Recipes Galore

I have a few recipes to share, none terribly fantastic but the Chicken Maryland is the start of me using my one cook book and cooking everything from it! Exciting.

CCC Pie.
This is an adaption of something my mum used to make when I was a kid.  We had smoked Fish pie (just swap in a can of smoked tuna in place of the chicken and omit the cranberry sauce) and I've changed a few things around to make it CCC (Chicken, cheese and cranberry).

2 sheets puff pastry
White Sauce (good recipe here)
2 cans of smoked chop chop chicken
1/2 cup grated cheese
Cranberry Sauce

 1.  Preheat over to 180 degrees celcius.  Spray square tin with oil and use one sheet of pastry for the bottom of the pie.

2.  Make white sauce.  Add Chicken and stir.

3. Fill tin with pastry with white sauce mixture.

4. Put 4 or 5 dollops of cranberry sauce over the top of the mixture and cover with cheese.

5.  Cover the pie with the remaining pastry sheet and bake until golden brown.

Chocolate Peppermint Yo-yos
This is from a new idea page that I've had lying around for yonks.

150g unsalted butter at room temp
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 1/4 cups plain flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 egg
3/4 cup white melting chocolate
1/4 tsp peppermint essence

1.  Place butter and sugar in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.  Add combined sifted flour and cocoa. Add egg. Beat on a slow speed until combined and mixture forms a soft dough.  Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 5 mins or until firm.

2. Roll 2tsp of dough into balls.  Place 4cm apart on two oven trays lined with baking paper.  Press down with a fork to flatten slightly.

3.  Cook one tray at a time in a moderate over (180 degrees celcius) fpr about 20-25 minutes.  Cool on trys.

4.  Meanwhile, combine chocolate and essence in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.  Stir until smooth.  Remove from heat and cool slightly.

5.  Sandwich biscuits together with 1 tsp of chocolate mixture.  Stand them at room temperature until set.


Chicken Maryland
From Brenda Kitchen's on the table in 20 minutes.

Burnt mine slightly :(

500g sliced chicken breast fillets
1tsp Lemon pepper seasoning
Plain Flour
1-2 eggs
Dry Breadcrumbs
1T Olive Oil
4 slices low fat ham (I used bacon)
Pineapple Slices
Grated Cheese
Paprika
Chives

1. Mix breadcrumbs and lemon pepper seasoning.  Whisk eggs in a bowl and coat chicken in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.

2. Cook on baking paper lining an electric frying pan in the olive oil until golden brown. Once flipped top cooked side with ham, pineapple and cheese and let the cheese melt by covering the pan.

3.  Sprinkle with paprika and chives to serve.