Ingredients:

• 1½ kg pork belly, skin and bones removed. Cut into 2-3cm (1 in) pieces
• 5 cloves of garlic, peeled and halved
• ½ tsp 5-Spice
• 2 tsp fresh...

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Sugar cured salmon is a useful and delicious ingredient. barely used in Asian cuisine but could be easily adapted for many recipes old and new. The process of curing is very simple and is a safe procedure as everything is performed at refrigerated temperatures. As with any food the most important guarantee of success is fresh ingredients.

Ingredients

• 1 side or 2 x 500g pieces salmon, with skin on if possible
• brown bread , butter and limes, to serve
• 100g rock salt
• 100g Demerara sugar
• 2 dried red ch...

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Ingredients:

• 600g duck livers
• 250g  butter , diced and slightly softened
• 2 shallots , finely sliced
• 1 garlic clove , sliced
• splash of brandy or port
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 100g butter
• 1 tbsp thyme leaves
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• toast, pickles and chutnies, to serve

Method:

1. Cut away and discard any large sinews from the livers, then set the livers aside.
2. Heat about a third of the butter in a large frying pan, then gently fry the shallots and garlic for 3-4 mins unti l soft.
3. Turn up the heat, add the live...

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Ingredients

• 1 cup cider or palm wine vinegar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco or other hot chillie sauce
• 2 teaspoons  Wasabi powder
• 4 1/2 teaspoons minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1 kg medium shrimp (about 50), shelled and, if desired, deveined
• 1 cup julienne strips of assorted red, yellow, and green bell peppers
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh coriander plus sprigs for garnish
• dried ground chillie to taste
• rice crisps

Method:

1. In a saucepan whisk toget...

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Ingredients

• 3 marrowbones
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 lb (or 2 large packages) soft, fresh cream cheese
• 1 tube anchovy paste
• Accompaniment: 2 slices bread

Method:

1. Have the ends sawed from three marrow-bones in such a way that the marrow is exposed at both ends. Wrap them in a cloth, lower the cloth into a kettle of boiling water, and boil the bones for 10 minutes.
2. Into a large warmed bowl, put garlic, cream cheese, anchovy paste, and the hot...

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Ingredients

• 250 gm (~1/2 lb) fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced 1/8 inch thick
• 3½ tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
• 2 (25 cm) Asian eggplants, cut into 24 (1 cm-thick) rounds
• 2 tablespoons white miso
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
• 1 teaspoon water

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 220ºC (425F) with rack in middle rung.
2. Toss mushrooms with 2 tablespoons oil and 1/4 teaspoon salt, and then spread out in a large 4-sided sheet pan. Roast, stirring once, until golden brow...

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Ingredients:

• 16 Pie Tee cups
• 1 cup Corn niblets, boiled ,drained
• 2 Jalapeno or Thai chillies, chopped
• 1 medium Onion , chopped
• 4Green olives, chopped
• 4Black olives, chopped
• 8 leaves Lettuce
• 2 tablespoons Tomato ketchup
• 5-6 Black peppercorns, crushed
• 1 medium Red capsicum, seeded and cut into thin strips
• Fresh cilantro

Method:

1. Prepare your canape cups (Pie Tee cups) if you are making them yourself. When cooked drain and place them on absorbent paper.
2. Take corn niblets in a bowl and Add the chillies, onion...

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This dish is based on another popular Thai snack food "Cab Kai" which is somewhat similar to Crispy pork rinds but these are the chicken skin crisped up.

Ingredients

• 200g boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 egg , lightly beaten
• 85g polenta
• Sunflower oil , for frying
• 3 tbsp crème fraîche
• 2 tsp peri-peri sauce
• 100g  watercress
• 2 tbsp  vinaigrette dressing
• Semi-dried bread. Crisp enoug...

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Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tsp each cumin seeds and coriander seeds
• ½ tsp fennel seeds
• 1 x 400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• Juice ½ lemon
• 1 tbsp tahini paste
• 2 tsp finely chopped coriander
• Pitta bread, to serve

Method:

1. In a kadai, wok or other pan, heat 1 tbsp of the oil, then fry the onion until soft and lightly browned. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
2. Toast the spices for a couple of minutes on a low heat ...

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Ingredients

• 300g sushi rice (See  below)
• 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar (see  below)
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 200g pack smoked salmon slices

 Method:

1. Tip the rice i...

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Ingredients:

• 1 mango
• 1 red chilli
• ½ red onion
• handful coriander leaves
• juice 1 lime
• 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 32 mini croustade cups.

Method:

1. Mix the mango, red chilli, red onion and a handful coriander leaves, then mix with the lime juice and sweet chilli sauce. Season.
2. Divide between 32 mini croustade cups  and serve within 1 hr so they'll be firm.

Notes:

Croustade cups may be available from various supermarkets or high quality bakeries. They can also be made as the Thai kratong tong cups and the Ma...
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"hors d'oeuvre" and specifically canapes are doing fine and well in Asia. It's not a new food style here at all. Only the names have changed to provide fun and shock value  :)

Canapes are
a bite sized open sandwich consisting of a base, a spread and a garnish. They are usually micro-serves of a main dish preparations and allow diners to taste a huge array of various flavours and stimulate appetites. The spread should be
very flavoursome so as to cause a stimulation of the...
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Ingredients:

• 200g cooked crab-meat. (Vietnamese brands canned crab-meat is a choice product)
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander
• 1 egg , beaten
• 2 handfuls breadcrumbs or panko
• 4 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 lime , juiced and zested
• 2 tbsp sweet chillie sauce (commercially available)
• Cooking oil
• Coriander leaves (optional garnish)

 Method:

1. Mix the crab, mayo, onion and parsley. Divide into 16, shape into balls, then dip in the egg and coat in breadcrumbs. Firm up in the fridge ...

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Ingredients:
vegetable oil
8 shallots , finely sliced
2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
1 tbsp palm sugar
1 tbsp fish sauce
1  fresh pineapple , cut into cubes or slices of semi-green mango approx 3 cm diam circles or 3 cm squares.
1 lime
1 red chilli , sliced finely
handful coriander leaves

Method:
Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the shallots until they brown. Reduce the heat and add the peanut butter, sugar and soy sauce and stir until the sugar has melted.
Add the juice of a squeezed lime. ...
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