Competition recipes

Meal: Ratatouille

Preparation time: 10-15 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Makes: 2 portions

A vegetable Ratatouille topped with delicious hard cheese and not forgetting the basil.

Ingredients
½ Aubergine
1 Courgette
390g Tinned tomatoes
1 Pepper
1 Garlic clove
1 Vegetable stock cube
20g Hard cheese
2 hearts of basil
Pinch of salt and pepper
Oil
4 basil leaves (chopped up small)

Method:

1. Firstly boil the kettle and make the stock cube in half a cup of water. On a chopping board, chop the courgette up. Cut the top and bottom of and cut in half. Chop into thick slices. Then chop the thick slices into quarters. Place this into a plastic bowl.

2. Next chop the pepper up. Cut the top off and remove insides with seeds. Cut in half , then half again. Cut the halfs into 3 slices and then cut the 3 slices into 3 chunks. Place this into a plastic bowl.

3. After this chop the aubergine up. Cut in half and chop either the top or bottom off. Cut into thick slices. Then chop the thick slices into thirds and thirds again. Place this into a heavy bottomed saucepan. Peel and chop the garlic into dices. Leave on chopping board.

4. Add a dessert spoon of olive oil into the saucepan of aubergines and fry for about 2 minutes on a medium heat. Add the courgettes, pepper, garlic and carton of tomatoes including a pinch of salt and pepper. Leave to simmer on a medium heat with the lid on. As soon as it starts to bubble reduce the heat to low. Keep stiring every 5 minutes.

5. When the vegetables have softened take off the heat and add some chopped up fresh basil. Mix in and leave to cool slightly before serving. When its slightly warm serve into your dishes and top with grated cheese and a heart of basil.

Crepes

Preparation time: 5-10 minutes

Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Makes: 5 crepes

A beautiful light golden crepes filled with chocolate sauce and strawberries bursting out, topped with chocolate sauce and a strawberry fan and a squirt of cream on the side.



Ingredients:

100g Plain flour
2 Eggs
300ml Milk
Vegetable oil
Chocolate sauce
Whipped squirty cream
Strawberries

Method:

1. In a bowl, mix the flour, eggs and milk together uses and electric whisk. Add a small amount of oil into a frying pan and add 2 ladel's of the pancake mixture and tilt the pan round until all the mixture fills the base. With a spatula flip the pancake over when it starts to slide and release from the edges. Keep flipping until a nice golden colour appears. Place onto a plate and leave to cool.

2. When cool, spread chocolate sauce down the middle with a knife and shape into a cone. Lay the diced strawberries coming out the top of the pancake and drizzle chocolate sauce over the top of the pancake, followed by a fan strawberry and a squirt of whipped cream.