Cuisine Chez Manique

The cake was a chocolate cake covered with chocolate butter cream icing and the grass was green coloured butter cream icing done with...

this quantity makes two pounds Ingredients ½ lb flour ½ lb sugar ½ lb butter ½ lb eggs (about 4 eggs) 2 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp Nescafe dissolved in 2 – 3 tbsp of hot milk Add a little milk for dropping consistency Method Beat butter and sugar till it creams. Separate the eggs and mix in one egg yolk at a time into the butter mix. Add the vanilla essence and add the coffee essence. Sieve the flour and baking powder three times and leave aside till needed. Beat the whites til

Ingredients 2 rashers streaky bacon ½ bunch fresh thyme leaves olive oil 2 kg leeks sea salt freshly ground black pepper 2 heaped tbsp...

Ingredients a bunch of Spinach Lasagne pastry sheets (Uncooked) 2 Bell peppers 2 Carrots 2 Onions Tomatoes puree/Sauce White sauce Grated...

A macaron is a meringue-based sandwich cookie that is tinted with food colouring, that's filled with jam, ganache or buttercream....

Ingredients 2 slices of Salmon filet about 1.5" in thickness 1 sheet of short crust or (which ever you prefer) pastry, thawed if frozen (you could also make your own pastry) 1 large egg 1 tsp water Method Preheat oven to 220°C. Layout your pastry sheet on a lined baking pan. Season the salmon all over with salt and pepper. Place your Salmon on top of the baking paper. You could put a layer of creamed spinach on top of the Salmon, but I had no spinach at home. So I marinated

Ingredients 600g potatoes 4 red apples 1 pip garlic ½ tsp salt A little pepper vegetable soup cube 100 ml water 2 tsp rosemary 400g mixed...

Ingredients 1 kg Fresh Strawberries Or any fruit of your choice 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar Method Wash and drain the fruits. Put the fruit into a pan and cook the berries with sugar (optional) over a low heat until fruit breaks down (approx. 30 minutes) Add water only if the fruit seems dry and starting to stick to the bottom of the pan. Puree with a stick hand blender or in a food processor or regular blender when a bit cool. NB: Store the puree in a clean airtight container

Ingredients 500g Rectangle short crust pastry sheet (make your own or use shop bought) 50g butter 100g condensed milk 3 red apples 5g cinnamon powde r Method Pre-heat oven to 220°C Peel and slice apples, Melt butter in the microwave for around 10 minutes or until melted. Take the pastry sheet, layout on baking paper, rub melted butter, then rub on the condensed milk then add the sliced apples in a row close to each other and cover the pastry sheet with the apples. Then roll

Ingredients 375g soft unsalted butter 375g best quality dark chocolate 6 large eggs 1 tbsp vanilla extract 500g caster sugar 225g plain...

Ingredients 2 medium-sized eggplants 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp ghee 2 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1 large yellow onion 2 tbsp garlic...

This is how my sister Ianthe Alles does it!! Ingredients 2 cups Basmati Rice 1 tsp Turmeric 2 or 3 tsp Powdered coconut milk salt to...

Ingredients 500g Pasta (fusilli) 1 pkt. Béchamel Sauce 1 bottle Tomato with Basil(or Provencal) 1 ½ tin Tuna Fish 1 onion 1 tsp oil...

Ingredients Green chillies peppers (Padrón peppers) Olive oil Salt Fresh garlic Method It is easy to prepare. Wash and drain the peppers....

Ingredients Brownie layer: Vegetable oil cooking spray 2 tablespoons water 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 large egg, at room temperature 1 3/4...

Ingredients 2-3 leeks Salt a little butter pepper and salt 1 kg Potatoes 350ml Cream 1 cup milk Salt Black pepper 1 tsp (Suduru) Cumin...

Inspiration on seeing my niece Hemanthi Nicholas's Dessert!! Ingredients 1/3 cup Cherry Jam/Strawberry jam or Cherry compote (Juice only) 1/4 cup water 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1 cup/240g mascarpone cheese 1/2 cup icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups sliced strawberries 1 cup cherries cut in half 24 lady finger biscuits Method In a bowl of an electric mixer, combine mascarpone cheese, cream, icing sugar, and vanilla extract and beat on medium-hig

great to eat with Roast Chicken and Baguette Ingredients 5 large Potatoes 4 large Carrots handful of Radish 2 stalks of Celery 3 Coloured...

Ingredients 3 or 4 slices of Salmon Cherry Tomatoes Asparagus olive oil salt pepper for Marinade 1 tsp Lemon Zest 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice 1...

Items required 5 sheet cakes made sponge cakes and chocolate cakes butter cream icing Coloured fondant Template for truck Oreo cookies Method I baked 2 sets of sponge cakes coloured 2 blue and kept 2 plain. I also made 1 chocolate cake . I had a total of 5 sheet cakes. I printed out a template of a truck for a rough idea what it should look like. I also made butter cream icing according to this recipe, using the 2nd recipe using 340g butter. This was enough to cover the fu

Ingredients 1/2 cup Red Lentil (Mysoor) or Chickpea (Chana) Dhal 3-4 Chicken thighs 1 tsp Ginger/Garlic paste 1/4 tsp Saffron 1 tsp Chili...

Ingredients For the mustard paste 100 g mustard seeds 1 piece of ginger 2 cloves garlic apple cider vinegar 1 tsp red chili powder 1 tsp salt 1 Tbsp sugar For the vegetables 2 Carrots handful of Beans 4 to 5 Dates about 4 Green chilies 250 g Red onions Method First wash and dry mustard seeds. Add the dried mustard seeds into the blender then add all the ingredients and cover with apple cider vinegar about an inch above the mustard seeds. Mix through till well blended and fine