Spicy Chicken in Blanket

Ingredients
 

Cocktail chicken sausages…32 pc

White flour………………..….…1 cup
Garlic powder……………..……½ tea spoon
Chilli powder……….…………..1 tea spoon
Water……………………...………1/3 cup (warm)
Yeast………………......……….…3/4 tea spoons
Sugar…………………...….…...…½ tea spoon
Egg yolk………………..….….….1 (beaten)
Poppy seeds……………..…..….2 table spoon
Oil………..……………….……..….2 table spoon
Salt to taste

Method

• Mix the warm water and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Add the yeast to the mixture (do not mix). Keep it aside for 15 min to check if the yeast is active.
• Now add the oil, flour, salt, and garlic and chilli powder and make a soft dough ball.
• Knead the dough for 2-3 min.
• Place the dough in a bowl and cover with a cling film. Place it in a warm place.
• Once the dough has doubled in size (1 1/2-2 hours), punch it and knead for a min.
• Sprinkle some flour on the work place and using a rolling pin flatten it to an even thickness of 4mm.
• Cut the dough into strips about ¾ inch in width or as per the sausage width, with a pastry cutter.
• Roll each sausage with the dough strip until the start end overlaps. Then press and seal the wrap.
• Place the wrapped sausages on a well-greased baking tray or aluminium foil lined tray.
• Keep it aside for ½ hour.
• Beat an egg yolk in a bowl and apply it on wrap.
• Sprinkle the poppy seeds on the egg coating.
• Pre heat the oven on convection mode at 175°C .
• Place the sausage wraps in the pre heated oven and bake for 10-15 min.
• Cool and serve with your choice of condiments.

Makes: 32

Thick Crust Pizza (with Yeast)

Ingredients

For the pizza base:

White flour………..……..…….1 ½ cup
Sugar…..……...…………..…....½   tea spoon
Salt…………………………..…….½ tea spoon
Yeast…………………….......….1 tea spoon
Water……………..……………..½ cup
Oil………..……………………..…2 table spoon
 
For the toppings:
Tomato ketchup………….…..6 table spoon
Grated mozzarella cheese.…2 cup
Garlic……………………….……..2 (large, finely chopped)
Mixed herbs…………..………..1 ½ tea spoon
Chestnut mushrooms…...….175g (diced)
Bell pepper…......………………1 (cut in juliennes)
Or any other topping/s as required
Salt to taste

Method

For the pizza base:

• Mix the water and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Add the yeast to the mixture (do not mix). Keep it aside for 15 min to check if the yeast is active.
• Mix in the flour, salt and oil and make dough.
• Knead the dough for 2-3 min.
• Keep the dough aside for an hour or until it doubles in size in a warm place. Cover with a cloth.
• Divide it into 3 equal parts.
• Dust the balls with flour and roll each ball into the required pizza base shape (circle/square) with a rolling pin or by hand. Keep the edges (crust) thicker than the centre.
• Place on a baking paper.
• Pierce each pizza base with a fork at random place to keep it from puffing up while it cooks.

For the toppings:

• Apply 2 table spoon of tomato ketchup on each base.
• Sprinkle the garlic and add the toppings on the pizza base.
• Sprinkle some mixed herbs and salt on the toppings.
• Lastly top the pizza with the cheese.

To cook the pizza:

• Pre heat the oven on convection mode at 225° C along with a baking tray. 
• Once the oven is hot enough remove the hot baking tray and place the pizza on the tray along with the baking paper it is placed on and put the tray back in the oven.
• Cook for 10-15 min or until pizza base is cooked and cheese has melted. 

Cut the pizza as required with a pizza cutter and serve hot.

Makes: 3

Haddock with Bay Leaves

Ingredients

Haddock fillets..……………….2

Lemon juice……………………..2 tea spoon
Ground pepper……………..….1 tea spoon 
Dry bay leaves.…………………5 (small) 
Salt to taste
Aluminium foil to wrap the fillets

Method

• Place the fillets on the aluminium foil.
• Sprinkle the salt and pepper and drizzle the lemon juice evenly on each fillet.
• Place the bay leaves on the fillets to cover it evenly.
• Fold and seal the aluminium foil so that no moisture comes out. Place it on a baking dish.
• Preheat the oven at 200°C on convection mode. Place the baking dish in the oven and cook for 10-15 min.
• Carefully open the foil and check if the fillets are cooked.
• Serve hot. 

Serves: 2