Monday 9 November 2009

tangerine muffins

1 egg
1 cup of flour
5 tbsp sugar
juice of 3 tangerines
5 tbsp of vegtable oil
3 tsp of baking powder
1/4 tub (500g) of morrisons own brand orange & appricot yogurt
1/4 200g bag of white chocolate chips
1/2 cup of goats milk

- Preheat oven 200 degrees celcius

- Combine egg, tanerine juice, yogurt, milk, vegtable oil, sugar and mix.

- Add baking powder and flour and chocolate chips to a LARGE bowl (I had to use a cassarole bowl) then add the liquid ingrediants and mix till ingredinats have combined.

- spoon into fairy cake cups (I use silicone re-usable ones) until three quaters full and then place on tray and cook for 20 minutes

- please note I use a fan assisted oven so if you don't you may need to cook them for longer

Thursday 5 November 2009

wonton soup

30 wonton wraps
1 egg white - lightly beaten
2 tbsp finely chopped spring onion

FILLING

175g pork/beef mince
225g peeled & chopped prawns (pre cooked)
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice wine
2 tsp chopped spring onion
pinch of sugar
pinch of white pepper
dash of sesame oil

SOUP

2 lites of chicken stock
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of white pepper

-Mix filling ingrediants together and stir well until texture is thick, leave to rest for 20 minutes.

-place a tsp of filling in each wrap. Brush the edge of wrap with a small amount of egg white.

-bring opposite edges together making a flower shape.

- Bring stock to the boil in large saucepan, add salt, prawns and pepper.

- boil wontons in stock for 5 minutes, skin should begin to wrinkle around filling when cooked.

- to serve dish out wontons add soup and sprinkle spring onions ontop.

Wonton wrappers

1 egg
3/4 tsp salt
2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of water
extra flour
extra salt

- Lightly beat egg whilst adding salt

- then add 1/4 cup of water

- sift flour into large bowel and make a well in the middle. (make a hole in the centre of the flour)

- pour egg misture in the centreand mix well until you make dough.

- if the dough is too dry add water.

- if the dough is too sticky add flour

- knead on floured surface for 5 minutes until dough is smooth

- then place back in bowel and cover with tea towel for 30 minutes

- Flour surface (this prevents the dough sticking to the surface) and roll out dough.

- ensure its rolled thin and cut into 1/2inchx1/2inch squares.

- can be stored in freezer bag in fridge or freezer.

Saturday 24 October 2009

Prawn/steak noodles with peanut dressing


2tbsp peanut butter

1tsp sesame oil

1 tbsp soy sauce

50g mangtout halved length ways

1 diced red chilli

1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

100g of noodles (preferably egg)

150g peeled cooked prawns or 0.292g of steak

2 shredded sprig onions

- whisk peanut butter, sesame oil, soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce and 2tbsp of boiling water. This will make the dressing. If needed add more water to make sauce thinner.

- Cook noodles per instructions, drain and place in bowel with cooked prawns/cooked steak and mangetout.

- Add diced chilli to dressing and mix. Then drizzle ontop of noodles.

- sprinkle spring onions ontop and serve.

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Lasagne

THIS WILL FEED 4 PEOPLE

1Kg of minced beef or quorn

lasagne sheets (the number depends on the size of dish used)

Frozen vegtables (amount depends on preferance)

500g of tomato sauce

1 tin of chopped tomatos

cheese (as much as you want)

1000g of white lasagne sauce (2 jars)

vegtable/olive oil

- heat oil, add mince and fry till brown (non stick pan is the best)ensure mince is broken up to cook quicker.

- whilst mince is cooking preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius. boil kettle and add frozen veg to bowel with hot water to defrost.

- once mince is cooked drain excess water and fat away.

- add tomato sauce to mince and mix then add tin of chopped tomatos and mix in aswell.

- At this point increase heat on mince tomato mixture, check on vegtables if defrosted add to mix and stir in.

- Leave mixture on heat for 10-20 minutes until bubbling through.

- whist mixture heats up grate cheese

- when the mixture is ready spoon a layer of tomato mixture into dish then add a layer of white sauce, then add lasagne sheets ontop to cover it.

- Repeat this till dish is full finishing with a layer of lasagne sheets then white sauce ontop. Add as much cheese as you like ontop.

