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Sunday, April 13, 2014

POTATO CHOPS PEPPER MINCE AND POTATO CUTLETS

POTATO CHOPS (PEPPER MINCE AND POTATO CUTLETS)

Serves 6 Preparation Time 1 hour

Ingredients

½ kg fine beef or lamb / mutton mince

1 medium sized onion chopped finely

2 teaspoons pepper powder

Salt to taste

3 tablespoons oil

1 egg beaten

2 tablespoons breadcrumbs

3 large potatoes

Method:

Boil the potatoes, remove the skin and mash well. Keep aside.

In a pan add the mince, onions, pepper powder and salt with a little oil and simmer on low heat till the mince is dry. Remove from heat and cool for some time.

Form the mashed potatoes into even sized balls. Make a depression in the center and fill with the pepper mince. Flatten each ball to form a round cutlet. Dip in the beaten egg then roll in the breadcrumbs.

Heat oil in a flat pan and shallow fry the cutlets on low heat till golden brown on both sides.

Serve with Grilled Tomatoes or Ketchup

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Mince Pies for Tea Time Treats

Im entering this for Tea Time Treats as the theme for December is Christmas Team Time Treats is a monthly baking challenge run by Karen at Lavender and Lovage and Kate at What Kate Baked , Kate is hosting the December challenge.

Last month I made Dark Chocolate Mincemeat using Dan Lepards Dark Rich Mincemeat recipe from his fabulous book Short and Sweet. So today I made some mince pies and again I turned to Short and Sweet for the Rich Shortcrust Pastry that Dan recommends for mince pies. Its a lovely recipe, sweet and enriched with ground almonds and egg yolk . I was really quite excited about tasting the mince pies and I wasnt disappointed.

Usually I find that mince pies are all pastry and no filling and the pastry never seems very exciting, but the Rich Shortcrust was light, short and added rather than detracted from the mincemeat. I made the pies in my muffin tins, some mini pies in mini muffin tins and a few larger ones. The muffin tins give you a deeper pie which allows for more filling. Definitely a huge hit! If you havent bought Short and Sweet yet, then get it on your Christmas list.