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Soups, Snacks and Starters
P
OTATO AND
C
ORN
S
OUP
Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients:
6 rashers bacon,
rind removed
1 onion, thinly sliced
500
g
potatoes, peeled and diced
4 cups chicken stock
1 can (440
g
) creamed corn
2 tablespoons À our, mixed with
a little stock
½ teaspoon thyme
pepper
Method:
Chop bacon and place in a 4-litre dish. Cook on 1000
W for 4 minutes. Remove bacon from dish, and set
aside. Add onion and potatoes to dish and cook on
1000 W for 10 to 12 minutes. Add stock and cook on
1000 W for a further 8 to 10 minutes. Mix À our with
2 tablespoons of cold water to make a thin paste,
and add to dish with corn, thyme and bacon. Cook
on 1000 W for 6 to 8 minutes. Stir halfway through
cooking.Season with pepper.
P
OPCORN
Serves: 2 to 4
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons butter
3 tablespoons popping corn
Method:
Place all ingredients in a loosely twisted oven bag.
Place oven bag on an inverted microwave-safe
plate. Cook on 1000 W for 2 minutes.
Remove from bag and serve sprinkled with salt.
S
PICY
T
OMATO
S
OUP
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1 onion, sliced
2 small red chillies, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
800
g
can tomato pieces
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1½ cups chicken stock
1 teaspoon dried oregano
salt and pepper
Method:
Place onion, garlic and chilli in a 3-litre dish and
cook on 1000 W for 1 to 2 minutes. Add tomatoes
and tomato paste and cook on 1000 W for 8 to 10
minutes. Pour in the stock and oregano. Cover and
cook on 1000 W for 15 minutes. Purée in a food
processor or blender if desired. Season to taste with
salt and pepper. Serve in individual soup bowls.
Z
UCCHINI
S
LICE
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
4 rashers bacon, diced
1 onion, diced
2 cups grated zucchini
2 cups grated carrot
1 cup grated tasty cheese
1 cup self raising À our
5 eggs, lightly beaten
125 ml vegetable oil
1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
Method:
Lightly grease a 25 cm square microwave-safe dish.
Place bacon and onion in a 2-litre casserole dish
and cook on 1000 W for 2 to 3 minutes. Allow to cool
slightly. Stir in zucchini, carrot and cheese and À our,
in a 1-litre bowl whisk together eggs, oil and pepper
and stir until combined. Pour into prepared dish.
Cook on 600 W for 18 minutes.
H
EALTHY
P
EAR
S
OUP
Ingredients:
350
g
pork rib (blanched in hot water)
3 pears (cut, with skin)
20
g
sweet almond
10
g
bitter almond
30
g
dried scallop (soaked)
1 honey date
10
g
wolfberry
10
g
ginger (sliced)
1 litre water
salt to taste
Method:
Place above ingredients in a microwave safe
casserole, covered partially. Set to 800 W for 20
minutes. Continue to cook on 440 W for 90 minutes.
(Stir at ½ time) Lastly add salt to taste.
Potato and Corn Soup
F0003BH22QP_CB.indd 49 2014/5/27 9:14:31
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