Crepes with Creme Patissiere and Macerated Strawberries

I love the crepes and custard combo, and this recipe makes a lovely dessert for dinner parties or anytime really.

Crepes
2 eggs
1 1/4 Cup Milk
1 TBSP Sugar
1 Cup Plain Flour

Sift dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk in combined wet ingredients until smooth. Rest for 5 mins before using.

Crème Patissiere (microwave version)
1 Egg 1 Egg Yolk
4 TBSP Caster Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
2.5 TBSP Cornflour
2.5 Cups Milk

In a Pyrex jug whisk eggs, yolks, sugar, cornflour and Vanilla until thick. Whisk in milk and microwave for 1 minute then whisk.
Then microwave for 30 sec at a time stirring in between until you have a thick custard. Place cling wrap on top of the custard to stop a skin forming, refrigerate until cold before using.

Macerated Strawberries
Half a punnet of strawberries, hulled and sliced
2 tsp caster sugar
Juice from 1/4 of a Lemon

Mix everything together and leave at room temp.

Assembly

You can stack the crepes on top of each other with the custard in between or you can spread the custard over and fold then in quarters like I've done in the photo.

Spoon over the strawberries.

Enjoy!

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Chilli-Garlic Tomato Sauce Recipe

Chilli-Garlic Tomato Sauce Recipe

800gm Can Whole Peeled Tomatoes

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup white vinegar

1 brown onion, diced

2 TBSP garlic, chopped

1 TBSP small hot red chilli's, chopped

2 tsp salt

1 tsp Dijon mustard

1/2 tsp pepper

1 clove

 

Place all ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours and low for 4-6 hours. Blend with a stick mixer and pour into hot sterilized jars, seal and cool.

 

Makes approx. 3 cups. These make great gifts for Christmas etc!

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Golden Syrup Dumplings

These dumplings are great for a cold night in and also great for dinner parties as they simmer away on the stove until they're ready.

Golden Syrup Dumplings

Syrup:

2 Cups Water

1/3 Cup Golden Syrup

1 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 Cup Raw Caster Sugar

40 Grams Butter

 Dumplings:

1.5 cups SR Flour

45 G unsalted butter, slightly softened

¾ Cup Milk

1 TBSP Golden Syrup

Combine all syrup ingredients in a saucepan and heat on low until everything is melted. Simmer on low and then make dumplings.

Dumplings: Sift flour into a mixing bowl and rub through butter until fine crumbs appear. Slightly heat up the milk in the microwave (Just to take the chill out of it) and mix through the golden syrup. Add to flour mixture and stir until a smooth/stiff dough is formed.

Spoon heaped teaspoons of Dumplings batter into syrup and cook for 15 mins simmering until dumplings have expanded.

Serve with custard, cream or ice cream.

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Dark Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients
200G Dark Chocolate
25G unsalted butter
120G raw caster sugar
2 eggs
1/4 tsp baking powder
35G Plain flour

Method

Oven at 180C. Melt chocolate & butter together. I use a pyrex jug in the microwave.

Beat eggs & sugar until thick and pale.

Pour chocolate into egg mixture and add flour and baking powder, stir gently, don't overmix.

Scoop big tablespoons full onto baking paper. Mixture will be very wet like cake batter, but its all good! Just leave enough space for spreading.

Cook for 10-15 mins.

These taste like a brownie!

makes about 12.

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Jelly Cheesecake Slice

Had this recipe given to me recently by a foodie friend and its amazing!!

It makes a lot! so is great for parties, picnics etc.

I've made 2 in the last few weeks, one with red jelly the other with yellow jelly......I like the yellow on better and the passionfruit jelly goes well with the lemon cheesecake filling.

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/cwfs-jelly-slice-L669.html

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Chocolate Crackles - No Copha (vegetable shortening)

 

A classic childhood favourite, but made without the unhealthy copha (vegetable shortening)!!

1x pack fun size mars bars (216grms approx.)
1/4 cup cream
1 tbsp. cocoa
3 cups rice bubbles

Melt mars bars and cream in a pyrex dish in the microwave in 30 sec bursts and then pour into a mixing bowl with rice bubbles and cocoa. stir until combined and spoon into patty cases. Cool in fridge for 30 mins.
Sprinkle with 100's and 1000's, coconut or edible glitter :-)

Not just for kids parties!! ;-)

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Italian Almond Cherry Biscuits

 

200 gm Almond meal
170Gm caster sugar
2 Egg whites
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup plain flour
Glace cherries, halved

Preheat oven to 190C. In a food processor mix all ingredients except cherries, spoon into a piping bag and pipe small rounds on a baking sheet, top with cherry, bake for 15-20 mins. Dust with icing sugar before or after baking optional.

