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Churros

July 1st, 2010

School holidays…..3 hungry kids….cold weather, what better than Churros.

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1 cup of water
100g butter
1 cup of plain flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 Eggs, lightly beaten
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Icing sugar, sifted
200 g good quality cooking chocolate
1/4 cup milk

Directions:
Combine water and butter in a saucepan and bring to boil.
Remove from heat
Add the flour and salt and beat with a wooden spoon until combined and the dough comes away from the side. Cool
When dough is cool add the beaten eggs little by little while beating. When dough is shiny and well combined.
Spoon into a piping bag with a large fluted nozzle.
Heat oil in a large flat saucepan on medium heat
Using a knife to cut the dough, pipe 10 cm lengths into the oil and fry until golden brown.
Drain on kitchen paper and dust with icing sugar.
Melt the chocolate with the milk until mixture is smooth.
Arrange churros on a platter and serve with the dipping sauce……

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Yummy….

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Krentenbrood – Mierenneukers Special

March 21st, 2010

This is to honour my friend who passed away last month. He gave me this recipe for my breadmaker. Please do not take offense to the name he gave it, that was just how he was…what you see is what you get.

320 cc milk or water
45o gm Flour
1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil or butter
1.5 teaspoon salt
16 gm yeast
200 gm sultanas
1.5 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon bread improver
1-3 tablespoons of gluten

Makes a beautiful sultana bread.

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Ayam Goreng Serundeng

March 13th, 2010

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken cut into 12 pieces
1 cup dessicated (grated) coconut
1 Daun salam
1 piece 1 cm Lengkuas (gallangal)
Vegetable oil for frying

Spices: (grind all)

6 kemiri (candlenut)
6 bawang merah (shallots)
3 garlic (bawang putih)
1 tablespoon ketumbar (coriander powder)
Salt to taste

Directions:
Mix the chicken pieces, ground spices, daun salam, lengkuas and the coconut add a little water.
Cook all until the water is evaporated.
Heat the oil and fry chicken until golden brown.
Fry the left over spices and sprinkle over the fried chicken.
Serve with steamed white rice or nasi kuning

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Chao

March 13th, 2010

A drink I remember from my childhood. It is so cooling as it has a crushed ice base and cincao which is known for its cooling affects.

Ingredients:selasih
Crushed or shaved ice
Rose Stroop
Selasih (sweet basil seeds, soaked in water until expanded)
Cincao (grass jelly)
Rock melon or Nangka
Santan or sweetened condensed milk

Directions:
Place the crushed or shaved ice in a large glass add the selasih, nangka and cincao. Pour a little rose stroop over the top and add the santan or condensed milk. If using the condensed milk make sure to adjust the rose stroop as it will otherwise be too sweet.

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Apple Tart with custard

February 20th, 2010

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Ingredients:
3 cups of plain flour
250 gr butter
pinch of salt
1/4 cup of caster sugar
ice water

7 Granny smit apples
1 teaspoon of Cinnamon
3 tablespoons of sugar
1 cup of sultanas

2 cups of milk
4 heaped tablespoons of custard powder
2 tablespoons of sugar
3 drops of vanilla extract

Directions:
Peel the apples and chop into even small pieces
Add 1 tablespoon of water and the sugar
Place in microwave for 10 minutes on high
Remove from microwave and add the sultanas and cinnamon and mix. Leave to cool

To make the pastry-
In a bowl mix the flour with the salt. Cut the cold butter into small cubes and add to the flour. Crumble the butter and flour with the tips of your fingers.
When combined add the sugar. Grease a spring form baking tin and line the bottom with baking paper
Press the crumbled pastry into the spring form evenly and onto the sides.
Take remainder of pastry and add 1-2 tablespoons of ice water and knead into a ball.
Roll out the pastry and cut even strips to line the top of the apple tart.

To make the custard:
Place all ingredients into a small saucepan and bring to a boil all the while stirring
The custard should be thicker than store bought custard
Leave to cool a little

To assemble:
Place a layer of the apple on the crumbled pastry spring form. Then a layer of the custard then finish of with the apple.
Decorate the top with strips of pastry. Brush pastry top with a little water and sprinkle white sugar over the top.

Place in the middle of the oven and bake in 180 degrees Celsius for abut 50-60 minutes or until golden brown.

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Before serving sift some icing sugar over the top.

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