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  Spring rolls       Made with spring roll wrappers or filo pastry   See Picture      Click here   how to roll spring rolls
Ingredients:
1 grated  potato  1/2 cabbage shredded  one carrot julienned  150g pork mince  2 cloves garlic  1 onion finely sliced 
2 tbsp soy sauce  grating of ginger  pinch of five spice  dash of fish sauce  salt and pepper  spring roll wrappers or filo pastry.
Method:
Fry crushed garlic ginger and onion until tender then add pork mince and cook for further 5 mins. Season with salt , pepper and five spice.
A little fish sauce to taste. Add 1 cup of water or vege stock to meat and mix with and cook potato, carrots and cabbage until just tender.
Set aside until cold.
Put about 2-3  tbsp of filling on top of wrapper and roll up tucking in the sides. Seal with little flour / water mix.
Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown or place on oiled oven tray and grill at 200c turning when golden brown.
Variations:
(a) Use precooked rice instead of potato.
(b) Add a tsp of curry powder.
Hints:

Make small rolls as finger food entrée or larger rolls for main course .
Soy Sauce or Sweet Chilli Sauce for dipping.

Rollups
Ingredients:

1 loaf real fresh sliced white bread  1 pottle cream cheese  bacon rashers.
Method:
Cut the crusts from the bread Spread softened cream cheese on slices and place precooked bacon rasher on top.
Roll the bread from corner to corner and skewer with a toothpick to hold together. Place on oven tray and grill in oven turning to brown
Variations:
Bacon and Avocado  ~ Chicken and Avocado ~ Bacon and Asparagus  ~  Bacon and Chesdale Cheese Slices
Smoked Fish ( in white parsley sauce)  ~  Tasty cheese and onion ~ Baked beans and bacon ~ Tomato and ham or bacon

  Bread Rollies
1 pot of cream cheese , mixed with a tin of drained salmon some lemon juice and 1 grated onion .
Mix well and spread onto bread that has had the crusts removed and rollup.

  Bacon and Egg Yorkies
Precook some bacon rashes and chop into pieces   In a bowl, make an egg mix with salt, pepper, grated cheese and diced onion and mix well.
Add the bacon pieces  Now make some Yorkshire puddings in muffin tins.
Once the yorkies are cooked and risen, poor some of the mix inside and place back in oven till the egg mix cooks and sets

  Bacon and Cheese Mash
Make mashed potatoes with cheese, pepper and salt in it.  Derind some bacon rashers and wrap the mash up, securing with wet toothpicks
Shallow fry in a frying pan in oil / butter until bacon cooked through.

  Vol au Vents
1 cup cream   1 cup milk   4 tbsp cornflour   1 cup slice mushrooms  125 gms crumbled blue cheese   Vol au vent cases
Combine milk, cream, cornflour in small saucepan and stir bringing to boil.  Stir in blue cheese and mushrooms. Spoon into cases.
Bake in moderately hot oven for 10 mins to heat through.
Variations:
Add a bit of colour to plate with different colour capsicum.

Bread Cases
Cut the crusts off the bread and butter one side. Place in muffin tin and cook in a 180c oven for about 10 mins to go crusty
Fillings:

(a)
 smoked fish in white parsley sauce
(b)  pre fried bacon pieces, a little diced onion, and pour in beaten egg with salt and pepper.   Into oven till egg sets
(c)  spaghetti and bacon pieces
(d)  mashed potatoes with  ~  pan-fried onion bacon  capsicum corn mushroom.
(e)  mashed kumara with pineapple
(f)   savoury mince with peas and carrots

Mousetraps                               Sprinkle of parmesan cheese if desired
I use Baps split in half but you can use toast bread with two opposite sides cut off.
Grill one side of Bap or bread Spread a little butter and some marmite/vegemite which ever you prefer.  Spread a little watties spaghetti on top.
Sprinkle a few pre-fried bacon bits and then grated tasty cheese. Add some black pepper and place under grill until cheese melts.
Variations:
Use:    ham chunks ~ pineapple pieces ~ tomato paste ~ diced tomatoes ~ diced onion ~ diced capsicum ~ tomato relish ~ chutney ~ salami

  Scotched Eggs
Ingredients:
6 hard-cooked eggs chilled   500g sausage meat  1/2 cup flour  2 eggs beaten   3/4 cup fine bread crumbs  Vegetable oil for frying
Method:
Peel
eggs and set aside. Divide sausage into 6 portions. Roll each egg in flour and with hands press a portion of the sausage around each egg. Dip sausage-wrapped eggs into beaten eggs and roll in bread crumbs. Heat vegetable oil to 180C. Cook each egg in oil about 4-5 minutes or until sausage is cooked and browned. Drain on paper towelling. Serve warm

Variations:
(a) Use "Coat n Cook" instead of breadcrumbs for a magic flavour.
(b) Add very finely chopped red and green capsicum and onion to the sausage meat.
(c) Sprinkle a little paprika into the sausage meat

  Home Made Sausage Rolls
Boil pork sausages and remove skins. Microwave some onion rings, take 2 x sheets of filo and put on a  sausage.
Add onions some grated cheese and tomato sauce. Roll up, place in oven for 10-15 mins and turn as required watching they don't burn

  Stuffed Sausages
Grill your sausages until golden brown and split them through  the middle and fold open.
Add mashed potato with squirt of mint sauce while mashing and layer over sausages. Sprinkle with salt and pepper
Layer grated cheese over the top and grill until golden brown.

Variations:

(a)  Mashed potato, cheese grated and diced onion.
(b)  Mashed potato, cheese grated and tomato slices.
(c)  Mashed potato, cheese grated and mashed pineapple pieces.
(d)  Mashed potato, cheese grated and pre fried bacon bits
(e)  Mashed potato, cheese grated and watties spaghetti
(f)   Mashed potato, cheese grated and pickle / piccalilli or chutney

  Stuffed Potatoes
Put a large potato/s after scrubbing clean, into the microwave on high for 20 mins Remove and let cool
Slice a piece off the side, scoop the cooked potato out with a spoon, leaving a reasonable thickness of wall.
Mash the potato, add grated cheese, bacon, onion, chilli or herbs. 
Crumble some cheese over the top and put it in the oven on high till browned.

  Bacon, Cheese and Onion Croquettes
2 cups fresh soft breadcrumbs   2 spring onions  1 cup grated cheese  3 rashers bacon  1/2 tsp salt  pepper  1 cup dried breadcrumbs  1 egg
1 tbsp water
Add sliced spring onions to soft crumbs, add cheese. Mix in diced bacon and season. Leave in fridge to cool . Shape as required.
Beat egg and water, dip in croquettes then roll in dry crumbs. Place in fridge to help set and then fry in butter/oil.

  Kumara Croquettes
4 med kumara    225g can crushed pineapple   2 rashers bacon chopped    parsley   2 eggs   2 tbsp pineapple juice  1 tbsp cornflour
1tbsp water  11/2 cups dried breadcrumbs  1 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp ground chilli   1/4 cup oil
Boil and mash kumara  Chop bacon into small pieces and mix into kumara with parsley and adding one of the eggs. Mix in pineapple.
Add reserved pineapple juice if too dry. Beat 2nd egg cornflour and water together Shape kumara mixture into oblong shapes.
Mix bread crumbs and spices together and dip croquettes into egg mixture and then breadcrumb mixture.
Put oil in baking dish and roll croquettes in oil, bake 200degc 20 mins or till golden.

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