Category: Snack Food

February 5, 2016 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Cocktail Snacks, Curing Meats, Finger Foods, Sausage Making, Smoking, Snack Food

How to Make Little Smokey Frankfurters from Start to Finish – How to Make & Smoke Mini-Frankfurter Sausages!!!

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How to Make Little Smokey Frankfurters from Start to Finish - How to Make & Smoke Mini-Frankfurter Sausages!!!
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Recipe type: Sausage
 
These little smoked cocktail frankfurters are amazing, and really easy to make. I am using trimmings from a whole ribeye roast, but you can use rump or sirloin as well, provided the the fat content is 25%. If you use a leaner cut, add the balance in pork back fat. You can find the printable recipe on our website http://Whats4Chow.com This is episode #375 with Whats4Chow.com - please subscribe for notifications and updates.
Ingredients
  • 1.8kg Beef, 25% Fat
  • 200ml Milk powder
  • 1 medium onion
  • 3 Cloves garlic
  • 120ml Paprika
  • 36g Prague powder
  • 20g Kosher salt
  • 360ml Water, well chilled
Instructions
  1. Cut the meat into pieces that will fit through the feeder tube of your mincer. Cut a medium onion, peel 3 cloves of garlic, measure out the Prague powder and salt, as well as the milk powder and paprika. Use a good quality paprika as the success of this endeavor hinges on this.
  2. Place the meat in your freezer for 15 minutes, then run this through your mincer using the coarse mincer plate. Return the meat to the freezer for 15 minutes.
  3. Run the onion and garlic through the mincer and place this in your refrigerator.
  4. Combine the paprika, milk powder, Prague powder and salt. Mix this together thoroughly.
  5. Remove the meat from the freezer and place it in a large tub. Add the minced garlic and onion, and the paprika mixture. Mix this all together thoroughly.
  6. Run the beef through the mincer again, this time using the medium plate. Return the meat to the freezer for 25 minutes.
  7. After the chilling time place the meat back into the tub. At this stage the meat, despite being chilled is quite sticky and needs to be tempered by adding water. You need to add 20% of the meat weight in water in order to make it workable, and to make sure it will run through the sausage stuffer smoothly.
  8. Run the meat through the mincer again, this time using the fine plate.
  9. Load the finely minced meat into the hopper of the sausage stuffer.
  10. I am pumping this into 18mm collagen casings and to do this I have the 12mm funnel attached to the stuffer.
  11. Place the hopper on the stuffer and turn the crank until the filling reaches the end of the funnel. Load the casing onto the funnel, twist the end and start cranking.
  12. When making the mini franks, it is much easy to twist off the links progressively. If you extrude the entire length, you stand a good chance of ending up with over-filled casings that are difficult, or impossible to crimp and form links.
  13. Once all of the links are filled and formed, it's time for the smoker. I am using the Smoke Daddy Cold Smoke Generator attached to my regular gas barbecue.
  14. Fire up the smoker and arrange the sausages on racks, or hang them from the warming rack. The sausages must not be touching. Ignite a single burner furthest from the sausage, close the lid and allow the sausages to smoke for 2.5 to 3 hours. The barbecue thermometer should read 80c or 176f, and the target internal temperature of the sausages is 65c or 149f.
  15. Once smoking is complete, remove the sausages from the barbecue. These are only partially cooked and require cooking to completion, either by boiling, broiling or gently frying them to perfection.

 

February 2, 2016 Cheese, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Mediterranean Recipes, Pizzas, Pork, Snack Food, Starters

Super Bowl Snacks – Cheese & Pancetta Melts – Quick, Easy & Yummy!!!

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Super Bowl Snacks - Cheese & Pancetta Melts - Quick, Easy & Yummy!!!
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Recipe type: Finger Foods
Cuisine: Mediterannean
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Serves: 16
 
