Selasa, 29 November 2011

Grilled Lamb Chop


Grilled Lamb Chop

Ingredient
Lamb chop 6 pieces
Some cooked seasonal vegetables

Seasoning
Thyme powder 1/3 tsp
Chicken powder 1/2 tsp
Cornflour 1/2 tsp
Pepper to taste

Method
Rinse and wipe lamb chop.
Spread marinade on lamb chop evenly and wait 1 hour, set aside.
Heat 1 tbsp of margarine, fry lamb chop until cooked, serve with vegetables.

Buffalo Chicken Dip


This tangy, creamy dip tastes just like buffalo chicken wings. It's best served hot with crackers and Celery sticks.


Ingredients
2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup Ranch dressing
3/4 cup pepper sauce (such as Frank's Red Hot®)
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces
1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored crackers


Directions

1. Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers.

Serve 20

Prep Time:
5 Min

Cook Time:
40 Min

Ready In:
45 Min

Selasa, 08 November 2011

Rice Cake



Rice Cake

Ingredients (serves 8):
- 200 g (7 oz) rice
- 800 ml (28 fl oz - 3 2/3 oz) milk
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz) sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
- 40 g (1 1/2 oz) sultanas
- 60 g (2 oz) unsalted butter
- Pinch cinnamon powder
- 1 organic lemon
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Salt

Time:
preparation: 15 minutes
cooking: about 60 minutes

Bring the milk to the boil with a pinch of salt. Add the rice and cook until al dente stage. Switch off the gas. Don't drain the rice!
Meanwhile soak the sultanas in warm water for about 20-30 minutes. Then squeeze of their soaking water.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Line a baking pan (Ø 22 cm - 9in) with waxed paper.
Add the butter cut into pieces, sugar, sultanas, vanilla, beaten eggs, and the grated skin of the lemon to the rice. Stir accurately.
Pour the mixture into the pan, level the surface and springle with dry breadcrumbs and granulated sugar.
Bake for almost 25-30 minutes or until the surface is golden.

- It's a very tasty cake, easy-to-do, typical recipe from Val d'Aosta (Italy), well known also as gateau de ris.
- Serve it with a cup of tea or coffee or after a meal with a glass of dessert wine.

Jumat, 14 Oktober 2011

Sambuca Cake With Strawberries, Whipped Cream and Shaved Chocolate


Sambuca Cake With Strawberries, Whipped Cream and Shaved Chocolate
Ingredients
1 prepared pound cake, from bakery section or frozen foods, defrosted
3 ounces sambuca, or other anise liqueur
1/2 pint strawberries, halved or sliced
2 teaspoons sugar plus 2 tablespoons
1 pint whipping cream
Chocolate syrup, for drizzling
1 bar good quality dark bittersweet chocolate
Directions
Place 2-inch-thick slices of pound cake on dessert plates. Douse cake slices with sambuca or other anise liqueur.

Slice berries and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar, then toss and reserve.

Beat whipping cream with 2 tablespoons sugar with a hand mixer until soft peaks form.

Top cake with berries and drizzle with zigzags of syrup. Top cake and berries with whipped cream. Using a vegetable peeler, shave dark chocolate over each dessert plate and serve.

Jumat, 07 Oktober 2011

JAPANESE STRAWBERRY CAKE


JAPANESE STRAWBERRY CAKE Ingredients:

1 cup shiratama-ko (rice flour)
1/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup water
*For filling
1/3 cup water & 1/2 cup sugar & 1/4 cup dried anko powder
or 1/2 cup premade anko (sweet red bean paste)
6 strawberries
*katakuriko starch for dusting

Preparation:

Heat 1/3 cup of water and 1/2 cup of sugar in a pan. Add 1/4 cup of anko powder in the pan and stir well. Set aside. Wash strawberries and remove the calyxes. Wrap a strawberry with about a spoonful of anko and rounds to make a ball. Make 6 balls. Put 2/3 cup of water and 1/4 cup of sugar in a heat-resistant bowl and mix well. Add shiratama-ko flour in the bowl and mix well. Put the bowl in microwave and heat the dough for two minutes. Stir the dough. Heat the dough in microwave until the dough inflates. Stir the mochi quickly. Dust a flat pan with some katakuri-ko starch. Also, dust hands with some katakuri-ko. Remove the hot mochi from the bowl to the pan by hands. Dust hands with more katakuri-ko starch and divide the mochi into 6 pieces by hands. The mochi is hot and sticky, so be careful not to burn your hands. Make 6 flat and round moc Put a piece of strawberry and anko filling on a mochi piece and wrap it by stretching moc Rounds . Repeat the process .

Cheese Cake Coffee Cake


Cheese Cake Coffee Cake

Ingredients

3 cups biscuit mix
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup strawberry preserves

Procedures

Combine biscuit mix, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, milk and butter. Stir vigorously 30 seconds. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead 4 or 5 times. Pat evenly into the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-inch round cake pan; set aside.

Combine cream cheese, eggs, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and vanilla extract. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until smooth. Pour over dough. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand for 10 minutes. Spread preserves over top.

Serve warm.

Homemade Ice Cream Banana Ice Cream Recipe


Homemade Ice Cream Banana Ice Cream Recipe Ingredients:
3/4 pint (375ml) milk or cream
(or a mixture of both according to taste),
4oz (100g) sugar,
3 ripe bananas (to purée)

Purée the bananas place in a mixing bowl. Pour in the milk/cream and sugar, mixing in well as you do so. Transfer the whole mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.


Extras idea - add some small fudge pieces 5 minutes before the end of the freezing time. Read more about adding extras to ice cream recipes.