Welsh Rarebit

Course Snack

Equipment

  • 1 Saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 lb Kraft cheddar cheese, coarsely grated The weird cheese in the blue packaging
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • 1 Egg

Instructions
 

  • Heat milk gently
  • Gradually add the cheese, stirring continuously until it is all melted.
  • Beat the eggs then pour them into the cheese mixture, stirring all the time. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens.
  • Serve hot on toast

Ravioli

Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian

Equipment

  • 2 bowls
  • 1 egg whisker
  • 1 board
  • 1 Blender
  • 1 mincer

Ingredients
  

Pastry

  • 4 cups plain flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp water

Filling

  • 250 g minced steak
  • 250 g cooked chicken meat
  • 60 g salami
  • 2 rashers bacon
  • 125 g ham
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 cup chopped parsley
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup cooked spinach

Sauce

  • 90 g butter or substitute
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 2 cans canned tomatoes (470g cans)
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 tsp rosemary
  • 1/2 tsp basil

Instructions
 

Pastry

  • Sift flour into a bowl.
  • Beat eggs and oil together and add to the flour.
  • Gradually add water and stir until the mixture is firm but pliable.
  • If eggs are large, less water might be required. Do not have mixture too soft or it will be too hard to handle.
  • Turn pastry onto a floured board and knead for about 5 minutes.
  • Place mixture into a lightly oiled bowl and let stand for about 30 minutes.
  • When ready to add filling, roll half pastry out to 2 mm. thickness and cut into 10 cm. wide strips. Repeat with other half when needed.

Filling

  • Remove rind from bacon.
  • Put all ingredients except eggs through mincer or blender.
  • Add lightly beaten eggs and mix together thoroughly.
  • Place teaspoonfuls at 5 cm. intervals along one side of each pastry strip.
  • Brush edges of pastry with mixture of egg yolk and extra water.
  • Fold pastry over filling.
  • With fingers, seal edged of pastry around each filling, pressing well together.
  • Cut between mounds of filling with knife or fluted pastry cutter.
  • Cook ravioli in quarter quantities in boiling water for 20 minutes.
  • When sauce is ready, simmer ravioli in sauce for 5 – 10 minutes before serving.
  • Freeze surplus ravioli.

Sauce

  • Place butter and oil into pan and add crushed garlic. Sauté for 1 minute.
  • Purée tomatoes and juice in blender for 30 seconds.
  • Add to oil/butter mix, stir to combine and bring to boil.
  • Reduce heat to very slow and simmer gently for 10 minutes.

Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup

Course Main Course

Equipment

  • 1 Microwave
  • 1 Blender or stick blender

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g pumpkin
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 tsp crushed garlic
  • 30 g butter
  • 2 chicken stock cubes
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 3 cups hot water

Instructions
 

  • Chop pumpkin into pieces.
  • Chop onion finely.
  • Cook pumpkin, onion, garlic and butter covered in microwave on high for 7 minutes.
  • Dissolve stock cubes and tomato paste in hot water and add to pumpkin mix.
  • Cover and cook on high for a further 15 minutes.
  • Blend to a smooth consistency in small batches.

Baked Rice

Baked Rice

Course Dessert

Equipment

  • 1 Casserole

Ingredients
  

  • 4 tbsp brown rice
  • 2 tbsp sugar or raisins
  • 3.5 cups skim milk
  • .5 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Wash the rice and drain well.
  • Combine with the milk, sugar (or raisins) and vanilla.
  • Pour into small casserole and bake at 150° C (300° F) for 2 hours.
  • Stir every 15 minutes during first hour.

Chocolate Crackles

Chocolate Crackles

A timeless Australian classic, featured at pretty much every kid's birthday party.
Course Dessert

Equipment

  • 1 Saucepan
  • Pattycake papers

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 cups icing sugar
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 cup dessicated coconut
  • 4 cups Rice Bubbles
  • 50 g Copha

Instructions
 

  • Mix dry ingredients together.
  • Melt Copha and pour over dry ingredients.
  • Place into patty papers and set in fridge.

Waffles

Waffles

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Equipment

  • 1 Blender
  • 1 Sifter
  • 1 Microwave
  • 1 Pastry brush
  • 1 Waffle iron
  • 1 Spatula
  • 1 Mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 10 oz Plain flour
  • 3 oz Icing sugar
  • 4 oz Butter
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 pint Milk
  • 1 dessert spoon Baking powder
  • Ice cream, syrups Optional

Instructions
 

Blender

  • Sift flour and sugar together.
  • Melt butter in microwave and beat in eggs and milk.
  • Place liquids in blender and gradually add dry ingredients.
  • Stir in baking powder.
  • Using a pastry brush, spread a little oil on the waffle iron before each waffle. Pour batter onto waffle plates and cook according to manufacturer's instructions.
  • Remove cooked waffle using a wooden spatula if necessary.
  • Serve with ice cream and syrup (maple, caramel, chocolate etc.) and/or your favourite topping.

Mixer

  • Sift flour and sugar together.
  • Melt butter in microwave and mix into flour /sugar.
  • Add whole eggs one at a time and beat into the mixture.
  • Gradually add milk, beating well after each addition.
  • Stir in baking powder.
  • Using a pastry brush, spread a little oil on the waffle iron before each waffle. Pour batter onto waffle plates and cook according to manufacturer's instructions.
  • Remove cooked waffle using a wooden spatula if necessary.
  • Serve with ice cream and syrup (maple, caramel, chocolate etc.) and/or your favourite topping.

Notes

Surplus waffles may be frozen. To reheat, cover with cling wrap and heat for 3 minutes on high in microwave.

Baked Banana

Baked Banana

Course Dessert

Equipment

  • 1 Grater
  • 1 Mixer or egg beater
  • 1 Spatula
  • 1 Loaf tin

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oz Butter
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 Small orange
  • 2 Eggs
  • 4 oz Self-raising flour
  • 3 Finely sliced bananas
  • 1/2 level teaspoon Bicarb soda
  • 1/4 cup Milk

Instructions
 

  • Cream butter and sugar.
  • Add grated rind of the orange
  • Add 2 eggs separately and beat in well
  • Fold in flour and add bananas.
  • Dissolve bicarb soda in the milk and add to the mixture
  • Bake at 350 F for 55 – 60 minutes in a loaf tin or pour into 5 muffin forms and bake for 30-35 minutes.