With the Super Bowl just days away, here is a super-quick and super easy way to add some yummy to the occasion. I am using the Vietnamese Baguettes we baked in the previous episode, but you can use store bought as well.
Ingredients
For 16 Snacks
  • 3 Vietnamese baguettes cut into 16 angled slices
  • 1 Round Camembert cheese
  • Paprika to garnish
  • 16 Very thin slices of Pancetta
Instructions
  1. Cut the baguettes at an angle into long ovals. Take a round of Camembert cheese and cut it into 8 wedges. Cut each wedge through the center longitudinally, giving you 16 pieces in all.
  2. Place the wedges of cheese cheesy-side up on the ovals of baguette. Transfer these to a lightly greased baking sheet. The sheet must be greased as this inhibits and spill-over cheese from sticking to the sheet. In addition, you need 16 very thin slices of Pancetta.
  3. Heat the grill in your oven to maximum and melt the cheese over the baguette ovals. Remove theses from the oven and transfer them to serving platters.
  4. Sprinkle the tops with a little paprika. Fold each slice of pancetta into a zig-zag and stand a slice on top of each snack.
  5. Serve these snacks hot or cold and wait for the cheers and applause.

 

January 14, 2016 Accompaniments, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Pork, Snack Food, Starters

Deep-Fried Stuffed Mushrooms. Crispy Deep-Fried Mushrooms Stuffed with Pork!!!

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Deep-Fried Stuffed Mushrooms. Crispy Deep-Fried Mushrooms Stuffed with Pork!!!
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Recipe type: Deep-fried / Starter
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Serves: 2-4
 
These deep-fried mushrooms stuffed with pork banger meat are absolutely amazing!
Ingredients
  • 8-12 Medium size white mushrooms
  • 1 Large pork banger
  • 250ml All-purpose flour
  • 2 Eggs
For the flour seasoning
  • 5ml Cayenne pepper
  • 1.25ml Dried sage
  • 1.25ml Garlic powder
  • 1.25ml Dried oregano
  • 1.25ml Cracked black pepper
  • 1.25ml Dried basil
  • 1.25ml Dried marjoram
  • 1.25ml Gorund coriander seed
Instructions
  1. Snap the stems from the mushrooms. You can keep the stems to add to soups, salads or stir-fries.
  2. Take the pork banger and cut through the skin length-ways. Squeeze the pork filling from the sausage. This filling has more than enough seasoning and flavor, so you don't have to do anything more to it.
  3. Pick up a bit of the sausage meat and press it into one of the mushroom caps. You need enough meat to turn the mushroom into a totally rounded object. Smooth off the meat and continue with the remaining mushrooms.
  4. Combine the seasoning and the all-purpose flour and scatter some of this across a platter. This is where the coated mushrooms will set, and this layer of flour will prevent the coated mushrooms from sticking to the platter.
  5. In another bowl, crack 2 eggs and whisk them briefly. The mushrooms need to be double coated. To do this dunk a mushroom in the egg, then roll it in the flour to coat all over.
  6. Return it to the egg to wet all of the flour. Finally back into the flour once more, making sure to get a good solid coating. Transfer this to the platter and continue with the remaining mushrooms.
  7. Allow the coating on the mushrooms to set for 20 minutes before proceeding.
  8. Fill a large pan with oil to a depth of 25mm or 1 inch and heat this to 180c or 350f. Carefully drop the mushrooms into the oil and fry them for 3 to 4 minutes. Gently roll the mushrooms around the pan while they fry in order to get even coloring and crisping.
  9. Remove the mushrooms from the pan using a slotted spoon and drain the excess oil on kitchen paper.
  10. Transfer the mushrooms to platters and serve immediately with any mayonnaise based dipping sauce of your choice.

 

November 22, 2015 Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Fish Recipes, Instructional Techniques, Japanese Recipes, Seafood, Snack Food, Sushi Recipes

Product Review – Sushi Making Kit – Manual Sushi Machine – Make Sushi at Home!!!

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Product Review - Sushi Making Kit - Manual Sushi Machine - Make Sushi at Home!!!
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Recipe type: Sushi
Cuisine: Japanese
 
