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Rice, Pasta and Noodles
S
ALMON
K
EDGEREE
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1 cup
basmati rice
1½ cups
water
60
g
butter
1 onion,
diced
2 tablespoons
mild curry powder
2 tablespoons
lemon juice
4
hard boiled eggs, quartered
400
g
can salmon, drained and
fl
aked
salt and pepper
parsley,
chopped
Method:
Place rice and water in a 2 litre casserole dish. Cook
on Med-High for 12 minutes. In a separate dish, melt
butter on High for 1 minute. Add onion and cook on
High for 1 to 2 minutes. Add curry powder and lemon
juice, stir until well combined. Add rice and mix well
to coat all the rice grains. Chop half the eggs roughly
and stir through the rice with the salmon. Season.
Heat on High for 3 to 4 minutes. Serve garnished
with remaining egg and chopped parsley.
S
AUSAGE &
B
EAN
S
TUFFED
C
APSICUMS
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
250
g
thin Italian sausages
1
small onion, chopped
2 tablespoons
tomato paste
1 tablespoon
chopped parsley
440
g
red kidney beans, drained
½ cup
cooked long grain rice
4
medium red capsicum
¼ cup
tomato paste, extra
1 tablespoon
grated Parmesan cheese
Method:
Place sausages onto a paper towel lined dinner
plate. Cook on High for 2 minutes, turn and cook
for a further 2 minutes. Set aside. Place onion and
tomato paste into a medium microwave safe bowl.
Cook uncovered on Med-High for 1 minutes. Remove
skins from sausages and cut sausages into 1cm
slices. Stir through onion mixture along with parsley,
beans and rice. Remove tops from capsicum. Take
out the seeds and white membrane and discard. Fill
capsicum with stuf
fi
ng mixture. Place into a shallow
sided microwave safe dish. Blend together extra
tomato paste with half a cup of water. Pour over
and around capsicum. Cook uncovered on High for
12 to 14 minutes. Rotate halfway through cooking.
Sprinkle each capsicum with Parmesan and cook on
High for a further 2 minutes.
Tip
: substitute any thin sausages Freeze leftover rice
then defrost on High for 2 minutes per cup.
P
ENNE
P
UTTANESCA
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
500
g
Penne
Pasta
2 litres
boiling water
1 tablespoon
olive oil
3 cloves
garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon
dried chilli
fl
akes
1
kg
(approx 5)
tomatoes, roughly chopped
200
g
kalamata olives, pitted
8 anchovy
fi
llets, drained and
chopped
⅓
cup
capers, drained and rinsed
⅓
cup
fl
at leaf parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons
fi
nely shredded basil leaves
Method:
Place pasta and boiling water into a 4-litre dish. Stir
and cook on High for 12 to 14 minutes or until tender.
Drain and set aside. Place oil and garlic into a 2 litre
dish and cook on High for 1 minutes. Stir in chilli and
tomatoes. Cover and cook and High for 5 minutes,
stir halfway through cooking. Add remaining
ingredients and cook on High for a further 10 minutes
or until tomatoes break down and sauce has
thickened. Stir sauce into pasta. Cover and cook on
High for 2 to 3 minutes to heat through. Season and
serve topped with extra basil leaves or parsley.
C
REAMY
S
UN-
D
RIED
T
OMATO
P
ENNE
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
250
g
penne
5 cups
boiling water
½ cup
sun-dried tamatoes in oil, drained
1 cup
basil leaves
¼ cup
toasted pinenuts
⅓
cup
grated parmesan cheese
300 ml
cream
½ cup
sliced ham
¼ cup
grated parmesan cheese, extra
Method:
Place pasta and water in a 4-litre casserole dish.
Cook on High for 14 to 16 minutes, or cook by
Auto
Cook.
While pasta is cooking, prepare sauce. Place
all ingredients except ham and extra parmesan
cheese into a food processor. Prccess until smooth.
Drain pasta and add sauce. Serve topped with ham
and extra parmesan cheese.
To cook by Auto Cook:
Prepare as above. Select
Pasta
, press
to select 250
g
, then press
Start
.
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