Spicy Chicken Pilaf

Pilaf is an aromatic dish consisting of rice cooked in a seasoned broth and a mix of spices. It is normally a side dish in the western world though by adding your favourite meat pilaf extends into a main meal, chicken is a superior option since it is so adaptable to any dish.

Strawberry Custard and Cream Cake

Strawberry is an extensively used fruit in cooking and especially in desserts. This popular sweet, juicy, red fruit with a subtle touch of sourness contains a lot of vitamins and minerals to facilitate a balanced, healthy diet.

Mille Feuille

A mille feuille cake is consisting of three layers of puff pastry and two layers of custard by tradition, however some variations include whipped cream or jam. The top pastry layer is dusted with icing sugar, cocoa, finely chopped toasted nuts or glazed with icing or fondant in fondant.

Paris Brest Choux

This is a French dessert sold in many pastry shops resembling the all important 1200 km bicycle race from Paris to Brest and back to Paris. The shape represents the wheel, the white icing sugar the daytime and cocoa powder night time.

Raspberry Choux Buns

This is a brilliant choux pastry dessert with complimenting flavours of custard, cream and raspberries giving an enjoyable experience.

Dreams

These cream cakes are another special cream cake made in many Danish cake shops with numerous varied versions.

Goose Breasts

Gåsebryst is the Danish name for this admired cream cake. When I did my training it was an important cake for sale at least every Sunday.

Othello Layer Cake

The Danish Othello layer cake is traditionally made of vanilla custard and chocolate icing. Inspired by Shakespeare’s play Othello it represents the distinction between black and white.

Lemon Éclairs

An éclair is a finger long baked pastry shell made from piped choux paste filled with a soft sweet or savoury paste and decorated on top. Lemon éclairs are appetizing and elegant desserts which are easy to make in your own home.

Chicken Coriander and Cashew Stir Fry

Stir frying is an Eastern cooking technique, it is easy enough for any chefs and cooks and the ultimate fast food. So get out your wok and inspiration to cook a stir fry you already know or try this recipe.

Banana Custard Layer Cake

Banana is a commonly used fruit in cooking and especially in desserts. This popular pale, sweet and starchy fruit with a subtle touch of sourness contains vitamins and minerals to facilitate a balanced, healthy diet.

Danish Buttermilk Pancake Puffs (Æbleskiver)

Æbleskiver are tasty small sphere shaped and airy pancakes cooked in a special pan with round cavity traditional made in Denmark for Christmas. Portrayed as a Danish moist pan fried doughnut you can fill with any jam or just dip in sugar, honey, custard or cream.

The origin of æbleskiver in time and place is somewhat blurred, however the legend informs us the Vikings were nomads sailing the seas and came into another battle where they were hit hard in a battle. Their shields had taken the impact of the battle and were beaten up and full of dents. To gain strength for the next battle they decided to make pancakes. The Vikings greased the beaten shields that were full of cavities and placed them on the fire as a frying pan. Slicing apples and dipping them in batter before placing them in the cavities of the hot shields. That is how the story goes.

Lamb's Fry and Bacon

This is a classic dish in Australia, where pan fried lamb’s liver is placed in an onion and bacon gravy. It has been a well-liked meal in the pubs as a low cost food and has been made popular again as a slow cooker dish. There are numerous treasured recipes of this dish and some still appreciate it as breakfast or as a filling for pies.

Carrot Herb and Cheese Damper

This is a modern version of the damper cooked in a normal oven. It is a wonderful quick bread that is very easy to make and appropriate to use as a compliment to a soup or on its own.

Coffee Tiramisu Cake

Tiramisu is an Italian cake or dessert and translates to pick me up. The dessert is made with ladyfingers dipped in strong coffee, layered in a glass with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone flavoured with Marsala then dusted with cocoa powder. Tiramisu is a layered cake made with layers of coffee saturated sponge and a mixture of mascarpone cheese, Marsala, eggs and sugar. Cocoa powder is sifted on top as a garnish and a bitter contrast to the sweet cheese mixture.

Custard and Cream Chocolate Profiteroles

Profiteroles are a very popular dessert and we all value a good cream cake. This one has fresh fruit, cream, custard and is everybody’s favourite shiny crackling chocolate covered filled profiterole.

Baked Continental Lemon Cheesecake

This is a light and delicious smooth baked cheesecake with enjoyable lemon flavour. Slow baking is the solution for this dessert as it will slowly set just like custard.

Fruit Tarts

We all appreciate a fresh fruit cake and this one has a crispy base, fresh fruit, custard and fresh fruit with jelly glaze.

Chocolate Croquembouche (Chocolate Profiterole Cake)

Croquembouche or profiterole cake is a traditional French dessert and is used as a celebration cake for weddings, birthdays and christenings. It is called “a pièce montée”, which is a dessert carefully constructed from a mixture of components intended to be as decorative and celebratory as possible. There are plenty of variations of this cake but this is a people’s preferred celebration cake.