Cooking Fruit by Micro Power
FRUIT - Peel, slice, chop into even sized pieces. Place in shallow heatproof dish on turntable.
Apples - poached | 500 g | High | 8 | Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover. |
Apples - stewed | 500 g | High | 6 | Only half fill dish. Cover. |
Peaches - poached | 500 g | High | 4 - 5 | Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover. |
Pears - poached | 500 g | High | 6 - 7 | Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover. |
Plums - poached | 500 g | High | 8 | Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover. |
Plums - stewed | 500 g | High | 8 - 10 | Add 30 ml (2 tbsp) of water. Only half fill dish. Cover. |
Rhubarb - stewed | 500 g | High | 5 | Only half fill dish. Cover. |
SWEET BERRY SAUCE
Makes: Approximately 2 cups
Ingredients: |
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1⁄2 | cup | caster sugar |
1⁄2 | cup | water |
500 g | berries, halved if large | |
2 tablespoons | water | |
1 tablespoon | cornflour |
Method:
Combine sugar and water in a
CINNAMON POACHED PEARS
Serves: 4 |
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Ingredients: |
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1⁄2 cup | water |
1⁄2cup | caster sugar |
1⁄2 teaspoon | cinnamon |
4 | pears, peeled and sliced |
Method:
Combine water, caster sugar and cinnamon in a
Tip:
To soften butter cook on Med for 10 to 20 seconds.
STIRRED CUSTARD
Makes: Approximately 400 ml
Ingredients: |
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3 tablespoons | sugar |
2 tablespoons | custard powder |
11⁄2 cups | milk |
2 | egg yolks, lightly beaten |
1 teaspoon | vanilla essence |
Method:
Combine sugar and custard powder in
FIGS IN RIESLING AND HONEY
Serves 4 |
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Ingredients: |
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8 | firm figs |
11⁄2 | cups Riesling wine |
80 ml | honey |
1 teaspoon | lemon juice |
1 teaspoon | grated lemon rind |
2 tablespoons | chopped pistachio nuts |
Method:
Wash and stem the figs place into a 2 litre dish Combine Riesling, and honey and pour over figs. Cook on
CHOCOLATE PAˆT É
Makes 24 x 8 cm loaf tin
Ingredients: |
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300 g | dark chocolate | |
400 g | can condensed milk | |
1 cup | brazil nuts | |
1⁄2 | cup | hazelnuts |
1⁄3 | cup | glace cherries |
1⁄2 | cup | sultanas |
Method:
Break chocolate into pieces and place with condensed milk in a
pour in the mixture. Chill for several hours or until set. Turn out and serve thinly sliced.
Cakes, Desserts and Slices
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