Tartar Sauce
Ingredients:
* 1/2 cup mayonnaise
* 1 tablespoon chopped gerkins
* 1 tablespoon chopped shallots
* 1 tablespoon capers, drained
* 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
* Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method:
In a small bowl whisk together mayonnaise, gerkins, shallots, capers, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
Tip:
Fish and chips just isn’t the same without tartar sauce! Although there are a lot of different recipes out there, tartar sauce is commonly made from mayonnaise, chopped capers and chopped dill pickles. The addition of some tartar sauce makes a quick and tasty fish or seafood dish.
Read MoreChicken Cacciatore
Ingredients:
• 4 Boneless chicken breasts, split in half flour
• 1 Medium onion, diced
• 125g mushrooms, sliced
• 1-1/2 tsp Garlic, minced
• 2 Cups tomatoes, diced
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp Rosemary
• 1/4 Cup white wine
• 1/4 Cup chicken broth
• 1/2 Cup sliced black olives
• Olive oil as needed
Method:
• Heat the 2 tbsp of olive oil in a saucepan.
• Add the onion, mushrooms, and garlic.
• Cook until just soft.
• Put tomatoes, bay leaf, rosemary, wine, olives, and broth.
• Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Heat some olive oil in a heavy skillet.
• Dredge the chicken in flour.
• Add chicken to skillet and cook until chicken is done.
• Place chicken in a large casserole dish.
• Cover with the sauce and bake uncovered at 350 degrees C for 25 minutes, or until it bubbles.
Read MoreChocolate Mousse
Ingredients:
• 200 gm Bittersweet Chocolate (melted and kept lukewarm)
• 3 tbsp Granulated Sugar
• 2 cups Heavy Cream
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 4 Egg Yolks
Method:
• Heat 2/3 cup of cream in small saucepan over low flame until it just begins to steam.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar.
• Add half portion of the hot cream, whisking constantly, until the mixture is thoroughly combined.
• Add the warm egg-cream blend back into the rest hot cream in the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly for a few more minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and melted chocolate.
• Chill the chocolate custard thoroughly.
• Beat remaining 1-1/3 cups of cream in a separate bowl until stiff peaks form.
• Thoroughly stir ½ cup of the whipped cream into the chilled chocolate custard, and then gently fold in the remaining cream.
• Now thoroughly incorporated chocolate custard into the whipped cream and serve chilled.
Read MoreGrilled Squid Salad
Ingredients:
• 500 gm Fresh large squid, cleaned and left whole
• 6-8 Cups assorted salad greens
• 1/4 Cup soy sauce
• 1-1/2 Cups olive oil
• Juice of a large lemon
• 1 tsp Sesame oil
Method:
• Soak squid in the soy sauce for about an hour.
• Thread skewers through the squid two or three times hence they will lie flat on the grill.
• Skewer the tentacles individually.
• Grill the squid very fast, on the hottest part of the grill.
• It should not take more than 60 seconds per side to turn into light brown.
• Dress the greens with olive oil and lemon juice.
• Now cut up the squid and scatter it on top of the salad.
• Drizzle with the sesame oil.
Read MorePanna Cotta with Fresh Berries
Ingredients:
* 1 cup whole milk
* 1 tablespoon unflavored powdered gelatin
* 3 cups whipping cream
* 1/3 cup honey
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* Pinch salt
* 2 cups assorted fresh berries
Method:
Place the milk in a small bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin over. Let stand for 3 to 5 minutes to soften the gelatin. Pour milk mixture into a heavy saucepan and stir over medium heat just until the gelatin dissolves but the milk does not boil, about 5 minutes. Add the cream, honey, sugar, and salt. Stir until the sugar dissolves, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat. Pour into 6 wine glasses so that they are 1/2 full. Cool slightly. Refrigerate until set, at least 6 hours.
Spoon the berries atop the panna cotta and serve.
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