How timely!
My U.K. Rufus friend just sent me the recipes for a dinner she had with friends. Said it was brilliant:
Asian Marinade
4x chicken breasts (pricked)
2x sticks of lemon grass (crushed and chopped)
1x small handfull of kaffir lime leaves (torn)
2x tablespoon of soy sauce (light)
1x thumb size of fresh ginger (peeled and chopped)
1x fresh red or green chilli (finely chopped)
1x lime (halved, juiced and skin squashed)
10 x good lugs of olive oil
1 x clove of garlic (crushed) - optional
Mix all together, pour over the chicken and leave to marinate in fridge overnight, then cook next day for 40-45mins in a moderate hot oven.
Ruby's Pudding (Friend of our friend, Imelda!)
Non stick baking paper or silicone Teflon sheet
5x Large egg whites
5oz castor sugar
1 tsp cornflour (sieved)
1/2 pint double cream
1x jar of Tesco Finest lemon curd
1 tsp lemon juice (jiff)
Pre-heat oven, Gas mark 4 ( or 180c)
Whisk egg whites stiff (until you can turn the bowl upside down and they don't fall out)
Add sugar 1x tablespoon at a time
Add cornflour with last spoon mix
Put the Teflon sheet (or non stick baking paper) on a rectangle baking tray
Spread merangue mixture on Teflon sheet (or non-stick baking paper)
Cook for 45 mins at bottom of oven
Whisk the double cream until thick until it forms 'peaks'
Add lemon juice and mix in lemon curd
Once the merangue has cooled, turn it upside down on to a sugared baking paper sheet
Spread the lemon curd mixture over the merangue, cut the rough edges of the top and bottom so that the edges are neat (plus you can have them later!)
Get the edge of the baking paper to use as a start of rolling the merangue over to form a 'swiss roll' affect, making sure you do not roll the paper into it
Place the 'swiss roll' on to a serving dish (or freezer dish and cover with cling film and freeze, it will take 40 mins to defrost at room temp)
And enjoy!!
