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Desserts and Pastries
S
TEAMED
S
UET
S
PONGE
P
UDDING
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
150
g
self-raising À our
pinch of salt
50
g
caster sugar
50
g
suet
1 egg
150 ml milk
30 ml jam or golden syrup
Method:
Mix the À our and salt and stir in sugar and suet.
Make a well in the centre and add beaten egg and
milk. Mix to a soft dropping consistency. Put the jam
or syrup in the base of the greased pudding basin an
pour pudding mixture over. Place on base of oven
and cook on 600 W for 7-8 minutes.
C
hristmas pudding
Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients:
1 cooking apple, peeled and grated
1 carrot, peeled and grated
1 orange, juice and grated rind
400
g
mixed dried fruit
45 ml brandy
15 ml black treacle
50
g
self-raising À our
pinch of salt
15 ml cocoa
5 ml mixed spice
3 ml nutmeg
100
g
shredded suet
150
g
fresh breadcrumbs
50
g
mixed peel
50
g
À aked almonds
2 eggs, beaten
Method:
Place apple and carrot in a large bowl. Place on the
base of the oven and cook on 1000 W for 5 minutes.
Beat well to make a thick puree. Stir in juice, rind
and mixed fruit. Cook on 1000 W for 2 minutes. Stir
in brandy and treacle. Stand for 5 minutes. Beat in
rest of ingredients. Press into the pudding basin.
Cover and cook on 600 W for 5 minutes. Stand for 5
minutes. Cook on 1000 W for another 2-3 minutes or
until just ¿ rm.
NOTE: One of the advantages of using your
Microwave to make this traditional pudding is that it
can be made the week before Christmas and stored
in a cool dry place. Do not attempt to make the
pudding earlier than this, since the À avour will not
improve with keeping, unlike a traditionally steamed
pudding.
R
ED
F
RUIT
C
OMPOTE
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
225
g
plums, halved
225
g
cherries, stoned
225
g
blueberries
225
g
strawberries
225
g
raspberries
50
g
golden caster sugar
Method:
Place the plums, cherries and blueberries in dish.
Place on the base of the oven and cook on 270 W
for 10 minutes. Stir in the strawberries and cook on
270 W for a further 3-4 minsute. Stir the raspberries
and sugar into the hot fruit and allow to cool before
serving.
P
izza
C
Serves: 2 to 4
Ingredients:
2 onions, ¿ nely sliced
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tbsp olive oil
1 roll of pizza dough
150
g
tomato sauce
1 tbsp oregano
100
g
grated mozzarella
salt, pepper
Method:
Cook the ¿ nely sliced onions and garlic in a bowl,
with the olive oil, for 3-4 minutes on 1000 W. Leave
to cool. Using your hands, spread out the dough
in the enamel shelf without making a raised edge.
Spread on the sauce, onions, oregano and season,
covering all the dough well.
Cook on Convection 220 °C for 10-15 minutes. Then
add other ingredients according to taste, cheese,
anchovies, olives, bacon pieces etc. and continue
cooking on Convection 220 °C for 8-10 minutes.
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