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June 11, 2016 Accompaniments, Bread, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, French Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Mother's Day, Starters, Valentine's Recipes

Escargot Melba – Escargot with Garlic, Chilli & Sour Cream on Melba Toast

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Escargot Melba - Escargot with Garlic, Chilli & Sour Cream on Melba Toast
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Recipe type: Starter / Appetizer
Cuisine: French
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Serves: 4
 
One of my favorite ingredients are snails, however every restaurant seems to the same boring renditions over and over. This recipe gives a new flavor, texture and presentation to what has become an otherwise boring and mundane dish.
Ingredients
  • 24 Escargot
  • 30g Butter
  • 5ml Granulated garlic
  • 2.5ml Chilli flakes
  • 60ml Sour cream
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • 4 Slices square loaf white bread
Instructions
  1. To start, we need to make the curly melba triangles. For this you need regular square loaf white bread.
  2. Working with 2 slices at a time, toast the slices in your toaster until they are well browned, then slice of the edges. Keep the edges on one side.
  3. Use your bread knife to cut the 2 crispy sides apart. The center is very soft and the knife will literally slide through.
  4. Turn each piece over and rub the inside surface on the work surface. The moisture in the untoasted side will cause the excess bread to ball up and rub away onto the counter, leaving you with a beautifully thin wafer of toast.
  5. Cut the wafers from corner to corner to make the triangles.
  6. Repeat this until all of the slices are processed.
  7. Place the melba triangles with the untoasted side facing upward onto a large baking sheet.
  8. Toast the melba in a preheated oven at 200c or 400f for about 90 seconds until the triangles have browned slightly and curled up.
  9. Clear the baking sheet and place any remaining triangles on the sheet along with the toast edges.
  10. Pop the sheet back in the oven for 90 seconds.
  11. Remove this from the oven and put the melba and bread batons aside.
  12. Now onto the snails.... remove the snails from the can and drain them in colander. Rinse the snails thoroughly under running water for 5 full minutes. This removes the terrible rancid brine from the snails.
  13. Measure out the dried chilli flakes, garlic granules, cultured sour cream and butter.
  14. Heat a pan over medium heat and add the butter.
  15. Once the butter is bubbling pour in the snails. Fry the snails gently for 2 minutes.
  16. Add the garlic granules and chilli flakes and continue to fry for a further 60 seconds.
  17. Turn off the gas or remove the pan from the heat and stir in the sour cream.
  18. To serve the escargot, place 3 triangles of melba on each serving plate.
  19. Top each of these with 2 snails.
  20. Dress each triangle with 2 toast batons and serve immediately.

 

June 9, 2016 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Beef, Main Courses, Marinades and Rubs, Sauce Recipes, Steak

How to Make Jagermeister Steaks – Perfectly Grilled Jagermeister Steaks – Plus 9 Minute Marinator Review!!!

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How to Make Jagermeister Steaks - Perfectly Grilled Jagermeister Steaks - Plus 9 Minute Marinator Review!!!
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Recipe type: Steak / Beef
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Serves: 4
 
