Quinua porridge with camelized banana


Ingredients serve 2

1400 coconut milk

¼ ground nutmeg

½ vanilla pod

100gr quinua

One and one half tablespoon light honey

1 large banana

25gr unsalted butter

25gr soft brown sugar

Pinch of salt

25gr coconut flakes toasted

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Method

Pour 300ml coconut milk into a medium – zised pan over a low heat . add the nutmeg and vanilla pod and bring to a simmer . add the quinua bring to the boil and cook for 10-15 minutes.

Lower the heat , stir through the honey and simmer . add the quinua , bring to the boil and cook for a further 5 minutes .

Remove from the heat and take out the vanilla pod . stir through the remaining milk and leave covered while you halve the banana lenghtways , then halve again .

Place a medium sized pan over a medium- sized frying pan over a high heat and melt the butter and brown sugar with the salt until the mixture starts to foam . add the sliced banana and fry it gently on both sides for 3-4 minutes or until the banana starts to brown and become caramelized

Spoon the porridge into 2 bowls and top with the banana toasted flakes and sesame seeds . serve immediately .

Quick chicken stew with vegetables


Ingredients serve 4

1 tablespoon light olive oil

2 garlic cloves chopped

8 chiken tights boneless skin removed cut in bite sized pieces

700ml chicken stock

2 tablespoon plain flour

1 star anaise

1 cinnamon stick

2 celery stick , sliced

2 large carrots peeled into 1,5cubes

300ml small new potatoes scubbed and halved

2 tablespoons finely chopped

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Heat the oil in a wide frying pan over a medium heat add the onion , garlic , and chiken and stir fry for 2-3 minutes meanwhile pour the stock into the saucepan and fry for 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile pour the stock into the saucepan and bring to the boil . Stir the flour into the chicken and gradually add to the hot stock . Stir in the mustard star anaise cinnamon, celery , carrots and potatoes . bring to the boil cover and reduce the heat  to medium.

Cook for 20 minutes uncover , increase the heat and cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through the vegetables are tender . Stir in the soya beans and cook for 3 minutes season well and stir in tarragon. Serve immediately into four bowls serve hot.  

Cacao waffers with rasberries


 Ingredients Serves 6

5 large eggs , seperted

Pimnch of salt

1 tbsp pure dark caocao powder

40gr caster sugar

50gr unsalted butter melted and cooled slightly

250gr semi – skimmed milk

225gr gluten free plain flour

1 tablespoon oil for brushing

To serve

150gr greek style yougourt

200gr fresh raspberries

6 tablespoon runny honey

Method

 1 You will need on 7 inch round waffle  make for for this recipe  

2, Place the egg yolks cacoa and sugar in a medium – sized bowl well with a wooden . stir in the butterv. Slowly beat in the milkuntil it is fully incorporated . gradually add the the flour until you have a thicker batter  

3, in a seperate bowl , whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form and gently in the batter . Gently combine the mixture .

4, Heat the  waffle maker according to manufactures ‘s instructions . Brush the iron with the olive and spoon the mixture in . do not  overfill . cook for 4-5 minutes and serve topped overfill . cook for 4-5 minutes and serve topped with yougourt , raspberries and honey .

Cucumber , garlic and yougourt dip .


Ingredients serve 4

500gr yougourt

1 cucumber

3 garlic cloves

1 tablespoon dill

1 tablespoon coriander

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon mint chopped

1 tablespoon whhite wine vinegar

1 tablespoon mint chopped

200gr roasted pistachoes

Method

Place the yougourt in a bowl beef half and desceeded the cucumber . Then grate it and add it to the yougourt . add the crushed garlic and vinegar and mix well .

Season with salt and pepper . serve well , chilled and garished with roasted pistachoes .

