LAMB’S FRY AND BACON ...

Today in class , somehow the conversation turned to offal ...... and in an instant I heard the words liver , tripe , kidney ... My class had no idea that my signature dish is a pigs head . A fish head cut at the anterior cooked is the best entree . The Cowwarr hotel used to be mine and the following meal was a favourite . Peel off the outer membrane of the lambs fry . Slice the lambs fry into 1 cm slices . Lightly dust the slices with flour.Set aside . Heat 2 tbs of butter / marg . Add 2 peeled and sliced onions and cook until the onion softens . Add 100 gm of chopped bacon pieces , cook until heated through . Add the lambs fry , turning once until lightly browned , they will be pink in the centre when cooked . Remove from heat and add 1 and 1/2 cups of chicken stock , 1 dsp of worsetershire sauce and 2 tbs of mixed herbs to your liking and 1 tsp of flour . Return to the heat over alow heat and bring to the simmer intil the lambs fry is tender and the sauce is tender . Heat through and serve with a sprinkle of chopped parsley .

ZUCCHINI SLICE

Preheat your oven to 170 deg C. Grease and line a 30cm x 20 cm pan . Beat 5 eggs in a large bowl until well combined . Add 1 cup of S.R flour and beat until smooth . Now add 1 onion peeled and chopped , 2 zucchinis grated , 200 gm of chopped salami , 1 cup of grated cheese and 2 grated zucchinis , stir through to combine along with 1 tbs of minced garlic , 1 dsp of tamarind paste and 1 dsp of lemongrass . Stir to combine and pour into the prepared baking pans . Bake in your prehaeted oven for 30 minutes or until the slice has risen and is set . Serve with fresh baby spinach leaves .

PALMIERS

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line an oven tray . Sprinkle your work benck with a litle raw sugar . Lay your puff pastry sheet over the sugar . Sprinkle the top of the sheet with a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar and a little of the raw sugar . Starting at the long side of the pastry , loosely roll one side to the middle of the rectangle , repeat with the othe side of the pastry so the two long sides meet in the middle. Slice into 1/2 inch slices . Bake the palmiers for 12 minutes or until golden brown . Cool on a wire rack .

PORK RICE PAPER ROLLS

Cook 350 gm of pork mince in a pan over a low heat with 1 dsp of minced garlic and 1 tsp of minced ginger , stirring until the mince changes colour and is cooked through . Add 350 gm of finely sliced Chinese cabbage ,5 spring onions finely sliced , 1 tbs of soy sauce , 1/4 cup of oyster sauce and 2 tbs of coarsley chopped mixed herbs to the pan with the mince . Cook stirring until the cabbage is wilted . Now place 1 sheet of rice paper in a bowl of warm water , place on work mat and pat with paper towel. Place 1/12 th of the mince mixture in the centre of the sheet , fold in sides , roll top to bottomto enclose filling . Repeat with 11 remaining rice paper sheets and filling . Lightly spray the rolls with cooking oil on both sides . The rolls can be steamed by placing the rolls in a single layer in a large steamer over a pot of boiling water , cover and steam for about 6 minutes until just warmed through . Alternatively you can place the pork rice paper rolls on a greased and lined baking tray and place in a preheated oven ( 160 deg C) . Bake until the rolls are heated through about 8 minutes and then turn and cook for another 8 minutes . Serve with a dipping sauce . QUICK DUMPLING DIPPING SAUCE ..... Place 1/4 cup plus 1 tbs of soy sauce in a small bowl along with 2 tbs of apple cider vinegar , 1 tsp of oil , 1 tbs of soft brown sugar and 1 finely chopped spring onion ( white and pale green part only . Stir together

TARALLI

Place in the bowl of your mixer 1/2 cup of water , 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar ,1/2 cup of olive oil , 7 gm of yeast and 1/2 tsp of salt . Mix well . Add 565 gm of plain flour and 28gm of fennel seeds . Mix until all ingredients are combined . Pull off a chunk of the dough and roll it into a 6" stick and a little less than 1/2 " thick. Repeat this process with the remaining pasta dough . Let the taralli rest for 20 minutes , covered with a cloth . Lightly spray both sides of the taralli with cooking spray . Boil a pot of salted water and add a few taralli at a time . The taralli will rise when ready to be removed from the pan . Place them on a white cloth to dry .... (a white cloth is a traditional thing ). Preheat your oven to 200 deg C . After you have boiled all your taralli, place all the taralli on a flat lined baking tray and bake them for 35 minutes in a well heated oven . Keep an eye on the taralli as all ovens have their own personality . Turn the taralli mid way through the baking so they cook evenly on both sides . Enjoy ......these are the best little baked pasta treats ...

NO YEAST MARROW BREAD

This is delicious .....

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Just a mixture of almond meal , buckwheat flour , tapioca flour , flaxseed flour ,rice flour , baking powder , garlic salt flakes , died onion flakes and dried rosemary and cracked black pepper .( 300gm mixture ) There is also the addition of 5 well beaten eggs , 3 tsp of apple cider vinegar and 1/3 rd cup of olive oil ,and 100gm steamed drained and finely chopped marrow ( yes you can use zucchini ). Pour the mixture into a well greased and lined loaf pan . Bake covered with foil in a preheated oven for 30 minutes , then remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes .

MARBLE CAKE

I haven't made a marble cake in years . Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Lightly grease and line the base with baking paper . Cream 175 gm of softened butter / margarine with 175 gm of castor sugar until soft and fluffy . Add 3 lightly beaten eggs , a little at a time until well combined in the mixing bowl . Add 1/3 rd of a cup of milk and stir until combined .. Stir in 175 gm of SR flour combined with 1/2 tsp of baking powder . Now melt 50 gm of chopped dark chocolate in the microwave ( 30 seconond increments ) . So now add add half the flour mixture to the prepared pan . Now add half the flour mixture to the pan and drizzle spoonful of chocolate over the mix . and continue the process alternating between mixtures . Bake for 60 minutes or until cooked through . Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning on a wire rack to cool completely .