Saturday 21 February 2015

Green beans with Garlic and chilli


Ingredients

500g green beans, trimmed
20g butter
1 tbs of olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 red bird's eye chilli, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt
 Salt and pepper

Method 

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil over high heat. Add beans. Cook for 3 minutes or until just tender. Drain. Refresh under cold water. Drain.
Melt butter with oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add garlic, chilli and garlic salt and pepper Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add beans. Toss to coat. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until heated through. Serve.

Cauliflower warm salad with olive oil and lemon juice


Warm Cauliflower salad is a nice way to accompany any  fish or meat dish. 

Ingredients 

1 large head of Cauliflower 
1 large glove of garlic crushed
1/4 cup of a good olive oil  
1 juice of a lemon
Salt and black coarse pepper
1/2 lemon extra 
Fresh chopped parsley for the top

Method 

Cut and clean under running water including some of the tender leaves of the cauliflower. Place in a steamer the half lemon and the pieces of Cauliflower and salt. Add water in the sauce pan place the steamer cover and let it steam until just done but cauliflower is still crispy. Make sure  not to over cook. 
Place in a serving bawl and drizzle the olive oil the crushed garlic and lemon juice salt and pepper. With a spoon tosh Cauliflower to make sure that all pieces are covered in the oil and lemon juice sprinkle the fresh parsley and  Enjoy. 






Oven - Baked Mexican - Style Spareribs

'Ingredients
3 large pork spare ribs cut in serving pieces
2 tbls of Garlic salt
2 tbs of onion salt
2 tbs of brown sugar
2 tbls of  Moroccan spices
2 tbls of smoked paprika
2tbsp of  Cajun seasoning
2tbls of Cayenne pepper
1tsp of cumin powder 
1 tsp of Allspice

1 bottle of your favoured BBQ sauce 

PREPARATION


Mix all dry ingredients in a small bowl

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.


Place spareribs in nonreactive roasting pan lined with Ali foil just large enough to hold them in single layer. Rub dry mixture over ribs, turning to coat well. Cover and wrap ribs in Ail foil and Let them sit in the refrigerator  for at least 2 hour or more as time permits. Roast, covered turning ribs twice, 1 hour 30 minutes. Turn oven control to 450 degrees F and roast ribs until very tender and richly coloured, about 20 minutes longer.

Uncover ribs and with a brush or spoon sauce over BBQ sauce on to ribs and bake uncovered until it's nicely browned.  Transfer ribs on to serving plater and Serve with any thing you like enjoy! 














Wednesday 18 February 2015

Avocado and salmon rolls


Ingredients

75g Rice noodles 
1pkt of rice paper wraps
1 bunch fresh coriander leaves
200g of smoked salmon
2 large avocados sliced
1 head of butter lettuce 
1/2 cup wasabi flavoured mayonnaise
Juice of 1 lime

Method

Prepare rice vermicelli according to packet instructions
Drain roughly chop with scissors 
Dip rice paper sheets into a bowl of warm water for 20 seconds or until softened.
Lay on a clean dry board
Arrange coriander leaves smoked salmon noodles avocado and butter lettuce leaves across the center. 
Fold sides in and roll to enclose filling. Repeat until all done

For the dipping sauce 
Combine the 1/2 cup wasabi flavoured mayonnaise and the juice of the lime mix well and serve cold with the dipping sauce 





Sunday 15 February 2015

Spicy Bacon wrapped meat and cheese meat loaf


500g of regular mince
1kg of bacon strips 
200g of yellow cheese of your Choise cut in to long thick strips 
1 finely chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic
1tbs of parsley
1/2 tsp of Tarmac
1/2 tsp of chilli
1/4 tsp of cumin powder 
1 cup of sweet chilly sauce
1/2 cup of BBQ sauce for the top
Salt pepper
I sushi bamboo rolling mat

Method for meat loaf

In a bowl add the mince diced onion,garlic,parsley,chilli sauce, cumin powder ,Tarmac salt and pepper and mix with your hands well

Place a piece of plastic wrap on to the sushi mat ( so that you do not get mat dirty) then place the strips of bacon on top close to each other as posable.
Then with your fingers place a top layer of the mince to cover all of the bacon 
Place two sticks of the cheese in the end and very carefully roll with the help of the mat
Making sure not to roll plastic and make a meat roll. Place in a large baking tray and continue with the rest until all done. With a pastry brush rub some of the BBQ sauce on top of the meat loaf. Set aside while you prepare the potatoes to add with the meat loaf in a large tray.  

For the roast potatoes 

500g roasting potatoes cut in to four pieces 
2 tbls of powder chicken stock
 2 Tbls of Garlic salt Salt 
 Black pepper 
1/2 of olive oil
1/2 cup of water 

Method 

Mix Potatoes with all the spices  chicken stock and oil salt and pepper and once it's all mixed well put in with the meat Loaf and cover with Ail Foil to cook in the oven or a webber at 180' -220' until potatoes and meat loaf are cooked around  45 min check and then apply some more BBQ sauce on top of the meat loaf and cook for further 15min uncovered enjoy!