Chinese roast pork

1. 1 pork shoulder, marinate overnight with:

• 3 tbsp soya sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 3 tsp Chinese spice
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 piece ginger, sliced
• 1 tsp ginger ground (optional)
• 1 tsp sesame seed (optional)

2. Oven roast 150c for 40-50 mins

3. Cool for 10 mins then slice

4. Add some water to the remaining sauce and drizzle over the pork slices. Serve with rice.

Lemon drizzle

Lemon drizzle

Original recipe

Use a mixer and blend together:

• 100g unsalted butter 
• 200g caster sugar 
• 3 large eggs 
• 100ml milk

Sift in: 

• 250g self-raising flour 
• pinch of salt 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 

Add zest of 1 large lemon 

Line a baking tray and bake at 180 for 35 mins

For the drizzle: 

Juice of 1 large lemon 

100ml water 

170g caster sugar

When the cake is ready, pour the drizzle syrup over the tin, let the cake cool in the tin.

Multi seed Banana cake

• 25g soften unsalted butter
• 40g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 ripen bananas, mashed
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 100g self-rising flour
• 50g milk
• Optional: seed mix, vanilla extract (1/4 tsp), cinnamon ground (1/4 tsp)

1. Beat the butter until fluffy, add sugar and mix well
2. Add egg and mix it in
3. Add the mashed banana, mix well
4. Mix in 50g flour, then 50g milk, and 50g flour, mix well at each step
5. Add baking soda and all the other optional ingredients
6. (Sprinkle seeds on top just before baking)
7. Bake @ 170 for 25 mins

Gnocchi alla Romana

For 2 persons:

100g semolina flour
400ml milk
25g butter
1 egg yolk
50g grated parmesan cheese
1tsp grated nugmeg
olive oil
salt

1. Bring the milk to boil in a pot and melt the butter into it. Season with a teaspoon of salt and grated nutmeg.
2. Add the semolina flour and mix quickly to avoid clumping. Cook for a further minute until the semolina becomes a compact mixture.
3. Remove from heat, mix in the yolk and 40g of the grated cheese.
4. Smear some oil on a deep tray and once the semolina mixture has cooled enough to handle, use a spatula and make a 1cm thickness 'cake' in the tray. Use a glass or a cookie cutter to cut out disks of gnocchi.
5. Place the gnocchi in a baking tray, placing them so that they overlapping each other a little. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese, bake in an oven at 200C for 20 min, until a crunchy crust has formed.