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Soups, Snacks and Starters
C
RAB AND
C
ORN
S
OUP
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon oil
1 onion, fi nely chopped
425 ml boiling chicken stock
300
g
can creamed corn
salt and pepper
170
g
can crabmeat, drained
150 ml milk
3 tablespoons cream
chopped parsley for garnish
Method:
Place oil and onion in a 3-litre casserole dish. Cover
and cook on 1000 W for 2 to 4 minutes. Add chicken
stock, corn, salt and pepper. Cook on 1000 W for 5
minutes. Add crabmeat and milk and mix well. Cook
on 1000 W for 3 minutes. Stir in cream and sprinkle
with parsley. Serve.
H
EALTHY
P
EAR
S
OUP
Ingredients:
350
g
pork rib (blanched in hot water)
3 pears (cut, with skin)
20
g
sweet almond
10
g
bitter almond
30
g
dried scallop (soaked)
1 honey date
10
g
wolfberry
10
g
ginger (sliced)
1 litre water
salt to taste
Method:
Place above ingredients in a microwave safe
casserole, covered partially. Set to 800 W for 20
minutes. Continue to cook on 440 W for 90 minutes.
(Stir at ½ time) Lastly add salt to taste.
P
OPCORN
Serves: 2 to 4
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons butter
3 tablespoons popping corn
Method:
Place all ingredients in a loosely twisted oven bag.
Place oven bag on an inverted microwave-safe
plate. Cook on 1000 W for 2 minutes.
Remove from bag and serve sprinkled with salt.
S
EAFOOD
P
IZZA
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
325
g
pizza base
¼ cup tomato paste
200
g
seafood mix (marinara) chopped
¼ cup sun dried tomatoes, chopped
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
½ cup grated pizza cheese
Method:
Spread pizza base with tomato paste. Evenly
sprinkle with remaining ingredients, fi nishing with
cheese.
Cook by selecting oven with preheating at 220°C.
After oven has preheated place pizza onto Grill Tray
in lower shelf position, cook for 14 minutes. Press
Start.
P
IZZA
I
TALIANO
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
325
g
pizza base
¼ cup tomato paste
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon pesto
60
g
sliced salami
40
g
sliced pepperoni
¼ onion, sliced
¼ capsicum, sliced
¼ cup pitted black olives
6 anchovy fi llets
1 cup grated pizza cheese
Method:
Spread pizza base with tomato paste. Evenly
sprinkle with remaining ingredients, fi nishing with
cheese.
Cook by selecting oven with preheating at 220°C.
After oven has preheated place pizza onto Grill Tray
in lower shelf position, cook for 14-15 minutes. Press
Start.
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