Three
delicious recipes from our very own in-house quilting tutor
Pam Furniss. Flourless
Orange Cake
2 navel oranges
5 eggs
1 small cup of sugar
250gms almond meal
1 teaspoon baking powder Cover
oranges in water and simmer for 45 minutes.
Cool. Trim. Place whole oranges into food processor and puree.
Add a little water if necessary from the saucepan.
Beat eggs and sugar until thick.
Add cool pureed oranges, almond meal and baking powder.
Mix well.
Pour into large round tin (26cm) lined with baking paper.
Bake at 180 degree C for 1 hour.
Cool in tin.
Carrot
Almond Cake
5 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 small cup caster sugar
2 cups grated carrot
2 cups (250gms) almond meal
½ cup SR flour
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional) Line
23cm round cake tin.
Beat egg yolks with lemon rind and sugar in small bowl until
thick.
Put in larger bowl, stir in carrot, almond meal and sifted flour.
Beat egg whites in medium bowl until bowl until soft peaks form.
Fold lightly into carrot mixture.
Bake in a moderate oven at 180 degrees C for 1 hour.
Hazelnut,
Chocolate and Coffee Biscuits
125gms toasted hazelnuts or almonds or other nuts
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 tablespoon plain flour
½ tablespoon instant coffee
1 egg white
1/3 cup sugar In
the processing bowl, process the nuts, cocoa, flour and coffee
to a fine powder.
Beat the egg white until soft peaks form, gradually add the
sugar until dissolved and mixture is thick and glossy.
Fold in nut mixture with rubber spatula until all is well combined.
With wet hands, roll teaspoon sized balls and place apart on
try lined with baking paper.
Flatten each ball with a folk.
Bake at 150 degree C for 18 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
Gingerbread
Men
This
recipe is for soft-gingerbread which my two very young girls
just love making and eating! Jennifer Blissett
Ingredients
3 tablespoons margarine, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1/2 cup So Good or cow's milk
2/3 cup golden syrup
2 cups white flour
1 cup wholemeal flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 tablespoons ground ginger
Dried fruit and nuts to decorate Place
margarine and sugar in a mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
Stir through egg. Add milk and golden syrup.
Sift flours, baking powder and ginger, add to mixture. Mix until
a dough forms. Lightly knead, roll dough to 1 cm thick on a
floured board.
Using a buscuit cutter, cut out gingerbread men. Decorate with
dried fruits and nuts. Bake in a moderate oven, 180oC, for 15-20
minutes, or until golden.
Hot
Apple & Cinnamon Squeeze
Ingredients
12 slices wholemeal bread with crusts removed
4 stewed apples or a tin of apple pie filling
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup sultanas
1 tablespoon honey Roll
bread with a rolling pin until flat.
Place apple, cinnamon, sultanas and honey in a bowl and mix
well.
Place one slice of bread in a toasted sandwich maker or jaffle
maker and place a spoonful of apple mix in the middle. Place
another slice of bread on top and close sandwich maker.
Cook until golden brown. Yum!
40
Second Omelet
2 eggs
margarine
2 tbs water
Filling: ham, cheese & tomato
Beat eggs & water together lightly with a fork.
Heat a little margarine in a non-stick frypan and when hot add
egg mixture.
When mixture starts to bubble scrape it in towards the middle
of the pan with a spatula.
When the mixture is cooked on the bottom but still slightly
on the top, add your filling down one side. Close the omelet
and slide into place. Don’t overcook.
Blue
Cheese Salad Dressing
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon sour cream
2 teaspoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon blue cheese
1 teaspoon powdered ranch dressing mix.
Mix all together and chill before serving.
Vegetable
Quiche 4
Rashers of bacon (cut up)
1 Cup of cheese (grated)
3 lightly beaten eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup carrots ( grated)
1 cup onions (grated)
1 cup Jatz biscuits (crushed)
Mix all ingredients together, put into a flan or pie dish,
sprinkle with parsley or paprika (seasonall salt is also good).
Cook in a moderate oven (350) for about 45 minutes. ( instead
of bacon you can use ham or chicken. ) Other vegetables like
zucchini can also be used.
Enjoy
Faye Alexander
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