Recipes


Peanut Butter Brownies

INGREDIENTS:
  • 225gm crunchy peanut butter
  • 200gm dark chocolate bar broken into pieces
  • 280gm soft light brown sugar
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 100gm self raising flour
METHOD

1.Set aside 50gm each of peanut butter and chocolate. Heat oven to 180℃ and line a 20cm square baking tin with parchment paper.
2.Melt the remaining peanut butter, chocolate & sugar, stirring occasionally, until the sugar just gets melted.
3.Transfer mix into a bowl to cool down slightly.
4.Turn off the heat and with a wooden spoon, beat in the eggs one by one.
5.Stir in flour and scrape into the tin.
6.Melt reserved peanut butter in the oven at high for 45 secs until runny, then drizzle over the brownie.
7.Bake for 20-25mins until it has a crust but the middle portion still looks a bit uncooked.
8. Melt reserved chocolate and drizzle over the brownie.
9. Cool the tin before cutting into squares.

Fried Ice Cream (With Cornflakes)

INGREDIENTS:
  • Few scoops of vanilla ice cream
  • Oil to fry
  • For batter: 1 ¼ cups flour, 1 ½ cups water
  • For rolling: coarsely crushed corn flakes
METHOD

1. Chill the ice cream scoops in the freezer
2. Dip the ice cream scoops into batter and roll into the corn flakes evenly.
3. Let it chill again in the freezer for 15 mins.
4. Deep fry in hot oil for a few seconds.
5. Serve immediately with a sauce of your choice.

Homemade Coleslaw (With Mayonnaise)

INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 spoon distilled white vinegar
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp prepared Dijon style mustard
  • 3 cups shredded cabbage
  • 3 cups shredded red cabbage
  • 1 cup grated carrot
  • ½ cup shredded green bell pepper
  • ½ cup shredded red bell pepper
  • ½ cup shredded celery
METHOD

1. In a small bowl combine vinegar, mayonnaise and mustard
2. In a large bowl combine cabbage, bell pepper, carrot and celery.
3. Pour dressing over vegetables and coat evenly. Chill and serve over lettuce.

Singapore Noodles (With Noodles)

INGREDIENTS:
  • 225gm pack Whitby breaded scampi
  • 3 nests of fine egg noodles
  • 2tsp peanut or sesame oil
  • 1tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3tbsp frozen chopped onion
  • 300gm frozen mushrooms
  • 100gm frozen sweetcorn
  • 150gm frozen stir-fry mix
  • 2tbsp mild curry paste
  • 5tbsp soy sauce
  • Juice 1 lime
  • 1tbsp frozen coriander
METHOD

1. Heat the oven to 200℃, gas 6. Cook the scampi on a lined baking tray for 15-20 mins.
2. Cook the noodles in boiling water for 3 mins, then drain and toss with the peanut or sesame oil. Set aside.
3. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or sauté pan and cook the onion for a few mins. Add the frozen vegetables and cook for 5 mins. Mix together the curry paste with the soy, lime juice and coriander and pour into the pan. Cook for 1 min, then toss in the noodles and coat well in the sauce.
4. Serve the noodles and veg topped with the cooked breaded scampi.

Chilean Monkey Tail Punch (With Coffee)

INGREDIENTS:
  • 4 cups milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 2 cups strong brewed coffee
  • 1 ½ cup pisco, aguardiente, grappa or brandy
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
METHOD

1.In a saucepan, combine milk, sugar, cinnamon & cloves and bring it to boil.
2.Reduce the heat, simmer uncovered for 5 mins. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
3.Strain into a pitcher/suitable container. Stir in coffee, pisco & vanilla.
4.Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
5.Serve over ice.

Butter Crunch Biscuit

INGREDIENTS:
  • 200gm butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 100gm castor sugar
  • 175gm flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 large tbsp cocoa powder
  • 100gm crushed cornflakes
  • 2 tbsp chopped nuts
METHOD

1. Cream the butter, vanilla essence and sugar together in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the remaining ingredients to it.
3. On greased baking sheets, place spoonfuls of the biscuit batter.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 175ºC for 10-12 mins.

Spices & Seasonings

  • Oregano flakes: Pizza or any type of sauce, add it to enrich the flavour
  • Parsley flakes: Try out the garlic butter parsley sauce!
  • Thyme flakes: Try using thyme when making your own jam, jelly or marmalade
  • Basil flakes: Basil in some eggplant sandwiches and more!
  • Rosemary flakes: Use this to cook any meat or fish and heighten the taste.
  • Chilli flakes: As per is your spice taste bud, try it in whichever food it feels a little less spicy than what you need!

Virgin Punch (Fruit Drink)

INGREDIENTS:
  • Juice of a half lemon.
  • 500ml orange juice.
  • 500ml mango juice.
  • 500ml apple juice.
  • 400ml sparkling lemonade
  • 250gm mandarin segments, drained.
  • A pinch of black pepper.
METHOD

1. Stir all the ingredients (except pepper) in a bowl or jug.
2. Serve and add some ice cubes. Sprinkle in a pinch of pepper for better taste.