Balagan Recipes ← Steven's meanderings in a world of food ← Page 11

Chocolate Brownies

Feb

21

2006

One time Davina came to visit and mentioned her chocolate brownies. So after she got home I asked for the recipe. Davina, being American, shipped me two packets of ready made brownie mix. I’m not really a ready mix kind of guy so I made my own recipe. Chocolate Brownies Steven Thomas Print Recipe Ingredients 200 grams dark ...

Couscous

Feb

21

2006

Couscous is basically a North African pasta. I spent a day watching Marie make couscous the traditional way. None of this quick cooking stuff. 3 minute couscous doesn’t cut it for Marie. She made the couscous from scratch. As a side effect of making the couscous you also end up with a soup. The couscous ...

Sephardi Charoset

Feb

21

2006

In our household I make the Charoset for the Passover Seder. According to Wikipedia: Charoset, haroset, or charoses (חרֽוֹסֶת [hărōset]) is a sweet, dark-colored, lumpy paste made of fruits and nuts served primarily during the Passover Seder. Its color and texture are meant to recall the mortar with which the Israelites bonded bricks when they ...

Challah

Feb

21

2006

I wanted to try a fluffy white bread and picked Challah because Galit has a fondness for it. Challah Challah is a feature of Friday night meals in Jewish families. It is an enriched bread dough with eggs, honey and oil in the mixture. The result is a light crumb with a hint of sweetness. ...

How to Make Bread

Feb

21

2006

I love bread. Always have. And a few years ago I got a real passion for learning about and making bread. I particularly like southern European breads. The perfect loaf for me is a sour dough with crunchy crust and light airy crumb. French, Italian and Maltese breads all have these characteristics and I love ...

Galit’s Toasted Muesli

Nov

14

2005

My Toasted Muesli recipe was king for 20 years, but this year we went to Mexico for a couple of weeks and discovered a new recipe. In Oaxaca we stayed at a charming bed and breakfast place called La Casa de los Sabores, and it truly was a House of Flavours. Each morning we were ...

Fresh Fruit Cake

Feb

21

2005

Unlike the dried fruit cake recipes common in New Zealand, this cake has a wet mixture. Our recipe is based on one from an Israeli book, although we had to reduce the quantities significantly to fit in our 20 cm x 20 cm cake tin. Fresh Fruit Cake Galit Haviv-Thomas Print Recipe Pin Recipe Ingredients 70 grams butter2/3 cups sugar3 egg ...

Sweet Toppings for Pancakes

Feb

21

2005

I almost always serve Hotcakes, Pikelets, Scotch Pancakes and Crepes with a sweet topping of some kind. Lemon and sugar is the classic topping for crepes and large pancakes. As a child I remember assembling them at the table; we sprinkled our own sugar, squeezed over the lemon juice by hand, rolled them up, and ...

Roti – Malaysian Pancakes

Feb

21

2005

Mmmmm. Roti is the traditional accompaniment for Malaysian Curry – the combination being called Roti Chanai. Nothing like it. Watching Malaysian chefs prepare this flaky bread is a treat in itself. I love seeing them work the dough and then throw it around in ever expanding sheets. Fantastic. Recipe makes six roti = enough for ...

Roman Chicken

Feb

21

2005

For some reason we started going to a lot of Italian restaurants when we moved to the UK. I developed a liking for the Italian mains. This is my version of Roman chicken. Roman Chicken Steven Thomas Hearty Roman fare. Print Recipe Ingredients 1/4 cup floursalt and pepper9 chicken drum sticks skin removed.Olive Oil4 garlic cloves diced1 large red onion sliced4 large capsicums any colour, sliced1/2 cup olives I ...