Chicken Pie

Dough:
3 eggs
3/4 cup of oil
1 1/2 cup of milk
1 1/2 cup of plain flour
salt
1 table spoon of baking powder
mixed herbs (optional)

Filling: chicken or beef sauce (not so humid), cheese and ham...

Mix all the ingredients for the dough. Pour half of it in an oven-safe container, add the filling and then pour the rest of the dough.
Put in the oven for 35 minutes (180 degrees).

Three Tomato Salad

Serves 4-6





Ingredients
For the salad:
30ml capers (optional)
2 ripe beef tomatoes
3 ripe plum tomatoes
125g red or yellow cherry tomatoes
40g small Nicoise olives (I used black olives)

For the dressing:
60ml(4 tbsp) extra-virgin olive oil
30ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp runny honey
salt and pepper

To serve:
fresh basil leaves
pecorino or parmesan cheese










Method
1. If using capers, soak them in cold water for 30mins, then drain and pat dry.
2. Remove any stalks from the tomatoes. Thinly slice the beef tomatoes and arrange them in overlapping slices on a large serving platter.
3. Slice the plum tomatoes lengthwise and arrange over the beef tomatoes. Halve the cherry tomatoes and place in the centre of the plate.
4. Stone the olives (if not already pitted), and scatter them and the capers (if using) over the tomatoes. (I cut the olives into quarters first, but that's just my preference)
5. To prepare the dressing, place all the ingredients in a screw-topped jar and shake well until amalgamated.
6. Drizzle a generous amount of dressing over the tomatoes. Cover and leave to stand for 30 minutes to infuse. Serve at once, scattered with basil leaves and topped with pecorini or parmesan shavings.

Chocolate Salami

Ingredients:

Rich Tea biscuits 150g

Sugar (icing sugar preferred) 200g

Cocoa or chocolate powder 50g

Butter 100g

Whole Eggs 1

(This is the original recipe. What I did was a double recipe, but I did not double the butter or the sugar.)

Mix everything (except for the biscuits) until you get a uniform dough. Then, add the rich tea biscuits in large pieces. Mix again. Wrap this tightly in a few layers of foil (squeeze it as much as possible; you can even hit it against a table or worktop) and make it into a 'salami' shape. Put in the fridge for a few hours. Serve cut in slices.

Hints:

1 - Take the foil out before cutting it into slices, so you don't get small bits of foil in it. This is particularly important if you are giving it to children who might not notice the foil.

2 - Though you can use any type of sugar, icing sugar will give it a smoother taste.

3 - If you use chocolate powder instead of cocoa make sure to cut quite a bit on the sugar quantity!

4 - If you are in a hurry, leave it in the freezer for some hours.