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Easy Chinese Lemon Chicken

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Lemon Chicken was also a favourite in Chinese Restaurants in England. This is how to make it very easily. Ingredients Chicken Breast Fillets for 4 people 1Egg 5 Tbsp of Corn Flour Zest of a Lemon forGarnish Lemon Sauce 200ml of water 3 tbsp of lemon juice 2 tbsp of Plum sauce 3 tsp of cornflour thinly cut slices of lemon Method 1) Mix the cornflour and egg and dip the chicken breasts in and fry 2) Meanwhile make up the sauce and heat up once thickened and the Chicken Breasts are cooked pour the sauce over. 3) Garnish with some lemon zest

Carne Con Chilli

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I hope you all had a great Christmas, here is a great comforting stew to try. Ingredients 3 Guajillo Chillies 4 Large Ripe  Tomatoes 4 cloves of garlic 1 lb of  cubed beef 1 Large onion roughly chopped 1 Tbsp of Ground cumin 1 tsp of dried mexican Oregano 1/4 tsp of  ground allspice 1 Bayleaf Some salt 2 Tbsp of Chiplotes en adobo Sour cream Cheese Coriander Method 1) Dry fry Chillis for a bout 2 minutes then set aside in a bowl with 450 ml of boiling water for 20 minutes 2) Dry fry your tomatoes  and Garlic and set aside 3) When cool blend the chillis with some of the Chilli water the Chiplote en adobo,garlic  and tomatoes 4) Brown the beef then set aside 5) Fry the onions for 4 minutes then add the spices 6) Then add the beef ,the chilli tomato paste and all the chilli water and cook in the oven for 2 hrs @ 180 oC 7) Serve with Sour Cream , Cheese and Coriander

Fish Chinese Style

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This dish is so easy and livens up any fish dish. Ingredients Fish Fillets 3 Spring onions  sliced Thumb size of Ginger cut into thin strips 2 Tbsp of Oyster sauce 2 Tbsp of  Soy sauce 2 Tsps of Sugar 2 Tbsp of Shaoxing rice 1 tsp of Seasame oil Method 1) Fry the Spring onions and Ginger and set aside 2) Fry the fish  about 3 minutes either side 3) make up the sauce in a cup minus the  seasame oil and pour over the fish as you  turn the fish fillets. 4) Then take the fish out and add the seasame oil to the sauce cook for a further 1-2 minutes 5) Place the spring onions and ginger on the fish and pour over the sauce.

Citrus Cake

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This cake is light and full of Flavour , great in the summer or after a rather large meal. Ingredients 3 Satsumas or Clementines 4 eggs Zest of one lemon 160 grams of Caster Sugar 100 ml of Olive Oil 175 grams of Ground almonds 2 tsp of Baking powder For the Syrup 15 grams of Caster Sugar Juice of one lemon Method 1) Put the fruit in a sauce pan cover with water and  bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes 2) Take the fruit out and cool 3) cut into quarters and remove any pips and blend the fruit skin and all 4)  Whisk the Eggs,sugar and lemon zest for about  2-3 minutes 5) Then add the fruit paste 6) Then fold in the ground almonds and baking powder 7) Bake in a loose bottom circular cake tin for 50  minutes @ 180 oC 8)Once the cake is baked make the syrup by heating the lemon juice and sugar in a sauce pan then with a cocktail stick make tiny holes in the cake and pour the lemon syrup into these holes 9) Decorate with Icing Sugar and serve

Spaghetti alla Posillipo

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This is a famouns Pasta dish from Naples , which is very easy to do. I hope you enjoy. Ingredients for 4 4-5 rashes of Streaky Bacon 3-4 Sausages  , skin remove and chopped up 400-600ml of Passata 2 Tbsp of Fresh Parsley 4 Tbsps of Double Cream 2 Egg Yolks 1 Garlic clove Crushed Method 1)  Add the Olive oil to the pan and add the garlic after 2 minutes remove with slotted spoon 2) Add the Sausage meat and bacon to the pan and fry for 5 minutes 3) Add the Passata  and half the parsley and bring to the boil and let it simmer away for 30  minutes 4) Cook the pasta 5)  In a warm bowl  add the egg and cream and whisk together , then add the cooked pasta and sausae sauce  and toss together. 6) Garnish with the remaining Parsley and Parmesan Cheese.

Apple Dessert Cake

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Hello again , I am still suffering from my Ankle and I have only just recovered from a series of Bad Colds , lets hope 2018 is better for me. Ingredients 225g  of self raising Flour 1 level tsp of baking powder 225g of caster sugar 2 Eggs 1/2 tsp of almond extract 150g butter melted 250g cooking apples , peeled and cored 25g of flaked almonds Method 1)  Add the Flour , baking powder, sugar , eggs , almond extract  and melted butter into a bowl. Mix well and beat for a minute 2) Spread half of this mixture in a prepared tin , ( 20cm  lightly grased loose bottom cake tin). 3) Thickly slice the apples and lay on the top of the mixture ( Pilling most to the centre) 4) Spoon the remaining mixture over the top of the apples using a dessert spoon. Make sure you cover the centre as the mixture will spread out 5) Sprinkle with flaked almonds 6) Place in a preheated oven @  180oC for 1hr 15  to 1hr 30.