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Easy Corn Chip Chicken Nuggets

Half a packet of flavoured corn chips
2 eggs
Chicken breasts sliced into nugget size

Crush corn chips with a rolling pin, or food processor. Whisk eggs into a small bowl, and coat the chicken pieces in the egg then press into corn chips. Fry in a fry pan or bake in a moderate oven lightly sprayed with oil.

Serve with tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, or Sweet chilli sauce and Sour cream.

YUM!

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Steamed Pork Dumplings

Dumpling Dough

2 Cups Plain Flour

1 Egg

1/2 Cup warm water

Place flour in food processor and turn on high quickly add egg and water one after the other and whizz for about 20/30 seconds until dough comes together. Tip out and knead for 30 seconds until smooth. Set aside on bench wrapped in cling wrap for 30 mins.

Filling

500Gm pork mince

3 spring onions, chopped finely

1/2 red onion chopped finely

2 cloves garlic minced

1tsp ginger powder

3 tsp soy sauce or tamari

1 TBSP hoisin sauce

salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients together.

Then pinch off a walnut sized piece of dough and roll out circles on a lightly floured surface until very thin. Place in a pastry/dumpling press and spoon 1 heaped teaspoon of mince mixture into the middle of the circle and fold in half. You can pleat the sides if you don't have a press.

Steam in a steamer basket for 8-10 mins, until cooked. Serve with chilli sauce, sweet chilli sauce or soy sauce etc.

 

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Nori Rolls

Nori sheets
Sushi rice
3 TBSP white vinegar and 1 tsp sugar mixed together
Fillings (chicken, tuna, bacon, scrambled egg, shredded lettuce, grated carrot)
Mayonnaise and/or mashed avocado

Cook sushi rice to packet instructions (usually it equal parts rice and water) and leave to cool.

Mix in enough vinegar and sugar mix to loosen a bit (usually about 2/3 TBSP).

Lay your sushi rolling mat and place a nori sheet on top.

Spoon over rice to cover 3/4 of the sheet

Next add your toppings. In my case Tuna, mayo & lettuce.

Roll up tightly and slice carefully with a sharp damp knife.

I serve mine with sweet chilli sauce.

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Mini Bacon & Egg Pies

3 sheets puff pastry
5 rashers of bacon chopped into pieces
12 eggs

Preheat oven to 210C. Grease a muffin pan with butter. Fry bacon until cooked and drain. Cut pastry in half from top to bottom then left to right so you have 4 squares to each pastry sheet. Carefully line the muffin pans, add bacon and carefully crack an egg on top. Salt and pepper. Carefully fold the edges of the pastry over the egg, Brush with milk or egg wash and bake for 20-25mins.

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Creamy Tomato Tuna Pasta Bake

Quick and Easy. Topped with lots of cheese, perfect for cold nights!

3 Cups Milk
1 tsp garlic powder
4 TBSP cornflour dissolved in 4 TBSP water
3 cups grated tasty cheese
700ml jar tomato passata
1 large tin of drained tuna
1 cup frozen peas or corn (or both)
4 cups cooked pasta

Preheat oven to 200C.

Bring milk and garlic powder almost to the boil, stir in cornflour mixture and whisk until thickened. Add 1 cup of the cheese.

Mix in 1/2 of the jar of passata, tuna, pasta, peas/corn and pour into a casserole dish.

Top with cheese and bake uncovered for 40 mins or until hot.

Serves 4-6

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Honey Joys

I love Honey Joys, they are so easy and simple to make. Try making them with kids. They are also great for kids parties and cake stalls.

I got the recipe from the Kelloggs website below! YUM!

http://www.kelloggs.com.au/en_AU/honey-joys.html




 

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Zucchini, bacon & cheese Muffins

 

 

Sift 1.5 cups plain flour ino a bowl with 3 tsp baking powder and 1tsp salt. Add 1 cup grated zucchini, 1 cup grated cheese and 1/2 cup cooked bacon pieces and mix to combine. Mix in a small bowl 2 eggs, 3/4 cup milk and 1/2 cup oil or butter and add to the dry mixture, mix until combined (dont over mix) Spoon into paper or silicone muffin cups and bake for 20 mins on 200C.
Makes 16 muffins.

I've already eaten 4!! and will be freezing some for school lunch boxes.

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