Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Salad, salad and more salad! Quick and easy

PRAWN AND AVO SALAD WITH WASABI MAYO

(10 Portions)

SALAD
1kg cooked prawns, shells removed
1 packet mixed salad leaves
1 punnet Mange Tout (sugar snap peas)
1 avo, sliced and drizzled with lemon juice
2 tablespoons pickled ginger

Tear the salad leaves into smaller pieces and arrange it on a platter. Top with the peas.
Arrange the prawns and avo on the lettuce. Sprinkle with the pickled ginger.

DRESSING
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon soya sauce
1 tsp wasabi paste

Mix all the ingredients together.


You can serve the dressing on the side or you can dress the salad just before serving. Soya sauce is an important flavour in this recipe and it can’t be replaced with salt.


PRE PREPARATON
The salad can be assembled 2 hours before and dressed just before serving

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Pancakes for a rainy day!


Pancakes!

Beat 3 eggs and 3 cups of milk together.
Sift 1.5 cups of flour with 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder and a pinch of salt.
Mix the dry ingredients with the milk mixture.
Melt 0.5 teaspoon butter and add it to 1.5 teaspoons oil. Add this to the batter.
Add 1.5 tablespoons Brandy to the mixture and beat for a further 8 minutes.
Bake in a non-stick pan greased with oil.


Lemon and cinnamon syrup

100 ml sugar
100 ml water
5 ml cinnamon
Lemon juice to taste (2 teaspoons should do the trick!)