Orange Chocolate Chip Muffins

Orange Chocolate Chip Muffins
Orange Chocolate Chip Muffins Galit Haviv-Thomas Chocolate and orange is a lovely combination. These muffins are light and delicious on the day you bake them. Print Recipe Pin Recipe Ingredients  3/4 cup 150 grams Sugar1 tablespoon orange zest from two oranges1 3/4 cups 250 grams white flour2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1 cup dark chocolate chips2 large eggs1/3 cup 75 grams unsalted butter, melted1/4 cup sour cream1/4 cup milk1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice from two oranges1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract ...

Dominic’s Spicy Apple Crumble – or is that a “Jack”? 2

Dominic's Spicy Apple Crumble - or is that a
In one of those strange sequence of events I bought my team at work some donuts and Dominic responded with a recipe for Apple Crumble. Dominic fancies a lot of crumble and a lot of spices and his recipe reflects this. But given the relish with which he described this masterpiece I’d say this is ...

Apricot Jam / Riba Mishmish

Robert makes a fantastic apricot jam. He always gives me some to take home from our family holidays. Apricot Jam / Riba Mishmish Robert Haviv Print Recipe Ingredients  1.5 kg fresh apricots1 kg sugar1 lemon juice only Instructions Remove stones from apricots to make about 1 kg of fruitMix all ingredientsCook 1 to 1.5 hours. Remove froth as it forms. When water disappears ...

Fresh Fruit Cake

Fresh Fruit Cake
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 ...

Tarte Tatin (French Apple Tart) 1

Tarte Tatin (French Apple Tart)
Imagine going out to the pub and when you get home your new flatmate had left an exquisite homemade French apple pastry for you to sample. This was my introduction to Bernard’s cooking and to Tarte Tatin. Yum. I tweaked Bernard’s recipe a bit to cope with my 28 cm Tarte Tatin pan and with ...

Citrus Salad

My mum makes this salad when she putting on a buffet. Citrus Salad Lorraine Alston Print Recipe Ingredients  3 oranges sliced1 small onion sliced1 tablespoon white wine vinegar1 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon chivesblack pepperwater cress Instructions layer slices of orange and onionmix vinegar, oil, chives and pepperpour dressing over oranges and oniongarnish with water cress

Karen’s Muffins

I was doing some courses for a while where the caterer (Karen) made fab muffins. Muffins are really simple to make. Mix the dry ingredients. Mix the wet. Mix the two together (briefly). Cook. With only 1/2 cup of sugar these are not very sweet, so you might want to use more. Makes 12. Karen's ...