Monday, August 29, 2011

Easy as, and tasty, 'Cheesy muffins'...!

2C self raising flour (or 2C flour, and 2tsp baking pdr)
2C grated cheese
1 lrg egg
1C lager or beer (flat or bubbly)
2T chutney (I used yellow picadilli)

Oven at 220

Mix the flour and cheese together in a bowl.

Using a fork, beat the egg in another bowl until yolk and white are thoroughly blended. Add the beer, stir briefly then pour into cheese and flour mixture.

Fold until flour is just dampened. Add some chutney at this stage so it stays in streaks (of colour)

Spoon into greased muffin tins. Bake for 10-15 mins.

Note: Do not use the last good beer in the fridge that the husband is looking forward to that Friday night after a hard days work....

(I have used both lager, and beer, and both taste as good. No chutney would = no flavour!)



Best ever 'curried stir fry beef'. Yum!

250g rump steak, thinly sliced into about 4mm strips
2tsp cornflour
1T soy sauce
1/2tsp sesame oil
2t worcestershire sauce
2T oil
1 clove garlic, sliced
2-3tsp curry pdr
1tsp sugar
1T water


Mix meat with cornflour, soy sauce, sesame oil, and worcestershire sauce. Leave to stand for at least 15 minutes, then stir fry in oil, in hot pan. Remove from pan as soon as it has lost its pinkness.

Add a little more oil to pan (to make 1T oil) if necessary.
Add sliced garlic, then curry pdr, then sugar. Add water if there isnt enough liquid to dissolve curry mixture.

Add meat, toss for no more than 1 minute, then serve on rice with veges.

Loads of flavour in this dish! Definitely a do-over!