Chocolate Marble Cake = AWESOME!
Alot of people think the best cake is the chocolate fudge cake, id disagree. Its just too chocolatey to be enjoyed properly.
The best of both worlds. The Chocolate Marble cake. Its not too chocolatey and its not a boring plain cake either. Great for guests if you're looking for a lil something new and different... instead of the boring same old sweet dishes.
Ingredients.
-225g butter
-225g caster sugar
-225g Plain flour
-50ml of Milk
-50g of Cocoa powder.
-4 Eggs.
-2 tsp baking powder.
-2 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 180'c and butter the sides of a baking tin. You can also use greaseproof paper (available at your nearest supermarket).
The Revival Feast: Al-Motubug
Al-Motubug is a stuffed pastry with a delicious beef, onion and leek filling. It is a very popular and classic Saudi Arabian dish, yet the ingredients required to make Al-Motubug are easily available. If you are ever visiting Saudi Arabia you should definitely try it there as it’s absolutely delicious!
1. Sift the flour add a little bit of salt into a bowl, and some water a little at a time while mixing the dough until it becomes soft but pliable.
Divide the dough into ten pieces, and knead each piece well. Place on a tray sprinkled with a little water and let it rise for at least one hour.
2. Put the minced beef in a pan with the chopped onions, black pepper and salt and stir over a medium heat until cooked. Set aside to cool.
3. Chop the leeks and wash several times through a sieve; drain and put on kitchen towel paper until excess water is absorbed. Add to the minced beef.
4. Take a piece of dough and cover in flour, roll out, place over back of hands and stretch until dough becomes quite thin. Place dough on a worktop and trim any uneven edges. Brush two tablespoons of egg and oil mixture over dough surface. Fold the pastry to form a smaller square.
5. In a frying pan, over a medium heat, add one tablespoon of oil. Place pastry squares in pan and fry on both sides until golden brown.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 using five pieces of the dough.
6. With the 6th piece of dough repeat step 4 but only to the folding stage. Place one of the fried pastry squares in the centre of the unfolded piece, cover generously with ground beef and three tablespoons of beaten egg. Fold into a square, using an oil and egg mixture between the layers.
7. Fry in 3 tablespoons of oil over medium heat until both sides are golden brown. Repeat steps 6 and 7 using the remaining four pieces of dough. Serve hot.
The Revival Feast: Musakhan
In Palestine, a favourite dish made by the locals is Musakhkhan, a dish that is usually eaten using the hands and which literally means something of which is heated.
The dish is seasoned with sumac, a spice made from the ground dried berries and is sold in Middle Eastern shops, it has a slightly sour and tangy taste.
Musakhkhan is made by cooking chicken until tender and succulent with plenty of onions. You can use more spices, such as allspice or saffron, and garnish the top with fried pine nuts. Once the chicken is cooked, it is wrapped in shrak or marquq which is a type of thin Arabic bread.
1. Cut the chicken into up into two breasts, two thighs, two legs, and two wings. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
2. In a large pan heat ¼ cup of olive oil then lightly brown the chicken on all sides over a medium heat, this will take about 20 minutes.
Remove and set aside. Add the remaining ¼ cup of olive oil to the pan and cook the onions until translucent, stirring occasionally, this will take about 30 minutes. Add the sumac to the onions and mix well while cooking for 2 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 177C. Cover a 9 x 12-inch baking dish with two overlapping halves of the Arabic bread or 2 sheets of marquq bread.
Spoon half the onions over the 2 pieces of bread, then arrange the chicken on top. Cover the chicken with the remaining onions and the juices from the pan. Then cover with the two remaining half leaves of bread or sheets of marquq bread, tucking in the sides crusty side up and spray with water.
4. Bake until the chicken is very tender and almost falling off the bone, this should take around 1 ½ hours. If the top cover of bread begins to burn while in the oven, spray it with water again or cover with foil.
Chocolate Butter Cream: You know you want it because you're weak!!
Used on cake or as filling.
You will need
6oz of butter
1cup or 6oz of icing sugar
Some good chocolate or coca powder
Method
-Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy (I dont mean until feefi shows up).
-Add the chocolate powder and mix until nice and snooth.
Add on cake etc and enjoy.
