Chocolate Mice Aussie Style Food

CHOCOLATE MICE

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate, and combine with sour cream. Stir in 1 cup chocolate cookie crumbs. Cover and refrigerate until firm.
• Roll by level tablespoonfuls into balls. Mold to a slight point at one end (the nose).
• Roll dough in confectioners sugar (for white mice), and in chocolate cookie crumbs (for dark mice). On each mouse, place dragees in appropriate spot for eyes, almond slices for ears, and a licorice string for the tail.
• Refrigerate for at least two hours, until firm.

DIM SIMS - AUSSIE STYLE

Steps:

• Make pastry first;.
• Mix flours, salt, sugar and add boiling water.
• Mix well, knead on floured bench.
• Rest before using.
• Make filling;.
• Mix meat, and seasonings by hand or pulse in a food processor. Do not over process.
• Add vegetables and mix by hand.
• Roll pastry until thin & cut into rounds; I use an egg-ring.
• Brush edge of rounds with eggwhite.
• Place 1-2 tablespoons of filling on each round & shape around filling, moulding into an attractive ball-shape; a little filling should be exposed on the top.
• Steam for 15 minutes OR Deep fry 180 c for 5-10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS MICE (OR ANYTIME MICE)

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler and dip a cherriy into the chocolate, holding by the stem ("tail").
• Set cherry on its side on waxed paper. This is the mouse's body and tail.
• While chocolate it still gooey, "glue" on a hershey's kiss to the mouse's body, with the bottom of the kiss touching the cherry and the pointy part pointing out, the opposite direction that the tail is pointing.
• Add sliced almonds in the seam for ears.
• Decorate with icing or red hots for eyes and nose.
• Repeat with the rest of the cherries, etc.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BISCUITS-AUSSIE STYLE

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and sugar.
• Add the condensed milk and keep beating for 2 minutes.
• Fold through the flour, then the choc chips. The mixture will be tacky.
• Place teaspoons full on your baking tray (either greased or baking pepper).
• Flatten slightly with a floured fork.
• Bake at ABOUT (all stoves are different) 160°C for about 15 minutes, or till golden.
• Leave on trays for 3 minutes, then cool on wire racks.

DRUNKEN CHERRIES AKA CHERRY BOMB

Steps:

• Cover Cherries in a jar with Rum.
• Serve in Pina colada`s or straight up.
• You can pour the rum on a cooked chocolate devils food cake before icing.

CLUB SANDWICHES-AUSSIE STYLE

Steps:

• If you have your bread sliced at the thickness for sandwiches, you should have 8 long slices.
• Soften the cream cheese in the microwave if necessary so you don't tear the bread.
• Lay your bread slices out, and spread with the cream cheese-just as you would with butter for a normal sandwich.
• On the first slice, top with the ham, then a bread slice, top with tomato, and a bread slice, top with the mashed egg, then a final bread slice.
• Season each layer with salt and pepper to taste.
• Repeat with the remaining 4 slices of bread and filling.
• I like to place 12 cocktail sticks in the sandwich stacks so I can see where I will be cutting, then I take my electric knife, remove the crusts, and finally cut each stack into 12.
• *Theseare only suggested filling that are popular and cut easily.

BBQ VEGETABLES - AUSSIE STYLE

Steps:

• Wash and chop all the vegetables (not the tomatoes) and place in a large glass or ceramic dish dish.
• Place the oil, juice, soy sauce and garlic in a jug and stir.
• Pour over the vegetables and mix.
• Cover and let marinate for 2 - 24 hours.
• Cook over a prepared hot BBQ plate for 10 minutes, flipping often.