Jagermeister has become a household name in the realm drinks. Made with 56 herbs and spices it makes a perfect base for flavoring red meats and game. In this case we're going to rustle up a deliciously tender and succulent Jagermeister rump steak. This recipe is courtesy of a friend of mine who owns and runs a pub and grub and golf range just down our street called "At the 19th".
Ingredients
  • 4 x 300g Rump steaks
  • 90ml Jagermeister
  • 220ml Coca Cola
  • 220ml Worcestershire sauce
  • 30ml Tomato sauce
  • 30ml Demerara sugar
  • 5ml Salt
  • 30g Butter
Instructions
  1. Starting with the marinade, combine the coca cola, Worcestershire sauce, Jagermeister, Demerara sugar, salt, sugar and tomato sauce. Mix this until the solids are dissolved.
  2. On with the cooking. Here I have 2 large rump steaks, about 600g each.... cut to an inch thick.
  3. I am going to cut these in half to give 4 portions.
  4. Place the steaks in a baking tin and pour in the marinade. Drag the steaks through the marinade making sure that they are coated all over. Put these aside for 2 hours to marinate.
  5. After 2 hours, transfer the steaks to a platter and pour the marinade into a pan..
  6. Bring the liquid to boil and let this reduce to a syrup stirring continuously.
  7. Put the syrup aside.
  8. I have reduced half of the syrup as I am only going to grill 2 steaks for this demonstration. The other 2 are for my lunch tomorrow.
  9. Heat a heavy pan over medium high heat and add 30g of butter. Add the steaks to the pan.
  10. Grill the steaks for 10 minutes, turning every 2 minutes. After every turn wipe the steaks around the pan to pick up the caramelized juices.
  11. After 10 minutes, the steaks are almost done and will have a beautiful dark crust.
  12. Lift the steaks from the pan and wipe them through the marinade syrup, then return them to the pan for a further 60 seconds on each side.
  13. And there you have it..... the perfectly grilled Jagermeister rump steak.

 

June 8, 2016 4th of July Cookout, Barbecue, Finger Foods, Main Courses, Snack Food

Spiral Cut Russian Hot Dogs – Gourmet Hot Dogs with a Twist!!!

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Spiral Cut Russian Hot Dogs - Gourmet Hot Dogs with a Twist!!!
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Recipe type: Fast Foods
Cuisine: American
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These spiral cut Russian hot dogs are a fun and novel way to add interest to what would otherwise be just a big hot dog. Along with the bacon and melted cheese this is a dog fit for kings.
Ingredients
For Each Hotdog
  • 1 x 8 inch / 20cm Russian sausage
  • 1 x Strip streaky bacon
  • 50g Mozzarella or Cheddar, grated
  • Frilly lettuce
  • 1 x 10 inch / 25cm Hot dog roll
  • 1 x 10 inch / 25cm bamboo skewer
Instructions
  1. Press a 10 inch or 25cm skewer through the length each Russian sausage.
  2. Holding your knife at 30 degrees to the perpendicular or right angle to the sausage, start rolling and slicing simultaneously.
  3. Slice the spiral all the way up each sausage.
  4. Gently open up the spiral by working the ends of the sausage towards the ends of the skewer.
  5. Place a slice of streaky bacon on the cutting board. Cut through the bacon lengthways, leaving one end intact. This will give you a long strip of bacon.
  6. Tuck one end of the long strip into the spiral groove of a sausage and start winding it up the spiral, making sure to keep it in the groove. This will make sure the spiral remains open while cooking as well as adding the magnificent bacon flavor right through the sausage.
  7. Repeat this until all of your sausages are done.
  8. Line a baking sheet with foil and place the sausages on the sheet. Bake the sausages in a preheated oven at 250c or 480f for 15 minutes.
  9. Remove the sausages from the oven and carefully pull the skewers free.
  10. Top the sausages with a liberal dose of your favorite melting cheese, making sure to get as much of the cheese on top of the sausages as possible.
  11. Return the sausages to the oven and let these cook just until the cheese is nicely melted.
  12. Transfer the sausage to buttered hot dog rolls dressed with liberal amounts of frilly lettuce, top the sausages with the sauce of your choice and serve immediately.

 

June 7, 2016 Chicken Recipes, Curries, Main Courses, Marinades and Rubs, Mediterranean Recipes, Poutry, Spice Mixes

Moroccan Chicken Tagine – Spicy Moroccan Style Chicken Curry – Ras el Hanout

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Moroccan Chicken Tagine - Spicy Moroccan Style Chicken Curry - Ras el Hanout
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Recipe type: Chicken
Cuisine: Moroccan
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Serves: 4-6
 
