Sunday, December 1, 2013

Mango Cream Dessert

Mango Cream Dessert

Ingredients

Mangoes 3
Cream ½ cup
Honey ¼ cup

Directions
1. In a medium saucepan, bring to a boil water to cover mangoes. Place whole, unpeeled mangos in boiling water and simmer until skin starts to come off. Remove mangos from water and let cool until cool enough to handle.
2. While the mangos are simmering, beat the cream and honey in a medium bowl until light and fluffy.
3. Remove the skin from the mangos and remove the mangos from their pits. Place fruit in a blender and puree until smooth. Fold mango puree into cream mixture until well combined. Mixture should be thick and smooth. Pour into dessert bowls and chill 2 hours in refrigerator before serving

Broken Glass Dessert

Broken Glass Dessert

Ingredients

Lime flavored Jelly 1 packet
Orange flavored Jelly 1 packet
Strawberry flavored Jelly 1 packet
Boiling water, divided 3 cups
Cold water, divided 3 cups
Canned pineapple juice 1 cup
Gelatin powder 2 tbsp
Biscuit crumbs 2 ½ cups
Butter, melted ½ cup
Brown sugar ½ cup
Chilled cream 2 cups
Caster sugar ½ cup
Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Method

1. Place lime, orange, and strawberry jelly crystals into 3 separate 
9x9-inch glass dishes.
2. Pour 1 cup boiling water into each flavor of gelatin mix; stir 
the gelatin until dissolved.
3. Pour 1 cup cold water into each flavor of gelatin, stir to 
combine, and refrigerate the 3 flavors of gelatin until set, at least 4 hours.
4. Heat pineapple juice in a saucepan until hot but not simmering. 
Stir gelatin into pineapple juice until dissolved. 
Refrigerate pineapple juice mixture until cool and thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
5. Mix biscuit crumbs, melted butter, and brown sugar 
together in a bowl. Set 1 cup of crumb mixture aside for garnish. Press remaining 2 cups crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch cake pan to make a crust.
6. Pour cream into a large metal mixing bowl and beat with an 
electric mixer until the cream is fluffy and forms soft peaks, about 3 minutes. Slowly beat sugar into whipped cream, 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time; beat in vanilla extract.
7. Cut the different flavors of jelly into cubes. Use a thin
spatula to lift the cubes away from the bottom of the dish and loosen them.
8. Very gently fold the thickened pineapple juice and jelly cubes 
into the whipped cream mixture until thoroughly combined. Spoon into the biscuit crust.
9. Sprinkle the cake with reserved biscuit crumb mixture.
10. Refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours to overnight

Chicken Pasta Salad

Chicken Pasta Salad


Ingredients

Water 5 cup
Pasta 2 cup
Tomato juice 1 ¼ cup
Olive oil 1 ½ tbsp
Red vinegar 1 tbsp
Chili powder 1 ½ tsp
Paprika ¾ tsp
Salt ½ tsp
Ground black pepper ¼ tsp
Parmesan cheese grated ½ cup
Corn ½ cup
Coriander leaves chopped 1/3 cup
Green onions chopped ¼ cup
Green bell pepper diced 2 tbsp
Chicken breast boiled 1

Method

1. Bring water to a boil and add the pasta and cook till all done. Rinse under cold running water and drain well.
2. Stir the tomato juice, olive oil, vinegar, chili powder, paprika, salt and black pepper together. Toss it with the drained pasta and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours.
3. Combine the Parmesan cheese, corn, coriander leaves, spring onion, green capsicum and diced chicken breast. Combine with the chilled pasta mixture and cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight before serving.

Vinaigrette Dressing

Vinaigrette Dressing

Vinaigrette Dressing

Ingredients

Olive oil 6 tbsp
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Lemon (juice) 1 lemon
Mustard paste 1 tbsp
Caster sugar ¼ tsp
Salt ¼ tsp
Crushed black pepper ¼ tsp
Salad leaves to serve

Method
Mix all well and put in a jar with a tight lid. Shake well and serve drizzled on a bed of greens. Do not add the dressing ahead. Add it just before serving.

Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise


Ingredients

Egg yolks 2
Mustard paste 1 tsp
Salt ½ tsp
Pepper ½ tsp
Oil 150 ml

Method
In a food processor or blender add the yolks, salt, pepper and mustard. 
Blend well. Next add the oil with the machine running in a very slow stream or else the mayonnaise will not form. Once all oil is incorporated in gradually the mayonnaise is ready. Refrigerate and use within a day or two. Before using mix well.