风车比萨 + 番茄焖香肠鹰嘴豆和白豆 Pizza Pinwheels + Sausage & Tomato Stew

今天的<风车比萨>，让我想起金庸小说故事人物之一的"傻姑"常说的一句话:"风车转一转，傻姑高一寸！"八十年代最爱看的是香港武侠连续片，当时没有录影机，全部片都是在邻居的家追看的。最狂迷的是娇小玲珑的翁美玲。如果她还在的话，现在我应该还是会很喜欢她的，就如我还是很喜欢黄日华那样，因为我常情，哈哈！

Do you like the <Pizza Pinwheels> that I’m sharing today? They are cute, aren’t they?  Well, making these <Pizza Pinwheels> is very simple and they taste yummy too because the recipe uses puff pastry as a base instead of a regular pizza dough. And to make them look even more special, they were rolled up like Swiss Roll!

第一次看到这些<风车比萨>就很喜欢。不但外形可爱，每一粒都蛮小的，而且它和一般的比萨不同，因为用了酥皮来做。这食谱非常容易，酥皮都是买现成的，只是随便地涂上番茄酱再洒上自己喜欢的含料，把它卷起切块就搞定了，当然还要拿去烘烤啦！

The time I finished taking these photos, 1/3 of them had gone & at the end of the day, we felt a bit sick because for being eating too much, haha! So, to be honest, this recipe is good to be used when you are holding a party so everyone can have a few pieces of it & that ends a story. Alternatively, you can simply reduce the ingredients by 1/2 to feed a small family like us!

风车比萨 Pizza Pinwheels

(Recipe Source: Jessie-CookingMoments)

Makes 36 Pizza Pinwheels, abt 4.5cm – 5cm in diameter

Ingredients:

3 Store-bought Puff Pastry (24cm x 24cm), thawed

60g Tomato Paste/ Pizza Paste

Some Egg Wash

Fillings:

150g Shredded Ham

30g Grated Parmesan Cheese

30g Grated Mozzarella Cheese

50g Brown Onions, chopped

¼ Red Capsicum

¼ Yellow Capsicum

4tbsp Corn Kernels

15g Fresh Parsley

1/2tbsp Dried Mixed Herbs

Method:

1. Mix all filling ingredients together.

2. Grab 1 sheet of the short crust pastry. Brush the top with 1.5-2tbsp of pizza sauce, leaving a 2cm edge untouched at one side. Sprinkle with some filling ingredients.

3. Roll up like a Swiss roll & brush some egg wash on the untouched edge, roll up to seal. Cut into 12 equal pieces. Place on a lined tray.

Tip:

Wipe the knife after each cut & act quick before the pastry becomes too soft to be handled, this will make the cutting job harder.

4. Repeat for the rest of the puff pastry.

5. Bake in the 180C-preheated oven until golden.  Serve hot.

BIG TIP:
Thaw the frozen puff pastry in the last minute when everything else is done. It only takes about 5 minutes to thaw in summer. When pastry becomes too soft, the rolling up job will become harder & messy! If this happens, put them back to the freezer to harden a bit, then use is very quickly.

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Sausage & Tomato Stew 

番茄焖香肠鹰嘴豆和白豆

这是我在周末常煮的一道菜，简单又快，在加上煮好时老公都在家，热呼呼的一大碟意式番茄焖香肠一上餐桌就像狂风扫落叶般地被扫光。当中吃得最多的是老公，这也许是另一个原因我喜欢煮它的原因。

For a reason, I like to cook this <Sausage & Tomato Stew> on the weekend.  My children love to eat them with thin spaghetti whereas my hubby & I used them to make sandwich. Either way will end up with an empty plate!

This is a great dish to be cooked on the weekend when everyone in your family is at home or for a party!

Sausage & Tomato Stew 番茄焖香肠鹰嘴豆和白豆

(Recipe Source:Jessie-CookingMoments)

Serves 4-5 People

Ingredients:

6 Medium Tomatoes, 540g, quartered & seeds removed

5 Fresh Sausages, sliced

1 x 400g  Can White(Cannellini) Beans, rinsed & drained

1 x 400g Can Chickpeas, rinsed & drained

250ml Chicken Stock

3 Cloves Garlic, crushed

15g Basil Leaves + Extra to sprinkle

2tbsp Tomato Sauce

1.5tsp Brown Sugar

1tsp Dried Mixed Herbs

Salt & White Pepper to taste

1/2tbsp Cooking Oil

Method:

1. Cook sausages in a pot of hot water until just cooked. When they are cold to handle, slice into thick pieces.

2. Heat oil in a large & deep frypan, cook garlic until fragrant.  Add tomatoes, white beans, chickpeas & dried herbs.  Stir to combine. Add stock & bring to boil over medium heat.

3. Lower the heat & add sausages. Let to simmer until the tomatoes are soft.  Add tomato sauce, sugar & basil leaves & stir for about 1 minute. Add salt & pepper to taste. Sprinkle with some basil leaves & serve immediately.

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I’m submitting this to Little Thumbs Up co-hosted by Mui Mui@My Little FavouriteDIY & Zoe@Bake for Happy Kids.

~Enjoy!~