Although this recipe is not entirely authentic, it has all the flavors and aromas of the real thing and is certainly worth a try. The list of spices required may seem a little daunting but please don't let this put you off.
Ingredients
  • 7.5ml Ground cumin
  • 7.5ml Ground ginger
  • 7.5ml Turmeric
  • 7.5ml Salt
  • 6.25ml Ground cinnamon
  • 10ml Whole black peppercorns
  • 5ml Ground white pepper
  • 3.75ml Ground coriander seed
  • 7.5ml Chilli powder
  • 7.5ml Whole allspice berries
  • 3.75ml Ground nutmeg
  • 2.5ml Ground cloves
  • 8-12 Chicken pieces
  • 1 Green pepper
  • 1 Yellow pepper
  • 1 Red pepper
  • 4 Potatoes
  • 2 Onions
  • 3-4 Small lemons
Instructions
  1. Starting with the spice blend or Ras el Hanout. Ras el Hanout is Arabic for head of the shop, or the best spices the shop has to offer.
  2. Place the ground cumin, ground ginger, turmeric, salt, ground cinnamon, black peppercorns, white pepper, ground coriander, chilli powder, allspice berries, ground nutmeg and ground cloves in your spice grinder. Placing the ground ingredients into the grinder along with the ingredients that require grinding really helps the mill achieve a finer result.
  3. Machine the spice blend until nice and fine.
  4. Transfer the spice mixture to a spice shaker.
  5. To continue, seed and cut the peppers into chunky bits.
  6. Cut the onions into thick half-rounds.
  7. Top and tail the lemons and slice them into thin wedges.
  8. Peel and chop the potatoes into chunks.
  9. Pour the chopped peppers, onions and potatoes into a large roasting tin and mix them around.
  10. Traditionally this dish would be baked in a tagine, but a roasting tin does just fine.
  11. Sprinkle generous dose of the ras el hanout over the vegetables. Don't be stingy with the spices, this is a dish that requires a heavy hand, otherwise you will end up with a bland chicken stew.
  12. Place the chicken pieces on top of the vegetables and give this a large dose of the spice blend.
  13. Scatter the lemon wedges around the pan and your ready to roast.
  14. Roast the chicken at 160c or 320f for 60 minutes.
  15. Remove the pan from the oven. Shuffle the vegetables around the pan and flip the chicken pieces over.
  16. Reseason the chicken and the vegetables with another large dose of the spice blend.
  17. Place the chicken back into the oven and continue to roast for a further 60 minutes.
  18. Remove the pan from the oven, shuffle the vegetables around and flip the chicken over again.
  19. Once again, give the pan a generous dose of the ras el hanout.
  20. Return the pan to the oven, adjust the temperature to 250c or 480f and roast for a final 15 to 20 minutes until the chicken skin is well browned.
  21. Remove the pan from the oven and serve the chicken and vegetables on a bed of couscous and enjoy.

 

June 6, 2016 4th of July Cookout, Chicken Recipes, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Main Courses, Mexican Recipes, Poutry, Snack Food, Spice Mixes, Starters

Mexican Deep Fried Chicken Wings – Crispy Deep Fried Wings with Mexican Spice

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Mexican Deep Fried Chicken Wings - Crispy Deep Fried Wings with Mexican Spice
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Recipe type: Chicken
Cuisine: Mexican
 