In this episode we're doing a quick product review of a manual sushi making kit. While do the review, I am also making a very simple, super tasty shrimp sushi.
Ingredients
  • 2 Batches sushi rice
  • 4 Spring onions
  • ¼ Red pepper (or red chilli / or pepperdew)
  • 250g Shrimp meat
Instructions
  1. For the filling, finely chop the spring onions and peppers and mix these together. Flash fry the shrimp over extreme heat and roughly chop these into bits.
  2. You will also need 2 batches of the sushi rice we prepared in the previous episode.
  3. Now for the machine. Made from a reasonably good quality high density plastic, the kit comes with 4 different moulds.
  4. One for round suchi, one for small square sushi, one for triangular sushi and finally one to make heart shaped sushi.
  5. The set includes the groover, tamper, spoon and spatula.
  6. The process for making the sushi is identical for all of the shapes. Press a sheet of nori into the mould. Fill the mould to halfway with the rice. Use the groover to press a furrow into the rice.
  7. Fill the furrow with shrimp and the vegetable mix. Fill the remaining space with more rice. Tamp the rice down with the tamper.
  8. Fold one side of the nori over the rice. Wet your fingers and wet the folded nori. Fold the othe half of the nori over this. Tamp this down with the tamper, or in this case the top mould.
  9. Cut the sushi into perfect rounds using a razor sharp knife through the grooves in the mould. Thats the round mould.
  10. And now quickly with the triangular mould....
  11. Place the nori in the mould and fill it halfway with rice. Use the groover to press a forrow into the rice and fill this with shrimp and the vegetable mix. Fill the remaining space with more rice.
  12. Fold one half of the nori over the rice and wet this with your fingers. Fold the other side of nori over this and tamp it down with the tamper.
  13. Cut the sushi into perfect triangles using a sharp knife through the measured grooves.
  14. You can get your manual sushi machine through the onscreen link. We do make a small commission on sales and this goes towards developing the channel and bringing you more great content.

 

November 20, 2015 Baking, Mother's Day, Snack Food, Sweets, Valentine's Recipes

How to Make Marshmallows – Homemade Marshmallows – Amazing Vanilla Marshmallows Recipe

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How to Make Marshmallows - Homemade Marshmallows - Amazing Vanilla Marshmallows Recipe
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Recipe type: Sweets / Candy
 
These homemade marshmallows are light and fluffy and just melt in your mouth. The process does require that you own a candy or deep frying thermometer as temperatures are critical. Other than than that, marshmallows are incredibly easy to make.
Ingredients
For the Powder Coating
  • 180ml Icing / Powdered sugar
  • 120ml Cornstarch
For the Mallows
  • 22.5ml Powdered gelatin
  • 60ml + 120ml cold water
  • 60ml + 60ml Corn syrup
  • Pinch of salt
  • 10ml Pure vanilla extract
  • 180ml Sugar
Instructions
  1. To start, we need to make the powder coating which prevents the marshmallows from sticking together once they have set. To do this, sift the powdered sugar and cornflour together in a bowl, then put this aside.
  2. In a heat proof jug, combine the water and gelatin and whisk these together. Put this aside for 5 minutes for the gelatin to soften.
  3. In a small saucepan, combine half of the corn syrup with a quarter cup water, the sugar and salt and stir this briefly.
  4. Heat this over high heat stirring intermittently and keeping an eye on the temperature using your candy thermometer.
  5. In the meantime, heat the gelatin solution on high in your microwave for about 30 seconds until the gelatin is totally dissolved.
  6. Place this in your stand mixer bowl along with the remaining half of corn syrup.
  7. Start your mixer running on slow speed.
  8. When the the sugar solution in the saucepan reaches 115c or 240f remove the pan from the heat and drizzle the mixture slowly into the mixing bowl.
  9. Increase the mixer speed to medium and allow this to continue mixing for 5 minutes.
  10. Increase the speed again to medium high and continue mixing for a further 5 minutes.
  11. Pour in the pure vanilla extract and increase the speed to maximum for a final 90 seconds.
  12. Dust a baking sheet with the powdered sugar cornflour mixture and pour the marshmallow mixture into the pan.
  13. Use a spatula to spread the mallow out to your desired thickness. Don't worry if the mixture doesn't take up the whole pan, it won't spread any further than you want it to as it is quite thick.
  14. Powder the top and leave the mallow to set undisturbed for at least 6 hours.
  15. Once set, use a plastic spatula to loosen the sides. Use a roller cutter or pizza cutter to cut the marshmallow sheet in your desired sizes.
  16. Serarate the mallow squares, dredge the squares in the powdered sugar mixture and store in an airtight container until required.

 

November 17, 2015 Baking, Dessert, Paleo Recipes, Snack Food, Sweets, Valentine's Recipes

How to Make Paleo Friendly Dark Chocolate. Melt-in-your-mouth Dark Chocolate in Just a Few Minutes!!!

