until thick and a light
caramel colour. Stir in the salt and
mix well.
4. Once the caramel is cooler,
drizzle it over the cheesecake.
Drizzle melted chocolate
also if desired.
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Gift Ideas
Christmas Cheers
Bouquet £10
Deluxe Christmas Bouquet £15
Robins Nest Snow Tree £8
Winter Bloom Window Box £10
Thorntons Classic McVitie’s Family Circle McVitie’s Victoria Christmas Cherry Gift Basket £5 Season’s Greetings Festive Arrangement £10
Chocolate Puddings 485g Carton 720g Carton 650g
£3 £4.50
£5
Treats for Last minute essentials…
Furry Friends
SPAR Aluminium Foil Extra Wide 10 Metre
£2.69 £2
Whiskas Christmas Pedigree Christmas Airwick Candle Mulled Wine / Baco Turkey Tray Baco Large Roasting Bag 2 Pack
Stocking £3.99 Stocking £3.99 White Vanilla Bean 105/115g £1.85 £1.19 £1.39 £1
£2 each 9
Christmas at EUROSPAR Supermarket Christmas with Paula McIntyre
Delicious and easy recipe ideas from
local chef, Paula McIntyre.
View more recipe ideas and videos
on our website eurosparni.co.uk
SAUSAGE, APRICOT
& CELERY STUFFING
Ingredients
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 sticks celery, finely chopped
• 50g chopped dried apricots
• 50g butter
• 1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
• 500g sausage meat
• 75g breadcrumbs
Method:
1. Fry the onion and celery in the butter until
soft and golden.
2. Cool. Mix in the remaining ingredients.
3. Pack into a baking dish and bake for 30
minutes or alternatively roll into balls and
cook round the turkey for the last 20 minutes.
TRADITIONAL GRAVY
Ingredients
• Add 1 carrot, 2 onions and 1 stick of
celery to bottom of pan when you cook
your turkey
• 25g plain flour
• 750ml hot chicken stock, made
with 2 cubes
Method:
1. Place vegetables and cooking juices
from turkey in a saucepan.
2. Blend in the flour and then stir
in the hot stock. Simmer for 10
minutes then strain through
a sieve, pushing through some
of the vegetables to help
thicken the sauce.
3. Check seasoning and serve.
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PARSNIP GRATIN Christmas with Paula McIntyre
Ingredients BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH
• 1kg parsnips BACON & CHESTNUTS
• 300ml double cream • 100ml milk
• Salt and pepper to taste Ingredients
• 1 small onion, peeled and sliced thinly • 750g sprouts, trimmed and cut
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 100g grated cheddar in half through the root
• 4 rashers streaky bacon, chopped
Method:
1. Set oven to 200°C and • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 25g butter
butter a baking dish.
2. Peel and slice the parsnips. • 1 red onion, peeled and finelysliced
3. Boil the cream and milk with the salt, • 50g Peeled Chestnuts
pepper and nutmeg. • Handful chopped parsley
4. Add the parsnips and Method:
cook for 5 minutes. 1. Cook the sprouts in salted boiling
5. Spoon into the baking dish water for about 5 minutes or until
and cover with foil. a knife inserts easily.
6. Bake for about an hour or until 2. Fry the bacon in the oil until
soft, add the cheese and finish under
the grill until golden and bubbling. crisp and golden.
3. Add the butter and onion and cook
for a minute. Add the sprouts
and Chestnuts and cook for a minute.
4. Toss in the parsley and serve.
POTATO & CHEESE
CROQUETTES
Ingredients
• 750g floury potatoes
• 100g mature cheddar, grated
• 50g seasoned flour
• 2 eggs beaten
• 100g breadcrumbs
• Oil for frying
Method:
1. Peel and boil the potatoes,
drain well, return to pan to dry
out and then mash well.
2. Mix in the cheese and cool completely.
3. Form into cylinder shapes or
patties. Roll in the flour, then the
egg and finally dip in the crumbs.
4. Heat a thumb nail depth of oil in a pan
until a piece of bread added sizzles.
5. Cook for about 3 minutes and
drain on kitchen paper.
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The stMarEsEoTf oOuUr RChSrUisPtmPLasIETRVSa!dvert
Richard & Phil Orr Jamie Carney
William Orr & Sons Grove Farm
The Orr family are a Grove Farm is one of
third generation family the largest producers
run farm business. and suppliers of turkey
For over 60 years and poultry products to
the Orr family have retail and foodservice
specialised in growing markets in Ireland and
quality potatoes at the UK. The business
their Drumlin farm in has a long established
the heart of the County tradition for the quality
Down countryside. of their produce and
they pride themselves
in full traceability from
farm to fork.
Jonathan Cuddy Stephen Murdoch
Supplier to Brussels Sprouts Grower
Cookstown Meats The Murdoch family
Jonathan is the have been farming
proprietor of in Comber for over
Cuddy Farms from 100 years. Stephen
Dungannon, County grew up farming on
Tyrone. Cuddy Farms his family land and is
have been supplying our primary Brussels
to Cookstown Meats sprouts supplier.
for years with quality
assured and fully
traceable products.
Visit eurosparni.co.uk to view our Christmas TV
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Belfast – Creighton’s of Finaghy Dromara – Rathfriland Road Newry – Newry Road, Newtowncloughogue
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Carrickfergus – Victoria Road Enniskillen – Cornagrade Road Rathfriland – John Street
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Clough – Main Street Garvagh – Main Street Warrenpoint – The Square
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