family dinner plan: melon with mint lime ginger, sticky rice pearl balls, bread and hummus, apple cake

Family dinner was me this evening.

Melon with zesty ginger sauce

Hummus and tomato bread/calzone log

Sticky rice balls (turkey & veg)

Apple crumble

Calzone log with tomatos and cheese (and sage and parsley) before rolling up.

Rice balls into steamer.

Serve melon with garnish of mint and ginger sauce in jug.

The calzone log disappeared so fast I almost didn't get a picture!

Apple crumble also almost all gone before picture was taken.

Rice balls wrapped in nasturtium leaves. THe leaves worked really well to stop them sticking. And they are tasty themselves or come off easy enough. 

Inspiration and help with instructions from . . . 

Melon

https://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,50400000128409,00.html
https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/melons-with-ginger-syrup
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/recipes/a537483/melon-with-ginger-and-port-vinaigrette/

Crank's Recipe book hummus
With two tins of chick peas as 4 cloves of garlic is too much for 1 tin of chick peas.

A rylandpeters.com easy vegetarian recipe for pizza dough

Sticky rice balls

https://www.thespruceeats.com/pearl-balls-appetizer-695040
https://www.happycow.net/blog/cooking-sticky-rice-balls/
https://foodsogoodmall.com/recipe/201104chinese-turkey-rice-ball-appetizers-html/

Darina Allen's Ballymaloe apple crumble

Plan

0. soak rice

1. marinade turkey

2. bread

3. hummus

4. cake

5. rice balls

6. melon

7. and serve . . .

Do

1. Chopped onion and green pepper and grated ginger, mixed with turkey mince and turmeric.

2. Made yeast dough. Left on top of kettle to rise.
7g yeast, mix of strong white and interesting flour 20g, 125ml warm water, 2 tbsp olive oil
half tsp salt,
mix. knead. rise.

3. Made hummus, mashed drained tin of chick-peas with grated garlic. 2 tbsp olive oil, 4 tbsp yoghurt, lemon juice. Too garlicky! Added another tin of chick peas. Mashed. Taste. Better. Add pepper.

From garden . . . got parsley, sage, mint and bunch of nasturtium leaves which are a bit small this time of year. Parsley to garnish hummus. Parsley and sage to mix with tomatos for the calzone. Mint for the melon ginger sauce. Nasturtium leaves instead of banana leaves to cook the sticky rice balls in.

4. Peeled and chopped apple. In with some sugar and water to steam/stew.
Slightly overdid the stewed apple but used the syrup/juice for the ginger melon sauce. Added mint leaves, lime juice and zest and grated ginger and simmer.

Crumble
110g flour, 50g butter mix with hands until crumby, add 50g sugar. mix.
Add crumble on top of apple in a suitable baking dish and into oven oops 200 then 180 degrees for 30 to 45 mins.

Calzone log
Roll out dough on floury surface.
Chop tomato, mix with sage and parsley, spread on rolled out dough like pizza.
Add cheese (white cheddar).
Roll up into log, seal the ends with tomato juice and squeeze dough to seal.
Into oven.

5. Put marinaded turkey and veg into a big bowl. Add some spoons of the soaked rice and an egg and some cornflour. Mix.

Prepare bottom layer of steamer with nasturtium leaves (stick the stalks out the holes)
Lay out soaked rice on a plate.
Form a ball of the mix then put on plate, press rice around the outside.
Place in steamer.
Repeat that about 30 times!

Steam a good long while to cook the rice and meat. About 30/35/.. mins.

Oven off and leaving calzone log and crumble inside to keep warm.

6. Slice melon and remove seeds. Chopping into chunks would have worked better actually.

Lay table. Chopsticks. Forks. Glasses. Water. Soy sauce and sweet chilli ready with small bowls for rice balls.

Serve melon with zesty ginger sauce in jug for pour over.

Serve calzone log with hummus.

Serve rice balls.

Serve crumble with ice-cream and tea.


Review

YUM

phew it took a good while to prepare! 2hours/2:30 ish