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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Coventry's Seafood Bar & Grill- Morley WA

We visited Coventry's Seafood Bar & Grill at the Coventry Village Markets in Morley last weekend.

The place was big with plenty of seating but only had a handful of families dining, mind you this was on a high 30 degree day, though it was quite comfortable inside.

What initially drew us inside was the '$14.95 seafood lunch special', which sounded very reasonable in price and looked very filling!

Ordering from the drinks menu we saw all bottled beers including imported names only $5, plus cocktails $9, half price then the majority of bars around Perth!

I ordered a Mango & Strawberry Daiquiri and my hubby chose a Mojito. They were both fantastic and just what we needed on a hot sweaty day.

OK now back to the seafood special, we had the option to have it 'fried or grilled', I chose grilled, hubby chose the latter.

Turned out to be amazing! Snapper, chips, onion rings, calamari rings, cold cooked prawns, prawn nori sushi roll, half an oyster served with sweet chilli and garlic aioli sauce.

How good was that for $14.95!!

We have plans to return in a few weeks with friends.

Coventry Village
243-253 Walter Road
MORLEY WA 6062
http://www.coventryvillage.com.au
Open to 7pm daily* and 9pm on Thursdays*
Restaurants open to late – *Individual shops may vary

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Prosciutto wrapped lamb cutlets & Massive salad with candied bacon & soft boiled eggs & Ranch Dressing

Lamb Cutlets

Are basically cutlets wrapped in prosciutto. Once you start to cook them the prosciutto sticks to the meat, there's no need to salt because the prosciutto is salty as is.

Massive Salad

Fry a few rashers of bacon sprinkled lightly with sugar until cooked. set aside to cool.

Soft boil 4 eggs by placing them in cold water, bring to the boil on high heat. Once boiling , boil for 3.5 mins. Drain off hot water and replace with tap water. Leave to cool slightly.

Mean while Mix together:
Lettuce, shredded
Tomatoes, diced (seeds removed)
Celery, sliced thinly
Carrot, sliced thinly
Gherkins, chopped
Pickled onions, Sliced
red onion, diced
cheese, cubed
 Arrange salad mix on to a serving plate, quarter or halve the eggs and arrange on top then chop bacon and sprinkle on top also.

Aprils Ranch Dressing

1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 lemon's juice
garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt 1/2 tsp each
1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

mix together and drizzle over salad!!

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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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Potato Gnocchi & Mushroom Chilli Tomato Sauce

3 Large all purpose floury potatoes (800Gm approx.)
3 egg yolks
1-2 cups flour (its always different)

Boil potatoes until tender, when warm to touch peel skin off.

Place peeled potatoes in a sieve over a mixing bowl and press through with the back of a spoon.

Mix in yolks, salt & pepper to taste and incorporate flour 1/2 cup at a time, (I used 1 & 3/4 cups this time) until its not sticky. Flour a surface and cut dough into 4, then roll each quarter into a log 2 cm diameter and cut 3cm lengths.

Place on a floured plate until cooking.
To Cook: Bring a pot of water to the boil add salt and add gnocchi, boil slowly until they float then after 2 mins scoop them out to drain.

I put mine straight from the water into a simmering pan of tomatoes, garlic, mushrooms, chilli, onion, passata, basil and parsley. Then served sprinkled with cheese.

TO FREEZE: I put the left over gnocchi on a floured plate spaced out and froze until hard then transferred to glad bags. These can be boiled straight from frozen until they float as above.

You can add parmesan cheese, spinach puree and parsley for flavoured gnocchi too!

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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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Beef, Guinness & Mushroom Stew

 

Oil
1 Onion, sliced thinly
2 garlic cloves, crushed
500gm Mushrooms, Sliced
500gm cubed beef
2 TBSP Plain Flour
1 carrot, sliced thinly
1 large celery stick, sliced thinly
400ml Guinness (I used Guinness Draft brand, comes in a 440ml can)
2 cups Beef stock
salt & pepper to taste
Handful of frozen peas

Toss beef in flour until coated and fry in batches until browned slightly, set aside. Add more oil and lightly fry the onions, carrots, celery, mushrooms, garlic for about 2 mins. Add beef and guinness and allow to come to a simmer then add the stock and salt and pepper. Cover with a lid and simmer on low for 3-4 hours, stirring occasionally. Throw the peas in at the last 15 minutes.

Serve with Mashed potato, or spoon into pie dishes and cover with puff pastry.

You can also put this in a low oven (160C) in a casserole dish for the same time or throw all ingredients into the slow cooker for 6-8 hours, just reduce the stock to 1 cup.

Great for a St. Patricks Day dinner!

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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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