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Cakes, Desserts and Slices
CHERRY KUECHEN
Serves: 4 to 6
Ingredients:
Base:
1 pkt (340 g) buttercake mix
1
⁄2 cup toasted coconut
125 g melted butter
1 egg
Filling:
425 g can pitted cherries, drained
Topping:
300 ml sour cream
1 egg
2 tablespoons sugar
cinnamon
Method:
Combine cake mix, coconut, melted butter and egg.
Press into a 27 cm flan dish. Cook on P10 for 3
minutes. Arrange cherries over base. Combine sour
cream, egg and sugar and pour over cherries.
Sprinkle with cinnamon. Cook on P6 for 10 to 12
minutes.
HINT:
TO MELT CHOCOLATE:
Place 100 g broken chocolate in 4-cup glass jug
and heat on P5 for 1 to 2 minutes. As chocolate
holds its shape after heating, stir and stand before
adding extra cooking time.
HINT:
TO TOAST COCONUT:
Place
1
⁄
2 cup of coconut on a pyrex pie plate. Cook
on P10 for 2 to 3 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
CINNAMON POACHED PEARS
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1
⁄2 cup water
1
⁄4 cup caster sugar
1
⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
4 pears, peeled and sliced
Method:
Combine water, caster suger and cinnamon in a 1-
litre jug. Cook on P10 for 2 minutes. Place the pears
in 2-litre dish. Pour over syrup and cover. Cook on
P10 for 6 to 8 minutes.
SWEET BERRY SAUCE
Makes: Approximately 2 cups
Ingredients:
1
⁄2 cup caster sugar
1
⁄2 cup water
500 g berries
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon cornflour
Method:
Combine sugar and water in a 3-litre bowl. Cook on
P10 for 2 to 3 minutes. Add berries. Cook on P10 for 3
to 4 minutes. Blend water and cornflour. Mix into berry
sauce. Cook on P10 for 2 minutes. Serve hot or cold
with ice cream.
FRUIT - Peel, slice, chop into even sized pieces. Place in shallow heatproof dish on turntable.
Apples - poached 500 g P10 8 Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover.
Apples - stewed 500 g P10 6 Only half fill dish. Cover.
Peaches - poached 500 g P10 4 - 5 Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover.
Pears - poached 500 g P10 6 - 7 Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover.
Plums - poached 500 g P10 6 Add 300 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover.
Plums - stewed 500 g P10 6 - 10 Add 30 ml of water. Only half fill dish. Cover.
Rhubarb - stewed 500 g P10 5 Only half fill dish. Cover.
Cooking Fruit by Micro Power
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