How to make Chicken Fajitas
Ingredients to serve 6 people
2 boneless chicken breasts
2 Limes
1.2 tbsp of caster sugar
2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp of cinnamon powder
2 onions
1 red pepper
1 orange pepper
1 green pepper
3 tbsp of vegetable oil
Parsley
Salt & Pepper
Step 1:
You need to prepare the vegetables. De-seed and thinly cut all three peppers. Then slice the onions thinly. And place them onto a plate.
Step 2:
Slice the chicken breasts into thin strips.
Step 3:
In a bowl grate the skin of one of the limes. Then squeeze out the juice of both of them (works well if you use a fork). Into this add the caster sugar, the oregano, the cayenne pepper, the cinnamon and salt & pepper. Mixing them well.
Pizza Power!
Whos says i dont do requests? Everybody loves pizza, Pizza's production is divided into three main categories.
The dough, the sauce and the right cheese. Heres how:
Step 1: The Base - 1 1/3 cups Warm water (105F)
-1/4 cup Non-fat dry milk
-1/2 teas. Salt
-4 cups Flour
-1 Tbls. Sugar
-1 pk. Dry yeast
-2 Tbls. Vegetable oil (for dough)
-9 Oz. Vegetable oil (3 oz. per pan)
-Butter flavored Pam
Put yeast, sugar, salt, and dry milk in a large (2 qt.) bowl. Add water and stir to mix well. Allow to sit for two minutes.
Add oil and stir again. Add flour and stir until dough forms and flour is absorbed. Turn out on to a flat surface and knead for about 10 minutes.
How to make Popcorn?
There’s nothing like watching a movie whilst eating popcorn hmmm. But they are soooooo over priced it’s a blatant rip off!! So your home this Friday night and got nothing to do, so you’re about to pop in a movie but shock horror, there’s no popcorn. Of course you could always watch the movie without popcorn but that’s like … lame. You want something to munch. Or for those saddo’s who don’t watch movies (yes… that’s right. Im calling you a saddo… WHAT YA GOING TO DO??) but you still want a light snack that’s easy at hand and not likely to make you go fat. Presto theres popcorn. Quick, easy to make, and with the minimum cals.
Enough of the rant. Here’s how we make it:
What you’ll need?
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Dried Corn (available at any decent corner shop)
-A saucepan with a lid
My Moms Spaghetti Bolognaise Recipe
What you’ll need
500g of Pasta
2 Pounds of mince lamb
Olive Oil
A small Onion
Garlic
Tined Tomato (blend it before starting)
Red Chili Powder
Garam Masala & Coriander Mix
1 Jar of Ragu Sauce (or equivalent)
The Pasta
1. Add 2 tablespoons to a saucepan of water and then add the pasta. This will prevent the pasta from sticking together.
2. Heat until the pasta becomes soft and easily broken. Don’t check this with your bare hands its still going to be piping hot. Use a spoon or a fork to check the pasta is soft.
3. Rinse thoroughly while being careful not to get hit by the steam from the boiling water. Add another tablespoon of olive oil and if you like a ¼ tablespoon of black pepper.
4. Its now ready for the sauce!
A breakfast fit for kings
I had boiled tomatoes on toast for breakfast. A breakfast fit for kings.
One of the few things I liked about early shifts was getting 2 has browns an egg and a boiled tomato in a muffin. Gorgeous.
I had no idea how to make it myself, and Google just revealed recipe's for tomato soup. In the end got a tin of peeled tomatoes in rich tomato sauce from Sainsbury's.
I Heated it all up 'til the sauce was bubbling (a word of caution - a normal tin contains 4 tomatoes - and average breakfast will probably be just one or two). Made some toast. In the same was as usual - no margarine or butter. Made a cup of tea. No sugar. That was on oversight, but since I drink very little sugar in my tea, I thought I'd roll with it.
My verdict? Delicious. Y'all should try it.
My Moms Lemon & Almond Cake
Because sometimes lifes complicated enough. Have your cake and eat it.
Ingredients
• 200g of ground almonds
• 2 Lemons
• 3 Medium Sized Eggs
• 50g plain flour
• 200g of fructose sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
Step 1: Get a saucepan and fill it with water, add the lemons and bring to a boil and allow to simmer for about an hour.
Step 2: Take the lemons out and cut them in half. Remove the pips and then wack them in a blender and blend till its in puree form.
Step 3: Oil a cake tin and line with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 170C.
Step 4: Crack open the eggs and beat thoroughly while adding the sugar until pale and thick.