Pork shanks stewed in chocolate caocao


Ingredients

1 pork shanks

25gr chocolate dark fondente

1 tablespoon caocao

4 juniper berries 1 tablespoon five spice powder

1 teasepoon cinnamon

Few mint leaves

Few sage leaves

1 carrot diced

1 tin both salt and ppepper

Extra virgin olive oil

Method

Seal shanks and put ingredients in slow cooker and simmer for 4 hours.

Chocolate pecan treckle tart


Ingredients

Treckle filling

1 tablespoon rasberry jam

Small quantity sweet pastry

Chocolate moose

For the trecke filling

300gr golden syrup

85gr fresh white breadcrumbs

 60ml ground almond

 200gr whipped cream

Method

Combine all the ingredients together

Roll out the sweet pastry about 0,5thi9ck and cut with a round cutter and –press it to the mould carefullly . Preheat the oven to 180degrees celcius gas mark 4

Spread thejam into nthe bottom spoon the treckle filling and place  four to six pecans on top. Reduce the oven temperture to 150degrees celcius mark 2 and bake for 20-30minutes depending on the tart sise.

For the chocolate moose . Bring the cream to the boil . Pour it on the chocolate and whisk by hands until; all the chocolate melts Set aside and cool down .

Whip the cream until soft peaks form then fold the chocolate mixture  into the cream Refrigerate for about one and a half hours . Scoop up the chocolate moose on each tart and decorate with golden leaf . 

Cucumber , garlic and yougourt dip


Ingredients serve 4

500gr yougourt

1 cucumber

25gr chocolate dark fondente

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon coriander

1 tablespoon dill

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

1 tablespoon mint chopped

200gr roasted pistachoes

Method

Place the yougourt in a bowl , peel half and desceeded the cucumber then grate it to the yougourt

 add the crushed garlic , dill coriander , mint olive oil and vinegar and mix well . season with salt and pepper . Serve well chilled and garished with roasted potatoes

Healthy pork pulled burgers


Ingredients

1/3 BBq sauce

1tspoon cajun sauce

1 tsp smoked paprika

½ Himalayan salt

1 ripe avocado

1 tbsp lime juice

Salt and pepper

3 wholegrain burger buns

1 cup purple cabbage

3 slices vegan cheese

2 ripe tomatoes

Method

Start with the jackfruit – drain the excess liquids from mthe packet . Using your hands seperate the jackfruit and spiceinto the fruit . Add the ½ cup Bbqto the mixture and mix well until evenly coated . Leave the whole mixture to marinate in the fridge for at least 1hour with baking paper Transfer the jackfruit to the oven and bake for around 40 minutes keeping a close watch and turning occasionally .

When it starts to dry up and the rest of the bbq sauce and mix again . Bake a setting for 120for another 20 minutes . When done , split the burgers buns in half into halves and toast on the hob . When done split the burgers buns into halves and toast off the bun and leave it to melt . Layer the tomato on the cheese BBQ jackfruit granola and shredded cabbage . Serve by itself or with the side salad .

Panforte


Ingredients

180gr toasted almonds , chopped

180gr mixed canied peel preferable orange and lemon fruit, cubed

180 plain flour

1tspoon ground cinnamon

1 tspoon mixed spices, nutmeg , cloves aand aniseed . unsalted butter to cake pan

270gr honey

½ ground cinnamon mixed with ½ tbsp flour

Method

In a large bowl combine the almonds , canied peel , flour , cinnamon and mixed spice . Mix well. Preheat the oven to 180°Cline a 28cm can pan with oven paper and butter well. In a saucepan over a low heat , heat the honey into the flour mixture , blending for about 2 minutes Stir the hot honey into the flour mixture into a ball . Flatten the ball of dough evenly in the prepared pan . pour the cinnamon flour mixture into the sieve and shake it over the top of the cake . Bake the cake until golden brown for no longer than 20 minutes . Remove the cake from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack . When cool peel over the oven paper and place on a platter . Any leftover cahke can be stored in an airtight container .

