pizza snacks

Made these today! Kind of like the savoury version of cinnamon twists.

dough
300grams flour (2 cups), plus extra for dusting
1/2 tsp salt
1 sachet dried yeast (2 tsp)
200ml warm water
1tbsp oil, plus extra for greasing

filling
100g smoked ham
100ml tomato sauce
85 g grated cheese
1/2-1 tsp dried oregano

(i might making some with pesto and olives too, instead of sauce and ham)

1.flour and salt, stir in yeast, make a well add water and oil and mix to a soft dough

2 turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 10 min of until smooth and elastic, then put into a lightly oiled bowl. cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size. meanwhile , line a large baking tray with non stick baking paper

3 knead the dough lightly then roll out thinly on a floured surface to make a rectangle

4 chop the ham. spread the tomato sauce over the dough, sprinkle with ham, cheese and herbs

5 roll up tighlty like a swiss roll and cut into 16 slices. place the pieces of dough on the baking tray. cover and leave to rise for 30 min. meanwhile preheat the oven to 230/450

6 bake in centre of oven for 8-10 min or until will risen and golden brown, serve warm or leave to cool on rack

freezable for up to 2 months

can use wholemeal flour , they suggest 50-85 g of whole and the rest plain

Cinnamon Twists (saturday august 20)

I was feeling like I wanted to cook something with flour yeast and cinnamon, this recipe was on the back of the dry yeast box.

2 sachets dry yeast (14g)
4 cups plain flour
1tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
300ml sour cream, warmed
1/4 cup warm milk
2 tablespoons melted butter (40ml)
an egg (lightly beaten it says- oops i didn't do that)

filling
2tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1tsp cinnamon

(also they give ingredients for icing but i didn't make icing)


1.mix dry ingredients , add sour cream, milk, butter and egg, mix well to form soft dough. knead for 10 min until smooth and elastic.


2.Place dough in a greased bowl. Cover, leave leave in a warm place to double in volume (approx 50 min). I put it in/over a sink of hot water

3.Knock down dough (punch in middle first)then knead for 1 min.

4. divide dough into 2 equal portions . roll each portion to a rectangle 30cmX30cm (sounds more like a square to me?) Combine all filling ingredients and mix well. spread filling over each portion.

5.Fold dough in half lengthwise. Slice into 12 X 2.5cm slices. twist each end in opposite directions. place on greased baking trays. Leave in warm place to double in size (approx 30 min)- I put one tray over the sink again , and the other in front of heater. I don't think they doubled in size, but they ended up turning out ok as far i as i could tell

6. bake at 180 c for 25 min. Cool on wire rack

(if you want to do the icing you beat 1 tbs butter and 1 cup of icing sugar until light and fluffy then beat in 1 tbs milk, some drops of vanilla , when cool ice and sprinkle with cinnamon )

I might make them smaller next time and use more fillings

our house got a freezer!

Met people from the province I lived in in China! I've met stacks of Chinese people in Aust, but these are the first ones from that province.

minced pork

mix garlic, soy, sugar, salt, ginger, chives etc with mince pork and steam, or you could stir fry
nice with stir fried green leafy veg and rice
i got this idea from a singaporean in cambodia, so not sure what nationality food it is

chocolate choc chip biscuits

125 g butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup castor sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla e
an egg
1 1/2 cup SR flour
1/3 cup cocoa
3/4 cup choc chips

1,mix butter and sugars
2, add vanilla and egg
3, add flour and cocoa
4, choc chips

bake at 160 for 10-15 min