Joseph and Mia eating BOUGHT doughnuts!!!
Cooking Class Day 2
Today Sophia learnt many new skills
Today Sophia learnt many new skills
Don't you love the jaunty tea towel...very professional I think.
Remember them...so 1980 and
Kiwi Crisps (Double Chocolate Chip Cookies.)
This doesn’t seem like a lot but we learnt many skills
For the Potatoes
Heat the oven to 180C
1 potato per person
Head of broccoli
Handful corn kernels
1 spring onion sliced
3-4 tablespoons milk
Knob of butter
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Grated tasty cheese
Scrub potatoes and dry
Prick all over with a fork
Rub with oil and bake for approx 1 hour until tender.
Stuffing
Prepare broccoli into florets
Kiwi Crisps (Double Chocolate Chip Cookies.)
This doesn’t seem like a lot but we learnt many skills
For the Potatoes
Heat the oven to 180C
1 potato per person
Head of broccoli
Handful corn kernels
1 spring onion sliced
3-4 tablespoons milk
Knob of butter
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Grated tasty cheese
Scrub potatoes and dry
Prick all over with a fork
Rub with oil and bake for approx 1 hour until tender.
Stuffing
Prepare broccoli into florets
Blanch in boiling salted water about 2-3minutes
Drain and pop into iced water to shock and set the colour.
Heat milk and butter
Add to potato and beat well
Taste for seasoning and adjust with salt and freshly ground black pepper as needed
Chop broccoli and add with corn and sliced spring onions to potatoes
Mix well
Fill potato shells
Cover with grated cheese
Bake in hot oven 200C 25 minutes
French Toast
1 slice white toast bread per person
1 egg
½ cup milk
Butter for frying
Drain and pop into iced water to shock and set the colour.
Remove potatoes from oven cool a little and when cool enough to handle
Cut off the top to make a little lid.
Cut off the top to make a little lid.
Scoop out potato flesh and push through a potato ricer or mouli
Not compulsory but does give a better texture.
Not compulsory but does give a better texture.
You can just mash if you wish.
Heat milk and butter
Add to potato and beat well
Taste for seasoning and adjust with salt and freshly ground black pepper as needed
Chop broccoli and add with corn and sliced spring onions to potatoes
Mix well
Fill potato shells
Cover with grated cheese
Bake in hot oven 200C 25 minutes
Just look at those potato skins...actually pretty much the highlight...especially with Grandma's Tomato Sauce
The bonus skins!!!
Take the little lids
Spray with olive oil
Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Add a little grated cheese
20 minutes in 200C oven
Crispy and yummy
Skills: Chopping, preparing and cooking green vege
Now for the Chicken Yakatori
Chicken pieces marinated and pushed on to skewers with spring onions and grilled’
First Sophia made the marinade
Place into bowl…pour over marinade
Mix well
Leave about 20 minutes
Take the little lids
Spray with olive oil
Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Add a little grated cheese
20 minutes in 200C oven
Crispy and yummy
Skills: Chopping, preparing and cooking green vege
Now for the Chicken Yakatori
Chicken pieces marinated and pushed on to skewers with spring onions and grilled’
First Sophia made the marinade
Marinade
6 tablespoons Soy Sauce
1 tablespoons Kecap Manus
2 tablespoons Mirin
2 tablespoons Sake
1 tablespoons sugar
Place in a saucepan
Bring to boil and dissolve
Cool
3-4 boneless, skinless thighs
Chop chicken into 3 cms pieces
6 tablespoons Soy Sauce
1 tablespoons Kecap Manus
2 tablespoons Mirin
2 tablespoons Sake
1 tablespoons sugar
Place in a saucepan
Bring to boil and dissolve
Cool
3-4 boneless, skinless thighs
Chop chicken into 3 cms pieces
Place into bowl…pour over marinade
Mix well
Leave about 20 minutes
Soak skewers
Cut 2-3 Spring onion in 3 cm strips
Skewer chicken and spring onion
Spray hot ridged grill pan
Cut 2-3 Spring onion in 3 cm strips
Skewer chicken and spring onion
Spray hot ridged grill pan
Place skewers on pan
Brush with marinade while cooking
Turn them 2-3 times
Brush with marinade while cooking
Turn them 2-3 times
Skills - Measuring for the marinade
Developing a taste for Asian foods
Preparing the skewers
Grilling
Developing a taste for Asian foods
Preparing the skewers
Grilling
I still think these are the best Chocolate Chip cookies ever.