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How to Make Paleo Friendly Dark Chocolate. Melt-in-your-mouth Dark Chocolate in Under 10 Minutes!!!
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Recipe type: Chocolate / Paleo
 
This paleo friendly dark chocolate is dead easy to make, with just a handful of ingredients, and can be made in just a few minutes.
Ingredients
  • 125ml Coconut oil
  • 125ml Cocoa powder
  • 50g Honey
  • 2.5ml Pure vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. To start, measure out the coconut oil in a pot, the cocoa powder and the honey. In addition you will need a half teaspoonful of pure vanilla extract.
  2. Heat the coconut oil gently over low heat until it has liquified.
  3. Add the cocoa powder and the vanilla. Stir this until thoroughly combined, then remove the pot from the heat.
  4. Allow this to stand for 30 minutes until it has cooled and thickened, then whisk in the honey.
  5. Use a large spoon to pour the chocolate mixture into the slab moulds. Transfer the moulds to your refrigerator and allow these to set for at least 60 minutes.
  6. Once the chocolate has set, gently tap the moulds to free the slabs. Store the slabs in a container in your refrigerator until required.

 

October 23, 2015 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Chicken Recipes, Cocktail Snacks, Main Courses, Poutry, Snack Food, Starters

Barbecue Bourbon Sticky Chicken Wings – BBQ Chicken Wings with Sticky Bourbon Basting!!!

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Barbecue Bourbon Sticky Chicken Wings - BBQ Chicken Wings with Sticky Bourbon Basting!!!
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Recipe type: Chicken / Poultry / Barbecue
Cuisine: American
 
Bourbon chicken wings can be done on the barbecue or in the oven.... no matter which way, these bourbon sticky chicken wings are outstanding and will have your friends and family lining up for more.
Ingredients
  • 18 - 24 Full chicken wings
  • 2 Onions chopped
  • 3 Cloves garlic chopped
  • 250ml Bourbon
  • 500ml Tomato puree
  • 80ml Cider vinegar
  • 80ml Worcestershire sauce
  • 125ml Sticky brown sugar (Demarara or treacle)
  • 5ml Tabasco sauce
  • 10ml Coarse salt
  • 10ml Cracked black pepper
Instructions
  1. Starting with the marinade, saute the onions and garlic in a pan over medium heat for 5 minutes until they are tender and translucent.
  2. Pour in the bourbon and continue to fry for a further 2 minutes.
  3. Add the Tabasco, cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, salt, cracked black pepper and tomato puree.
  4. Mix this all together thoroughly and continue to simmer the sauce for a further 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and set it aside to cool while you continue with the wings.
  5. Cut the the wingtips from the wings and transfer the wings to a large non-reactive pan. Pour the bourbon sauce over the wings evenly so that everything is covered.
  6. Place the wings in the refrigerator to marinate for at least 8 hours, preferably overnight.
  7. Barbecue the wings over high heat for 16 minutes, turning every 4 minutes and basting at every turn with the remaining sauce.
  8. If you prefer to use your oven, place the pan in your preheated oven at 180c or 350f for 30 to 40 minutes.
  9. Serve the wings to platters with the accompaniments of your choice and serve immediately.

 

October 20, 2015 Baking, Bread, Cocktail Snacks, Italian Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Pizzas, Snack Food

Instant Pizza Dough – Quick Matzah Bread Style Pizza Bases – No Rising Time!!!

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Instant Pizza Dough - Quick Matzah Bread Style Pizza Bases - No Rising Time!!!
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Recipe type: Pizza
Cuisine: Italian
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These super thin, crispy pizza bases are really easy to make. More like crispy matzah bread, this dough can be used to make mini and regular sized pizzas. There is no rising time, and the added bonus is that the dough can be rolled through a pasta roller.
Ingredients
  • 500g Self-raising flour
  • 250ml Milk
  • 2.5ml Salt
Instructions
  1. Place the self-raising flour, salt and milk in your food processor. Put the lid on and start mixing at maximum speed.
  2. Mix the dough for about 2 minutes, scrape the bowl down, and continue mixing for another 2 to 3 minutes. The dough will be crumbly, but will hold together well when compressed.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and compress it into a ball. If you're not going to use the dough immediately wrap it in cling-wrap and store it in your refrigerator.
  4. Divide the dough into 4 pieces and proceed to roll each piece out to a thickness of 3 mm. This can be done by hand or machine.
  5. I am making mini pizzas for a wine tasting, but you can cut your bases to any size you require. Dock the bases.... this is fancy term for pricking holes in the dough. The docking prevents the bases from blowing up into large pillows while baking.
  6. Top the bases with toppings of your choice and bake them in a preheated oven at 250c or 480f for 10 to 12 minutes.
  7. Remove the pizzas from the oven and serve immediately.
  8. This recipe will make 4 regular bases, or up to 120 mini pizzetti.