Buckwheat risotto bis-salamun u il-brokkoli


Ingredients

Mgharfa zejt taz- zebbuga

Basla , sinna tewm, 300gr brokkoli

900gr stokk tal- haxix

300gr buckwheat

300gr flettijiet  tas-salamun

2 imgharef xibt (Dill)

Qoxra ta lumija mahkuka

2 imgharef greek jogort naturali

Melh u bzar

Method

Lahlah il-buckwheat taht l-ilma niezel . qatta l-basal u it-tewm. Sahhan mgharfa zejt f’ tagen u aqli il-basla u it-tewm fuq nar medju ghal 6-8 minuti sakemm jirtabu ftit . zid il- buckwheat u sajjar ghal minuta ohra u 2 kuccarini fl-istokk tal-haxix. Hallih itektek ghal 5 minuti u hawwad sakemm l- istokk kwazi inxtorob . imbaghad zid l-  istokk l- istess mod sakemm l- istokk jifdallek kuccarun wiehed biss Dan il- process jiehu 25 minuta .

Qatta is- salamun , zid is- salamun u il- kumplament tal- istokk fit- tagen fit- tagen u hallih itektek ghal 2 minuti . Hu hsieb li is- salamun huwa msajjar u il- buckwheat ikun tari

Qatta il-brokkoli fi fjuri zghar > Sajjar il- brokkoli fl- ilma sakemm isiru Saffihom fl- ilma u zidhom mal- buckwheat , flimkien ma xibt il- qoxra ta’ lumija mfarka u il- yougourt . Hawwar bil- melh u il- bzar u servi.

Majjal il-forn


Ingredienti

800gr majjal

ftit pruna msajra

bzar u melh

300gr basal

ilma

margerina

2 tuffiehat

4 imgharef gamm

25gr cornflour

300gr karotti

rosemarie

Method

  1. Il-Majjal tista tkun bicca koxxa jew spalla. Ara liema parti li tiggosta. Qaxxar il-basal u il-karotti u aqta f’ bicciet kbar.
  2. Poggi dawn il-basal u il-karotti f’qiegh ta’ dixx, poggi l-majjal fuq dan il-haxix. Idlek bi ftit margerina, roxx bzar melh u rosemarie, zid ftit ilma u sajjar, forn moderat sakemm isir.
  3. Kultant zmien ohrog mill-forn u fil-wicc itfa il-likwidu li ikun hareg mil-laham stess. Meta il-laham ikun lest nehhi minn dan id- dixx .
  4. Qaxxar it-tuffieh, aqsam min-nofs u ghalli fi ftit ilma. Nehhi il-laham mil-pruna u hallat din mal- gamm. Meta it-tuffieh ukun lest aghmel hofra fin-nofs u imla din it-tahlita.
  5. Dewweb il-cornflour. Erga sahhan dak il-likwidu li ikun hareg mil-laham u hu daqs 50ml minnu. Zid il-cornflour . Erga ghalli u hawwad sewwa. Servi il-majjal b’ dan il-gravy u ddecora bit-tuffieh .

Flett tal-majjal bir-rosemary


Ingredients

600gr Flett tal-majjal

2 tuffihat

2 basliet

25 margerina,

stock

ftit zejt

bzar shih

Rosemary

bzar u melh.

Metodu

  1. Naddaf sewwa l-flett minn xi xaham li jista ikun hemm. Roxx ftit bzar u melh.
  2. Sahhan ftit zejt u il-margerina aqli malajr il-flett sakemm dan jiehu il-kulur. Nehhi it- tagen u poggi go casserole .
  3. Fl-istess tagen aqli il-basal u wara zid ftit slices tat-tuffieh. Meta tigi il-qoxra imma imma nehhi ta’ gewwa.
  4. Meta dawn ikunu lesti l-istock , sajjar ghal 2 minuti u zid kollox fuq il-laham . Roxx ftit rosemarie u zid ukoll bzar shih.
  5. Kompli sajjar fil- forn ghal madwar tliet kwarti . qabel tista zzid ftit krema jew inkella mgharfa halib tal-bott

