Name: Cherry Flapjacks, Packed Pitta And Mini Skewers
Ingredients: 50 g Butter; 50 g Caster sugar; 2 tb Golden syrup; 10 Glace cherries; 150 g Porridge oats; 1 sm Garlic clove; 1 sm Bunc fresh parsley; 1 400 g can chickpeas; drained; 2 tb Olive oil; (2 to 3); 1 Carrot; 1 Clementine; 1 ts Toasted sesame seeds; 2 Pittas; Punnet of mustard cress; 6 Cherry tomatoes; 6 Boncini; (baby mozzarella; ; balls); 6 Basil leaves

There is an in-between-ness to this life. God gives us great promises in the gospel. Then He calls us to wait for their fulfillment. He doesn’t give us everything right away. He calls us to wait. In between the giving and the fulfilling of God’s promises, the waiting can be hard. Sometimes it can seem impossible to endure, because what we’re stuck in for now doesn’t just fall short of God’s great promises. Our experience can be the opposite of God’s great promises. Living in-between is not easy. But God’s greatest gift is not always what we think. God’s greatest gift is Himself. And He does give Himself right now. His own reality and presence and nearness and immediacy and smile: “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted” (Psalm 34:18), “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth” (Psalm 145:18). That is not a consolation prize, not something we have to settle for. There is nothing greater in all this world. We don’t understand how God draws near and we can’t control Him. But this is real, very real, very wonderful. As we stumble forward, God’s real presence gives us strength to wait without self-pity but with resilient good cheer.

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Can’t cook , New	2	servings

INGREDIENTS

50	g	Butter
50	g	Caster sugar
2	tb	Golden syrup
10		Glace cherries
150	g	Porridge oats
1	sm	Garlic clove
1	sm	Bunc fresh parsley
1		400 g can chickpeas; drained
2	tb	Olive oil; (2 to 3)
1		Carrot
1		Clementine
1	ts	Toasted sesame seeds
2		Pittas
		Punnet of mustard cress
6		Cherry tomatoes
6		Boncini; (baby mozzarella
		; balls)
6		Basil leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE PACKED PITTAS
FOR THE MINI SKEWERS
1 Dice the butter and heat in a frying pan with the sugar over a
fairly high heat, stirring until beginning to bubble and turn golden.
2 Roughly chop the cherries and stir into the pan with the oats. Cook
for 1-2 minutes until the oats are well coated and turn caramel
coloured.
3 Pour the mixture onto parchment-lined baking sheet and pat out to
make a rough 18-20cm circle. Leave to cool and set.
4 Place the garlic clove and parsley in a food processor and whiz
until finely chopped.
5 Add the chickpeas and whiz again. Slowly drizzle 2 tbsp oil
followed by 1-2 tbsp water to make a velvety paste. Season to taste.
6 Coarsely grate the carrots and mix with the toasted sesame seeds
and a squeeze of clementine juice. Season. Heat a griddle pan.
7 Skewer one tomato, one boncini and a basil leaf onto cocktail
sticks, drizzle with oil and a squeeze of clementine juice.
8 Cook the pitta in the griddle pan for just a few seconds on each
side. Cut the pitta in half widthways and ease open to make two
pockets.
9 Spoon the sesame carrots and chickpea puree into the pitta halves
and snip over some cress. Cut the flapjack round into eight wedges.
10 Arrange the packed pittas in a lunch box or basket with the mini
skewers and a couple of flapjack wedges.
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Recipe by: Can't Cook Won't Cook
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