Friday, July 25, 2014

Kebabs

Lamb Kababs 




Ingredients 
Lamb cubes 
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds 
1 teaspoon coriander seed
1 teaspoon white pepper
Chilli flakes (to your liking ) 
Olive oil 
One pepper (whatever colour you like) 
Shallots 
Small Tomatos 

Preparation: 

Get your pestle and mortar. Put your cumin, coriander & white pepper in there and bash them until they are bruised and battered. Good anger management. 
You can add chilli flakes if you want. 
Put the meat in a bowl. Put the rub that you just made onto the meat. Add the olive oil and rub the meat. 
Leave for an hour to marinate.
Cut the pepper into squares. I used a mix of red and green.

Light up the barbie 
Start putting the meat and vegetables on the skewers. I usually start with an onion. 
You could start with a piece of pepper. 
The sequence I use is Onion- Meat - Pepper -Meat- Pepper- Meat- Pepper- Meat- Onion. That makes it enough for skewer per person. 
Once you are ready get them on the BBQ. 
Cook them to your taste. Enjoy.

coming soon: "Chicken Kababs 


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Olive, Sun-dried Tomato & Coriander Bread 




Ingredients:

  • 500g bread flour
  • 15g or a teaspoon of salt
  • 55ml olive oil
  • 20g fresh yeast
  • 275ml water
  • 180g black Greek olives, pitted and chopped
  • 60g sun-dried tomatoes
  • 20g Coriander seeds toasted and crushed



Preparation:

Stage 1:

  • Mix all ingredients, apart from the olives, tomatoes & crushed coriander seeds, in a large bowl.  Try not to put the yeast in direct contact with the salt when they are first added to the bowl.
  • Knead well with your hands and knuckles until the dough is elastic, smooth and shiny. Cover with a piece of cling film and leave to rise for 1 hour. Somewhere sunny helps.

Stage 2:

  • Divide the dough into two and into each add half of the olives, sun-dried tomatoes and coriander seeds. Add more flour if needed and knead again till you have the right consistency

  • Mould both the doughs into rough round shapes and press firmly down. Sprinkle white flour lightly over the top and mark them with a cross
  • Place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper (silicone paper) and prove for 1 hour in a warm place.
  • Bake at 220C/425F/Gas 7 for 30 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.