 

October 1, 2015 Baking, Dessert, Finger Foods, Snack Food, Valentine's Recipes

Home Made Romany Creams – How to Make Romany Creams – Chocolate Cookies

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Home Made Romany Creams - How to Make Romany Creams - Chocolate Cookies
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Recipe type: Cookies / Baking
Cuisine: South African
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Serves: 40
 
Romany Creams are legendary cookies with creamy milk chocolate, coconut and a crisp crunchiness that cannot be described.
Ingredients
  • 375g Butter, softened
  • 325g Sugar
  • 125ml Boiling water
  • 40g Cocoa powder
  • 425g Self-raising flour
  • 160g Desecated coconut
  • 250g Cornflakes, crushed
  • 300g Milk chocolate
Instructions
  1. Place the sugar and butter in your mixer bowl. Run the mixer on medium high for about 2 minutes until these are well creamed, scraping down the side of the bowl halfway through.
  2. Dissolve the cocoa powder in the hot water and add this to the bowl and continue to mix this for a further minute until totally combined.
  3. Place the flour, crushed cornflakes and coconut in a large mixing bowl and pour in the chocolate butter mixture. Mix this by hand or machine until you have a thick chocolate batter.
  4. Line 3 to 4 baking sheets with baking parchment. Scoop heaped teaspoons of the batter up, roll them into balls, place them on the sheets and flatten them into rounds using the back of a fork. Leave a half inch of space between each cookie to allow for rising and spreading. Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 180c for 12 minutes.
  5. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to racks.
  6. While the cookies cool, melt the chocolate in your double boiler, or gently in your microwave oven.
  7. Working with one cookie at a time, spread a generous amount of the chocolate onto the smooth side of the cookie. Place another on top of this and put the completed Romany Cream aside to set. Continue until all of the cookies are complete.
  8. Once the chocolate has set, you can store these priceless items in an air-tight container indefinitely until required. This recipe will yield about 40 of these amazing treats.

 

September 23, 2015 Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack Food

American Crispy, Light & Airy Donuts!

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American Crispy, Light & Airy Donuts!
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Recipe type: Dessert / Cake
Cuisine: American
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Cook time: 
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Serves: 20
 
These donuts are light and crispy, made from a super-quick dough using baking powder and egg as the raising agent.
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 30g Butter, melted
  • 1 Cup milk
  • 15ml Vanilla extract
  • 600g All-purpose flour
  • 45ml Baking powder
  • 1 Tbs ground nutmeg
  • 7.5ml Salt
Instructions
  1. The ingredients are divided into 3 sets and should be measured and ready before you start. The first set is the sugar and eggs. The second set, the melted butter, vanilla extract and milk. The third set, the all-purpose flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt.
  2. Place the eggs and sugar in the bowl of your mixer and beat them together for 2 to 3 minutes until light and creamy.
  3. Pour in the melted butter, milk and vanilla. Allow this to mix until totally combined.
  4. Replace the beaters with dough hooks and pour the flour mixture into the bowl. Mix the dough until everything is well combined. The dough will be soft and sticky.
  5. Turn the dough out onto a well floured work surface and sprinkle more flour over the top of the dough as well.
  6. Start compressing and folding the dough over and over, sprinkling with extra flour every time it becomes too sticky.
  7. Continue to knead the dough lightly for about 3 minutes until it is smooth and elastic.
  8. Roll the dough out to a thickness of 10mm or just less than a half inch. If you don't have a donut cutter use a tumbler or a food mold to cut out circles. Pull away the off-cuts, re-roll them and cut out more circles.
  9. To make the holes, poke skewer or chopstick into the center of the circle. Start swivelling the chopstick around until the hole has stretched to the desired size.
  10. Heat a half-filled pan of oil to 180c or 350f and carefully drop the donuts into the oil. Fry the donuts for 4 minutes, turning every minute to ensure even coloring.
  11. Remove the donuts from the oil, drain on kitchen paper and proceed with your preferred decorations, whether icing sugar, caster sugar or glaze.

