This is definately on the to do list. Fruit carving is a wonderful skill

Brownbread pancake with a lime and corriander creme fraiche and smoked salmon

Ingredients :

50grms of smoked salmon

35grms of creme fraiche

10grms of corriander

Juice of Half of a Lime

Salad leaves of any kind

50grms of Brown Bread instant mix Or 50grms of wholemeal

1 egg yolk

Method :

To make batter add about 50mls of water to brownbread mix and one egg yolg whisk rapidly until it has all come to a nice batter consistency. season with some salt and black pepper leave to side until needed.

Mix the lime juice and chopped corriander to the creme fraiche season with some salt and black pepper as needed.

Dressing for salad leaves 1tsp of honey 30mls of olive oil and 10mls of white wine vinegar put all into jam jar put lid on and shake wen needed...

Put frying pan on stove at a medium heat with a knob of butter and ladle on batter make sure the pancake is at least 2cm in depth and cook to a nice golded brown.

put to side to cool and use spatula to spread the cremem fraiche on and then add your smoked salmon.

Dress salad leaves and put into a nice shaped ball but dont crush the leaves and place neatly on top and garnish with a sprig dill or corriander

Tiger Prawn Sushi made at home

Tiger Prawn Sushi :
100grms of sushi rice
100grms of tiger prawns
50grms of Cucumber
25grms of pickled ginger
2 sheets of sushi seaweed
10grms of wasabi paste
50mls of rice vinegar to season rice

Method :
Boil rice for 8minutes untill water has evaportated leave to side to cool and add rice vinegar.
put in fridge until needed.
Take seeds out of cucumber cut into long batons.
marinate the prawns in some corriander and lime cest.

Take your sushi mad and place one sheet on mat then evenly lay on a thin and even lair of sushi rice , do not go over edge. then place pickled ginger and cucmber and one end, Half the prawns through the middle and add 5 to the sushi.
Put your mat over the end part of the sushi and roll away from yourself and a nice even and tight pace dont put to much pressure on it or it will break. when done wrap in cling film and place in fridge until ready to use, cutting the ends off the make it neat looking.

Simple soya sauce,roast sesime seed dressing
boil soya 100 mls of soya sauce until it has reduced by half and then add 20grms of toasted sesime seeds.

Porridge with cinnamon, honey and glazed banana - healthy and delicious.

just seen this great recipe for a venison wellington, seems to me its that time of year again for the game season. GREAT READ

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/76604/venison-and-wild-mushroom-wellington