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Coffee Choc Chip Biscuits

If you love having biscuits to nibble with a cuppa then you will love these. Don't skimp on the quality of the chocolate. The choc chips you buy in your supermarket baking section are full of fillers and additives and are not that nice. I always buy quality 70% cocoa chocolate blocks and just chop it up when chips are required. The final outcome is far more superior.

Ingredients:
115g Butter
150g Brown Sugar
1 Egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
200g plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp instant coffee
200g chocolate chips


Method:
1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees c
2. Beat butter and sugar together until well mixed
3. Add remaining dry ingredients and mix well
4. Add chocolate chips
5. Roll teaspoon fulls into a ball, place on baking sheet and press flat with fingers
6. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes

Store in an air tight container.

The Best Seafood Chowder - very fast dinner

When it comes to the end of the day I love nothing more than shutting the world out and just relaxing. In the Winter it is really time to snuggle up on the lounge with a good book or a good movie.

Top it off with a bowl of Seafood Chowder and it is complete. This recipe has evolved over the last 15 years to what I am giving you today. This is extremely fast to make. We once had a bowl of Seafood Chowder at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco and it was lacking in the essential ingredients (seafood) and had no flavour. Not a good plug is is?

Enjoy my recipe it is warming and filling. Oh, and please experiment with the seafood ingredients.

Ingredients:
30g Butter
3 Rashes bacon rind removed and diced
1 Onion sliced
1 Clove garlic crushed
2 large potatos peeled and cubed
3 tbspn plain flour
2 cups milk
2 cups water
300g smoked fish (I use haddock or cod)
170g crab meat (use canned, fresh or frozen)
200g raw prawn meat (I use raw frozen prawns defrosted slightly)
1 x 310g can creamed corn
1 tbspn lemon juice
Black Pepper & Salt

Method:
1. On a medium heat melt butter in large saucepan and saute' bacon and onion until onion is opaque and tender
2. Add potatos and cook for 1 minute
3. Stir in flour ensuring it is mixed in well
4. Slowly add the milk stirring constantly to avoid lumps. When you have got past the really thick consistancy add the remainder of the milk and the water and mix well.
5. Bring to boil stirring to avoid lumps. Mixture will begin to thicken. Reduce heat.
6. Simmer for 15 minutes or until potato is tender.
7. Stir in seafood, creamed corn and lemon juice.
8. Season with black pepper & salt to taste.
9. Heat through ensuring the seafood is cooked. Do not boil!

Yummo - now serve with warm crusty rolls

Here I am again - up and running

My life is settling down again what with loads of work on and renovations happening it has been very hectic. I never stopped cooking though just stopped blogging.

It is Winter here and whilst our Winter's are quite mild in Sydney it is still chilly and it is lovely to snuggle in at night with comfort food. So, I suspect that is what I will be cooking and posting for the next couple of months.

Last night we had my hearty Seafood Chowder with crusty fresh home made Bread Rolls. Such contentment on a Winters Night.