Rolled Mince pie

It's christmas holiday, school and uni are closed for 2 weeks, grrr what to do in this snowy season? Tummy rumbles every 2 hours due to extreme cold weather, just had my lunch at 12 and at 2 pm I am hungry again. This is what happen in winter....The kids had been requesting choc cake since yesterday but I told them, let's try make Gordon Ramsay's simple rolled mince pie. I searched for the frozen ready made jus roll pastry in my cheest freezer in the garage..alhamdulillah, there is one more box left. It's so easy with this ready made stuff. I know Mr Dentist must like this as he loves raisins so much. According to Tok Bak, his dad used to bring Mr Dentist raisins whenever he visited them when he was small.

Rolled Mince Pie

Ingredients:

1 cup mixed fruits

1/2 cup sultanas

1/2 cup ribena (in replacement of red wine/ brandy)

2 tbs sunquick orange

3 tbs honey/ golden syrup

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsc ground cinnamon

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 tbs orange skin

1/2 cup water

Method:

1. Place water in the pan, add raisins and all the above.

2. Simmer till it thickens.

3. Leave to cool.

4. Spread the ready made pastry.

5. Spread the raisin fillings on the pastry. Roll halfway to the middle, then roll the other opposite half to the middle. Tighten the roll and freeze for 30 min.

6. Cut the roll into 1 inch slices.

7. Bake at 180 C for 15-20 min till golden yellow.

Maybe I should try the fillings on bread dough one day, it's just like cinnamon rolls.

Mum's Cottage Pie

Aisay blurr pulak...

The mince..

After being topped with mashed potatoes and cheese.

After baking..

Potatoes are quite cheap here in the UK, everytime I shop for potatoes at my favourite East and West Grocery, I would always buy the 5 kg pack for better value of money. Today suddenly felt like eating cottage pie.

Here is the recipe:

5 big potatoes

1/2 kg mince meat

2 tbs kurma powder

salt, pepper

1 cup green peas

close cup mushrooms

3 carrots- cubed

2 celery sticks- cubed

1 Holland onion

1 inch ginger

3 garlic

2 tbs butter

1/2 cup fresh milk

grated ceddar cheese

Methods:

1. Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes and boil till soft (about 10-15 min).

2. Drain the water, mash the potatoes and add salt, pepper, butter and milk.

3. Stir fry the chopped onion, crushed ginger and garlic.

4. Add the kurma powder, mince meat and simmer for 1o min, then add carrots, celery and abit of water to soften the veges.

5. Add the green peas, mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste.

6. Scoop out the mince and spread into a baking dish, top with the mashed potatoes.

7. Sprinkle grated ceddar cheese and bake for 30 min at 180 C till the cheese turns golden yellow.

My work station

My work station

Tuna quiche, after baking Before baking

It's school holiday again. Papa was on leave on Monday and Tuesday, so mama had to take leave on Wed till Friday, sakit pinggang dok umah nih..anyway managed to bake a tuna quiche. Had to call mummy Izan for the short crust recipe. Easy peasy to remember..

TUNA QUICHE

Shortcrust

200 g plain flour

5o g margerine/ butter

50 g vegetable fat, used TREX

Intinya: segala yg boleh masuk

tuna, carrots, peas, celery etc