- put in oven for 30-45 minutes depending on wheather oven is fan assisted or not.

Monday 21 September 2009

Raspberry milk Jelly

225g of raspberries
1 block of raspberry jelly
170ml of chilled evaporated milk
75g white chocolate gratted

- blend raspberries in blender (keep a few to decorate)put in fridge to cool.

- break jelly up put in heat proof jug pour 275ml of HOT water to dissolve jelly cubes. Stir as needed.

- set aside till cool, then chill for 15 minutes in the fridge.

- PLEASE NOTE THIS JELLY NEEDS TO STAY AS A LIQUID

- whisk evaporated milk till foamy.

- add milk and blended raspberries to the jelly and whisk add bit by bit and whisk till it looks like a mouse.

- pour into glasses and chill until set. Decorate with raspberries and white chocolate.

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Yorkshire puddings

75g plain flour
75ml of milk
1 egg

- sift flour in a bowel add egg in and beat gradually.

- then beat in milk with 50mls of water.

- preheat oven to 250 degrees celcuis

- use a tin (line it with baking paper) and add mixture and cook till ready

steak stuffed with stilton

4 fillets of steak
8 slices of parma ham
veg of your choice
stilton cheese (as much as you want)

- sear steak for 1 minute

- make a cut on one side make sure it goes about half way into the steak and stuff as much stilton as you want.

- wrap steak in parma ham

- preheat oven to 225 degrees celcuis. cook for 10-15 minutes.

- boil pan of water and cook veg.

creamy salmon pasta

300g penne or rigatoni
2 tbsp tomato puree
350g of broccoli
300g bonless & skinless salmon fillets
150g soft cheese (tastes best if cheese has garlic & herbs, low fat also an option)
142mls single cream

- cook pasta per instructions, add broccoli into cooking pasta for the last three minutes of cooking

- meanwhile put salmon in frying pan, season and cover fillets in water and bring to the boil.

- Simmer for 6 minutes with the lid on.

- It'll be cooked when the salmon can be flaked with a fork.

- transfer to plate and keep warm.

- mix cheese, tomato puree and cream. To make sauce

- Drain pasta and broccoli, then return it to the empty pan, add sauce and stir well.

- flake salmon ontop just before serving and serve in warm bowel.

Monday 7 September 2009

Pasta with Smoked Salmon

320g smoked salmon
1 unwaxed lemon -juice & zest
350g tagliatelle
200ml creme fraiche

- Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius/180 for fan assisted
- foil tray, place salmon & 4 tbsp of lemon juice & 2tbsp water.
- fold foil into parcel (with air in it), cook for 15 minutes
- Heat large pan of water till boiling, add tagliatelle cook for 8-10 minutes
- Whislt they cook, mix creme fraiche with lemon zest, season with small amount of black pepper
- flake fish through pasta with creme fraiche

Tuesday 25 August 2009

corned beef Hash

1 tsp of butter
2 onions (diced)
1 beef oxo cube
375g corned beef
white wine
750g peeled potatoes (diced)
milk
1 tbsp butter
grated cheese
1 tbsp french mustard
cooked vegtables

- preheat oven 200 degrees celcius

- boil diced potatoes in lare pan, when cooked remove from heat and allow to cool

- heat 1 tsp of butter in frying pan, add chopped onion and fry till golden brown

- add 1 tbsp of french mustard a large splash of wine and oxo cube and stir to mix

- reduce content and add another serving of wine

- Add corned beef and mix into mixture

- cook for 5 minutes, breaking up with fork add cooked vegtables and mix

- place content of frying pan in oven proof dish

- drain potatoes add 1 tbsp of butter and enough milk to make mash potatoes.

- once mashed potatoes made, spread over mixture in oven proof dish and add as much cheese as you want

- cook for 20 minutes and serve.

Sunday 16 August 2009

home made welsh fish cakes

225g cooked crab meat (I use tinned crab meat)
225g baked & flaked salmon (Again I use tinned salmon)
225g warm mashed potatoes

1tsp chives
2 egg yolks


FOR BREADCRUMB COATING
110g flour
2eggs
225g breadcrumbs
1tbsp milk


FOR MINTED YOGURT
100ml cream
2tsp mint (fresh is best) finally chopped
100ml plain natural yogurt




- combinecrab & salmon in a bowel then add mash potatoes and mix.

