Friday 9 March 2012

Mushrooms Wraps

Mushrooms mmmmm....., I love mushrooms cooked, grilled, braai or just plain raw.

Here's one recipe I know many of you will enjoy especially if you enjoy them.

1 Punnet large brown mushrooms (Portabella)
Garlic Butter
Mozarella
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Streaky bacon
Skewers (soaked in hot water)

Put in about a teaspoon of the garlic butter and a piece of your cheese in each mushroom, add your black pepper and a little salt.
Then, take a piece of the bacon and neatly wrap around the mushroom, putting them in the skewer as
you go.

You can throw them onto the grill on into your oven. Remove once the bacon changes into a golden crisp colour.

Monday 5 March 2012

Fish Braai

Fresh, simple and bloody delicious.

What I love about this recipe is the smoky flavour the wood fire and ingredients give the fish....

Get your wood fire started...

1 Large filleted or butterflied hake, or you can use the I&J hake fillets (Defrosted)
Sprinkle Robertsons Fish Spice on to the hake before you get your ingredients for the toppings together.

For your toppings:

1 chopped tomato (Large) or 2 medium
1 chopped onion (Medium) or 1/2 large
1 chopped bell pepper
1T of crushed chilli/chilli flakes
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1T Crushed Garlic
1T Fish Sauce
1T Lemon juice
2T Oil
1t dried parsley

Place your hake on a large peice of heavy foil, large enough to make a parcel. Ladel the toppings covering the hake pieces in full. Wrap up the fish making a parcel and sealing all the ends.
Throw this on your braai.

Braai for at least 40 minutes without turning.

Oven Grilled Lemon Pork Chops

There's nothing better than scrumptious pork chops with caramalized onion mash on the side.
Its a perfect combination, I must add.

Let's begin by marinating the porkies :

4 Pork Chops
1 - lemon rind and juice
Hot Whole Mustard - 1 T
Salt and peper
Pepperdew  - 1t
Honey - 1T
Brown Sugar - 1t
Oil - 2T
Rosemary - 1/2 t
Breadcrumbs
1 egg

Mix all the ingredients togethers and rub onto your chops. Leave to marinate in the fridge for at least an hour.

In the meantime, boil up some potatoes for your mash. When nearly ready, add 1/2 cup of water to 1/2 cup of sugar and bring to a boil. Let this reduce down until transparent.
Mush up your potatoes, add a little salt and pepper to taste and throw in your reduced caramalised onion.

Lets get those chops grilled...

Beat you egg on place on one plate and have ready your breadcrumbs in another.

Dip both sides of chops on egg and then breadcrumbs and place on a greased baking tray.

Bake/grill for about 20 minutes on medium heat, flip and bake for another 20.

Absolutely devine!!!