E – 14
APPETIZERS/SOUP
SAVOURY MUSHROOMS
24 sm all cup m ushroom s
6 slices m ultigrain bread
4 rashers bacon, chopped
4 shallots, finely chopped
1/2 cup grated cheese
2 eggs
2 tablespoons m ixed herbs
(thym e, oregano, sage, m arjoram , parsley)
1. Rem ove stalks from m ushroom s.
2. Process bread into fine crum bs.
3. Cook bacon betw een paper-tow el for 2 m in-
utes on 100%. Add shallots and cook a further
m inute.
4. M ix breadcrum bs, bacon, shallots, cheese,
eggs and herbs until w ell com bined.
5. Spoon m ixture into m ushroom s. Place 12
m ushroom s on the outside of the turntable
and cook for 1-1
1
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2
m inute on 100%.
M akes 24
QUICK NACHOS
200 g packet corn chips
250 g barbecue-flavour dip
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons tom ato paste
1/4 cup grated tasty cheese
1. Place corn chips in base of a flan dish.
2. M ix dip and sour cream together. Pour over
corn chips.
3. Spread tom ato paste over dip.
4. Sprinkle w ith cheese.
5. Cook for 4-5 m inutes on 100%.
6. Serve im m ediately w ith guacam ole (avocado
dip).
Serves 4
PUMPKIN SOUP
1 kg pum pkin, peeled and chopped
2 sm all onions, chopped
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup cream
nutm eg
salt and pepper to taste
1. Place pum pkin, onion and stock in a large bow l.
2. Cover and cook for 15-18 m inutes on 100%.
3. Place in a blender or processor and blend until
sm ooth.
4. Transfer to a serving bow l and stir in cream
and nutm eg. Season to taste.
Serves 4-6
CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP
1 sm all onion, peeled and chopped
1 rasher bacon, rind rem oved, and chopped
30 g butter
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1 stick celery, chopped
2 tablespoons flour
3 large tom atoes, quartered
600 m L chicken stock
bouquet garni (A com bination of dried herbs
such as thym e, parsley and bay)
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons cream
chopped parsley
1. Cook onion and bacon in the butter for 3
m inutes on 100%.
2. Add carrot and celery. Cover and cook a fur-
ther 3 m inutes on 100%.
3. Sprinkle in flour and stir. Add the quartered
tom atoes, stock and bouquet garni. Cover and
cook for 15-20 m inutes on 100%.
4. Rem ove bouquet garni; purée.
5. Return to the m icrow ave, adding cream , pars-
ley and seasonings. Cover and cook for 3-5
m inutes on 70%.
Serves 4
VEGETABLE FRITTATA
2 large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
5 eggs
450 g sour cream
340 g can asparagus spears, drained
1/2 red capsicum , cut into strips
2 zucchinis, cut into strips
2 tablespoons parm esan cheese
1. Arrange potatoes and onion over base of
greased 25 cm pie plate.
2. Com bine eggs and sour cream . Pour half the
m ixture over potatoes.
3. Cook for 18-22 m inutes on 70%.
4. Arrange asparagus, capsicum and zucchinis in
a circle over potato. Pour over rem aining egg
m ixture. Sprinkle w ith cheese.
5. Cook for 22-24 m inutes on 70%.
6. Stand covered in foil for 5 m inutes.
7. Cut into w edges.
Serves 4
RECIPES
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