SHAKSHUKAAA 🍅🍳 #shakshuka #michaelfinch - 4 large eggs - 1 medium onion, diced - 1 red capsicum, diced - 5 garlic cloves, minced - 1 1/2tbsp harissa paste - 2tsp paprika - 1tsp cumin - 3 large roma tomatoes, chopped roughly (sub for 1 tin canned tomato) - 1/4 cup water - Salt and pepper to taste - Fresh parsley for garnish - Chilli oil, crumbled feta and avo (optional) Method: - Heat olive oil in pan on medium heat, add onion and capsicum salt and pep and cook for 5 mins. - Add garlic and harissa paste and cook for 2 minutes. - Add paprika, cumin, tomatoes and water, bring up to a simmer and allow the tomatoes to cook for around 5 mins or until broken down/jammy. - Use a large spoon to make holes for the eggs, put eggs in each hole and put the lid on the pan and cook for 5 mins on medium heat. Turn heat off as residual heat in pan and tomatoes will continue to cook your eggs! Garnish and enjoy x

Sticky Date Pudding!🥱 Pudding: - 200g dried dates (pitted) - 1 tsp baking soda - 1 cup boiling water - 80g butter (room temp) - 180g brown sugar - 2 eggs - 1tsp vanilla extract - 190g self raising flour, sifted Sauce: - 2 cups brown sugar - 500ml heavy cream - 1 tsp vanilla extract - 60g butter - pinch salt (don't miss this!) - Preheat oven 180°C (350F) and grease a cake tin (roughly 20cm) - Put dates, baking soda and boiling water into bowl and set aside (about 30 mins) - Add butter and brown sugar into a bowl and cream together with beaters until paler in color. - Add the eggs one at a time, make sure the first egg is mixed in through before adding the next! - If blending dates, do this now, or keep chunky, or half half is nice! - Add vanilla extract and sift flour into mixture, carefully folding in the flour. Add in the date mixture and mix until combined, don't over mix babe. - Pour batter into pan on middle oven shelf and bake for 30-35 mins or until a knife comes out clean. - To make the sauce place all ingredients into saucepan and melt down on medium low, bring up to simmer and continue to simmer/slightly boil for 5 mins < this part makes the sauce thick and extra slay! Mx #stickydatepudding #michaelfinch

soup SZN is BACK. Kicking it off with a fav + some upgrades! 🫣.. Pumpkin Soup w/ Crispy Guanciale!! - 1/2 Kent pumpkin - 2 medium sweet potato - 150g guanciale (optional) - 1inch fresh ginger, roughly chopped - Whole bulb garlic, roughly chopped - 1 large onion - 2tbsp olive oil - 1/2 fresh grated nutmeg - 1/8tsp cardamom - 1/2tsp cumin - 1/2tsp coriander powder - 1/8tsp cinnamon - Pinch cayenne pepper, optional - 6 cups water (you may need more or less) - 2 tbsp chick stock powder (if not using stock instead of water) - Salt & pepper to - herbs; rosemary, thyme and bay leaves

COOKIES 😁 - 200g cold unsalted butter - 200g brown sugar - 100g white caster sugar - 2 Medium eggs - 1 1/2tsp vanilla extract - 300g plain flour - 1tsp salt - 150g plain flour - 250g self raising flour - 1 tsp baking powder - 300-800g of whatever fillings u want! Quick Method: Preheat oven 180°C (fan) Weigh out dough into roughly 120g balls, freeze for 6 hrs or up to 2 days. Bake on hot oven tray on middle shelf for 15mins or until just golden brown on top. allow to cool! #cookies #loadedcookies #michaelfinch