- Sieve maida, salt, baking powder, nutmeg powder and cinnamon powder. Add flour mixture to wet mixture slowly and combine well with spatula. Finally add soaked fruits and nuts. And just fold it. Don’t over-mix the batter.
NOTES:
- For non-alcoholic version, you can use apple juice, orange juice, grape juice or combination of apple & orange, vice-versa. For alcoholic version, try with rum, wine or brandy.
- To skip caramel syrup part, I have used brown sugar and honey.
- To prevent cake burn at top, you can cover it with foil sheet while baking.
http://www.jopreetskitchen.com/2013/12/christmas-fruit-and-rum-cake-plum-cake.html
Author: Preeti Tamilarasan
Baby Crab Cakes with Spicy Remoulade
Ingredients
- 1 pound lump crabmeat, drained and picked over for shell pieces
- 4 teaspoons mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs, plus additional for dredging
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
Remoulade
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon fresh shallot, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
- 1 teaspoon drained capers, chopped
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco sauce
Directions:
- Place the crab in a large bowl. In a separate bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, mustard, egg, chives, salt, and pepper. Pour mayonnaise mixture over crab; gently toss to combine. Add 1/2 cup breadcrumbs and gently mix again. Refrigerate mixture 30 minutes.
- Place additional breadcrumbs in a bowl. Working one at a time, drop a slightly rounded tablespoon of crab mixture into the breadcrumbs. Roll crab around to coat then form into a cake slightly large than a quarter, about 3/4-inch thick. Place on a baking sheet and repeat with remaining crab and breadcrumbs. Chill crab cakes 30 minutes.
- For the sauce, combine the mayonnaise, shallot, chives, capers, zest, and hot pepper sauce in a bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter with 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. When the foam subsides add 1/2 of the crab cakes and cook, turning once, until golden and hot, 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving platter. Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter with oil and cook remaining crab cakes. Top each with a little remoulade and serve.
Thanks to: https://www.anolon.com/recipes/baby-crab-cakes-with-spicy-remoulade/
Easy Lamb Hotpot
Ingredients
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 large carrots cut into bite size pieces
- 600 g diced lamb leg
- 500 ml lamb stock from a cube is fine
- 3 large potatoes (roughly 500g / 1lb), cut into 3mm slices
- Plus a little oil, salt and pepper
- Vegetables to serve optional
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 180C / 160C fan/ gas mark 4 / 350F.
- In a large ovenproof pan (or hobproof casserole dish), add a little oil plus the onion and carrot. Cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 5 minutes or until soft but not brown.
- Turn the heat up and add the lamb, cook for 2-3 minutes until nicely browned. Add the lamb stock, plus a little salt and pepper and bring to the boil.
- Turn the heat off and arrange the potato slices on the top so they slightly overlap. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper then cover the pan with a lid (or foil) and place in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour turn the oven up to 220C / 200C / gas mark 7 / 425F and cook for a further 30 minutes or until the top is brown and the potatoes are completely cooked.
- Serve just as it is or with extra vegetables.
NOTES:
- If you don’t have a suitable cast iron pot/oven proof saucepan, then simply start this in a saucepan or frying pan on the hob and then transfer to an ovenproof dish for the oven part.
From: https://www.easypeasyfoodie.com/easy-lamb-hotpot/
About the Author
Trinity Blacio is the #1 Amazon bestselling romance writer of paranormal erotic romance for her series Running in Fear and Masters of the Cats, as well as a number of dark fantasy, erotic romance, erotic horror and ménage titles. She is a PAN member of the Ohio chapter of Romance Writers of America, and is the bestselling author of a paranormal stepbrother romance series that made her an All Romance eBooks and Siren bestselling author.
Coming from a split family, Trinity Blacio has lived in Minnesota, California, Michigan and Florida, but eventually settled in the state where she was born—Ohio. She has an associate’s degree in psychology and social work from Lorain County Community College, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cleveland State University.
You will find her on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads. She loves to talk with all her fans.
Other Riverdale Avenue Titles by Trinity Blacio
The Virgin Witch and the Vampire King
The Virgin Witch and the Vampire King
Book One: Wedding Bells Times Four
The Virgin Witch and the Vampire King
Book Two: Training a Wife
Her Stepbrothers are Blood Suckers
Book Three of The Virgin Witch and Vampire King Series
The Running in Fear Series
Searching for the Perfect Mate: Remi’s Story
Prequel to The Running in Fear Series
Escaped: Book One of the Running in Fear Series
Abandoned: Book Two of the Running in Fear Series
Coming Home: Book Three of the Running in Fear Series
Cupid’s Venom: Book Four of the Running in Fear Series
Dragon’s Den: Book Five in the Running in Fear Series
Ghost Warriors: Book Six in The Running in Fear Series
New Beginnings Jubilee: Book Seven in the Running in Fear Series
After Hours on Bourbon Street: Book Eight in the Running in Fear Series
A Halloween to Remember: Book Nine in the Running in Fear Series
Finding Hope, Book Ten in the Running in Fear Series
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The Stepbrothers Series
Her Stepbrothers’ Demands
Her Stepbrothers are Aliens
Her Stepbrothers are Demons
Her Stepbrothers are Blood Suckers
Book Three of The Virgin Witch and The Vampire King Series
Her Stepbrothers are Dragons
Her Stepbrothers are Saber Tooth Tigers
Book Five of The Masters of the Cats Series
Her Stepbrothers are Werewolves
Her Stepbrother is a Monster
Her Stepbrothers are Cowboys
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Masters of the Cats: Collaring the Saber-Tooth, Book One
Masters of the Cats: Dee’s Hard Limits, Book Two
Masters of the Cats: Caging the Bengal Tiger, Book Three
A Christmas Tail: Book Four of the Masters of the Cats Series
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Surrender Your Independence
Red Satin Lips: Book One of The Surrender Series
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The Naughty Angel and Her Three Very Wise men
Book One in The Naughty Series
Naughty Mommy and Santa’s Helpers
Book Two of the Naughty Series
The Naughty Stepbrothers
Book Three of The Naughty Series
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Jeanne-Claude and Eugene’s Magic Lamp
Books One: I Dream of Jinns
Hot for Winter: A Christmas Ménage
Hot for Xmas
Ghosts of Christmas Passion
Embracing the Winds
Stoned Love
Her Three Men
Possession of the Soul: Book One of The Fantasy is Alive Series
My Sugar Daddy: Book One in the Sugar Daddies Series
Secrets Unwrapped: Book Two in the Sugar Daddies Series
I Left My Heart in Sin City
The Empress’ Rapture
Three in a Bed
A Collection of Ménage Novellas by Joy Daniels, Louisa Bacio and Trinity Blacio