Pittwater Life March 2019 Issue
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For more recipes go to www.janellebloom.com.au<br />
250g Greek yoghurt<br />
1 cup (250ml) light olive oil<br />
2 cups self-raising flour<br />
6 plums, cut into thin<br />
wedges<br />
Icing sugar, to serve<br />
Dinner<br />
Sweet and sticky<br />
san choy bau<br />
Serves 4<br />
2 garlic cloves, chopped<br />
3cm piece ginger, peeled,<br />
chopped<br />
1 long red chilli, deseeded,<br />
chopped<br />
1 tbs peanut or vegetable<br />
oil<br />
500g pork, beef or chicken<br />
mince<br />
1 large carrot, grated<br />
1 large zucchini, grated<br />
2 tbs hoi sin sauce<br />
1 tbs oyster sauce<br />
4 shallots, thinly sliced<br />
12 iceberg lettuce cups,<br />
trimmed to serve<br />
Sweet chilli sauce, to serve<br />
until thick and sticky. Stir<br />
through half the green<br />
shallots.<br />
3. Spoon into iceberg lettuce<br />
leaves; top with remaining<br />
shallots and sweet chilli<br />
sauce.<br />
Janelle’s Tip: Want<br />
the family to eat more<br />
vegetables? Add finely<br />
chopped mushrooms,<br />
broccoli or cauliflower<br />
to the mixture in<br />
Step 2 after you have<br />
browned the mince.<br />
Dessert<br />
Plum yoghurt cake<br />
Serves 8<br />
3 eggs, at room temperature<br />
1½ cups caster sugar<br />
1. Preheat oven 160°C fan<br />
forced. Grease a line base<br />
and side of 22cm (base)<br />
round springform pan.<br />
2. Combine eggs and sugar<br />
in a bowl. Beat with<br />
electric mixer on high<br />
speed about 5 minutes<br />
or until thick and pale.<br />
Combine the yoghurt and<br />
olive oil. Fold into the egg<br />
mixture. Sift the flour over<br />
the batter and gently fold<br />
until just combined. Pour<br />
into prepared pan. Smooth<br />
top.<br />
3. Top with plums. Bake<br />
60-65 minutes, or until<br />
cooked when tested with<br />
a skewer. Stand in pan for<br />
15 minutes then transfer<br />
to a wire rack to cool. Dust<br />
with icing sugar to serve.<br />
Janelle’s Tip: When plums<br />
are no longer in season you<br />
can use can use fresh apple,<br />
pear or can peaches, apricots<br />
or cherries (be sure to use<br />
Australian canned fruit)<br />
Food <strong>Life</strong><br />
1. Combine garlic, ginger<br />
and chilli in a small food<br />
processor. Process until<br />
finely chopped.<br />
2. Heat a wok over high<br />
heat until hot. Add oil<br />
and the mince, stir-fry<br />
until mince changes<br />
colour. Add garlic<br />
mixture, carrot and<br />
zucchini, stir-fry for 2<br />
minutes until aromatic.<br />
Add the hoi sin and<br />
oyster sauce, stir-fry<br />
The Local Voice Since 1991<br />
MARCH <strong>2019</strong> 65
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