Pizza dough

Pizza is huge at our place so I have made this a tonne of times (and used to make this in my bread maker in double the time before getting a thermochef!)

280g water
7g dry yeast
15g oil
smidge of salt
500g ÓO' flour

Whiz up your water, salt, oil & yeast for 6secs on sp4
Add the flour and mix 6secs sp 8 - watch the machine though as it will jump around a bit as it mixes
Set on kneading function for 2mins
Place in a floured bowl covered with cling wrap in a warm place to double in size (30-45mins) then seperate into 4 and roll out.
Rest for another 15mins before topping and cooking

I also use this to make pizza scrolls for the kids but making 2 big rectangles from the dough, spreading sauce, ham, pineapple (whatever you like really) then rolling it up and cutting into 5cm scrolls before cooking

Strawberry sauce and jam

The local mini mart had boxes of stawberries for $4 the other night so I couldn't resist the bargain to test out some jam recipes - they worked out fabulously!!

Jam first

500g stawberries with the stalk removed
zest of  a lemon
1 lemon without the pith
250g sugar

Place the ingredients in the bowl and cook 40mins, 100C sp1 then pour into sterilised jars!

My kids aren't huge fans of things with bits so I actually whizzed my jam on 3 for a few secs after the cooking to make it a little smoother. It is such a beautiful red colour and very popular. It made about 2 medium jars worth

The other things the kids love is pink milk so I made some strawberry sauce too

200g strawberries with stalk removed
100g sugar
juice half a lemon

Cook all ingredients in bowl for 4mins, sp 4, 80C

Great to add to milk or topping for icecream and I tried a splash in a glass of sparkling wine the other day and it was lovely!!

Beef Rendang - Delicious!!

Sorry - it has been a while but I have been busy both in and out of the kitchen!

I made this the other night and the whole family enjoyed it so it's on the regular list now

Paste
1 large red chilli, deseeded
2.5cm piece fresh ginger peeled
1 garlic clove
1 small onion
1 tsp tumeric powder
1 tbs oil
Curry
4 bay leaves
1 tsp cinnamon powder
300g coconut milk
30g shredded coconut
30g brown sugar
seasoning to taste
1kg rump steak diced

Except for oil, whiz up paste ingredients for 10 secs on sp 7
Add oil & saute for 3min, sp 3, 100C
Add all of the restof the ingredients except meat and cook 5mins, sp3, 100C
Add meat and cook 50mins, sp1, 100C

You can increase or decrease the coconut milk to your desired consistency, this is a mild curry so more chilli can be added to taste

I had leftover rice so used that, not sure if there would be enough room to make your rice at the same time so may need to be made ahead and kept warm or made in a rice cooker