Dairy Cream with Bananas

"Yet more proof that delicious desserts don’t necessarily need to be difficult to prepare or expensive."

Ingredients:

• 4 ripe bananas
• 1 2/3 cup milk
• 2/5 cup of sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 3 tbsp flour
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 powder packet  vanilla

Procedure:

Mash the bananas into a puree. Put the milk in a container on the stove to boil with the vanilla. Separately, beat the egg yolks and sugar until they whiten, add the flour, mashed bananas and whip some more.

Gradually, while stirring continuously, pour the milk into the egg mixture, being careful not to curdle it. Return it to the heat and stir it for 4-5 minutes until the cream thickens. Remove from the heat and stir the cream with the butter.

In dessert bowls, places sizes of bananas on the bottom and pour the cream in. Put it in the fridge 2-3 hours before serving.

Optionally, you can beat the egg whites into thick snow and mixed them in with the cooled cream, before putting the cream into bowls.

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Apple Pie without Eggs

It’s time to make your first pie!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/5 cups of Flour
• ½ cup of Water
• 4 2/3 cup of Sugar
• ½ tsp of Oil
• 2 tbsp of Rum
• 1  Baking Powder
• 1 Lemon
• 500 g Apples, for the filling
• ½ cup Walnuts
• 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• Marmalade, by choice

Procedure:

Use the flour, water, sugar, oil, baking powder and rum to knead a very soft dough. Divide it into two parts.

Roll out 1 half along the bottom of the baking tray. Smear it with plenty of marmalade of your choice, sprinkle the top with chopped walnuts. Grate the apples, mix them with sugar, cinnamon and breadcrumbs and put them to serve as the filling for the pie.

Knead the remaining half of the dough with flour. Roll it out, cut into strips and arrange them on top of the pie. Put the apple pie to bake in a moderate oven.

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Homemade Banana Ice Cream

This trendy dessert isn’t really ice cream at all, but rather a creamy dairy-free dessert made of nothing but frozen banana.

Ingredients:

•  4 pcs. Bananas
• 1 2/3 cups of milk
• 4/5 cup confectionary cream
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ cup sugar

Procedure:

To the  smoothly mashed bananas, add the milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla. Beat well until homogeneous and optionally put in a little yellow confectionary dye for it to acquire a more appetizing appearance. 

If you have a machine for ice cream, put the mixture in it for 30 minutes. If you do not, put the box with the mixture in the freezer and after about 30-40 minutes, remove and stir it again. 

Put it back in the freezer until it begins to freeze. Then remove it and stir it well one last time. All you have to do now is leave the homemade banana ice cream to freeze for several hours.

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Mango Float

Mango Float

Ingredients:

• 1 box of Graham crackers
• 1 box of Graham crumbs (optional)
• 2 small cans Nestle cream
• 1 can of Condensed milk
• 1 can of Evaporated milk
• 6 ripe mangoes, sliced

Instructions:

Prepare a rectangular glass dish with or without lid.

In a bowl, whisk Nestle cream until smooth. Add the condensed and evaporated milk. Whisk until well combined.

Using a ladle, place a small amount of the milk mixture into the bottom of the dish, then place a layer of Graham crackers and top with the sliced mangoes.

Ladle a mixture again, slowly pour over the crackers and the mangoes, making sure it covers all of the Graham crackers.

Repeat by placing layers of crackers, mangoes and milk mixture. Top off with Graham crumbs (or just crushed some Graham crackers).

Cover and freeze overnight.

Serve and enjoy!

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Pancake

Pancake, also known as Hot Cake among Filipinos, is a fried cake. It is served while it is still hot and fresh from frying pan. This could be the reason why we called it Hot Cake. It is at its best taste while it is still hot. Although ready made pancake mix is readily available in grocery stores, this dish is very easy to make.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoon oil or melted butter
• Procedure:

Sift flour, sugar and baking powder into a large bowl. Mix thoroughly.

Add milk, egg, oil (or melted butter) and salt. Beat slowly until the all ingredients are smoothly blended.

Grease the frying pan with at least 1 tablespoon of oil. Heat up in a low fire.

Pour ¼ cup of mixture on the frying pan.

Let stand for approximately 1 minute then flip on the other side for another 1 minute or until the pan cake turns light brown

Serve hot with honey.

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Chocolate Cupcake

The ideal cupcakes for child’s birthday – a lovely chocolate for every kid!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 4 tbsp Cocoa
• 2 tbsp Chocolate, grated
• 1 handful Bluberries
• 1 packet Butter
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 1 packet Baking Powder
• ½ cup Yoghurt
• 1 pc. Egg

Procedure:

Heat the oven to 356 degree Fahrenheit. Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa. To them add the yoghurt, egg and the butter, beaten with the sugar.
Add in the grated chocolate. Stir until you get a nice smooth mixture. Scoop from it and put a little at the bottom of each cupcake holder in an aluminium tray.
Put some blueberries in each one as well.Cover them with more of the mixture. Put the cupcake tray in the preheated oven.
After about 15- 20 minutes they should be ready. Take it out and cover with an oven dish for about 20 mins., then serve.

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Chocolate Banana Cake

Chocolate Banana Cake with Hazelnut at the top

Ingredients:

• 2 cups ALL-Purpose Flour

• ¾ cup Cocoa Powder

• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder

• 1 ½ tsp. baking soda

• ½ tsp salt

• 2 large eggs

• 1 cup mashed pipe bananas

• 1 cup warm water

• ½ cup vegetable oil

• ½ teaspoon vanilla water

• ½ cup milk

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and place rack in the center of the oven.Butter or spray with a non-stick vegetable spray, a 9 x 13 in. pan. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Set aside.

In another large bowl, whisk together the eggs, mashed bananas, water, milk, oil, and vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients and stir, or whisk until combined. You will notice that the batter is quite thin. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 to 40 mins. Or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out and clean.

Remove from oven and let it cool on a wire rack. When completely cooled, frost with the ganache.


Ganache:  Place the chopped chocolate bar in a medium size stainless steel or heat proof bowl.                  Set aside.  Heat the cream and butterin a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat.                  Bring just to a boil. Immediately pour the boiling cream over the chocolate and allow                    to stand for 5 minutes. Stir until smooth. When ganache has completely cooled, beat                  until soft and fluffy. Then spread the frosting on the top of the cake. Garnish with                            chopped hazelnuts.

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Keeping your Kitchen and Food Clean

Keeping your kitchen and food clean, including worktops and chopping boards, is essential to keep food safe. Otherwise, bacteria can grow and spread. The following are one way of dealing the cleanliness:

1. wipe up any spilt food straight away

2. wash kitchen cloths and sponges regularly and leave them to dry                      

3. keep knives, wooden spoons, spatulas, tongs, and the like clean to help stop bacteria spreading to food.

           It's very easy for hands to spread bacteria all round the kitchen, because we touch so many things, from food to fridge handles, towels to can openers. So to keep your kitchen clean you need to keep your hands clean.

Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water at each of these times:

1. before starting to prepare food

            2. after touching raw food such as meat, poultry, vegetables and eggs

3. after going to the toilet

4. after touching the bin

5. after touching pets

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Dessert

"Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two."

                                                                             -Naico Drasse

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