Banana Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• ¾ cup caster sugar or 150 g
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1 cup white self-raising flour or 140 g, sifted
• ¼ cup butter or 50 g, melted
• 2 large bananas, mashed
• ½ cup glazed dried fruits or 50 g, chopped
• 1 tin NESTLÉ® Cream or 170 g
• ½ teaspoon banana essence

Preparation

• Whisk eggs and sugar for 6-8 minutes until well combined. Whisk in the vanilla essence.
• Sift the flour over the egg mixture in three batches using a metal spoon to fold together.
• Combine melted butter, mashed banana, NESTLÉ® Cream , glace fruits and banana essence. Fold in to the egg and flour mixture.
• Pour mixture into a cake loaf pan, or 22cm greased and floured round tin. Bake in a 175°C preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out cleans.
• Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.

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Lebanese Kibbeh Burgers Recipe

Ingredients - serves 4

• 1/2 cup burghul (see note)
• 3/4 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 500g lean lamb mince
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup mint leaves, finely chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup semi-dried tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
• 1/2 small lemon, juiced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 Turkish bread rolls, split, toasted
• 80g baby spinach
• 200g hommus

Preparation

• Place burghul in a bowl and cover with cold water. Stand for 10 minutes. Pour into a sieve. Stand for 20 minutes to drain. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Finely chop 1/4 cup parsley. Add to burghul with mince, green onion, mint and egg. Using clean hands, shape mixture into four 2cm-thick patties. Place on a plate. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Place tomatoes, pine nuts, remaining cup parsley leaves, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon oil in a bowl. Season with pepper. Stir to combine. Cover and set aside.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large, non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Cook lamb patties for 4 minutes each side or until cooked through.
• Top bread roll bases with spinach, tomato salad, patties and hommus. Cover with bread roll tops. Serve.

Note: Burghul (or bulgur) is also known as cracked wheat. You can find it in the health food aisle of your supermarket.

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Kashtaleya Recipe

Try the oriental desserts recipe of Kashtaleya with Syrup, easy dish!

Preparation time : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 6 cups milk or 1500 ml
• 1 tin NESTLÉ® Cream or 170 g
• 1 cup corn flour or 120 g
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 8 pieces mastic, crushed with the sugar
• 2 tablespoons blossom water
• 1 cup sugar syrup or 250 ml

Preparation

• Add milk liquid, NESTLÉ® Cream , corn flour and mastic in a large saucepan. Bring to boil with constant stirring until the mixture is thick.
• Remove from heat, add orange blossom water to the mixture and whisk very well then pour mixture over a large dish or in individual cups and set aside to cool to room temperature. Set in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
• Serve with sugar syrup.

Serving tips : Garnish with chopped pistachio, sliced almonds and orange blossom in syrup.

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