Recipes

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Cheese Twists

Ingredients

2 sheets ready-rolled puff-pastry, 1 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 cup (100g) pizza cheese, 1 tablespoon milk

Method

1. Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced). Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

2. Spread one piece of pastry with sauce; sprinkle with cheese. Top with remaining pastry; press down firmly.

3. Cut pastry into 20 strips. Twist strips, place 20cm apart on trays; brush with milk.

4. Bake for about 10 minutes or until browned slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Buttermilk Scones

Ingredients

3 cups (450g) self-raising flour, 1 teaspoon icing sugar, 60g butter, chopped, 1¾ cups (340ml) buttermilk

300ml thickened cream, ¾ cup (250g) strawberry jam

Method

1. Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced). Grease and flour 23cm-square cake pan.

2. Combine flour, icing sugar and butter in a food processor; process until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add buttermilk; process until just combined (mixture should be sticky). Turn dough into floured surface. Knead lightly until smooth.

3. Press dough out into 3cm thickness. Using a 5.5cm cutter (or glass), cut the dough into 16 rounds (you will need to re-roll the doll for the last couple).

4. Place scones into the pan; they should fit comfortably, just touching one another slightly. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until lightly browned

5. Meanwhile, beat cream in a small bowl with electric mixer until thickened.

6. Serve scones warm, cut in half, topped with jam and cream.

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

125g butter, unsalted (room temperature), 1 tsp vanilla essence, ½ cup of caster sugar, 1/2 cup plain flour, 1/3 cup self-raising flour, 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, ½ cup cocoa, ¾ cup buttermilk, 1/2 cup strawberry jam, 2 large eggs

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (170°C fan-forced). Grease and line a cake tin.

2. Beat softened butter, sugar and vanilla in an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour in jam and beat until the mixture is smooth.

3. Add bicarbonate of soda. Sift in half of the plain and self-raising flours and cocoa powder, folding them in gently with half the butter milk. Add the remaining flour, cocoa and buttermilk, and fold until just combined.

4. Scoop into the cake tin. Bake for 35 minutes.