Straight From The Hands Of A Master Chef!

STRAIGHT FROM THE HANDS OF A MASTER CHEF!

The Poster

 Dibs  rushed back home from her shopping still unfinished, and dragged me back to the same  Mall again. She said that  a surprise awaited me at the Mall. We reached there after a fifteen minute walk. I was more than thrilled with what met my eyes! Kumar Pereira of 'Master Chef Australia' ( the popular cookery show ) fame was giving a promotional cooking demonstration! 

The demonstration

The demo had just begun. There was not much of a crowd yet. And we witnessed a command performance by one of the most favoured Master Chefs of the 'Master Chef Australia' show. Knives and ladles were flying in his magical hands effortlessly!

The Master Chef in action

 The very first dish that he prepared turned out to be Bruschetta, an easy to prepare vegetarian dish. (The other two dishes were non vegetarian ). Samples were served to the viewers by a girl who was done up as a mobile dining table!

The mobile table

 Dibs and I were excited when we tasted the Bruschettas infused with a  special flavour (what we call 'kai manam' in Tamil ) by the magical touch  of the super Chef. We had the great opportunity to talk to him. Dibs got his autograph for my twelve year old grand daughter who is a great fan of 'Master Chef Australia', especially of Kumar Pereira.

Autograph for D 2 !

 Here is the recipe of Bruschetta as it  is in the  pamphlet which was distributed among the viewers.

 INGREDIENTS 

. 6 large ripe tomatoes,chopped 
. 2 red onions, finely chopped 
. 1 small bunch basil ( 1/2 cup ), remove stems and finely chop leaves 
. 1 loaf pana di casa bread, sliced for toast 
. 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 
. 1 tbsp white vinegar 
. 2 tbsp olive oil 
. 1 clove garlic, crushed 
. 1 teaspoon dijon mustard 

METHOD 

1) Combine tomatoes, onion and basil in large bowl. 
2) Mix vinegars, olive oil, mustard and garlic together in small jug and pour through the vegetables. 
3) Toast bread and drizzle with oil. 
4) Pile vegetables atop toasted bread to serve. 

Bruschetta with the Master's touch

The chef added pine nuts to lend  his special touch to the recipe. Enjoyed!

Cocoa Cake with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Cinnamon Frosting

I wanted to do something different for my Halloween Event, had lot of things in mind, but could not accomplish all because of the time crunch and in weekdays I get much tired and loose interest in experiments too much. So I kept it simple, but tried to include the ingredients related to my event and as always keep in mind to use healthy alternative on ingredients. Well I hope I accomplished it with the recipe, but by the time I made this and waited on the cake to cool down to decorate with frosting, it was night and could not do well on the pictures. But anyways something is better than nothing right ?? :)

Here is my event ending on the 5th of Nov...and the recipe follows below the event logo....

Ingredients:

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Method:

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1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. In a mixing bowl add the dry ingredients and mix them with a whisk.

3. In another mixing bowl with a hand mixer blend all the wet ingredients.

4. Now add the dry ingredients to the wet and blend it slowly or until mixed.

5. You can either fill this mixture in a a cup cake pan to make cup cakes or in a baking pan to make cake. I used the baking pan and baked it as a cake.

6. If the batter is used to make cup cakes it will make about 6 cup cakes and will make a medium sized cake.

7. I topped it with walnuts, you can choose any kind of nuts or keep it optional.

8. Bake the cake for about 20 - 25 mins or until done.

9. Allow it to cool and then decorate with the frosting.

Method:

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1. In a bowl add all the ingredients, and with a hand mixer blend all the ingredients well.

2. Refrigerate it until the cake is done and cooled.

3. Now pipe the frosting on to the cake with any design of your choice or just spread it over the cake or cupcake.

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