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Cherry Coconut Delight

Ingredients:

  • 3 tablespoons butter chilled
  • 1 can cherry pie filling – (21 oz)
  • 1/2 cup coconut (I used Baker’s, not desiccated)
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup Quick Quaker Oats
  • 1 cup sugar

Course: side dish

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Christmas Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

  • 250 grams Butter
  • 125 grams Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 200 grams Plain flour (sifted with baking powder)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mixed spice
  • 500 grams Mixed dried fruit
  • 100 grams Pitted prune- cut to small pieces
  • 100 grams Walnut- chop to small pieces
  • 2 tablespoons Rum
  • 2 tablespoons Orange juice
  • 1 Orange zest from orange
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • Line a 8″ square cake tin with layers of parchment paper, bottom and sides of cake tin
  • Line a 8″ square cake tin with layers of parchment paper, bottom and sides of cake tin

Course: dessert

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Easy Baked Cheesecake

Ingredients:

  • 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 Eggs Lightly Beaten
  • 1 Keebler ready crust graham cracker pie crust
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • Dash of salt
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Course: dessert

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Decadent Black Forest Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 box of Duncan Hines Devil’s Food Cake
  • 1 can Comstock Cherry Pie Filling
  • 1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ cups whipping cream
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • Simple Syrup Glaze
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup sugar

Course: dessert

Cuisine: German,European

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Fresh Cherry Clafoutis

Ingredients:

  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 500gr / 1.1lb Cherries with the stones removed
  • A couple of tsps unsalted butter to grease your pie dish
  • 3 x eggs
  • 75gr / 2.5 oz. plain flour
  • A light dusting of icing sugar
  • 3 x tbsp Marsala wine
  • 125ml / 4.2 fl. oz. whole milk
  • 125ml / 4.2 fl. oz. single cream
  • 3 x tbsp sugar plus a little more to coat your pie dish
  • 75gr / 2.5 oz. sugar
  • Seeds from 1 x vanilla pod or ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • To Finish
  • To Finish

Course: dessert

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Fresh Plum Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 extra-large eggs (or 2 large+ 1 egg white)
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour (7 oz.)
  • 5 1/2 pounds Plums (after skinning and pitting)
  • 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sugar+ 1 Tb
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (could use shortening)

Course: dessert

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Kofat Curry/meat Ball Curry

Ingredients:

  • 1 kilogram Minced Meat
  • 1 cup Oil
  • 1/2 cup Yoghurt beaten
  • 3 Onion chopped medium size chopped
  • 1 Garlic crushed medium size
  • 2 inches Ginger crushed piece
  • Fresh Coriander leaves for garnish
  • Salt to taste
  • Chilli powder to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Garam masala
  • 2 teaspoons Poppy seed crushed
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seed powder
  • 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Haldi
  • 1/2 teaspoon Haldi

Course: lunch,main course,main dish,dinner

Cuisine: Indian,Asian

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Lamb Chops Masala

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon Cayenne
  • Coriander
  • 1 teaspoon Ground roasted cumin seeds
  • Remove all extra fat
  • 1 teaspoon x 2 Punjabi garam masala
  • 2 Cloves garlic, peeled and cut in ha
  • 3 In piece of fresh ginger
  • 6 8 lamb chops from the ribs,
  • 3 tablespoons Lemon juice
  • 2 mediums Sized onions very finely
  • Salt to taste
  • Tomatoes
  • 12 ounces fl Oz Plain yoghurt beaten
  • 8 ounces fl Oz grated or finely chopped
  • 8 ounces fl Oz grated or finely chopped

Course: lunch,main course,main dish,dinner

Cuisine: Indian,Asian

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Kosambri (Carrot Salad)

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup yellow moong dal (optional) – soaked from night before
  • 3 carrots – shredded
  • 1/2 small cucumber – peeled, seeded, chopped
  • little plum tomato chopped
  • 1 small shallot – chopped
  • 3 tablespoons fresh coconut
  • juice of half a lemon
  • cilantro chopped
  • salt to taste (I find that putting a good amount brings out the flavor well)
  • 2 green chilis chopped (optional if you like it hotter)
  • 2 teaspoons oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seed
  • pinch of hing (asafoetida)
  • 3 fresh curry leaves (or dried curry leaves)
  • 1 inch dried red chilis – broken pieces

Course: side dish,antipasti,salad,starter,snack,appetizer,antipasto,hor d’oeuvre

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Lemon Chicken With Noodles

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons of cornflour, 1 teaspoon extra
  • Ground black pepper (I use flavoured white pepper)
  • Skinless chicken breast fillets, thinly or thickly sliced
  • 1 lemon, juiced (or half lemon)
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • Cooking oil (I use Olive oil)
  • 1 large onion
  • 3 packets of instant noodles or cooked rice
  • 2 spring onions/ scallions, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or white wine vinegar (I use dry white win
  • 3 centimeters piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into matchsticks (I omitted it)
  • 1Season cornflour with pepper and spread on a plate. Lightly coat chicken in cornflour.
  • 2To make sauce, place lemon juice, stock, rice wine/ dry white wine, honey and extra cornflour in a jug. Stir until smooth. Set aside.
  • 3Heat work/ skillet over hight heat. Add oil, stir-fry chicken for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and set aside.
  • 4Return to wok/ skillet on high heat, add little more oil. Add onion and ginger. Stir-fry for 2 minutes or until golden. Pour sauce and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until sauce thickens. Return chicken to pan/ sillet. Simmer for 3 minutes or until chicken is
  • 5Serve with baby spinach or choy sum and garnish with spring onions.
  • 6Note: Serves 2-3
  • 6Note: Serves 2-3

Course: lunch,main course,main dish,dinner

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