- add chives and egg yolk and mix again until they bind.


- move onto a lightly floured surface,

- with flour rubbed onto your hands divide the mixture into 8 balls
- ensure there is a good coating of flour on each one.

- flatten the balls until 2cm thick.

- beat 2 eggs in bowel then whisk in milk

- Coat fish cakes with egg mixture & add breadcrumbs, ensure to remove excess

- Place in baking tray and set in freezer for 4 hours

- Melt butter on frying pan & fry cake until golden brown.

- Combine ingreadients for mint yogurts together in a bowel and serve.

Sheperd's Pie

1Kg peeled potatoes


350g lamb


1 small onion


1 large carrot


2tsp flour


250ml lamb stock


1tbsp Worcestershire sauce


1tbsp brown sauce


1tbsp tomato sauce


4tbsp milk


25g butter


25g gratted cheese




- Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius, cook potatoes till tender


- Cut lamb into chunks or buy minced lamb.


- Heat another pan add oil & dice and cook onion and carrot until golden brown.


- Add flour, lower heat & cook for 1 minute.


- Add stock (200mls) & bring to the boil & reduce till thick, add the rest of stock and mix.


- Remove from heat & add lamb, tomato sauce, brown sauce & worcestershire sauce and mix.


- place content in oven proof dish


- drain potatoes, add milk & butter and mash until there are no lumps.


- spread mash ontop of contents in oven proof dish, sprinkle grated cheese ontop.


- cook for 25 minutes

Saturday 8 August 2009

Beef Stroganoff


1 onion

225g mushrooms (optional)

vegtable oil

1tbsp french mustard

450g rump/surloin steak

300ml cream

pinch of salt and pepper

1 cap of whiskey


- prepair frying pan with vegtable oil.

- roughly cut onions and cook for 5 minutes.

- add mustard and steak and stir fry for five minutes.

- add cream and whiskey, heat up, mix and reduce till a thick sauce.

- tastes great with rice or pasta

Tiramisu


225g mascarpone cheese

1 egg - separate yolk & and egg white

2tbsp natural yogurt

2tbsp caster suger

2tbsp dark rum

2tbsp strong black coffee

8 spounge fingers

2tbsp grated dark chocolate


- Put mascarpone in lage bowl, add egg yolk & yogurt, beat until smooth.

- whisk egg white until stiff, then whisk in suger.

- Fold mascarpone into mixture & divide into containers.

- mix rum & coffee in separate bowel.

- dip spounge into coffee/rum mixture.

- divide spounge into serving container and add cheese mixture ontop.

- sprinkle chocolate ontop & serve when ready.

Sunday 2 August 2009

Black and White chocolate shots

2 tablespoon (TBSP) Caster suger
6 tbsp double cream
25 gram dark chocolate finely chopped
25 gram White choclate finely chopped
2 tbsp Kahula

- put sugar in heatproof bowl add 4tbsp boiling water
- mix to melt the sugar and set aside
- heat half the cream in pan till boiling
- then add dark chocolate/white chocolate.
- Add 2tbsp Kahula. and mix into sugar syrup.
- pour into small bowel
- Make another batch using white/dark chocolate
- cool the mixtures, then stir, cover with clingfilm
- chill till ready to serve.
- pour into small glasses or shot glasses.

Bara Brith


This is a welsh fruit cake, the recipie was passed on to me by my grand mother and is the best fruit loaf I've ever tasted.


4 Oz butter

6 Oz non demorera brown sugar

12 Oz mixted fruits (suggest glazed cherries, currents etc)

2 beaten eggs

8 Oz self raising flour

1 loaf tin



- melt butter, sugar and add fruit.

- bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minuts

- allow to cool and mixture of flour and beaten eggs

- mix till smooth and put into loaf tin

- bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes at 150 degree celcius/300 degree farenheit/gas mark 3

- KEEP FOR A MAX OF 3 WEEKS

02/08/09

I saw this blog a while ago: http://arundathi-foodblog.blogspot.com/ and thought ya know what a great idea so I thought I'd share the recipies that I've used myself and enjoyed them so much. Please if anyone has a way to improve the recipies or any comments please feel free to comment on them.

lu