These deep-fried Mexican spiced chicken wings are out of this world. By adjusting the quantity of cayenne you can make this dish as hot or mild as you like.
Ingredients
  • 12-16 Chicken wings
  • 15ml Cumin seeds
  • 15ml Dried coriander leaves
  • 15ml Paprika
  • 5ml Dried oregano
  • 5ml Cayenne pepper (mild) / 15ml (medium) / 25ml (hot)
  • 5ml Garlic granules
  • 10ml Salt
  • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 Eggs
Instructions
  1. Starting with the Mexican spice blend, place the cumin seeds, dried coriander leaves, paprika, dried oregano, cayenne pepper a dried garlic granules and salt in your spice grinder.
  2. Putting the powdered spices into the grinder along with the ingredients that require grinding helps the grinder achieve a finer result.
  3. Unpack the chicken wings. Cut away the wing tips and discard them, then slice through the center joint of each wing.
  4. Sprinkle some of the spice blend over the base of a container and pack in a single layer of the wings.
  5. Sprinkle more of the spice followed by another layer of wings.
  6. Continue with this until all of the wings are packed in.
  7. Sprinkle any remaining spice over the top, put the lid on and give it all a good shake-up.
  8. Put the wings aside for 30 minutes to marinate.
  9. Place the all-purpose flour into a bowl, and 4 well whisked eggs into another.
  10. Sprinkle a little of the flour over a platter. This is where the coated wings will set, and the layer of flour prevents the coating from sticking to the plate and getting damaged.
  11. Dredge the wings in the flour to coat them all over.
  12. Dunk the wings in the egg to wet all of the flour.
  13. Then it's back to the flour to get a good solid coating all over.
  14. Transfer the wings to the platter and allow the coating to set for 20 minutes.
  15. Half-fill a large pan with oil and heat this to 180c or 350f.
  16. Carefully drop the wings into the oil and fry them for 6 minutes, turning once halfway through.
  17. Use a slotted spoon to lift the wings from the oil and drain any excess oil on kitchen paper.
  18. Serve the wings immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

June 1, 2016 Baking, Finger Foods, Snack Food, Sweets, Valentine's Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

How to Make Oat Crunchies – Delicious Oat & Coconut Crunchies at Home

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How to Make Oat Crunchies - Delicious Oat & Coconut Crunchies at Home
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Recipe type: Cookies
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These super-crispy crunchy oat cookies are a healthier way to feed your cravings, and make a great snack at any time of the day. This recipe is super easy and really quick, and because of the dry mix, cleanup is a breeze.
Ingredients
  • 200g Rolled oats
  • 85g Desiccated coconut
  • Pinch salt
  • 175g All-purpose flour
  • 230g Brown sugar
  • 45g Golden syrup
  • 125g Butter
  • 5ml Bicarbonate of soda
  • 5ml Milk
Instructions
  1. Place the rolled oats, dessicated coconut, salt, all purpose flour and brown sugar in your mixer bowl.
  2. In a tumbler, combine the baking soda with a teaspoon of milk.
  3. In a bowl, melt the butter and syrup together.
  4. Pour the butter and syrup mixture into the mixer bowl, followed by the bicarb milk solution.
  5. Place the bowl on your mixer with the beater paddle attached.
  6. Mix this for 3 to 4 minutes until everything is well combined. This mixture will be dry and crumbly.
  7. Line a baking sheet with parchment and pour the mixture onto the parchment.
  8. Spread the mixture out evenly over the sheet and smooth off the surface with your sparula.
  9. Bake the crunchies in a preheated oven at 180c or 350f for 20 to 25 minutes until golden.
  10. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and cut the crunchies immediately using a knife or a dough scraper.
  11. Allow the crunchies to cool completely, then remove them from the tray.
  12. The cookies can be stored indefinitely in an air-tight container.

 

May 29, 2016 Accompaniments, Banting Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Garnishes, Paleo Recipes, Starters

How to Make Transparent Wraps – a Novel Way to Present Food While Adding Flavor.

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How to Make Transparent Wraps - a Novel Way to Present Food While Adding Flavor.
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Recipe type: Molecular Gastronomy
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Serves: 4-6
 