Pulpetti bil-Kari


Ingredienti

200ikapuljat tac- canga

50gr laham taz-zalzett

basla u ftit dqiq

mgharfa kari

bzaru melh

200 ikapuljat tal-majjal

50gr breadcrumbs

tewma

nofs tuffieha

ftit zejt

bajda

Method

  1. Qaxxar il- basla , tewma u tuffieha u qatta f’ bicciet zghar jew ahjar jekk ikunu ikapuljathom

2. Hallat il-laham kollu basla, tewma tuffieha , kari , hobz bajda , melh u bzar . ghaffeg sewwa sakemm kollox ikun haga wahda

3.. Ifforma fi tmiem pulpetti zghar, tnejn ghal kull persuna. Sahhan ftit zejt, ghaddi mid-dqiq u sajjar fuq nar baxx sakemm isiru sewwa minn gewwa .

Torta ta l-ixkuma


Ingredienti isservi 4

Sponge normali u 2 abjad tal-bajd

banana, laringa u cirasa

meraq tal-lumija

vanilla u 100zokkor

pineapple u ilma

grand manier u langasa

bastun tal-kannella (Cinnamon)

metodu

  1. Ipprepara l-isponge din tkun normali.
  2. Qaxxar u qatta il-frott kollu. Poggi go kazzola bi ftit zokkor, bastun kannella, vanilla u ftit ilma. Ghalli ghal ftit hin. Kessah u saffi.
  3. Poggi il-frott fuq l-isponge . Xarrab bix-xorb
  4. Aghmel xkuma billi thaddem l-abjad tal-bajd u wara zid iz-zokkor .
  5. Irranga l-ixkuma fil-wicc bic-cirasa u sajjar forn jahraq ghal ftit hin .

Split pea and ham soup


Ingredients serve 6

  • 500gr dried yellow split soaked overnight
  • 25gr butter
  •  1 large onion,
  • 125gr ridless smoked steaky bacon rashes roughly chopped
  •  1 garlic clove crushed
  •  1.7litres (3 pintts well –flavoured ham or vegetable stock
  •  1 bouquet (1 bay leaf)
  •  a few fresh parsley and thyme sprigs
  •  1 tsp cooked ham chopped
  •  Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  •  Cracked black pepper to serve.

Method

Drain the soaked split peas. melt the butter in a large pan, add the onionsbacon and garlic and cook over a low heat for about 10 minutes until the onion is soft. Add the split peas to the pan with the stock . bring to the boil and use a spotted to remove the surface add the bourget garni and oregano then season with salt and ground black pepper.  Transfer to the slow cooker , cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours until the peas are very soft.  Leave the soup to coker cover and cook on high until the peas are very soft. Leave the soup to cool , then whiz half the soup in a blender of food processor until smooth. Leave the soup to cool a little for 3-4 until the peas are very soft. Leave the soup to cool a little, then whiz halfthe soup in a blender or food processor until smooth.  Pour the soup into the pan and reheat , then add the ham and check the seasoning with cracked black pepper to serve .

Kabocca mimlija bil-majjal


Ingredients

400gr ikapuljat

200gr mushrooms

300spinaci msajjar

Bzar u melh

Zewg kikri stock

100gr bacon imqatta

200gr basal

Weraq tal-kabocci

Ftit margerina

Tewm   

Method

Qaxxar il-basal u it-tewm u flimkien mal-mushrooms qatta bicciet zghar. Dewweb il- margerina u qalli .

Zid il-laham u bacon, bzar u melh fuq it-tahlita tal-basal . Kompli sajjar sakemm isir kollox.

Zid bicciet zghar ta’ l- ispinaci u hawwad sewwa . Iftah werqa tal-kabocci u I mla b’ din it- tahlita . Kebbeb sewwa u poggi go casserole . Zid l-istock u sajjar forn moderat ghal madwar sieghau kwart . Servi shan .

