Cuisine Chez Manique

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

This mustard paste recipe was given to me by my older sister Anita Dassanayake. 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 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 or two above the mustard seeds. Mix through till well blended and finely grounded

Apricots over ripe or going to waste?? Ingredients 550 g fresh Apricots (its ok if it is less) 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1/2 cup butter 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 4 large eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon Method Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 9" springform pan. Keep aside till needed. Wash, cut into half and pit the Apricots. Using a food processor/blender, puree half of the apricots with the lemon juice and set aside. Take the

Get same size to layer cakes Cake Marked for slicing, measure from top with a ruler and put in a toothpick at the same height. Now run a bread knife staring from one tooth pick,both layers will be the same height. HOW TO CRUMB COAT A CAKE Take a cooled cake, rub a thick layer of buttercream icing and see that all the cake crumbs are locked in. To cover the cake then smoothen out the icing with a spatula. Once this is smoothed out and no crumbs are visible you could cover with

Cookie fudge takes 5 minutes to make, it’s the perfect cookies and cream fudge. Ingredients 1 small sweetened condensed milk, 14 oz 480g white chocolate chips 10 Chocolate cookies with white cream/Olo or Oreo cookies ⅛ tsp salt ½ tsp vanilla extract Method Line a square 8 inch dish with aluminum foil. Make sure the foil goes up the sides of the pan so its easy to remove. Set aside till needed. In a glass microwave safe bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk and white choc

Ingredients Chicken Pieces Worcestershire sauce Chili sauce 1 Egg Savoury biscuits/Bread crumbs Method I preheat the airfryer at 180° for...