December 31, Stuffed Sausages

Ingredients

6 Pre-cooked sausages
1 egg
3 potatoes, mashed
1/2 cup grated cheese
Sauces
Oregano

Method

Preheat oven to 200C.
Fry sausages till they are just browned.
Cut slit in sausages from end to end (like a hot dog bun).

Recipe 1 - saucy sausages
Line inside of sausage with your favorite sauce, fil remainder of sausage with potato then top with grated cheese.

Recipe 2 - omelette sausages
In a bowl whisk egg then add in potato, cheese and 1/2 tsp of oregano.
Fill sausages with mixture.

Turn oven to grill and put sausages under grill till cheese is melted on saucy sausages and egg mixture is puffed up on omelette sausages.



My Meal

At home, we each got a saucy sausage and a omelette sausage each.

p.s. any left over egg mixture can be used for toasties!

December 27, The Ultimate Cheese Toastie

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp chicken salt
2 tsp oregano
1/2 cup grated cheese
4 slices of toast bread

Method

Preheat oven to 200C
In a bowl whisk eggs then mix in seasonings and cheese.
On a lined baking tray place the 4 slices of bread then spread out egg mixture.
Grill in oven for 6-8 minutes or until toast is crispy and egg mixture is slightly browned.

December 14, Homemade Mince and Cheese Pies

This is a kiwi classic and I've put my own twist on it. I plan on taking these tomorrow for our shared lunch at work, hopefully they'll go down well.

Ingredients

400-500g mince
2 Tbsp gravy powder (I used Bistro's)
1 cup of water
A handful of cubed cheese
A pack of golden flaky pastry sheets
Grated cheese to top

Method

Preheat oven to 220C.
Brown mince in a medium-large sized frying pan over medium heat.
Mix gravy powder with 1/4 cup of water whisk until smooth.
Heat 3/4 cup of water in the microwave for 2 minutes on high.
Mix gravy paste and hot water then whisk until smooth.
Pour gravy into saucepan then sift flour over top. Mix in well.
Throw in cheese cubes and lower heat.

Pastry

Cut pastry sheets to size (cookie-cutters may come in handy). Then use to line greased muffin trays (you can use whichever size you want I went with the regular sized muffin tray this time round).

Putting It Together

Scoop a spoon full of mince mixture into each pie.
If your a cheese lover like me you may wish to add a slice of cheese on top of the mince.
Then top with pastry lid, poke fork holes into the lid so your pies can breathe and top with more cheese (grated this time).
You may also like to try topping the pies with a frozen potato medallion instead of the pastry lid.
Cook for 15 minutes or until golden.
(makes 12 pies in a regular muffin tray)

December 11, Individual Shepards Pies

Ingredients

400-500g mince
Rich Tomato Soup or jar of pasta sauce
Frozen potato Medallion
Grated cheese and herbs to top

Method

Brown mince.
Lower heat.
Mix in pasta sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
Spoon mixture into small ceramic bowls (ie. creme brulee bowls) top with potato medallion.
Cook for 5 minutes then top with cheese and herbs and cook for a further 5 minutes.
(serves 3-4)

December 3, Krystle's Special White Pasta Sauce

Method

Melt butter and saute garlic and spring onion in a medium saucepan until soft.
Add seasonings and worcestershire sauce.
Mix together flour, milk powder and water then mix into saucepan.
Add cheese and ham and lower heat.
Stir until cheese is melted and sauce has thickened.
Mix with cooked pasta (I love Riccioli) and top with cheese.
(serves 2-4)