Saturday, October 9, 2010

menu 4

Cream of vegetables soup

No. of Portions
4


Ingredients
QTY
Unit

Potatoes
150
Gm

Onions
50
Gm

Celery
50
Gm

Carrots
50
Gm

Tomatoes
300
Gm

Bay leaves
2
Gm

Peppercorns
5
Gm

Béchamel
200
Ml

Salt
To taste


White pepper powder
To taste


Parsley
¼
Bunch

Croutons
To garnish

Fresh cream
To garnish



                                                                                   

Pre-prepations:

1.         
Clean and chop all vegetables roughly but evenly. Cook in sufficient water / stock till tender. Cool down to room temperature and puree.


Method:
1.         
Add puree to béchamel. Add salt and pepper. Strain twice.
  1.  
Reheat just before serving. Serve piping hot garnished with parsley, a swirl of fresh cream and croutons.


Standard:
Smooth and creamy texture, well-seasoned, coating consistency soup. Served piping hot with appropriate garnish. 


Potato salad

No. of Portions
4


Ingredients
QTY
Unit

Large potatoes
250
Gm

Mayonnaise
75
Ml

Shallots
20
Gm

Gherkins
20
Gm

Parsley
10
Gm

Salt
To taste




















Pre-preparations:                                                                                               
1.         
Peel and slice potatoes into roundels.
  1.  
Peel and chop shallots.
  1.  
Dice the gherkins.
  1.  
Wash and chop parsley roughly.
  1.  


Method:     
1.         
Boil the potatoes with salt till tender. Drain and keep aside to cool. Then refrigerate.
  1.  
Smear the potatoes with mayonnaise and arrange into a plate.
  1.  
Sprinkle the parsley, gherkins and shallots.

To serve:
Chill the plate of salad after arranging. Serve cold.

Standard:
Roundels of potato, ¼” thick, just cooked without breaking. Mayonnaise must be seasoned and flavoured well and topping / garnish should be evenly cut.




Scotch eggs

No. of Portions
4


Ingredients
QTY
Unit

Hard boiled egg
4
No.

Raw egg
1
No.

Mutton mince
500
Gm

Ginger garlic paste
10
Gm

Onion
50
Gm

Bread slices
4
No.

Worcestershire sauce
15
Ml

Oil
15
Ml

Refined flour
15
Gm

Salt
To taste


White pepper powder
To taste


Dry bread crumbs
To coat


Oil / fat
To fry


Parsley
¼
bunch



Pre-preparations:                                     
1.         
Shell the hard boiled eggs. Dust with flour.
  1.  
Soak bread and then squeeze dry.
  1.  
Chop onions finely.


Method:
1.         
Heat oil. Sauté onions. Add ginger-garlic paste. Add mutton mince and cook till tender.
  1.  
Remove from flame, cool down and pulverize lightly. Mix a little raw egg and bread for binding. Add salt and pepper.
  1.  
Coat the hard boiled eggs with minced meat mixture. Dust with flour. Dip in egg wash and coat with dry bread crumbs.
  1.  
Deep fry in hot oil till light brown.


To serve:
Cut each Scotch egg into half, serve garnished with parsley.

NOTE:
Scotch eggs may be served hot with tomato sauce or cold – set on lettuce leaves.



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