Good for egg allergic people...no egg
Very short and chocolatey
Kiwi Crisps (Double Chocolate Chip Cookies)
115 gms butter
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons condensed milk
1 cup flour, take out 2 tablespoons and replace with
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup your favourite chocolate cut into pieces the size of a pea
115 gms butter
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons condensed milk
1 cup flour, take out 2 tablespoons and replace with
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup your favourite chocolate cut into pieces the size of a pea
(Or choc chips)
Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy
Add condensed milk
Mix chocolate chips with sifted flour cocoa, salt and baking powder
Then add to the butter mix
Blend well
Roll into a 3 cms log and cut in pieces
Add condensed milk
Mix chocolate chips with sifted flour cocoa, salt and baking powder
Then add to the butter mix
Blend well
Roll into a 3 cms log and cut in pieces
Makes 12 fat cookies or 18 or you wish
Skills – Creaming butter and sugar
We were so full and thought that that was enough food for all day almost but it’s amazing how it all goes down and you can fit in more.
So we made
So we made
French Toast with Hot Fruit Compote and Maple Syrup Cream
Hot Fruit Compote
1 gold pineapple peeled and cut into chunks
2 punnets blue berries
3 punnets raspberries
1 ½ cup of caster sugar
¾ cup water.
2 tbs raspberry liqueur (optional) but does add an extra zing
Into a pot put the fruit, sugar and water reserving 1 punnet of raspberries and bring to simmer and cook gently 5-7 minutes.
Let cool and when you need it reheat again gently and
add the extra raspberries and the raspberry liqueur just before serving.
1 gold pineapple peeled and cut into chunks
2 punnets blue berries
3 punnets raspberries
1 ½ cup of caster sugar
¾ cup water.
2 tbs raspberry liqueur (optional) but does add an extra zing
Into a pot put the fruit, sugar and water reserving 1 punnet of raspberries and bring to simmer and cook gently 5-7 minutes.
Let cool and when you need it reheat again gently and
add the extra raspberries and the raspberry liqueur just before serving.
French Toast
1 slice white toast bread per person
1 egg
½ cup milk
Butter for frying
Cut crusts off bread we cut them into rounds…looks pretty
Beat egg and milk
Soak bread in this mixture for about 5 minutes
Beat egg and milk
Soak bread in this mixture for about 5 minutes
Beat 200 mils cream with 1 tablespoons maple syrup
Mint leaves finely sliced.
To serve
Place golden rounds on plate, spoon over some warm fruit
Top with whipped cream and sprinkling of mint leaves.
Skills – Beating cream, frying French toasts, cutting and peeling pineapple
Mint leaves finely sliced.
To serve
Place golden rounds on plate, spoon over some warm fruit
Top with whipped cream and sprinkling of mint leaves.
Skills – Beating cream, frying French toasts, cutting and peeling pineapple
3 comments:
Not "greedy" at all, just shows a proper appreciation for a smorgasboard of delicious food. :)
Jim
Wait till tomorrow. Should be fun.
I am exhausted thinking about the menu.
Jeena
Thanks for your comments I ahve dropped into your blog it's now on my favourites.
Cheers
Great pictures and it's nice seeing Sophia enjoying her cooking lessons! Many people don't enjoy cooking, so it's nice to see the new generation having fun with it. After all, we always will have to eat! ; )
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