In today's episode we're doing some thing a little different. Transparent wraps are novel way to decorate a dish while adding loads of extra flavor. The active ingredient used to make the wraps is a thickener called agar agar, and you can find this at any health store or online.
Ingredients
  • 200ml Clear chicken stock
  • 2.5ml Agar agar
For the Filling
  • Shredded roast chicken tossed in light soy sauce (cooled to room temp)
  • Sliced assorted peppers
  • Snipped garlic chives
Instructions
  1. Pour the clear chicken stock into a small sauce pan.
  2. Add the agar agar and stir this in.
  3. Bring the pot to a boil, lower the heat and allow it to simmer for 60 seconds.
  4. Pour enough of the liquid onto your platters to coat the entire base of each platter.
  5. Transfer the platters to your refrigerator to set for 15 minutes.
  6. Remove the platters from the refrigerator and trim away the edges so that you end up with a square.
  7. Arrange your filling diagonally across the wrap. I am using cold roast chicken with assorted strip of peppers and snipped chives. I have tossed the shredded chicken in light soy sauce beforehand.
  8. Lift the edge of the wrap with your blade and flap it over the filling.
  9. Garnish the wrap with more snipped chives.
  10. And there it is.... a novel and tasty way to present a cold chicken salad.

 

May 27, 2016 Banting Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Main Courses, Paleo Recipes, Pizzas

The Amazing Banting, Wheat & Gluten Free Pizza

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The Amazing Banting, Wheat & Gluten Free Pizza
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Recipe type: Pizza / Banting
Serves: 2
 
Whether you just want a change from regular pizza, or you're following Banting, or you want gluten free, this chicken pizza is for you. Super simple and super quick to make, this pizza truly is a full meal in one.
Ingredients
  • 2 Large chicken breasts
  • Diced green, red and yellow peppers
  • Chopped streaky bacon
  • Onion cut into quarter rounds
  • Feta cheese
  • Grated mozzarella cheese
Instructions
  1. Flip the chicken breasts over and cut away the fillets. Save these for another time.
  2. Working with one breast at a time, fold the breast in cling-wrap and start tapping it down with your meat mallet.
  3. This part does take a little patience as you don't want to bang a hole right through the breast.
  4. Keep tapping it down, work from the center out towards the edges.
  5. Stretch the plstic out flat periodically and pat the chicken with your hand to check on progress.
  6. Your goal is to get the breast down to a thickness of 3mm or ⅛th of an inch.
  7. Repeat this with the second breast.
  8. Start preheating your oven grill to maximum, and heat a large pan over medium high heat.
  9. Add a little butter to the pan and add one of the breasts smooth side down as soon as the butter starts to bubble.
  10. Season the top of the breast with the seasoning of your choice and fry this for about 3 minutes.
  11. You will see that the breast is almost cooked all the way through.
  12. Remove the breast from the pan and transfer it to a foil lined baking sheet.
  13. Continue with the secong breast.
  14. Top the breasts with the onion.
  15. Then come the diced peppers.
  16. Pile a large dose of mozzarella cheese on top of each breast.
  17. This is followed by a generous scattering of the streaky bacon.
  18. Crumble the feta cheese over the whole lot and you're ready to rock. There is no need to season with salt as the feta and bacon will add more than enough salt to the dish.
  19. Slide the baking sheet into the oven on the second to highest shelf and allow this grill until the feta has started to brown slightly. This should take about 10 to 12 minutes.
  20. Remove the pizzas from the oven and serve immediately.

 

