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Irish Soda Bread

Place the flour, salt, pepper & bi carb soda in a bowl. Add the cheese & mix well to combine the ingredients. Combine the milk & the yogurt & mix well. Reserve approximately one tablespoon of this mix to glaze the loaf.   Preheat oven Bread Baking to 220°C with a high level of steam (see note if you do not have a steam oven) and line the universal pan with baking paper. Make a well in the centre of the flour mix and add the remaining milk and yogurt mixture. Mix well to just combine and form a soft dough.   Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead gently to form a smooth ball. Be careful not to over work the dough. Place the dough onto the prepared tray and cut a cross into the top of the dough, cutting approximately two thirds of the way down into the loaf. Glaze with the reserved milk and yogurt mix. Combine the seeds and sprinkle over the loaf.  Insert the temperature probe horizontally through the loaf (see note). Cook on shelf position 3 and set the core temperature to 94°C. Set the oven timer for 10 minutes then reduce the oven temperature to 190°C and reduce the steam to a medium level. Continue cooking until the probe registers the set temperature. 

Special Fried Rice

Combine the rice and water in the small solid steamer tray. Steam on 100°C for 16 minutes. Spread the rice onto a tray to cool.     Heat a little of the oil in a flat based wok or skillet. Whisk the eggs then pour into the pan, cook over induction setting 7 until the egg is cooked through, remove from the wok, roll up then cut into 1cm slices. Set aside.    Heat the remaining oil and stir fry the onion, carrot, capsicum and bacon for 5-6 minutes. Add the ginger, garlic and peas and cook a further 2 minutes. Toss through the cooled rice and egg with the light soy and sesame oil and continue cooking for another 3-5 minutes or until the rice is well heated through. Toss through the spring onion and bean sprouts, season to taste and serve immediately.  

Cinnamon Scrolls with Cream Cheese Frosting

Warm the milk to lukewarm then add the yeast and stir. Allow to stand for 5 minutes for the yeast to develop. Place the flour, sugar and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the eggs and the yeast mixture and using the dough hook, knead for 3 to 4 minutes or until the dough comes together. Add the softened butter and continue to knead until the dough is glossy and elastic. The dough should spring back when gently pressed with your finger. Shape the dough into a ball and place into a lightly greased bowl. Select Dough Prove 1 and allow the dough to prove for 45 to 50 minutes or until doubled in bulk. While the dough is proving, prepare the filling by combining the ingredients in a medium size bowl. Using electric beaters cream the mixture until well combined. Line the universal tray with baking paper. Remove the dough and place on a lightly floured surface. Knock the air out of the dough and knead lightly. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out to a rectangular shape approximately 45cm by 28cm.  Spread the filling mixture over the dough leaving a 1cm border on both long sides. Carefully roll the lengthwise, then using a sharp knife, cut the roll into 15 even pieces. Arrange on the prepared tray allowing some room for spreading. Place the scrolls back into the oven on the Dough Prove 1 function and prove for 20 minutes. Wipe any excess water from the base of the oven & preheat on CircoTherm® at 180°C. Cook for 18 to 20 minutes (see note if you have an oven with VarioSteam). While the scrolls are cooking, make the frosting by placing the cream cheese, butter & vanilla into a mixing bowl and mix with electric beaters until light and creamy. Gradually beat in the icing sugar and mix well. Spread the frosting over the scrolls while they are still warm & serve. Note A low level of VarioSteam (added steam) can be added when baking.

Chicken, Pea and Ham Risotto

In a medium steam dish place your rice, dice the chicken breast into 2 cm cubes and add to the rice, fine dice your onion, crush your garlic, cut the chilli, zest your lemon and roughly chop your ham and add to the container, finally add your oil and water and place in your steam function on 100 degrees for 20 minutes. When timer goes off add the peas and cook for a further 5 minutes, when completed remove from the oven then add your butter and parmesan. Stir until everything is combined then serve.

