Tuesday 30 June 2020

Simple Eggless Pikelets

 
(Makes 3 x 3 stacks pikelets, or 12 pikelets in all.)
Preparation and cooking time; 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

1 cup SRF (self-raising flour) Cottage cheese
1 tsp sugar 2 bananas, sliced
Pinch bi-carb soda 1 punnet blueberries
1 cup milk 9 to 12 little flowers (optional)
Maple syrup Small amount of Australian river mint (optional)

Method:

Sift flour, with bi-carb, for a lighter batter and mix sugar, then add in milk.

Warm a splash of olive oil, with a tsp butter, (the butter puts a nice nut-brown colour onto the pikelets). Dollop spoons of batter mix, into warmed pan. Turn pancake over, when brown and cook both sides.

Spread cooked pikelets with cottage cheese. Top with sliced banana and blue berries and add your layers. Drizzle with maple syrup.  
For a more elegant look, (and an optional extra) add edible flowers and Australian river mint.

Other pikelet ideas are; strawberries and cream, orange and cream, or pear, walnut and caramel sauce. 

Perhaps you’d rather a savoury flavour. If doing a savoury flavour, don’t add the sugar, into the batter mix. Leave out the sugar, but add a pinch of salt.

For savoury pikelets try; ham, spinach and eggs, or goat’s cheese and ham with roasted cherry tomato. 




Tuesday 9 June 2020

Crumbed Pork, with Sweet Potato Mash.

Crumbed pork, with sweet potato mash.
Serves 4. Cooking time 45 minutes.

 


Ingredients;
Steamed veg, of your choice
500 grams sweet potato
2 tblsp butter
Milk to mix
Olive oil
¼ cup polenta
2 tblsp parmesan cheese
1 tsp each fresh chopped oregano and thyme
½ tsp chicken stock powder
4 pork chops
Salt and pepper to taste


Method;
Preheat oven to 180 deg.
Peel and chop sweet potato and place in pan on stove, adding a good pinch of salt.
Bring to boil and reduce heat.
Steam other vegetables, as per instructions on pack.
While sweet potatoes are cooking, mix polenta, parmesan, salt pepper, herbs and chicken stock powder and spread on a dinner plate.
Coat pork in crumb mixture.
Heat oil in a fry pan and cook chops, until golden (just a few minutes, each side).
Lay baking paper over a baking tray and place chops on top then pop in the oven, for 10-12 minutes, until meat is cooked through. 
Once sweet potatoes are soft, mix with butter and milk, until creamy. 
Serve.