May 25, 2016 Baking, Bread, Dessert, Mother's Day, Sweets, Valentine's Recipes

How to Make Crispy Golden Waffles – Classic Crispy Waffle Recipe

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How to Make Crispy Golden Waffles - Classic Crispy Waffle Recipe
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Waffles are certainly among the most well known desserts and comfort foods served in high end and low end establishments across the world. Making a waffle is really easy, but making a great waffle takes a couple of extra steps.
Ingredients
  • 285g All purpose flour
  • 10ml Baking powder
  • 2.5ml Salt
  • 15ml Caster sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 105g Butter
  • 360ml Full cream milk
Instructions
  1. Sift the all-purpose flour, baking powder and caster sugar into a mixing bowl.
  2. Separate the eggs into 2 jugs, measure out the milk and melt the butter in your microwave.
  3. Pour the egg whites into your processor with whisk attached. Whisk the whites until nice and frothy and the whisk is starting to leave trails in the egg.
  4. Pour the white from the mixer into another bowl.
  5. Return the bowl to the mixer and add the egg yolks. Whisk these for a minute until well mixed then add the milk and melted butter. Stir this in thoroughly.
  6. Pour this into the flour mixture and stir it in briefly. Don't mix this until smooth. You want it to be mixed through but the batter must have a pebbly texture.
  7. Pour in the egg white and fold this in briefly until just combined.
  8. Heat your waffle iron following the manufacturers instructions. When the ready light comes on, pour in the require amount of batter for your machine.
  9. Very shortly after closing the iron large amounts of steam will rise from the machine. This steam will tell you when the waffle is ready, not the lights on the machine.
  10. After a few minutes the steam will almost stop... the waffles are ready to remove. Remove the waffles and continue with the remaining batter.
  11. Whisking the egg whites separately, using extra butter and following the steam signals will have you on the road to awesomely crispy, golden waffles.
  12. This recipe will make 12-16 Belgian style waffles.

 

 

 

May 22, 2016 Baking, Dessert, French Recipes, Mexican Recipes, Mother's Day, Sweets, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Recipes

How to Make Flan – Classic Baked Flan Recipe – Easy Flan Recipe at Home!!!

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How to Make Flan - Classic Baked Flan Recipe - Easy Flan Recipe at Home!!!
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 6-8
 
Flan or flan, whichever way you prefer to pronounce it, is an all-time favorite. This creamy baked custard dessert will have your guests lining up for more. This recipe is super-easy to make and by doubling or tripling the recipe is a great way to cater for larger numbers of guests.
Ingredients
  • 160ml White sugar
  • 1 Can condensed milk (385ml)
  • 500ml Heavy cream
  • 250ml Full cream milk
  • 5 Large eggs
  • 10ml Pure vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 180c / 350f
  2. Heat a small pan over medium low heat and pour in the sugar.
  3. Heat this slowly giving the pan a gentle shake every so often.
  4. As the sugar starts to melt, lift the pan above the flame and tilt and rotate the pan to ensure even heating and melting.
  5. When all of the sugar is melted the liquid will be smooth and glossy.
  6. Pour the melted sugar into a 9 inch round baking dish, then put this aside on a heat-proof surface.
  7. Add the eggs, milk, cream, sweetened condensed milk and pure vanilla extract to your blender. You can also use you food processor, or mix this by hand.
  8. Blend the mixture thoroughly for 60 seconds. If you're mixing by hand, mix until everything is totally combined.
  9. Place the baking tin into a larger roasting tin and pour the flan mixture into the baking tin.
  10. Pour boiling kettle water into the roasting pan to a depth of 1 inch or 25mm.
  11. Transfer the flan to a preheated oven at 180c or 350f and let it bake for 50 to 60 minutes until set.
  12. Remove the flan from the oven and transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
  13. To serve, run a fine blade around the edge of the custard. Invert a platter over the flan, flip the whole lot over and voila, there's your masterpiece.
  14. Cut the flan into 6 or 8 portions and serve drizzled with the overrun sauce.

 

May 18, 2016 Fish Recipes, Main Courses, Seafood

How to Make the Ultimate Fish Burger – The Best Crispy Deep Fried Fish Burger

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How to Make the Ultimate Fish Burger - The Best Crispy Deep Fried Fish Burger
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Recipe type: Fish / Seafood
Serves: 2
 
