Chef Amrita Raichand
A ‘Mommy Chef’ who firmly believes that “healthy need not be boring.”
Christmas Special
Fun Fruit & Chocolate Canapes
Ingredients:
- Fresh cream- 200 ml
- Chopped Chocolate or chocolate chips- 200 gms
- Orange zest- 2 tsp
- Chopped Apple- 1
- Chopped Banana- 1
- Chopped Pear- 1
- Orange juice- 1/4th cup
- Cinnamon powder- 1/2 tsp
- Canapés- 20 pieces
Method
- Heat the fresh cream in a pan. Once it starts to bubble from the sides, add the chocolate chips. Keep stirring on low heat till the chocolate melts.
- Add the orange zest to it & mix well. Add the ganache to the pipping bag.
- Dice the fruits (apple,banana,pears)
- Mix them in a bowl & add orange juice to prevent them from browning & to bump up the flavour. Also add the cinnamon powder and give it a final mix.
- Pipe the chocolate ganache in the canapés. Top with the fruit mixture & serve at room temperature or cold.
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Chef Ranveer Brar
Chef at Heart – Chef at soul, Author, TV show host, MasterChef India judge and food explorer
Christmas Special
Fruit Cake
Ingredients
- 180 gm Butter
- 180 gm Sugar
- 2 tbsp Tutti fruiti
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence
- 180 gm Flour
- 4 Eggs
- ¼ cup Almonds, chopped
- ¼ cup walnuts chopped
- ¼ cup Tutti fruiti
Process
- In a mixing bowl, add butter, sugar, tutti fruiti and mix well till the butter change the colour.
- Add vanilla essence, flour and mix well, add egg and mix well.
- Add almonds, walnuts, tutti fruiti mix well by cut and fold method.
- Grease the mould with butter and place butter papper.
- Pour the batter into the mould and bake it at 165 to 170 for 40 minutes.
- Dust icing sugar over the cake. Let cool a bit. Cut and serve.
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.
