Saturday, 6 December 2014

Chocolate & Hazelnut Truffles (Quick & Easy Sweets)



Chocolate & Hazelnut Truffles (Quick& Easy Sweets)

Ingredients

For the Base

  • 90g Plain flour
  • 90g butter
  • 90g Caster Sugar
  • 11/2 tblsp Cocoa powder

For the Filling

  • 250g Dark Chocolate
  • 2 Tblsp Brandy or Apple juice
  • 1/2 cup Thickened cream
  • 100g Roasted Hazelnuts

Method

  1. Add the sugar & butter and mix until light and fluffy.
  2. Next add flour & cocoa powder and mix well.
  3. Next add the mix in to a 4x8 inch loaf pan or a tray.
  4. Bake 180 c about 15 min. & Cool completely.
  5. Add chocolate in to a pan and add cream. Melt on a low heat.
  6. Next add brandy and chopped hazelnuts and pour  it on to the cooled chocolate base and put it in the fridge over night or several hours.
  7. Cut in to smaller squares.

Pork fried rice

Corn Fritters (Finger Food/Party Food)

Potato & Tuna Bake



Potato & Tuna Bake ( Quick & Easy Meals)

Ingredients


  • 750g Potatoes
  • 2 Large onions
  • 1 large capsicum
  • 1 packet french onion soup
  • 150g tuna
  • 50g margarine melted
  • Salt & pepper
  • 1/2 can Evaporated milk

Method

  1. Add potatoes, tuna, margarine , capsicum, salt& pepper in to a mixing bowl and mix well.
  2. Put that on to a baking tray add evaporated milk and bake on 180 about 45 min to 1 hour. ( If you like to cook quickly steam the potatoes before using.)

Passionfruit slice (Quick & Easy Sweets)

Sri Lankan Style Pork Fry



Sri Lankan Style Pork Fry

Ingredients


  • 11/2 Kg Pork (Boiled or not)
  • 1Tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 Tsp Fennel Seeds
  • 1 Tblsp Coriander Seeds
  • 1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
  • 2 Tsp of Pepper
  • 1-2 Tblsp Chilli powder
  • 1 Tblsp Coconut oil or any other oil.
  • 50ml Vinegar
  • Several inches Cinnamon
  • Several cloves
  • Several Cardamons
  • Green chillies as much as you like
  • GInger
  • 6 Cloves garlic
  • 2 large shallots
  • Salt

Method

  1. Cook the pork first in salt and vinegar. If you don't mind eating extra oil cook pork cubes directly with out boiling.
  2. Fry the Spices until golden brown. Don't grind. But Crush the spices.
  3. Add oil in to a pan and fry onion, ginger, garlic and green chillies.
  4. Add the crushed spices in to the oil and fry 1 minute.
  5. Next add salt and the other spices. cook 30 seconds.
  6. next add cooked pork and vinegar.
  7. Cook on low heat about 15-20 min.
  8. This can be kept in fridge about 7 days in fridge or 3-4 days out.

Coconut Short Bread



Coconut Short Bread

Ingredients


  • 2 Cups Plain Flour
  • 1 Cup Desiccated coconut
  • 2 Eggs
  •  1/2 Tsp Vanilla
  • 150g Sugar
  • 160g Softened Butter

Method

  1. Add butter and sugar in to a mixing bowl and mix well.
  2. Add coconut vanilla and mix well.
  3. Add eggs one by one.
  4. Add flour and mix well. If the mix a bit wet add more coconut to get the consistency to roll on the bench top.
  5. Next put that on to the bench top and press into 1/2 inch thickness.
  6. Bake 180c about 15-20 min.
  7. Cool on wire racks & store in air tight containers.