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Mocha Cake Marinated Mustard Lamb Sardine Spaghetti

2oz plain cooking chocolate,
1.5 tspn coffee granules, 3 tpns milk,
6oz margarine, 6oz caster sugar,
4oz boiled potatoes sieved and cooled,
3 size 2 eggs, 6oz flour, 2 oz cocoa powder,
1 tspn baking powder

Filling -

1 tspn coffee granules, 1 tspn water
3 oz butter, 2oz potatoes as above,
1 oz cocoa powder, 10 oz icing sugar

Decoration -

Halved walnuts or mini easter eggs

4 portions of lamb (gigot or butterfly chops)
1 tspn mint sauce, 2 tbspns wholegrain mustard,
1/4pt apple juice, 1 tspn cornflour.

 

4 oz uncooked spaghetti,
2 tbspn olive oil, 2 oz oats,
1 clove garlic peeled amd crushed,
2 tomatoes cut into wedges,
160 gram tinned sardines in tomato sauce,
salt and pepper, chopped parsley

 

Melt the chocolate over pan of hot water, stir in milk and coffee granules and leave to cool. Slightly cream margarine, sugar and potatoes till light and fluffy, gradually beat in eggs and melted chocolate mixture. Sieve flour, cocoa and baking powder together and fold into the mixture. Divide the mixture between 2 greased 8" sandwich tins and bake for 25-30 mins gas mark 4. Allow to stand for 2-3 minutes before turning the cakes onto a cooling rack. To make the filling disolve granules in the water, beat butter, dissolve coffee an potato in a bowl then add sieved cocoa and icing sugar. beat until smooth. Use half filling to sandwich cakes together and decorate the top with remainder of cream and decorate with walnuts or mini eggs.

Place the lamb in a shallow dish in a single layer. Mix mint sauce, mustard and apple juice together, pour over the meat and leave to marinate for about 4 hours. Drain the lambe from the marinade and grill or fry saving the marinade juices, keep lamb warm. Stir the remaining marinade and cornflour together, pour into the sauepan and bring to to boil slowly stirring continuously until thickened. Serve lamb with sauce poured over or serve separately in sauce boat.

Cook spaghetti as directed on packert. Meanwhile heat oil in small frying pan add oats and garlic and stir fry till golden. Add tomato wedges and sardines with their sauce, season then gently stir sadine mixture into the drained spaghetti and sprinkle with parsley.

 

     
  Recipes by Grace Gray of Fife ©Scotland4me.net2006