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THE WEEKEND LEADING up to the big Christmas break is here, and you’re probably scratching your head wondering where the time went and why you’re not as organised as you wanted to be. That’s before you’ve even wrapped a present.
As well, you have probably ordered your turkey, duck, or veggie specials for the big day and are just looking to get through the next few days with a little sustenance.
During this weekend, all our energy tends to be concentrated on the main event, Christmas Day, but it’s important to take a moment and enjoy some nice hearty food. After a couple of days of turkey you’ll be tired of white meat and heavy winter vegetables.
Here’s where we come in. Here’s a recipe for hearty Shepherd’s Pie to keep you going. We follow it up with a quick and easy favourite of ours, a Seasonal Sunday – sure to impress all your guests.
Wishing you a happy, peaceful, and safe Christmas.
For the mash
Method
Sauté seasoned diced vegetables in a little olive oil until soft ( 15 – 20 mins, depending on pot)
Add minced lamb and sweat for a further 20 minutes, stirring well.
Add chopped herbs, tomato purée and flour. Cook for five minutes.
Add Worcestershire and stock, and simmer for ten minutes. Season and add peas. Place in a casserole tray and allow to cool.
For the mash
Gently cook potatoes starting with water seasoned with salt.
When cooked, add warmed cream and butter, check seasoning, and add egg yolks and Parmesan.
To Finish
Spread or pipe mash on top of the lamb and cook for 12 minutes at 180 degrees.
Garnish with roasted root vegetables and serve with a crisp green salad.
● 1⁄4 cup whipped cream
● 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
● 1 scoop chocolate ice cream
● 1 scoop of strawberry ice cream
● 2 tablespoons chocolate sauce
● 2 tablespoons praline
● 2 tablespoons strawberry purée
● 30g fresh strawberries
● 1 tablespoon icing sugar
● 30g fresh blueberries
● 30g fresh raspberries
Cady Cane stick
Method
Layer the ingredients and serve in a tall glass.
Firstly, put a layer of whipped cream, then add one scoop of chocolate ice cream. Then, add 15 grams of fresh fruit.
Next, add the strawberry sauce followed by one scoop of strawberry ice cream.
Then a scoop of vanilla ice cream, the rest of the whipped cream, and chocolate sauce, and finish with praline icing sugar, fresh fruit, wafer curls and candy cane stick for that Christmas cheer.
Alen Pavlic is Head Chef at O’Neills Victorian Pub & Townhouse, 36 -37 Pearse St, Dublin 2, D02 VX62. For more, see www.oneillsdublin.com, Instagram @oneillsvictorianpub and facebook.com/ONeillsofPearseSt.
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You know many people believed the moon landing was faked, great achievements will always be doubted
@Vinegar Feet: From your link:
• Primary efficacy analysis demonstrates BNT162b2 to be 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose;170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were evaluated, with 162 observed in the placebo group versus 8 in the vaccine group
• Efficacy was consistent across age, gender, race and ethnicity demographics; observed efficacy in adults over 65 years of age was over 94%
• Safety data milestone required by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) has been achieved
• Data demonstrate vaccine was well tolerated across all populations with over 43,000 participants enrolled; no serious safety concerns observed; the only Grade 3 adverse event greater than 2% in frequency • Companies plan to submit within days to the FDA for EUA and share data with other regulatory agencies around the globe
• The companies expect to produce globally up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021
• Pfizer is confident in its vast experience, expertise and existing cold-chain infrastructure to distribute the vaccine around the world
@Vinegar Feet: What is that quote supposed to ‘prove’? Completely lost as to where you’re going with that
@Winston Smith: what moon landing??
What’s the option take a vaccine or live like this for years .
Personally I’d rather take my chances with a vaccine and return to some sort of normality .
@Michael Mcloughlin: agreed
@donny12345: I second that
Yeah let the Brits get the first doses and we’ll see how they get on
Delete comment, delete comment, delete comment…. ohh your comments ok it agrees with us, delete… busy morning at the Journal
@Opinionated: comments closed works quicker when they don’t approve of majority of comments
@Opinionated: I got banned from here account was restricted for 2 months why I don’t know
@Opinionated: Vaccine good, government funded main stream media good, any other opinion bad.
@SB79: probably because you dont support their narrative of constant fear fear fear and daily dose of Covid articles
@Opinionated: The removal of disinformation is important. It’s got nothing to do with opinions.
They have been working on it for years,preparing for the release of the virus…..
@Gerry Campbell: yep all planned by the lizard people
Snake oil salesman.
@Peter Coen: The article is a bit disingenuous. How can they tell the long term effects of a vaccine in 10 months? Regulators have decided to accept this small risk as the upside to a vaccine is huge
@Mickety Dee: 10 months?
The Phase 3 clinical trial of BNT162b2 began on July 27 and has enrolled 43,538 participants to date, 38,955 of whom have received a second dose of the vaccine candidate as of November 8, 2020.
No thanks
@James: I will gladly take your place, bring it on
@James: Natural selection will surely thin out global anti-vaxx numbers over the next year
@Steve: I hope so
@James: bye Felicia !
I assume governments will have to indemnify this release ? Also can’t find any material safety data on severe/mild side effects encountered in trials if anyone has a link ?
@Mark: no such thing as side effects..its just wording…direct effects they didn’t want or expect
@Mark: “To date, the Data Monitoring Committee for the study has not reported any serious safety concerns related to the vaccine. A review of unblinded reactogenicity data from the final analysis which consisted of a randomized subset of at least 8,000 participants 18 years and older in the phase 2/3 study demonstrates that the vaccine was well tolerated, with most solicited adverse events resolving shortly after vaccination. The only Grade 3 (severe) solicited adverse events greater than or equal to 2% in frequency after the first or second dose was fatigue at 3.8% and headache at 2.0% following dose 2. Consistent with earlier shared results, older adults tended to report fewer and milder solicited adverse events following vaccination.”
@Christopher Conlan: Perfect ! Thanks for this.
@Mark: if you are sufficiently qualified in a relevant area of expertise to understand the data you’re looking for then I assume you know where to get it.
@Sara Davis: Trust me Sara, I’m infinitely more qualified than yourself.
Why isn’t the headline “Why hasn’t EU been able to evaluate the data as quickly as the U.K.?”
Money talks
Boeing 737 Max comes to mind. Let’s just hope that all is in order and that the rush for huge profits, to secure population immunity and economic recovery has not blinded the regulators to adverse side-effects small print. Time will tell and good luck to those receiving the first batches.
Well to coin a Clichy..
” your dammed if you do & dammed if you don’t “
It’s approved so quickly because of Brexit. Suppose that’s one good thing about it
Here is another good explainer for you – anyone with half an active brain cell on duty will refuse to take a covid vaccine. The Irish government announced yesterday they will grant indemnity to the vaccine companies – meaning – any adverse effects – of which there will be thousands upon thousands will be paid off to the victims by the state, and the companies putting their names to this monstrosity will carry on regardless
@Martin Mason: I suppose Holohan would be delighted to be the one signing off on it. “This won’t be my first vaccine scandal…”
@Martin Mason: your Twitter is nothing short of hilarious
@Pseud O’Nym: Why is that. Do I detect a brain washed=sheep
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