Crispy Corn Fritters

Ingredients

90g Ground Rice Flour or Plain Flour
60g Plain Flour
¼ Teaspoon Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Ground Coriander
½ Teaspoon Ground Cumin
1 Egg, Lightly Beaten
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
350g Corn Kernels (cut from 3 large corn cobs)
4 Spring Onions (finely sliced)
3 Tablespoons Fresh Coriander Chopped
60ml Vegetable Oil

Procedure

Sift the ground rice, flour, baking powder, salt, coriander and cumin into a bowl. Add the egg, lemon juice, and 125ml water and beat to a smooth batter. Add the corn, spring onion and chopped coriander and stir to combine. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat. When the oil is hot, add 2 tablespoons of mixture for each fritter. Flatten with the back of a spoon. Cook for about 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown, then turn and cook the other side. Best served with a tomato relished and dressed rocket salad. For gluten free option replace the 60g of plain flour with rice flour.

Thermomix - Low Fat Moist Fruit Cake

Adapted from Annette Sym's moist fruit cake recipe from Book 1
500g mixed dried fruit
1 teaspoon mixed spice
230g water
1 teaspoon bicarb soda
250g raw pumkin, cooked and mashed
3 egg white
2 cups self raising flour

Cook fruit, mixed spice and water for 8 mins, soft speed reverse for 8 mins. Pour in to separate bowl, add bicarb and let cool while the pumpkin cooks.
Add 230g water to thermomix and add pumpkin, and cook at 100 degrees for 15 mins on soft speed. Strain water and mix speed 4 for 10 secs.
Scoop pumpkin mix into dried fruit mix, add egg whites and stir well. Gently fold in flour, and cook in a cake tin on 180 deg for approx 1 hour.

Thermomix - Scrambled Eggs

4 eggs
1/4 cup cream
salt and pepper and herbs to taste if required.

Break eggs into thermomix, and mix speed 4 for 10 seconds.
Then cook reverse speed 2, for 15 mins at 90 degrees.

Hodgetts Slice

I got this recipe from Jule from Whimisical Imaginings when Mum and I did a lampshade class up at Mt Mee...I wasn't leaving without the recipe as this slice is absolutely delicious!

Mix together
1 cup SR flour (140g)
1/2 cup sugar (110g)
1 cup coconut (70g)
2 heaped tablespoons cocoa

Melt together
4 oz (114g) butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 heaped tablespoons golden syrup

Add to dry ingredients and mix well. Press down into square tin, bake 15 - 20 mins in a moderate oven until cooked, don't overcook otherwise it will become more biscuity than slicey.  Ice while still warm with a slighlty runny vanilla icing, cool, then cut in to slices.

Yum, Yum, Yum !!!

Homemade Tomato Pasta Sauce

Ingredients
1 tbs olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 onion, sliced
1 tbs tomato paste
2 x 400g cans chopped peeled tomatoes
salt and ground black pepper
1 tsp sugar
1/2 cup chopped basil
1/3 cup chopped flat leaf parsley

Method
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and onion and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened but not browned.  Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring constantly for 1 minute (this 'cooks off' the paste, giving it a richer more intense flavour).  Add the peeled tomatoes, reduce the heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes, until thickened.  Stir through the salt and pepper, sugar, basil and parsley, adjusting the seasoning as required.

Notes
Use this tomato sauce as a base for other flavoured sauces. Add red or white wine and some sprigs of rosemary to serve as a sauce with lamb shanks. Create a rich minestrone soup by adding beef stock and vegetables. Or simply add mince for spaghetti bolognaise.
Source:www.taste.com.au

Deb's Muesli Bars

I can't recall where I came across this recipe, but as it has my name in it, I thought I would try it. It holds together really well, and is great for the lunchboxes.

4 cups Muesli
1 cup dessicated coconut
1 cup dried apples or apricots
1/2 cup self raising flour
1 can condensed milk
2 eggs

Combine all dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine condensed milk and eggs, and stir dry ingredients into this mix and stir well. Spoon into a greased and lined slice pan, press down firmly. Bake 25 mins at 160 deg or until nicely golden. Cut while hot and leave in tin to cool.

Coconut Loaf

This recipe is from the Simple Savings website. I have made it a few times now, really easy, and yummy.
Coconut Loaf



1 cup dessicated coconut

1 cup SR flour

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup milk

Mix altogether and put in greased loaf tin, bake at 180 for around 45 mins.