In search of the ultimate fish burger, you need a very special fish. Monkfish has a texture and flavor very similar to crayfish and lobster. In fact so similar that many restaurants serve monkfish as crayfish thermador. This is the fish we need to make the ultimate fish burger.
Ingredients
  • 600g Monkfish tail
  • 80ml All-purpose flour
  • 80ml Cornflour
  • 80ml Finely crushed corn flakes
  • 15ml Salt
  • 15ml Lemon pepper
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 Large burger buns
  • Frilly lettuce
  • Mayonnaise
  • Sliced pickled gherkin
  • Fresh lemon to squeeze
Instructions
  1. Cut the 2 fillets away from the spine of the fish. The fillets are long and fat. Cut 4 inches away from the thicker ends of the fillets for the burgers and save the thinner ends for other recipes.
  2. Use a sharp knife to butterfly the fillets from the outer edge of the meat.
  3. For the coating, combine the all-purpose flour, corn flour, finely crush corn flakes, salt and lemon pepper.
  4. Whisk 2 eggs and pour them into a bowl.
  5. Before coating the fish, sprinkle some of the seasoned flour over a platter. This is where the coated fish will set and the layer of flour prevents the coating from sticking to the platter and getting damaged.
  6. Dredge the fish in the flour mixture to coat it all over.
  7. Dunk the fish in the egg making sure to wet all of the flour.
  8. Return the fish to the flour making sure to get a good solid coating.
  9. Transfer the coated fish to the platter to set and continue with the second fillet. Allow the coating to set for 20 minutes.
  10. While the coating sets, slice and butter the burger buns. Top the buns with a healthy dose of frilly lettuce, a dollop of mayonnaise, and sliced pickled gherkin.
  11. Heat a large pan of oil to a temperature of 180c or 350f.
  12. Carefully lower the fish into the oil and fry this for 6 minutes, turning once halfway through.
  13. Remove the fish from the oil and drain any excess oil on kitchen paper.
  14. Transfer the fish to the buns, give each one a good squeeze of fresh lemon juice and serve immediately.

 

May 15, 2016 Curing Meats, Dried Meat Recipes, Finger Foods, Sausage Making, Snack Food

How to Make Droewors – South Africa’s Version of Beef Jerky Sausage

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How to Make Droewors - South Africa's Version of Beef Jerky Sausage
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Recipe type: Cured and Dried Meat
Cuisine: South African
 
Droewors is South Africa's version of beef jerky sausage, or possibly it may be the other way around considering droewors has been around since the mid 1600s. The principal for droewors and jerky is identical except for the spices used to flavor the meat.
Ingredients
  • 2Kg Rump tails
  • 15g Salt (Kosher or Himalayan)
  • 5g Ground coriander
  • 2g Ground cloves
  • 5g Ground black pepper
  • 5g Saltpeter
  • 250ml White vinegar
Instructions
  1. Cut the meat into strips just small enough to fit through the feeder tube of your grinder. I am using rump tails, but you can use topside or silverside just as successfully.
  2. Place the meat in your freezer for 35 to 45 minutes until partially frozen. Measure out and combine the salt, ground coriander seed, ground cloves, ground black pepper, and saltpeter. If you can't find saltpeter you can use Prage powder 1 to substitute at a dosage of 20g. This will replace the salt and saltpeter.
  3. Remove the meat from the freezer and run it through your grinder using the coarse grinding plate.
  4. Place the ground meat back in the tray and return it to the freezer for 20 minutes. This chilling process keeps the fat solid and prevents it from smearing into the meat resulting in an inferior texture.
  5. Swap out the coarse grinding plate gor a medium grinding plate.
  6. Remove the meat from the freezer, add the spice mixture and mix this into the mince.
  7. Run the meat through the grinder again.
  8. Fit a 12mm funnel to your sausage filler and load the meat into the hopper of the filler.
  9. Feed the sausage casing onto the funnel. I am using 16mm collagen casings as they are just so much easier and cleaner to use than natural casings.
  10. Twist off the end of the casing and start filling. Twist off the end of the casing and continue with the next length of sausage.
  11. Pour a cup of white vinegar into a large pan and add enough boiling water to bring this to depth of a half an inch.
  12. Dip each length of sausage into the solution making sure to wet the sausage all over.
  13. Hang the sausage in a cool draughty place until it has lost 40 to 50 percent of its weight. This can take from 3 to 6 days depending on your weather and humidity conditions.
  14. And there it is, beautifully dried droewors, or beef sausage jerky just begging to be paired with a good cold beer.

 

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