Author: zebono2

  • Chocolate Avocado Mousse

    Chocolate Avocado Mousse

    Category: Dessert

    Area: British

    Ingredients:

    • 1 Banana
    • 3 tbsp Cacao
    • 1 Avocado
    • 2 tblsp Honey
    • 1 tsp Lemon Juice
    • 1 tsp Vanilla
    • 2 tbsp Water
    • pinch Sea Salt

    Instructions:

    1. Blend all the mousse ingredients together in your food processor until smooth. Add the cacao powder first and, as you blend, have all the ingredients to hand in order to adjust the ratios slightly as the size of avocados and bananas varies so much. The perfect ratio in order to avoid the dish tasting too much of either is to use equal amounts of both.

    2. Taste and add a few drops of stevia if you feel you need more sweetness.

    3. Fill little cups or shot glasses with the mousse, sprinkle with the cacao powder or nibs and serve.

    Tip If you don’t have a frozen banana to hand you can just use a normal one and then chill the mousse before serving for a cooling dessert.

  • Walnut Roll Gužvara

    Walnut Roll Gužvara

    Category: Dessert

    Area: Croatian

    Ingredients:

    • 450g Flour
    • 55g Caster Sugar
    • 2 parts Yeast
    • 1/2 tsp Salt
    • 6 oz Milk
    • 2 Beaten Eggs
    • 30g Butter
    • 140g Walnuts
    • 85g Butter
    • 85g Brown Sugar
    • 1 tsp Cinnamon
    • To Glaze Milk
    • To Glaze Icing Sugar

    Instructions:

    Mix all the ingredients for the dough together and knead well. Cover the dough and put to rise until doubled in size which should take about 2 hours. Knock back the dough and knead lightly.

    Divide the dough into two equal pieces; roll each piece into an oblong about 12 inches by 8 inches. Mix the filling ingredients together and divide between the dough, spreading over each piece. Roll up the oblongs as tightly as possible to give two 12 inch sausages. Place these side by side, touching each other, on a greased baking sheet. Cover and leave to rise for about 40 minutes. Heat oven to 200ºC (425ºF). Bake for 30-35 minutes until well risen and golden brown. Bread should sound hollow when the base is tapped.

    Remove from oven and brush the hot bread top with milk. Sift with a generous covering of icing sugar.

  • Beef Caldereta

    Beef Caldereta

    Category: Beef

    Area: Filipino

    Ingredients:

    • 2kg cut cubes Beef
    • 1 Beef Stock
    • 1 tbs Soy Sauce
    • 2 cups Water
    • 1 sliced Green Pepper
    • 1 sliced Red Pepper
    • 1 sliced Potatoes
    • 1 sliced Carrots
    • 8 ounces Tomato Puree
    • 3 tablespoons Peanut Butter
    • 5 Chilli Powder
    • 1 chopped Onion
    • 5 cloves Garlic
    • 3 tbs Olive Oil

    Instructions:

    0. Heat oil in a cooking pot. Saute onion and garlic until onion softens
    1. Add beef. Saute until the outer part turns light brown.
    2. Add soy sauce. Pour tomato sauce and water. Let boil.
    3. Add Knorr Beef Cube. Cover the pressure cooker. Cook for 30 minutes.
    4. Pan-fry carrot and potato until it browns. Set aside.
    5. Add chili pepper, liver spread and peanut butter. Stir.
    6. Add bell peppers, fried potato and carrot. Cover the pot. Continue cooking for 5 to 7 minutes.
    7. Season with salt and ground black pepper. Serve.

  • Apam balik

    Apam balik

    Category: Dessert

    Area: Malaysian

    Ingredients:

    • 200ml Milk
    • 60ml Oil
    • 2 Eggs
    • 1600g Flour
    • 3 tsp Baking Powder
    • 1/2 tsp Salt
    • 25g Unsalted Butter
    • 45g Sugar
    • 3 tbs Peanut Butter

    Instructions:

    Mix milk, oil and egg together. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into the mixture. Stir well until all ingredients are combined evenly.

