Home made Muffins

MUFFINS

Ingredients Required

135g plain flour,sifted

1tsp baking powder

35g golden caster sugar

Pinch of salt

1egg

50ml sunflower oil

85ml milk

80g blueberries

80g raspberries

Preheat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6.Line6 muffin tin with muffin paper.

In a large bowl,thoroughly mix together all the ingredients.Spoon the mixture into the muffin tin,fill the papers to the top.Bake for20-25 minutes or until they are golden.To test if they are cooked in the middle,insert the point of knife –if it comes out clean,they are ready to eat, if the mixture is still loose,put them back in the oven for a few more minutes.Remove from tin and cool on a wire rack.

Rap in clingfilm or a place in a freezer to freeze it.Now your Yummy!!! Muffinis ready to eat .You can have it in the morning when you wake up and refresh your taste bud and your mood . you can freeze this muffin for 1 month .this was the recipe for 6 muffins , depending n the number of muffins you have to make , increase the quantity of ingredients .

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GREEN CURRY

Thai Green Curry

Ingredients Required:

1tbsp grape seed oil

1 shallot, peeled and finely chopped

½ lemon grass stalk, finely sliced

1 clove of garlic peeled and crushed

1 spring onion, trimmed

Zest and juice of 1 lime

1/4tsp coriander seeds, roasted and ground

1/4 tsp ground cumin

4cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated

½ red chilli, seeded and thinly sliced

1tsp Thai fish sauce

3 basil leaves

1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

1tsp peanut butter

½ can coconut milk

1 chicken breast and 1 thigh, skinned, boned and cut into pieces

1tsp chopped cashews, to garnish

Method:

Heat up a large wok and add oil. Quickly fry, in this order, the shallot, lemon grass and garlic. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the coconut milk, cashews and chicken. Take the wok off the heat, and then pour in the coconut milk. Let the sauce cool. Put the chicken into a non-metallic bowl. Pour the sauce over the chicken, cover with Clingfilm and marinate for a minimum o 2 hours-the longer, the better.

Preheat the oven to 200C.Transfer the chicken and marinade to an ovenproof dish and cook for 12 minutes. Stir, then cover with foil and cook for another 5 minutes. The coconut milk will split but it won’t affect the taste. Garnish with more herbs and cashew nuts and serve with jasmine rice .Now break your hunger by having this mouth watering dish .LOVE AND ENJOY EATING .

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SPAGHETTI

Ingredients Required

10 broad beans

100g spaghetti

Salt

2-3 tbsp olive oil

2 shallots, peeled and crushed, or tsp prepared garlic

½ clove of garlic, peeled and crushed, or tsp prepared garlic

Handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped

Butter

Grated Parmesan cheese

15g pecorino cheese

Method of preparing

Prepare broad beans by shell them, then blanch in rapidly boiling water. Drain the beans, and then plunge them into ice-cold water for a minute or two. Pop each beans out of its pale green skin by pinching with thumb and forefinger. Take a pan of Salted water up to the boil and cook the spaghetti until it is still has a little bite to it.

While the pasta is cooking, the heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and soften the shallots. Add garlic, parsley and a splash of the pasta water and gently cook over a medium heat. Drain the pasta, reserving little of the cooking water, and add the pasta to the onion mix. Toss in the broad beans and season with salt and papper.Add the butter and gently stir so that the pasta is thoroughly coated, adding a little of the reserved water if it is too dry. Crumble in the cheese and add a little more parsley. Change the seasoning and adjust it according to your taste .Now it’s ready to be served.

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Morning Breakfast

PORRIDGE

Ingredients Required :

50g oatmeal

150ml milk

Mix the oatmeal and milk into saucepan with 150ml water and boil it .Turn Down the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes, it is important to simmer to cook oatmeals or else it will stick to bottom of your vessel.

Now after the oatmeal is cooked put the saucepan  down and serve it with double cream and brown sugar or yoghurt and honey.You can also add all sorts of other delicious goodies to the porridge,such as sultanas,desiccated coconut,toasted almonds,hazenuts, dried cranberries.Once your Porridge is ready have it and let your taste bid run wild !!! Break your morning hunger by having Porridge .

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Pasta

Pasta with Asparagus and lemon

Ingredients Required

4 thick asparagus spears

50ml double cream

Zest and juice of 1 lemon

Butter

Salt

100g tagliatelle

1 organic egg yolk, beaten

50 g parmesan cheese

Fresh-flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped

Methods of preparation

Sort out the asparagus; blend it, cut the ends of asparagus with knife if necessary.

Take a large shallow pan of water up to the boil. Cook the asparagus spears in the boiling water for3 -5 minutes or until they are tender, but don’t overcook the. Drain and cut into bite-sized pieces and set aside gently warm the cream in saucepan, the ad the Leon zest, juice and butter Remove from the heat and set aside.

Bring the pan of water to a rapid boil and add a generous amount of salt to the water. Cook the pasta according to the instruction and drain. Pour the lemon sauce over the drained pasta and stir in the egg yolk, then fold in the asparagus, Parmesan and Parsley. Now your delicious pasta is ready to eat and serve it to your guest. Have a nice day J J with lovely food .

Spicy Mushroom

Mushroom

Ingredients Required:

2 Portobello mushrooms, stalks removed

Olive Oil

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Butter

1 shallot, peeled and finely chopped

Handful of mixed wild mushrooms, left whole if small or cut in half or smaller if very large

1 small clove of garlic, peeled and crushed

1tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

1 tbsp cream

Crustly bread

Method:

Lay the mushroom on a shallow baking tray, drizzle over some olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for about 8 minutes, until they are soft .Meanwhile, heat up a little oil and butter in a frying pan. Cook the shallot until soft, then add the wild mushrooms, garlic, most of the parsley, salt and pepper.Dont let the garlic burn.After5-8 minutes, when the mushroom are tender, stir in the cream and simmer for 2 minutes to let the sauce thicken.

Take the mushroom out of the oven. Spoon the wild mushroom mix with the other mushroom and sprinkle over a little more chopped parsley. Now you top it with the slices of Brie and return to the oven for a few minutes so that Brie just start to melt .At last serve with crusty bread .

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Bake Pizza in Few Minutes

Home-Made Pizza

Ingredients Required

How to make Pizza Dough

40g fresh yeast

125ml milk, at room temperature

175ml hand-hot-water

300g flour, sifted

40g strong plain flour, sifted

3g salt

Olive oil for greasing the bowl

Pizza toppings:

Good thick tomato sauce

Cheese, thinly sliced

Large basil leaves

Method of making:

Proof the yeast with milk and water by crumbling the yeast into the liquid and leaving for 10 minutes. Mix the yeast with the sifted flour and knead for 10 minutes-the dough should be sticky, Add more flour if necessary. Whatever happen, you must not end up with stable dough-it should be threatening to stick to the bowl. Let it rise in an oiled bowl in a warm place for about 1 hour until doubled in size .Shape half the dough into a pizza shape-pull ad stretch it, but  do not roll. Let it rise for about 10 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180C.

Spoon on about 2 tablespoon of tomato sauce and spread out over the pizza dough. Scatter over the basil, and then cover with mozzarella. Put on to a hot pizza stone or heavy baking sheet and bake for 15inutes .Now your home made pizza is ready to eat, take the delight having pizza.

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