Friday, 21 December 2012

Californian Cashew Pizza

                                   Californian Cashew Pizza


      Ingredients for Pizza Base

      Flour 2 cups

      Instant yeast 1 ½ tsp

      Sugar 1 tsp

      ...Oil 4 tbsp

      Salt ½ tsp

      Sugar 1 tsp

      Egg 1

      Milk powder 2 tbsp

      Lukewarm water as required

      Ingredients for Pizza Sauce

      Tomatoes blended 4

      Tomato paste ½ cup

      Oregano leaves ½ tsp

      Crushed red pepper 1 tsp

      White pepper ¼ tsp

      Crushed garlic 1 tsp

      Oil 2 tbsp

      Ketchup 4 tbsp

      Ingredients for Filling

      Cooked mince 1 cup

      Pizza sauce ½ cup

      Cheddar cheese grated ½ cup

      Mozilla cheese grated ½ cup

      Capsicum 1 sliced

      Onion 1 sliced

      Mushroom 4 sliced

      Black olives 4

      Cashew nut roasted ½ cup

      Oregano leaves 1 tsp

      Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp

      Method for Dough

      Mix all together in a bowl, Flour 2 cups, Instant yeast 1 ½ tsp, Sugar 1 tsp, Oil 4 tbsp, Salt ½ tsp, Sugar 1 tsp, Egg 1, Milk powder 2 tbsp and knead with Luke warm water into a medium soft dough, knead the dough until smooth, put in a greased bowl leave to rise for 30 minutes covered. Then roll the dough and put in a pizza plate, spread with pizza sauce, top with filling and allow to rise for 30 minutes then bake on no. 6 or 200 degrees for 25 minutes.

      Method for Pizza Sauce

      In a pan put together 4 blended tomatoes, ½ cup tomato paste, ½ tsp oregano leaves, 1 tsp crushed red pepper, ¼ tsp white pepper, 1 tsp crushed garlic, 2 tbsp oil and 4 tbsp ketchup. Let it cook for five minutes and use as required.

Banana Split Pizza

                                        Banana Split Pizza



Ingredients for Base

Butter 4 ounces

Walnuts chopped ½ cup

Flour 1 ½ cup

...Caster sugar 4 tbsp

Ingredients for Filling

Condensed milk 1 tin

Bananas 3 sliced

Pineapple rings (cut into halves) 4

Cream ½ cup

Chocolate grated ½ cup

Water ¼ cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Lemon juice 4 tbsp

Gelatin 1 ½ tbsp

Cherries and walnut for decoration

Method for Filling

In bowl mix together 1 tin condensed milk, ½ cup cream, 4 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp vanilla essence and 1 ½ tbsp gelatin dissolved in ¼ cup water. Mix well and keep aside.

Method for Base

Beat 4 ounces butter and 4 tbsp sugar till fluffy, mix in 1 ½ cup flour and ½ cup chopped walnut, mix well and knead to dough. Press dough into a round on a greased pizza plate, prick with fork, and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown, cool and arrange 3 bananas on crust, spoon filling on top of bananas, decorate top with cherries, pineapple, walnuts and grated chocolate, drizzle chocolate sauce on top and serve chilled.

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Chocolate Spiral Buns by shireen

Chocolate Spiral Buns

            Ingredients

            Flour 3 cups

            Cinnamon powder 1 tsp

            Instant yeast 1 tbsp

            ...Salt ½ tsp

            Sugar 2 tsp

            Sugar extra 2 tbsp

            Melted butter extra 2 tbsp

            Milk powder 4 tbsp

            Butter melted 4 tbsp

            Lukewarm water as required

            Chocolate spread as required

Method

Sift together 3 cups flour, ½ tsp salt and 2 tsp sugar in a bowl, add 1 tbsp instant yeast, 4 tbsp milk powder, 4 tbsp melted butter and knead with Lukewarm water as required into a soft dough, leave the dough to rise for 1 hour until double. Roll the dough into rectangular, brush with extra butter, spread evenly with chocolate spread combined with 2 tbsp extra sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon powder, roll from the short side like a Swiss roll, cut into 2 cm thick slices, place on a greased baking sheet, leave it for 45 minutes till double, bake on 200 degree for 10 minutes, then reduced oven to 180 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes.

nandoos Yummy Chocolate Cake by shireen

  nandoos  Yummy Chocolate Cake

            Ingredients

            Eggs 6 separated

            Cooking chocolate 4 ounces

            Cream 4 ounces

            ...Butter 16 ounces or 2 cups

            Flour 1 ½ cup

            Caster sugar 1 ½ cup

            Baking powder 2 tsp leveled

            Vanilla essence 2 tsp

            Coco powder 5 tbsp

            Ingredients for icing

            Icing sugar 4 ounces

            Chocolate 6 ounces

            Fresh cream 2 packets

            Vanilla essence 1 tsp

            Cocoa powder 1 tbsp heaped

            Method for Cake

            Cook 4 ounces cooking chocolate with ½ cup of cream till melted, remove, cool and use. Beat 2 cups butter, 1 ½ cup sugar and 2 tsp vanilla essence till fluffy. Add in 5 tbsp sieved cocoa powder, beat 6 egg whites very stiff, add to it the egg yolks and beat well together, add the beaten egg mixture to the butter mixture and continue to beat well. Now fold in the melted chocolate and cream mixture, lastly fold in the sieved flour and baking powder mixture, mix well, pour into 2 well greased and paper lined 9 inches sandwich pan and bake on 180 degree for 45 minutes. Remove cool completely. Spread 1 layer of cake in cake plate, moist with milk apply icing, sandwich the second cake, moist with milk, cover sides and top with cream, level properly, put in freezer for half hour, remove and put in fridge.

            Method for Icing

            Melt 6 ounces chocolate with ½ cup cream and 1 tbsp heaped cocoa powder, remove and cool, beat remaining cream with 4 ounces icing sugar; fold in the dissolved chocolate mixture, chill for 10 minute

Coconut macrons

                  Coconut Biscuits

            Ingredients

            Egg yolk 1

            Desiccated coconut (for coating) ½ cup

            Butter 250 gm

            ...Icing sugar 100 gm

            Desiccated coconut 2 ½ cup

            Coconut essence ½ tsp

            Flour 4 tbsp

            Method

            In a bowl beat together 250 gm butter, ½ tsp coconut essence and 1egg yolk for 2 minutes, add 100 gm icing sugar and beat well, mix together 2 ½ cup desiccated coconut and 4 tbsp flour, fold in the butter mixture, mix slightly, keep in freezer for 30 minutes, now remove from freezer, roll and cut with biscuit cutter, roll in reaming ½ cup coconut and put in an ungreased baking tray. Bake in a pre heated oven of 190 degrees for 20 minutes

Coconut Biscuits

  Coconut Biscuits

             Ingredients

            Egg yolk 1

            Desiccated coconut (for coating) ½ cup

            Butter 250 gm

            ...Icing sugar 100 gm

            Desiccated coconut 2 ½ cup

            Coconut essence ½ tsp

            Flour 4 tbsp

            Method

            In a bowl beat together 250 gm butter, ½ tsp coconut essence and 1egg yolk for 2 minutes, add 100 gm icing sugar and beat well, mix together 2 ½ cup desiccated coconut and 4 tbsp flour, fold in the butter mixture, mix slightly, keep in freezer for 30 minutes, now remove from freezer, roll and cut with biscuit cutter, roll in reaming ½ cup coconut and put in an ungreased baking tray. Bake in a pre heated oven of 190 degrees for 20 minutes