Fish with pistachio herb crust

Lactose-free, egg-free

Serve 6

1 cup fresh breadcrumbs (3-4 slices bread)
30g flat-leaf parsley leaves (2 small handfuls)
20g basil leaves (1 small handful)
1 clove garlic
1/3 cup unsalted pistachios
1 teaspoon sea salt
?cup olive oil
6 x 150g firm white fish fillets (I used Rock Ling)

Use a food processor to crumb the bread. Add the parsley, basil, garlic and pistachios and pulse until combined but the texture is still rough. Pour in the oil and pulse again to moisten crumbs. Line a baking tray with baking paper and place the fish fillets on the paper. Divide the pistachio mixture between the fillets and press down well to make a firm crust. Cover with plastic film and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Preheat the grill to medium and the oven to 180 degree. Place the tray under the grill and cook the fish until the crust is starting to turn golden, about 3 minutes. Transfer tray to oven and bake for 10 minutes or until fish is cooked through.

Serve with lemon wedges, diced roasted potatoes and a green salad.

Notes:Other types of firm white fish include Blue-eye, Flake or Mirror Dory.
My fishmonger recommends buying Gummy Flake as it is a smallish shark; concerns re mercury levels significantly reduced.
Make this recipe gluten-free by using gluten-free bread for the breadcrumbs.The Rock Ling I used was quite thick and took ages to cook, so I sacrificed one piece of beautifully crusted fish (no prize for guessing whose piece) to keep checking for doneness.

(Source: kidspot.com.au)

Super fast tuna fried rice

Gluten-free, lactose-free, nut-free

Serves 4

1 teaspoon olive oil
2 eggs
4 rashers bacon, diced
1 small onion, diced
1 cup frozen peas
425g tin tuna
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cups cooked rice
Coriander or chives to garnish

Heat oil in a wok or large frypan, break eggs into wok and stir with a spoon to break up the yolks. Cook for a minute, flip the omelette over and cook the other side for a minute. Transfer omelette to a plate and slice into bite size strips. Return wok to heat and stir fry bacon and onion until onion is soft, about 3 minutes. Add peas, cook for two minutes. Add tuna and soy sauce, combine with other ingredients, then add rice and egg strips. Stir well to combine and heat through. Serve immediately garnished with herbs.

(Source: kidspot.com.au)

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
250g good-quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
150g unsalted butter, chopped
2/3 cup caster sugar
125g almond meal
5 eggs, separated
Icing sugar to dust
Ice cream to serve

Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease a 23cm springform tin with butter and line base with non-stick baking paper.

Combine the chocolate, butter and sugar in a medium heatproof bowl. Place over a saucepan of simmering water (make sure the bowl doesn't touch the water) and stir frequently until melted and smooth. Transfer the chocolate mixture to a large mixing bowl and stir in the almond meal. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well with a wooden spoon after each addition.

Place the eggwhites in a separate clean bowl. Use an electric beater to beat until firm peaks form. Add a third of the eggwhite to the chocolate mixture and use a large metal spoon to fold in until combined. Fold through the remaining eggwhite.

Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Smooth the surface with the back of a spoon. Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, until crumbs cling to a skewer inserted into the centre. Remove from the oven and cool in the tin.

Dust the cake with icing sugar and serve with ice cream.

(Source:Kidspot Daily)

Party Perfect - Pavlova

Ingredients
6 large egg whites
Pinch of salt
300g caster sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cornflour
1 1/2 teaspoons white vinegar
300ml pouring cream

Method
Preheat oven to 120C.
Trace around a 24cm dinner plate or cake tin onto baking paper and place the baking paper onto a baking tray.
Combine eggwhites and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk until stiff peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating constantly, but gently, until the mixture is glossy and can be held upside down without the mixture falling out. If you overbeat the foam will dry out.
Whisk in cornflour and vinegar.
Shape mixture on baking tray, keeping within the circle.
Smooth the mixture into a cake shape and remember to flatten the top.
Place in oven on the bottom shelf and immediately turn the heat down to 110 C and bake for 1 hour.
Turn off the oven and allow the pavlova to cool inside the oven until the oven is cold. This can take a few hours.
Remove the pavlova and carefully remove the baking paper from its base.
Whip the cream, cover the pavlova with cream and add seasonal fruit such as strawberries, kiwi fruit, berries and drizzle with passionfruit.

Green Chicken Curry

Ingredients
1 breast and 3 thigh fillets of chicken
300ml tin coconut milk
2 tbsp peanut oil
1/2 onion, very finely chopped
6 green shallots, chopped
1 stalk lemon grass
1 clove garlic
2 tspn green curry paste
2cm piece fresh ginger
2 kaffir lime leaves
1 can straw mushrooms, with half the juice from the tin
3 small branches fresh green peppercorns
50ml Thai fish sauce
2 red chillies

Garnish
1 cup fresh coriander
5 tbsp peanuts1/2 small cucumber, diced

Method
Slice the chicken into bite-sized pieces
Do not shake the coconut milk, instead carefully spoon 2 tbsp of the the thicker part into the bottom of a saucepan and heat along with 2 tbsp peanut oil.
Saute the onion, lemon grass and garlic for a minute, then stir in curry paste.
Add the ginger, lime leaves and then the straw mushrooms, cover with remaining coconut milk and half can of mushroom brine.
Simmer 3-4 minutes, then season to taste with the fish sauce.
Stir in the peppercorns and shredded chillies and simmer just below boiling point until chicken is cooked (about 8 mins).
Spoon over cooked rice in wide soup bowls and top with garnish.

Wasabi Prawn - a quick & easy dish for seafood lover

Ingredients:

100g prawn meat
suitable amt. of wasabi
50ml soy sauce
one avocado


Preparation:

1. Add prawn meat into boiled water, cook for 5-7 minutes until it's fully cooked
2. use spoon to take out avocardo meat, mix it with prawn meat
3. Add soy sauce and wasabi and mixed all contents evenly