    Spread some batter onto the pan. Spread a thin layer of batter to the side of the pan. Cover the pan for 30-60 seconds until small air bubbles appear.

    Add butter, cream corn, crushed peanuts and sugar onto the pancake. Fold the pancake into half once the bottom surface is browned.

    Cut into wedges and best eaten when it is warm.

  • Saltfish and Ackee

    Saltfish and Ackee

    Category: Seafood

    Area: Jamaican

    Ingredients:

    • 450g Salt Cod
    • 400g Ackee
    • 1 chopped Onion
    • 1 tsp Paprika
    • 2 tsp Curry Powder
    • 2 tsp Jerusalem Artichokes
    • 1 tsp Hotsauce
    • 1 sliced Red Pepper
    • 1 sliced Yellow Pepper
    • 200g Tomatoes
    • to taste Salt
    • to taste Pepper
    • 250g Self-raising Flour
    • 30g Suet
    • pinch Salt
    • for frying Olive Oil

    Instructions:

    For the saltfish, soak the salt cod overnight, changing the water a couple of times.
    Drain, then put the cod in a large pan of fresh water and bring to the boil. Drain again, add fresh water and bring to the boil again.
    Simmer for about five minutes, or until cooked through, then drain and flake the fish into large pieces. Discard any skin or bones.
    For the dumplings, mix the flour and suet with a pinch of salt and 250ml/9fl oz water to make a dough.
    Wrap the mixture in clingfilm and leave in the fridge to rest.
    Open the can of ackee, drain and rinse, then set aside.
    Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and fry the onion until softened but not brown.
    Add the spices, seasoning, pepper sauce and sliced peppers and continue to fry until the peppers are tender.
    Add the chopped tomatoes, then the salt cod and mix together. Lastly stir in the ackee very gently and leave to simmer until ready to serve.
    When you’re almost ready to eat, heat about 1cm/½in vegetable oil in a frying pan and heat until just smoking.
    Shape the dumpling mix into plum-size balls and shallow-fry until golden-brown. (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave the pan unattended.)
    Drain the dumplings on kitchen paper and serve with the saltfish and ackee.

  • Chicken Quinoa Greek Salad

    Chicken Quinoa Greek Salad

    Category: Chicken

    Area: Greek

    Ingredients:

    • 225g Quinoa
    • 25g Butter
    • 1 chopped Red Chilli
    • 1 clove finely chopped Garlic
    • 400g Chicken Breast
    • 2 tbs Olive Oil
    • Handful Black Olives
    • 1 chopped Red Onions
    • 100g Feta
    • Chopped Mint
    • Juice of 1/2 Lemon

    Instructions:

    Cook the quinoa following the pack instructions, then rinse in cold water and drain thoroughly.

    Meanwhile, mix the butter, chilli and garlic into a paste. Toss the chicken fillets in 2 tsp of the olive oil with some seasoning. Lay in a hot griddle pan and cook for 3-4 mins each side or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate, dot with the spicy butter and set aside to melt.

    Next, tip the tomatoes, olives, onion, feta and mint into a bowl. Toss in the cooked quinoa. Stir through the remaining olive oil, lemon juice and zest, and season well. Serve with the chicken fillets on top, drizzled with any buttery chicken juices.

  • Szechuan Beef

    Szechuan Beef

    Category: Beef

    Area: Chinese

    Ingredients:

    • 1/2 lb Beef
    • 1/2 tsp Salt
    • 1 tsp Sesame Seed Oil
    • 1 pinch Pepper
    • 1 Egg White
    • 3 tbs Starch
    • 4 tbs Oil
    • 1 tsp Ginger
    • 1 tsp Garlic
    • 3/4 cup Onion
    • 1/2 cup Carrots
    • 3/4 cup Green Pepper
    • 1 cup Celery
    • 1 cup Mushrooms
    • 1 tbs Cooking wine
    • 1 cup Water
    • 1 tbs Oyster Sauce
    • 1/2 tsp Hotsauce
    • 1 tsp Sugar
    • 1 tbs Soy Sauce

