5
Cooking
Guide
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Serves: to
Ingredients:
Base:
250 g
peanut cookies, finely crushed
125 g
butter
Filling:
500 g
cream cheese, softened
1
/
2
cup
brown sugar
1 cup
crunchy peanut butter
2
eggs
1 teaspoon
vanilla essence
1
/
2
cup
sour cream
Topping:
150 g
chocolate
1
/
4
cup
sour cream
Method:
Melt butter in a 1-litre casserole dish on
HIGH
for
30 to 40 seconds
. Add crushed biscuits and
combine. Press biscuit mixture evenly over base
and sides of a greased 20 cm spring form tin.
Refrigerate until firm. Place filling ingredients into
a mixing bowl, beat until mixture is combined. Pour
mixture into chilled biscuit base. Place in oven, on
Low Rack, cook on
Combination 3
for
30 to 35
minutes
. Allow to cool and spread with topping.
Topping:
Melt chocolate in a 2-cup jug on
MED HIGH
for
1 to 2 minutes
. Stir in sour cream.
Spread over cheesecake.
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Honey Oaty Slice
Makes: 2 x 1 cm Swiss roll pan
Ingredients:
1 cup
rolled oats
1 cup
plain flour
3
/
4
cup
coconut
3
/
4
cup
sugar
125 g
butter
3 tablespoons
honey
2 tablespoons
water
1
/
2
teaspoon
bicarbonate of soda
Method:
Grease and paper line a 2 x 1 cm slice pan.
Combine oats, flour, coconut and sugar in a large
bowl. In a 2-litre pyrex bowl, place butter, honey and
water and cook on
HIGH
for
1 to 2 minutes
, stir in
bicarbonate of soda. Pour over dry ingredients, stir
until well combined. Press into pan. Place on Low
Rack. Cook on
Convection 180°C
for
20 to 25
minutes
.
No pre-heating is necessary. Cool before cutting.
To Cook by Auto Menu:
Prepare as above. Place on Low Rack. Select
Cake/Slice
, then press
Start
.
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Desserts and Pastries
Apple Slice
Apple Slice
Makes: 2 slices
Ingredients:
3
cooking apples,
peeled and sliced thinly
1
/
4
teaspoon
cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
2
sheets ready rolled puff pastry
1
egg, lightly beaten
caster sugar
Method:
Place apples, cinnamon and sugar into a 2-litre
casserole dish. Cook covered on
HIGH
for
3 to 5
minutes
. Drain well.
Preheat oven on
2 Level Convection 210˚C
. Cut
sheets of pastry in half. Place 2 halves of pastry
side by side on a bread board. Place apple mixture
on top leaving a 2 cm border around the edge.
Brush edges with beaten egg and place remaining
half of pastry on top of apple mixture. Secure edges
together. Brush top with egg.
Cut slits across the top of pastry. Sprinkle with caster
sugar. Place slices onto greased baking trays. Place
on High and Low Rack. Cook on
210˚C
for
15 to
20 minutes
.
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