Thursday, June 16, 2011

Caramelised Onion, Goats Fetta, Cherry tomato and Basil Puff Pastry Pizza

This recipe was inspired by Ba. This is can be prepared as a last minute light snack, entree or main meal. Mix it up by trying different toppings and your favourite flavour combinations. The most important thing when making these is to keep it simple and not to overcrowd the base with too many ingredients so it remains crispy... This ingredient combo is one of my favourites.

When I made this it was even quicker and easier as I already had a jar of caramelised onion marmalade in the fridge and puff pastry in the freezer!



Ingredients
1 sheet of frozen puff pastry

Handful of basil
Punnet of cherry tomatoes
Goats fetta

A few tablespoons of caramelised onion marmalade


Method
1) Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees celsius
2) Place puff pastry on baking tray to thaw
3) Leaving 2 cm on each side, spread with caramelised onions. Do not completely cover the base leave a few gaps to ensure that the pastry cooks evenly and crisps up.
4) Crumble over a handful of goats fetta
5) Brush edges with extra virgin olive oil
6) Bake in oven for approximately 15 minutes until the edges are golden
7) Remove from oven and sprinkly with chopped cherry tomatoes and freshly torn basil leaves
8) Cut into slices and serve

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Kale Chips

Salty crunchy chippy craving? Try these as a healthy AND tasty alternative. The crappy poor quality iPhone photo doesn't do them justice....

Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees celsius. Get a bunch of any style kale. Remove stems. Tear into bit sized pices. Mix with a couple of table spoons of olive oil and 1/2 tsp of salt. Massage to coat leaves. Layer thinly on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake for 10-15minutes until crispy. Once you start you can't stop!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Birthday Cake Diary

A big fat 30th birthday cake for Gabz! 6 layers this was my attempt at Martin boetz' s black forest cake (recipe on food safari website food safari. Yum!!!

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Above white choc mousse and sponge layer cake for Biss's bday.

40th bday cake for Al ....
Jaffa swirl chocolate cheesecake with mandarin liqueur syrup oranges & strawberries

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Coconut cake with mango pannacotta filling ...for lindy's birthday.... Recipe def needs some tweaking .

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not sure if this is a biorthday cake but it is a yum looking choc banoffee pie....and i wouldn't complain if i got it for my birthday!!! hint hint Biss!!! :)