Entries by The Twins

Brie, Basil and Pomegranate Crostini

Serves: 8-10 Prep time: 10-15 mins this is always a fantastic starter to any meal. We always serve crostinis when we host people, it’s a great distraction for when you’re preparing the main meal. Honestly, pomegranate makes everything better, we know you might be a bit skeptical to try this but trust, you’ll love and […]

CHINESE CHICKEN NOODLE SALAD

250g Egg noodles 200g Grilled chicken breast 100g Sugar peas   DRESSING: 1/4 cup Sesame oil 5 Tbls Soy sauce 1/4 cup Chopped pickled ginger 1 Tbls Wasabi   Boil the noodles till al denté. Shred the grilled chicken. Blanch the sugar peas. Toss all the ingredients together. Whisk all the dressing ingredients together. Pour […]

SWEET & SOUR CHINESE POPCORN CHICKEN

500g Chicken breast, cubed Salt and pepper 300g Buttermilk 500g Seasoned flour- (pinch of salt, pepper, paprika, garlic and ginger powder) 2 Tbls Baking powder   SAUCE: 4 Tbls Honey 2 Tbls Soy sauce 1/2 cup Tomato sauce   Season the cubed chicken with salt and pepper. Marinate chicken cubes in buttermilk for an hour […]

HOT POT CHICKEN

200g Hot pot stock 200g Chicken stock 1 Tbls Sichuan peppercorns 500g Chicken breast, skewered 3 Tbls Chinese spice mix   Cut chicken breast into strips. Skewer them. Marinate chicken with Chinese spices over night. Bring your chicken stock to the boil and add the hot-pot stock in. Add extra chillies to stock of preferred […]

CHINESE HOTPOT POP UP

We took a trip to Chengdu, China earlier this year to visit our very good friend Kut and before we arrived we told her…”we are not here for anything else but the food ?!!!” We wanted to eat and taste everything and Kut made sure that’s what we would experience. On our very first night […]

Ginger Beer Sorbet

Serves: 8-10 If they don’t serve “Gemere” at your wedding, is it even a wedding? Only our grandmother was the designated ginger beer maker, she makes it so well and if you want good ginger beer, make sure it brews for a couple of days. We made the typical ginger beer into a sorbet, it’s […]

Chin-chin Strawberry Cheesecake

Serves: 8 Prep time: 35-40 mins 6. Chin chin is amazing, it tastes like deep fried shortbread chips, that’s the best way we can describe it. We thought it would be really cool to incorporate it into one of our favorite desserts of all time.  Ingredients:  250g Chin-chin 1 Tbs Sugar Pinch of Salt 125g […]