 

August 18, 2015 Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Mediterranean Recipes, Middle East, Snack Food

Spicy Roasted Chickpea Nuts. Crunchy, Tasty Treats for Anytime of the Day!!!

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Spicy Roasted Chickpea Nuts. Crunchy, Tasty Treats for Anytime of the Day!!!
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Recipe type: Snack / Health Food
Cuisine: Middle Eastern / Mediterranean
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Serves: 2-4
 
Spicy roasted chickpea nuts are really easy to make and make a great snack for everyday as well as at the big game.
Ingredients
  • 450g Drained can of chickpeas (15oz)
  • 15ml Olive oil
  • 10ml Ground cumin
  • 5ml Dried marjoram
  • 1.25ml Ground allspice
  • 1.25ml Salt
Instructions
  1. Measure out the ground cumin, dried marjoram, ground allspice and salt. We need to reduce the salt and dried marjoram to a powder of the same consistency as the allspice and cumin.
  2. To do this place everything in your spice mill and pulse it 4 or 5 times. We put everything in the mill as spice mills work much more efficiently with larger quantities, even although the allspice and cumin are already powdered.
  3. Open the can of chickpeas, rinse them and drain them. Pour them out onto a clean dish towel and pat them dry.
  4. Transfer the chickpeas to a jug or bowl and pour in the oil. Stir this well until everything is coated with oil.
  5. Pour the spice blend in bit by bit, mixing every time to make sure everything gets an even dose.
  6. Pour the coated chickpeas out into a medium size roasting tin and spread them out evenly across the pan.
  7. Roast the chickpeas on the second highest shelf in your oven at 230c or 450f for 30 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven every 10 minutes and stir the chickpeas around to ensure even roasting.
  8. Remove the pan from the oven and allow the spicy roasted chickpea nuts to cool for 15 minutes before serving.

 

July 25, 2015 Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, KFC Recipes, Main Courses, Snack Food, Spice Mixes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

Vegetarian & Vegan KFC “Chicken” Strips. Deep-Fried Gluten Strips KFC-Style!!!

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Vegetarian & Vegan KFC "Chicken" Strips. Deep-Fried Gluten Strips KFC-Style!!!
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Recipe type: Vegetarian / Vegan
Cuisine: American
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Total time: 
Serves: 4-6
 
Some time ago I did a popular recipe using gluten called mock duck. Today we're going to use gluten to replace the chicken in a vegetarian rendition of KFC chicken tenders.
Ingredients
The Herb & Spice Mix
  • 7.5ml Paprika
  • 5ml Salt
  • 2.5ml Dried sage
  • 2.5ml Garlic powder
  • 2.5ml Dried oregano
  • 2.5ml Cayenne pepper
  • 2.5ml Crushed black pepper
  • 2.5ml Dried basil
  • 2.5ml Dried marjoram
  • 2.5ml Dried coriander leaf
  • 5ml Ground allspice
The Rest...
  • 1 Portion prepared gluten (350g)
  • 1½ Cups All-purpose flour
  • Milk (or substitute for cold vegetable stock)
Instructions
  1. Flatten the gluten out across a platter. Mill the herbs and spices in your spice mill until fine and pour the powder into a sprinkle bottle. Sprinkle an even coating of the herbs and spices across both sides of the gluten.
  2. Place the gluten in your refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to marinate.
  3. In a bowl combine the flour with the remaining herb and spice mixture. Half fill a second bowl with full cream milk (or cold vegetable stock)
  4. In addition, sprinkle a layer of the seasoned flour over the surface of a large platter. This layer will prevent the coated gluten from sticking to the platter while it sets.
  5. Remove the gluten from your refrigerator and cut it into manageable strips of about an inch in width and 3 to 4 inches in length.
  6. To coat the strips, dip them in the milk (or cold stock), dredge them in the seasoned flour to get a good solid coating, then transfer them to the coated platter to set. Allow the coated strips to set for 20 minutes.
  7. Half fill a wok or pot with oil and heat this to 160c or 320f.
  8. Carefully drop the strips into oil in batches and fry them for 4 to 5 minutes until the are golden. Remove the strips from the oil, drain any excess oil on kitchen paper and serve immediately.

 

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