Florette has a fab Halloween recipe, which we believe is exactly what you’re looking for. A fun activity for all the family that ends in a delicious meal – what more could you ask for?
Their most recent venture is the below salad with a side of potato pancakes! Just in time for Halloween, this recipe offers a spooky yet nutritious take on a simple meal and is sure to look incredible on any dinner table.
Devilled Beetroot & Horseradish Salad, Warm Potato Pancakes
Serves 4
200g Florette cooked beetroot
20ml Olive oil
50ml Horseradish sauce
5g Parsley
50g Mash Potato
50g Plain flour
5g Chives
1 Egg
50ml Milk
10ml Oil
For the salad
* Dice the Florette cooked beetroot and place into a clean mixing bowl.
* Finely chop the parsley and add to the beetroot.
* Add the olive oil and mix well.
For the Warm Potato Pancakes
* Place the cold mash potato into a clean mixing bowl with the flour.
* Finely slice the chives and add to the bowl along with a little salt.
* Separate the egg white and yolk, add the yolk to the bowl.
* Add the milk and mix altogether until a smooth paste is formed.
* In a separate clean bowl, whisk the egg white until double in size and soft peaks are formed.
* Gentle fold the whipped white into the mixture.
* Heat the oil in a frying pan.
* Spoon the mixture into the pan to form small pancakes.
* Cook until the bottom side is golden, flip over and finish cooking until the second side is golden, remove from the pan. Mixture should make 8 small pancakes.
* To serve place the potato cakes on the plate, top with the beetroot, drizzle over the horseradish sauce.
Most Haunted Gin in the UK… Let Loose for Halloween!
If ghosts and ghouls are your thing, Hooting Owl’s limited edition haunted gin is sure to get you in the spirit this Halloween.
The gin magicians at Hooting Owl have released a limited edition ‘haunted’ Blackcurrant & Liquorice Gin, which has been distilled in what is thought to be the most haunted distillery in the UK.
The Where Ghosts Walk (WGW) Batalicious Gin, has been distilled under the watchful eye of a benevolent flame-haired former landlord and stored in a locked room with the resident panicked paranormal presence.
Barmby Moor House, situated in a rural village on the York to Hull trunk road, has been the headquarters of the Hooting Owl Distillery and home to craft distiller, Dominic M’Benga, since it was founded in 2018. In its previous life, the building was a public house and historic coaching inn and the regular, ominous night time activity on site has been attributed to the centuries of colourful landlords and patrons that have passed through its doors.
The establishment attracted its fair share of trade during the 1800s, and it seems some guests are less than keen to leave! The outbuildings, where the current copper stills are housed, are reported to be particularly lively at night, with whispering voices and footsteps regularly heard across the old Yorkshire stone floors, and the distillery isn’t short on spooky sightings.
Said to be the ghost of a former landlord called Joseph, a red-haired apparition regularly emerges around the distillery. Old Joe, as he’s fondly referred to, often paces through the distillery as though making checks, paying particular interest to the distillery’s artisan gin making. He will flash a wry, cheeky smile at anyone who has the pleasure of making his acquaintance, before disappearing into thin air.
More chillingly, the spectre of the young Barmby Coachman can often be seen tramping back and forth and murmuring incoherently. The man is believed to have left his tired horses at the inn after changing them during a gruelling winter journey over ‘The Black Moor’ from York. Having lost his life in a duel of love before he
could return, he is said to frantically search one of the rooms at Barmby Moor House, having come back to claim his horses.
In what is now a storeroom, the Barmby Coachman occupies the most haunted part of the distillery, plagued by disruptive paranormal activity, the room is used to store the Blackcurrant & Liquorice Gin.
Dom says, “If there’s a more haunted distillery in the UK I haven’t heard of it! It can get exceptionally eerie at night in that room, so it seemed like the obvious place to store the Halloween gin, although the bottles do seem to have a habit of moving around!”
The gin recipe, inspired by the sweet flavours Dom remembers from his childhood Halloween Trick or Treating days, joins the Hooting Owl range for a limited time and only a small number of bottles have been distilled. Available in a black etched bottle, it’s recommended that the gin is simply served on its own with crushed ice or paired with coke for a touch of extra fizz.
“All Hooting Owl’s flavours are inspired by things that mean something to us, like the region, our story or the history of the house. If there was ever a haunted gin, this is it! Not only has the gin been distilled under the watchful eye of Old Joe, we also chose to store it in the most haunted part of the distillery, even though none of us like to have to go in there too often. Hence it being limited edition!”
At that time of the year when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, are you brave enough to try the UK’s most haunted gin?
WGW Batalicious Blackcurrant & Liquorice Gin has a little extra spirit in every bottle and can be ordered online through the Hooting Owl website, while stocks (and Hooting Owl’s nerves) last!
Family friendly Halloween recipes from Mash Direct, award winning vegetable side dish brand. The recipes can all be easily recreated for the kids or with the kids for a fun, spooky activity.
MASH DIRECT CARROT, PARSNIP & PUMPKIN SOUP RECIPE
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The Mash Direct (www.mashdirect.com) range of delicious and award-winning ‘field to fork’ vegetable accompaniments are perfect for creating great tasting, nutritious and innovative spooky serves for all the family to enjoy this Halloween.
