Saturday 17 March 2012

Chocolate Brownies

This is Donna Hay's brownie recipe. It's goood.

Ingredients
250 g butter, chopped
200g dark chocolate, chopped
1 ¾ cups brown sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
4 eggs
1 cup plain flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder

Method

1. Melt the butter and chocolate in a medium saucepan over gentle heat then cool slightly.
2. Stir in sugar, cocoa, eggs and sifted dry ingredients.
3. Spoon the mixture into a lined 23 x 23cm slab tin.
4. Bake at 160°C for 30-35 minutes.
5. The mixture will seem soft but will harden on cooling.
6. Allow to cool in tin before removing.

Thursday 1 March 2012

Melon and Tuna Maki



Dressing

1 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp rice vinegar

1 tbs honey

1 tsp wasabi


1 rockmelon

200 g sashimi grade tuna

6 nori sheets


Combine dressing ingredients and set aside.

De seed melon and cut into strips about 2cm x 2 cm.

Cut tuna into same size strips as melon.

Place tuna on top of melon, and cut nori to size so it can wrap around this. Serve with dressing and garnish with parsley or fennel flowers.