Kids Food & Drink
A Three-Course Meal for your little 'uns courtesty of Peter from Lanes:
Creamy banana and strawberry smoothie (2 people)
2 bananas
2 cups semi skimmed milk
100g low fat yogurt
8 strawberries
6 ice cubes
Place in blender (minus the banana skin and strawberry top!)
Mix for 30/40 seconds
Serve
Butterfly chicken (2 people)
Two 175/200g boneless breast of chicken
1 large carrot
½ leek
200g tagliatelle
200g Button mushrooms
½ ltr Tomato juice
Sunflower oil
Chicken:
Cut length ways chicken supreme ¾ of the way through
Lightly bat out. Season
Vegetables and tagliatelle:
Peel carrot, disguard peelings.
Carry on using peeler to strip carrot in to ribbons
Trim leeks, keep trimmings. Wash thoroughly
Cut leeks length ways into ribbons
Wash peel and slice mushrooms
To cook:
Heat sauté pan, add little sunflower oil
When hot add chicken, cook 8 mins on each side
Cook tagliatelle in boiling salted water
Heat pan add little sunflower oil add leeks and carrot, lightly season and cook slowly
When cooked add tagliatelle re-season
Take chicken out of pan leave to rest on separate tray
From pan the chicken was cooked in add leek trimmings, cook
Add tomato juice to pan, reduce, and season to taste
Cook sliced mushrooms
Pass tomato sauce onto mushrooms
Serve:
Place mixed tagliatelle and vegetable ribbons into bowls
Place chicken on top
Surround with tomato and mushroom sauce
Lemon meringue iced parfait (6/8 people)
3 egg yolks
225g sugar
100ml water
1pt cream
2 meringue nests ( crushed)
1 lemon
Boil sugar and water 114-118c (soft ball (just as it starts to change colour))
Whisk eggs yolks in mixer
Add the boiled sugar
Whisking till cold
Add crushed meringue nest + juice of lemon
Semi whip cream
Fold into mix
Line 6/8 cups with clingfilm
Fill with mix cover and place in freezer for 24 hours
To demould run base of cup under hot water, for couple of seconds. Turn upside down
Take cling film off
Serve