Roast Venison with Sweet Potato Mash

Preheat oven to 200° C CircoTherm®. Remove the skin from the saddle of venison then carefully remove the strands of meat to the right and left of the spine as well as the fillets. Put the meat to one side. Coarsely chop the bones using a sharp knife or cleaver and place on a baking sheet together with the skin. Mix with one tablespoon of oil. Grill the bones for 25 min at 200°C using the CircoTherm® Hot Air grill function. Wash the soup vegetables, chop coarsely, then quarter the tomatoes. Add the vegetables, water, red wine, spruce needles and pepper to the roasted bones on the baking sheet. Season everything and steam in the oven at approx. 95° C using the Steam function. Pass the sauce stock through a sieve, then pour into a pan without lid and leave to reduce for about 30 minutes. To make the herb crust, mix the butter, pepper, garlic, herbs, spruce needles, lime zest and nuts. Add the panko breadcrumbs and knead until you have a crumbly dough. Place in the refrigerator. Peel the sweet potatoes and potatoes and boil in a little salted water for 20 minutes. Drain the water, allow the steam to evaporate and mix with butter, milk, nutmeg and salt to form a creamy mash. Keep warm. Brush the meat with oil, season with salt and pepper and sear on the griddle or in a pan for about 3 minutes per side. Place on a grill rack and sprinkle the herby nut crust mix on top. Cook for about 15 minutes at 80°C CircoTherm® until the meat reaches a core temperature of 60°C. Then crisp up the crust by grilling for 2 minutes at 200° C. Note: ensure that the crust does not become too dark. Remove the meat from the oven and leave to rest for a few minutes. Season the sauce with rosehip purée, pepper and salt, remove from the heat and thicken if required using 1-2 teaspoons of cold butter. Cut the meat into slices and serve with the sauce and sweet potato mash.

Filo Custard Dessert with Summer Fruit

Preheat oven on CircoTherm® to 190°C. Spray a sheet of filo with the olive oil spray then very lightly scrunch and place into the base of a greased 24cm deep ceramic pie dish, repeat with another 7 pastry bundles to make the base layer. Arrange half the fruit over the pastry then repeat with the remaining 8 sheets of pastry to make a layer over the top.  Be careful not to squash down the pastry. Top with the remaining fruit. Bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly golden. Cool slightly. Reduce the oven temperature to 160°C. Whisk together the sour cream, milk, sugar, eggs and lemon rind.  Pour the custard gently over the pastry and scatter over the flaked almonds. Bake adding a low level of steam for a further 20-25 minutes until golden and custard is set. Brush gently with the warm marmalade and serve warm or cold with a drizzle of cream.

Pearl Couscous Salad with Orange, Asparagus & Peas

Set your oven to FullSteam at 100°C and set the timer for 30 minutes. Place the couscous and orange juice into an oven proof dish large enough to hold everything comfortably then put into the oven. Place the asparagus and peas into a perforated steam dish and cook in the steam oven for 5 minutes.  Remove and set aside to cool while the couscous finishes cooking. Take half the parsley and half the mint and blitz in a food processor or mortar and pestle with the 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil until you have a paste.  Chop the remaining parsley and mint roughly.   Add the paste and the chopped herbs to a large mixing bowl.  Add the orange segments, spring onions, pine nuts and the cooled asparagus and peas to the bowl.  Set aside. In a screw top jar, add the 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar and mustard and shake to combine well.  Season with salt and pepper.  Add this to the mixing bowl. Remove the couscous at the end of the cooking time.  All the orange juice should have absorbed, but if you have a little bit left, drain this from the couscous. Cool the couscous then add to the mixing bowl with all the other ingredients. Mix all the ingredients with a fork to prevent the couscous clumping together, then add the rocket and gently mix this through.  Season with salt and pepper then pile onto a serving platter.  Garnish with a few herb sprigs on top.

Baked Eggs and Beans

Place onion, garlic and olive oil in a saucepan. Cook on Induction level 7 or level 7 on a FlameSelect® gas cooktop for 3-5 minutes or until onion is soft and lightly golden. Add the paprika, cumin and chili flakes and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cannellini beans and stir to combine. Reduce heat to level 5 and cook sauce for 8-10 minutes or until it has thickened. Remove from the heat and stir through half of the basil. Add enough honey to round the acidity of the tomato and season with salt and pepper. Preheat oven on CircoTherm® to 180°C with a low level of added steam. Grease 4 x 12 cm shallow ramekins. Spoon sauce evenly into the dishes.  With the back of a spoon make an indent into the sauce. Crack an egg into each dish. Place dishes on the universal tray and cook in oven for 10 minutes or until eggs are cooked to your liking. Serve the baked eggs and beans with toasted slices of sourdough bread.

Mini Coconut and Coffee Bundt Cakes

Grease 12 mini bundt pans. Preheat oven on CircoTherm® to 170°C (see notes if you have an added steam oven). Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time. Fold in the coconut milk, coffee, flour and coconut alternatively. Put batter in a pipping bag with no nozzle and pipe evenly into pans. Bake for 15 minutes or until cooked. Turn out cakes onto a wire rack. Make coffee icing by mixing icing sugar, coffee mixture and enough water to make a pouring consistency. Pour over bundt cakes and sprinkle with a little shredded coconut.