pear & raspberry muffins

2 cups SR flour

3/4 cup raw sugar

75 g butter

1 cup milk

1 egg

vanilla essence

2 pears (brown) diced

1/2 punnet raspberries

optional icing-

1 cup icing sugar

i tsp water

melt butter, blend with sugar, milk + egg + vanilla.

+ to flour

fold in pears

raspberries

put into buttered tray, then in oven at 180 deg till a skewer comes out clean. (20-30 mins)

pear pancakes

1 cup puree pears + 1 1/2 cups milk in a bowl

+ 30 g melted butter + 1 egg

sift 150g flour, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon and blend well

cook the same way as regular pancakes.

-on top-

melt butter

+ pear chunks of 1 ripe pear

fry

scatter sugar.

place on top... serve

strawberry & vanilla jam

1.5 kg strawberries

1 vanilla bean (split & seeds scraped out)

1/2 cup lemon juice

5 cups sugar

hull & half strawberries + vanilla bean & lemon juice to a pan

cook till fruit is soft

+ sugar

when dissolved increase heat

15-20 minutes

once it is set - can poke with finger & kinda runny

pour into sterilized jars

fried semolina dumplings with cinnamon

bring 2 1/4 cup milk to boil

whisk milk as you add 1/2 cup semolina

lower heat and stir - 5 minutes

+ 1/2 cup sugar, 2 egg yolks, 2 tbsp butter and 1 tsp orange blossom water

spread mixture on a well greased tray

cover and refrigerate till set

roll into small balls with dusted hands (flour)

dust in flour

egg wash

and put in bread crumbs

cook in 1/2 oil, 1/2 butter & once lightly brown sprinkle cinnamon sugar over it.

marinara pizza

pizza base. (make or buy)

2 tinned tomatoes

basil handful

salt

pepper

(blended)

marinara mix (placed in salted water until needed)

anchovies (as many as you want)

mozzarella cheese grated.

spread sauce on (poked) pizza bases

+ marinara mix (about 150-200g per pizza)

+anchovies

+mozzarella cheese

place pizzas in oven 180 deg.

rotate. till crispy on the bottom

chickpea salad

marinated chickpeas:

(Can or two of chickpeas

rinse with cold water

add lemon or lime juice,

olive oil

salt and pepper)

rocket, enough for salad.

basil pesto:

(basil leaves 3 handfuls ,salt pinch , pepper pinch ,pine nuts handful ,olive oil 1/2 cup ,garlic 4 cloves. blended.)

mix it all together.

Chocolate and walnut muffins

cup plain flour 1 +2/3

cocoa 1/3 cup

baking powder 2 tsp

white sugar 1 cup

chopped walnuts 1/2 cup

chopped dark cooking chocolate 1 cup

buttermilk 3/4 cup

1 egg

125g butter. melted. cooled.

preheat oven 180 deg.

sift flour, cocoa, baking powder

+ sugar, walnuts, chocolate. mix well.

make a well in centre.

+buttermilk, egg, melted butter. mix lightly.

spoon into muffin pan.

bake for 30 mins or till skewers come out clean.