Light Meals and Snacks
Cheesy Corn Muffins
Makes 6
1 cup
¼cup grated cheddar cheese 125g can corn kernels, drained 2 green shallots, thinly sliced ½ cup milk
1 egg
40g butter, melted
2 teaspoons polenta
2 tablespoons extra grated cheddar cheese
1.With the Extension ring and High Rack in place, preheat oven to 250°C. Lightly grease a
2.Place flour, cheese, corn, shallots and butter in a bowl.
3.Whisk the milk and egg in a jug. Add to the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
4.Divide mixture into prepared pan. Sprinkle with polenta and extra cheese.
5.Using the Oven Tongs, lower the pan into the oven. Reduce temperature to 180°C.
6.Bake for 25 minutes or until just cooked. Remove immediately from pan and cool on a wire rack.
Cheese and Spinach Parcels
Makes 12 (approximately)
1 packet frozen spinach, thawed
2 eggs
300g fresh ricotta
100g feta, crumbled Filo pastry Cooking oil spray
1.With the Extension ring in place, preheat oven to 250°C.
2.Drain spinach and use your hands to squeeze out as much water as possible. Place in a large bowl. Mix through egg and season with pepper. Stir through ricotta and fetta.
3.Place one sheet of filo pastry on the bench and spray with cooking oil spray; fold lengthways into thirds. Place 2 tablespoons of mixture in one corner. Fold pastry diagonally across to form a triangle that encloses spinach mixture. Continue folding pastry diagonally, retaining the triangle shape. Repeat with remaining pastry and spinach mixture.
4.Outside the oven, arrange triangles, seam side down, on the Low and High Rack; spray with cooking oil spray. Using the Oven Tongs, lower the racks into the oven. Reduce oven to 200°C.
5.Cook for about 25 minutes or until golden.
Tip: Don’t be tempted to overfill the triangles or they will burst.
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