    Instructions:

    STEP 1 – MARINATING THE BEEF
    In a bowl, add the beef, salt, sesame seed oil, white pepper, egg white, 2 Tablespoon of corn starch and 1 Tablespoon of oil.
    STEP 2 – STIR FRY
    First Cook the beef by adding 2 Tablespoon of oil until the beef is golden brown.
    Set the beef aside
    In a wok add 1 Tablespoon of oil, minced ginger, minced garlic and stir-fry for few seconds.
    Next add all of the vegetables and then add sherry cooking wine and 1 cup of water.
    To make the sauce add oyster sauce, hot pepper sauce, and sugar.
    add the cooked beef and 1 spoon of soy sauce
    To thicken the sauce, whisk together 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch and 2 Tablespoon of water in a bowl and slowly add to your stir-fry until it's the right thickness.

  • Kapsalon

    Kapsalon

    Category: Lamb

    Area: Dutch

    Ingredients:

    • 250 Grams Fries
    • 500 Grams Doner Meat
    • Topping Garlic sauce
    • Topping Hotsauce
    • 1 Bulb Lettuce
    • 1 Tomato
    • 3rd Cucumber
    • 100 Grams Gouda cheese

    Instructions:

    Cut the meat into strips. Heat oil in a pan and fry the strips for 6 minutes until it's ready.
    Bake the fries until golden brown in a deep fryrer. When ready transfer to a backing dish. Make sure the fries are spread over the whole dish.
    Cover the fries with a new layer of meat and spread evenly.
    Add a layer of cheese over the meat. You can also use grated cheese. When done put in the oven for a few minutes until the cheese is melted.
    Chop the lettuce, tomato and cucumber in small pieces and mix together. for a basic salad. As extra you can add olives jalapenos and a red union.
    Dived the salad over the dish and Serve with garlicsauce and hot sauce

  • Lamb and Potato pie

    Lamb and Potato pie

    Category: Lamb

    Area: British

    Ingredients:

    • 500g Lamb Shoulder
    • 1 tbls Flour
    • Dash Vegetable Oil
    • 1 sliced Onion
    • 2 sliced Carrots
    • 350ml/12fl Vegetable Stock
    • 500g Potatoes
    • 450g Shortcrust Pastry
    • To Glaze Eggs

    Instructions:

    Dust the meat with flour to lightly coat.
    Heat enough vegetable oil in a large saucepan to fill the base, and fry the onion and meat until lightly browned. Season with salt and pepper.
    Add the carrots, stock and more seasoning to taste.
    Bring to the boil, cover and reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer for at least an hour or until the meat is tender. Take your time cooking the meat, the longer you leave it to cook, the better the flavour will be.
    Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
    Add the drained potato cubes to the lamb.
    Turn the mixture into a pie dish or casserole and cover with the shortcrust pastry. Make three slits in the top of the pastry to release any steam while cooking.
    Brush with beaten egg and bake for about 40 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown.
    Serve.

  • Crispy Eggplant

    Crispy Eggplant

    Category: Vegetarian

    Area: Filipino

    Ingredients:

    • 1 large Egg Plants
    • 1 cup Breadcrumbs
    • 50g Sesame Seed
    • 2 Eggs
    • To taste Salt
    • To taste Pepper
    • For frying Vegetable Oil

    Instructions:

    Slice eggplant into 1 cm (0.4-inch) slices. Place them in a bowl and sprinkle them with salt. allow them to sit for 30 minutes to render some of their liquid and bitterness.
    2. After 30 minutes wash eggplant slices from salt and pat dry with a kitchen towel.
    3. In a large bowl/plate place breadcrumbs and sesame seeds. In another bowl beat 2 eggs with pinch salt and pepper.
    4. Heal oil in a large skillet over high heat.
    5. Dip eggplant slices in egg, then in crumbs, and place in hot oil. Fry 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Drain on a paper towel.