Lolly Cake
Lolly cake is a New Zealand cake which features lollies in the ingredients and thus can be thought of as “candy cake”. The traditional candy used is Fruit Puffs which are like firm, slightly chewy marshmallows and are obviously fruity.…
Difficulty Levels Easy
Grand Union Bacon
Ingredients 1 egg 3 drops Tabasco sauce Bacon strips (very thin and lean) Very fine cracker crumbs or dust Butter Procedure Beat the egg with the Tabasco sauce. Dip bacon in the egg mixture, and roll in cracker dust. Add…
Fried Cheese Balls with Sausage
Ingredients 1 cup (240 ml) grated cheddar cheese 2 tsp flour ¼ tsp salt 1 lb (500 g) mild or hot sausage ¾ cup (180 ml) fine cracker crumbs Vegetable oil Procedure Method 1 Combine the cheese, flour, sausage and…
Dirt Pudding
Dirt pudding is a dessert creation consisting primarily of pudding (vanilla or chocolate) and Oreo cookies, with some recipes including gummy worms. This quick and easy dessert can be made in less than five minutes and is ready to eat…
Chinese Chews (Nut and Date Bars)
Chinese chews are a bar cookie containing nuts and dried fruit. They have a chewy consistency. Ingredients 2 eggs ⅔ cup sugar ⅔ cup self-raising flour ⅓ tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla ½ cup chopped dates ½ cup seedless raisins…
Homemade Five-Spice Powder
Chinese five spice powder (五香粉, five spices powder, or five-spice powder) is a convenient seasoning for Cantonese cuisine. It incorporates the five basic flavours of Chinese cooking—sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, and salty. One common recipe includes China Tung Hing cinnamon,…
Chinese Rice Porridge (Congee)
Congee is a type of rice porridge eaten across Asia. It may also be called juk, zhou, ganji, or other similar variations. Ingredients Base 220 g (7.75 oz) round rice, washed and drained 2.5 L (10 ½ cups) water or…
Tofu Scramble I
Ingredients Olive or vegetable oil (or veggie butter) ⅓ block soft tofu, drained for 15 minutes ½ small onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 sun-dried tomato, diced 1 small handful fresh flat-leaf spinach 2 dashes red pepper flakes 2…
Tisane ma Louisa (Algerian Lemon Herb Tea)
Tisane ma Louisa (شاي ماء لويزة, Louisa’s Water Remedy Tea) is an Algerian herbal remedy tea. Ingredients 2 g (around 3 tsp) dried verbena leaves 250 ml water ½ ea. lemon, juiced Sugar to taste (optional) Procedure Heat the water…
Mazagran (Algerian Iced Coffee)
Mazagran (مزغران), also called Café Mazagran, is an iced coffee from Algeria. Often deemed the original iced coffee, mazagran originated from a city in Algeria with the same name. It is said that the drink was created by French colonial…
Lekhchef (Algerian Raisin Drink)
Lekhchef (الخشاف) is a refreshing Algerian drink from Constantine. Ingredients 1 L water 2 cinnamon sticks 150 g raisins, rinsed well Sugar to taste Orange blossom water Rose water Procedure Combine the water and cinnamon sticks in a saucepan. Bring…
Hlib Tmer (Algerian Date Milk)
Hlib t’mer (حليب التمر, Date Milk) is an Algerian drink from the Sahara. Ingredients 250 ml camel milk 7 plump, ripe dates A little bit of sugar Water Procedure Remove the seeds from the dates and check if there are…