Turkey meatballs with Rumesco sauce


Ingredients

1lb ground turkey

1 large egg beaten to blend

1/3 cup panko

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp paprika

¼ cup finely chopped parsley +more coarsely for serving

¾ kosher salt plus more for serving

16oz jar fire roasted peppers in water drained

2 small garlic cloves crushed

1tbsp red wine vinegar

¼ cayenne pepper

½ lemon

Method

Preheat oven to 425 degrees celcius

Using your hands . mix ground turkey , egg , panko , cumin , onion powder ¼ cup parsley and ¾ cup salt in a large bowl . Working one at a time scoop out small amounts of mixture and roll one and one half diameter balls you should have 18 to 20 meatballs

Heat 2 Tbsp oil in a large ovenproof skilled  over medium working in batches,

Cook meatballs until golden brown all over about 2 minutes per side . Transfer skillet with meatballs to oven and bake until cooked about 5-7minutes .

While the meatballs are baking pulse almonds in a food processor until coarsely ground . pulse fire roasted peppers , garlic vinegar and cayenne in foodprocessorand almost smooth . Transfer to bowl with almonds and stir in remaining ½ cup oil season rumesco sauce with salt.

Spoon rumesco sauce into shallow bowls and arrange meatballs on top . Finely grate lemon zest over and scatter parsley on top .

Celery and potato soup


Ingredients

50gr butter

1 large onion chopped

1 head  celery thinlysliced

500gr potatoes peeled and cut into 1cm cubes

900gr vegetable stock

150gr single cream

150gr stirlon cheese , denubded and crumbled

Chopped chives to serve

Method

Standard recipe for cream pie


Ingredients

1 cup evaporated milk

1 cup water

¼ cup flour

¼ teasepoon salt

2 eggs separated

  1. tablespoon butter
  2. 1 teasepoon butter
  3. 1 teasepoon flavouring
  4. Baked pie shell 8 inch

Method

Blend evaporated milk with water . Mix ½ cup sugar, flour and salt

Add enough milk to make a smooth paste Bring remaining milk to a scanding point in double pointer . Add flour  mixture . stir constantly until mixture thickens . cover and cook ten minutes . pour gradually over well beaten egg yolks Return to double boiler and cook until egg is set . remove from fire add butter. Cool. Add flavouring and pour into baked pie shell . cover top with meringue made by beating egg whites made by egg whites until stiff and adding remaining ¼ cup sugar . Bake flavouring 15 minutes in moderate oven 350°C. until brown.

Split pea and ham soup


Ingredients serve 6.

500gr dried yellow split soaked overnight

,25gr butter

1 large onion,

125gr ridless smoked steaky bacon rashes, roughly chopped

1 garlic clove , crushed

 1.7litres (3 pintts well –flavoured ham

or vegetable stock 1 bouquet

 (1 bay leaf)

a few fresh parsley and thyme

sprigs 1 tsp cooked ham chopped

 Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Cracked black pepper to serve.

Method

Drain the soaked split peas.

 melt the butter in a large pan,

 add the onions bacon

and garlic and cook over a low heat for about 10 minutes until the onion is soft

. Add the split peas to the pan with the stock .

 bring to the boil and use a spotted to remove the surface add the bourget garni

 and oregano then season with salt and ground black pepper.

 Transfer to the slow cooker

, cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours until the peas are very soft.

  Leave the soup to coker cover and cook on high until the peas are very soft.

 Leave the soup to cool ,

 then whiz half the soup in a blender of food processor until smooth.

 Leave the soup to cool a little for 3-4 until the peas are very soft.

 Leave the soup to cool a little, then whiz half the soup in a blender

or food processor until smooth.

  Pour the soup into the pan and reheat

, then add the ham and check the seasoning with cracked black pepper

 to serve.