Coconut Broth Meatballs

Chop onions finely, fry with garlic. To your meatball mix add breadcrumbs and milk, chili, and ginger, together with the fried onions. Roll them, and fry them off. Add a bit of chicken stock, then a heap of coconut milk. More fresh ginger, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, turmeric and chili. Bubble for about ten minutes. Was very nice served on top of rice.

Iced Lemon Cake

An old tea-time favourite. 

For the cake mix: 

125g butter

grated rind 1 lemon

2 eggs

2 tablespoons milk

200g self-raising flour 

50g cornflour

0.5 teaspoons baking powder

Tin: 20cm round. Grease and line. Oven to 190c. Beat butter, sugar, lemon rind, then eggs,and milk and then dry ingredients. Bake for 40-50 mins. Turn out. 

Syrup 

2tablespoons water 

2 tablespoons lemon juice 

50g caster sugar 

1 tablespoon arak, ouzo or cointreau 

Heat into a syrup, saturate cake with it. 

When done, drizzle over thick icing and sprinkle on some lemon peel for cuteness. Nice crumbly textured cake. 

Eggs Benedict

Not even a good pic, just reminder for the dish. Do we need a recipe? 

Roasted Pear Chutney

Very unique chutney, which, while stunningly high in cinnamon and cloves, is a resounding success. Will be making more. Increase all ingredients as per the ratio below. 

Ratio: 

For each two large pears, 

Spice mix: 

• half a teaspoon of cinnamon (yes)
• a little less of clove (ground)
• a tablespoon of caster sugar

First, peel the pears, halve them, core, coat in acidulated water and then... roll them in the spice and castor sugar mix. Lay them out flat side down onto baking trays and bake until they're soft. Cool.

Meanwhile, the rest of the chutney is: 

• a good bit of fresh grated ginger
• one smallish onion,
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar (or golden syrup, or even maple syrup but that pushes the price up)
• 1 garlic clove
• a small handful of currants, cranberries or whatever dried fruit you feel like
• half cup of white vinegar
• optional chili flakes
• optional chopped mango
• optional fresh thyme.

Cook together all the other ingredients. Slice or dice the cooled pears as you see fit and want in your chutney. At the end, mix, and pour into sterilized jars. Have to say this is pretty damn good.

Pumpkin Pie

Currently trying out various permutations of this. Last one I found was a bit squidgy made with milk and with a thick filling - ended up cooking the crust too much. But the same filling in a shallower base was good. But then you get less filling. Perhaps the version with cream is better. Anyway have a play.

Sweet shortcrust over and blind bake a 23cm pie tin. For the filling:

500g cooked pumpkin puree
3 eggs
1.5 cups thickened cream (plus extra to serve)
185g brown sugar
Ground cloves, ginger, allspice, nutmeg and above all cinnamon

Pour into blind-baked shell, cook on 220 for 10 mins and then on 180 for an extra 30-40. Cool and serve with maple syrup and whipped cream. In case you were lacking calories.

Fantastic selection of nibble-croutons

Chicken meatballs with aioli, salad and giant croutons

I don't know much about this except what it is. Another Bunny Special. Looks tasty. Might try and re-create. I did find the video of Bunny finishing preparing it - about 45 seconds in, if that helps!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldbfd8qZWuM

Spiced grilled chicken and coleslaw healthy dinner

Not even going to put a recipe up here because it's obvious what's happened - just a reminder that it's a nice combo and a rather pretty way to serve it. 

Thanks for another delicious dinner, Bunny! x