beef stir-fry with broccoli

You'll need: 750 gr sirloin /rump steak, thinly sliced

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp cornflour mixed with salt and black pepper

150 gr broccoli, chopped

150 gr mushrooms,sliced

150 gr mangetout ,sliced

1/2 red or green bell pepper

2 garlic cloves,peeled and chopped

little bit fresh ginger or powder ginger

Dressing: juice 2 limes

2 tsp sugar

1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

1 tbsp soy sauce

method: Heat a wok til very hot. Add a tablespoon of oil. Coat the beef in the seasoned cornflour and stir-fry in patches, til bit crispy. remove to dish and keep warm while cooking the vegetables.

Add a little more oil to the wok. Add in the broccoli,mushrooms,mangetout. pepper and garlic and ginger and stir-fry for few minutes.

Return the meat to the wok and add in the dressing ingredients. Stir to combine and continue to cook for another minute.

Enjoy :)

Potato salad a la my style

I always make that salad by the eye so i really dont know the quantities. :( sorry bout that.

You 'll need: Boiled potatoes

Boiled carrots or canned carrots

canned peas

pickled gherkins

few boiled eggs

few hot dog sausages

mayo + sour cream or salad cream

salt + pepper

Method: Dice carrots and potatoes ,slice gherkins and hot dog sausages. Break the eggs using fork or crater. Put all the ingredients in a bowl except for mayo and sour cream. Mix sour cream and mayo together with salt and pepper and mix together with potatoes and everything else.

Enjoy :)

Chocolate mousse tartlets

For the pastry: 115 gr plain flour

25 gr icing sugar

25 gr cocoa powder

75 gr butter

2 eggs

2,5 ml vanilla essence

For the mousse: 200 gr milk chocolate (broken up into pieces)

120 ml milk

10 ml powdered gelatine

30 ml caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 eggs( separated)

250 g cream cheese

melted dark chocolate to decorate

Method: For the pastry sift the flour,sugar and cocoa powder into a mixing bowl. Rub in the butter 'til mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.

Mix eggs and vanilla essence in a small bowl,then add to the dry ingredients and mix to a soft dough. Tip out on to a lightly floured surface and knead 'til smooth. Wrap in a cling film and place in a fridge for about 30 minutes.

Roll out pastry and use to line 6 tartlet tins.( i used 10 cm size). Cover tartlets with cling film and put in a fridge for another 20 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 190⁰C ( 375⁰F; gas mark 5).

Prick the base of each pastry case with a fork, then line with baking paper and fill with bakinf beans( u can use uncooked rice aswell) and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove the paper and beans (rice), and put the pastry cases back in the oven and cook another 15 minutes. or 'til pastry is firm. Let the pastry cases cool in the tin.

For the filling,melt the chocolate . Milk pour into a pan and add gelatine and heat gently til gelatine is dissolved. remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate.

Whisk sugar,vanilla essence and egg yolks together, and then add in the chocolate mixture. Beat in the cream cheese 'til mixture is evenly mixed. Chill the mixture til it starts to set ( might take several hours).

Whisk the egg whites in a grease-free bowl 'til stiff, then gently fold into the mixture. Divide the mixture between the pastry cases and leave in the fridge to set.

Decorate with dark melted chocolate .

Enjoy :)