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Trifle Cake - Luminarc 0
Duration: 40 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 liter milk
- 6 tbsps. custard (with ½ cup milk)
- ½ cup banana (chopped)
- ½ cup apple (chopped)
- ½ cup mango (chopped)
- ½ cup grapes
- 3 medium slices of cake
- 3 colored jellies
Directions
- In a pan, add milk and ½ cup sugar. Whisk the ingredients well over medium low flame.
- Add custard in a small bowl and mix it with ½ cup milk. Add the custard to the mixing bowl.
- Cook for a few minutes with continuous whisking. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, add apples, grapes, banana, mango and ½ cup sugar. Mix all the fruits with sugar.
- Now line a tray with cake slices. Layer each slice with a jelly (each with different color).
- Layer with prepared custard. Now add a layer of fruits. Cover the whole dish with the remaining custard.
- Decorate with jelly and chocolate beans.
- Fahad Shariff
Basbousa - Luminarc Celebration 0
Ready in: 60 mins | Serving: 12
Ingredients
Cake
- 3 cup semolina
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- ¾ cup unsweetened butter (melted)
- ½ cup whole blanched almonds or pistachio (to garnish)
- 1 ½ tsps. baking soda
Syrup
- ½ small lemon (juice)
- 4 cups sugar
- 3 cups water
Directions:
Syrup
- In a saucepan, mix all the ingredients for syrup together. Place the pan on high flame until it boils.
- Turn down the flame to medium for about 45 to 60 minutes
Cake
- In a large bowl, add semolina, butter, sugar and mix them with your hands
- Take a separate bowl and whisk baking soda and yogurt. Let it thicken in consistency
- Pour the yogurt mixture on top of the semolina mixture. Use hands to mix everything nicely
- Now take a jellyroll pan or 9x13 pyrex baking dish and press the combine mixture on it. Ensure that the cake is 1 inch in thickness
- Use a butter knife to cut a diamond or square shape. Place another piece if you are using almonds
- Set the temperature to 400 degrees. Let it bake for about 30 to 40 minutes until the color turns bronze brown
- While the cake is hot, pour cold syrup on top and let it absorb
- Sprinkle pistachios on top of each square
- Fahad Shariff
Shish Tawook - Rozana Begonia 0
Ready in: 4 hrs. 40 mins| Serving: 6
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 onions (cut into large chunks)
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsps. tomato paste
- 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 1/2 tsps. salt
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/8 tsp. ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
- 2 pounds (skinless, 2 inches pieces)
- 1 large green bell pepper (cut into large chunks)
- 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley (chopped)
- 3/4 cup plain yogurt
Directions:
- In a large bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, garlic, lemon juice, tomato paste, plain yogurt, allspice, cinnamon, pepper, cardamom, oregano and salt. Add chicken in the mixture and toss. Take a large plastic bag and transfer the chicken mixture in it. Refrigerate for about 4 hours.
- Lightly grate an outdoor grill with oil and preheat it on medium high flame. Thread onions, pepper and chicken on the skewers. Cook the chicken until it golden from both sides for about 5 minutes. Make sure its not pink the center.
- Sprinkle parsley over the skewers and serve
- Fahad Shariff
Pomegranate and Cherry Juice - Luminarc Octime Diamond 0
Duration: 5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup cherries (frozen, pitted)
- 3/4 cup pomegranate juice
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- 1 tbsp. honey
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of cinnamon
- Ice cubes
Directions
- Add all the ingredients in the blender and blend thoroughly until smooth.
- Pour in a glass and enjoy!
- Fahad Shariff