The Mash Direct Carrot Parsnip & Pumpkin Soup recipe will warm up a chilly Halloween night. Using the delicious Mash Direct _Carrot & Parsnip Mash_, the whole family will enjoy this creepy-crawly creation!
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
1 pack of _Mash Direct_ _Carrot & Parsnip Mash_
1 medium onion (diced)
2 sticks of celery (chopped)
2 tsp fresh ginger (finely chopped)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
2 cans vegetable or chicken broth
1 pumpkin (peeled, deseeded, diced)
1 cup of water (more if needed)
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp ground cumin
Salt & pepper to taste
Heavy/whipping cream or fat free sour cream
Method:
* Sauté the onion and celery in a large pot on a medium heat for five-seven minutes.
* Add the ginger and garlic to the pot, stir, and cook for two minutes until fragrant. Add the Mash Direct Carrot & Parsnip Mash, vegetable broth, pumpkin, water, dried thyme, cumin, and salt & pepper to taste.
* With the lid slightly ajar, simmer the soup on medium-low heat for about 30 minutes or until the vegetables have softened.
* Let the soup cool slightly, then purée in batches using a blender. If the soup is too thick, add water to thin it out a bit.
* Serve with a swirl of fat free sour cream if desired. For the spooky season, the spider web design can be made using a wooden kebab skewer.
MASH DIRECT ROSTI SPIDERS & CROQUETTE MICE
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The Mash Direct (www.mashdirect.com) range of delicious and award-winning ‘field to fork’ vegetable accompaniments are perfect for creating great tasting, nutritious and innovative spooky serves for all the family to enjoy this Halloween.
Recreate the Mash Direct (www.mashdirect.com) Potato Croquettes and Potato Rosti editions to make spooky serves that are perfect for any ghoulish get together!
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 pack Mash Direct _Potato Croquettes_
1 pack of Mash Direct _Potato Rosti_
1 courgette
A handful of olives
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 carrot
But you can use whatever vegetables you’d like!
Method for the Croquette Mice:
* Cook the Mash Direct Potato Croquettes according to pack instructions.
* Peel a carrot and chop into sections about 0.5cm thick.
* Using a knife, cut two slits on either side of the croquette. Take two pieces of carrot and insert to become the ears.
* Cut an olive in half and use as the eyes.
* Use thinly sliced or spiralised courgette as the tail.
Method for the Rosti Spider:
* Cook the Mash Direct Potato Rosti according to pack instructions.
* Cut and deseed the red and yellow peppers. Cut eight slices from the red pepper as spider legs.
* Cut an olive in half and use as the eyes, and use yellow pepper slices for fangs.
MASH DIRECT SPOOKTACULAR MASHED POTATO
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The Mash Direct (www.mashdirect.com) range of delicious and award-winning ‘field to fork’ vegetable accompaniments are perfect for creating great tasting, nutritious and innovative spooky serves for all the family to enjoy this Halloween.
The Mash Direct signature Mashed Potato creates spooktacular ghosts that are ideal for all the family to enjoy this Halloween.
Serves: 2
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
Mash Direct _Mashed Potato_
Whole black peppers (for the eyes)
Stuffed green olives (for the mouth)
Method:
* Cook the Mash Direct Mashed Potato in the microwave for 3 minutes.
* Pipe or mould the _Mashed Potato_ into ghost shaped peaks.
* Place two black peppers for eyes and a slice of stuffed green olive for the mouth!
MASH DIRECT STUFFED JACK-O LANTERN PEPPERS
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The Mash Direct (www.mashdirect.com) range of delicious and award-winning ‘field to fork’ vegetable accompaniments are perfect for creating great tasting, nutritious and innovative spooky serves for all the family to enjoy this Halloween.
The spooky stuffed Jack-o Lantern Peppers are created with Mash Direct’s signature Mashed Potato and are perfect to enjoy after trick or treating.
Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes
Ingredients:
4 large orange bell peppers
1 packet of Mash Direct _Mashed Potato_
Crumbled bacon
3 chives
Grated cheese
Sour cream
Method:
* Heat oven to 180 degrees ⁰c.
* Using a sharp knife, slice the top off each bell pepper horizontally. Set tops aside (do not discard!) and remove all seeds. Rinse the peppers and pat dry.
* Use a small knife, cut holes in the exterior of the peppers to make Jack-O Lantern faces. If the peppers don’t stand up right, use the knife to slice a small amount from the bottom.
* Lightly grease a small sheet pan. Arrange the peppers and lids on the pan and cook in the oven for 20 – 25 minutes, or until the peppers are cooked, but still firm.
* Remove the peppers from the oven and allow to cool while you make the filling.
Method for filling:
* Cook the Mash Direct Mashed Potato according to package instructions.
* Add the bacon, sour cream, cheese and chives. Mix gently to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste. Scoop the potato mixture into the peppers evenly.
* Place a top onto each stuffed pepper and serve with a big jack-o-lantern smile!
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For halloween their clip-in hair extensions or wigs are brilliant!
Their hair extensions are made with premium 100% natural hair and come in a recyclable pack (perfect for gifts), ensuring zero hair damage.
