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21 - 27 September 2000
Issue No. 500
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Chicken gratin

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked chicken (chopped)
3 cups cold cooked rice
1 onion (chopped)
1tsp crushed garlic
1 red capsicum (chopped)
1 stalk celery (chopped)
1/4 cup plain flour
2 1/2 cups plain milk
50gms butter
salt + pepper + grated nutmeg
1 cup grated Cheddar + 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan or mozzarella

Method:

Beat eggs and sugar together until thick and pale. Stir in milk, butter and vanilla. Mix through flour, cornflour and baking powder. Pour mixture into a greased and lightly floured 20cm cake tin. Decoratively arrange apple slices on top of cake. Sprinkle with mixture of extra sugar and cinnamon. Bake in a moderately hot preheated oven (190°C) for 35-40 minutes. Cook on a wire rack. Serve hot or cold with vanilla ice-cream (optional).

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