Baileys and Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients

100g/ 3 1/2 oz butter
250 g/ 8 3/4 oz digestive biscuits, crushed
600 g/ 1lb 5 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese
25 ml/ 1fl oz Baileys
100 ml/ 3 1/2 oz Icing Sugar
300 ml/ 10 1/2 Double Cream, whipped
100 g/ 3 1/2 oz Grated chocolate

To Garnish: 200 ml/ 7 1/4 oz double cream whipped
cocoa powder, to dust

Method
1. Melt butter in a pan and add the crushed digestive biscuits. Mix well until the biscuits have absorbed all the butter.

2. Remove from the heat and press into the bottom of a lined 18 cm/ 7 in springform tin. Place in the refrigerator and allow to set for one hour.

3. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Lighlty whip the cream cheese then beat in the Bailey's and icing sugar. Fold in the whipped cream and grated chocolate. When smooth, spoon evenly unto the biscuits.

4. Refrigerate and allow to set for a further two hours. Once set, remove and decorate with whipped cream and cocoa powder dusted over the top. Serve.

Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

2 quarts water
1 lb. soup meat (chicken, chicken feet or beef etc)
1/2 pack grace cock noodle
2 lbs. pumpkin diced
2 med. white potatoes diced
1 piece of yam diced
And additional ground provision as desired (sweet potato etc.)
2 stalks escallion
2 sprigs thyme
1 large carrot
1 scotch bonnet pepper
1 clove garlic
pimento seeds
Wheelers/ Dumplings
salt to taste

Method

1. Put water in large soup pan.
2. Add meat, garlic, pepper, thyme, escallion, pimento and bring to rapid boil.
3. Add meat and let cook for hour until almost cooked then add pumpkin, potato and yam etc.
4. Make and add wheelers/ dumplings and diced carrot
5. Stir thoroughly and add cock noodle soup for final 20 minutes or until all ingredients are cooked.
6. Taste and season accordingly.

Cook Up Rice (One Pot)

Ingredients

1/2 lb cooked meat (chicken, sausages)
1/4 lb salt meat ( beef or pork etc.)
4 1/2 cups water
2 or 3 blades escallion
2 tbsp. cooking oil
2 cups rice
pepper to taste
1 onion
1 or 2 tomatoes
thyme or parsley
1 tsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
Worcestershire sauce

Method

1. Wash and soak salt meat and prepare seasonings.
2. Heat the oil, add sugar and fry till it bubbles.
3. Add seasonings, fry till golden brown.
4. Cut salt meat into neat pieces and add to seasoning with water, rice and salt.
5. Put to boil. Remove skin and bones from cooked meat, cut into pieces.
6. Add to rice when it is nearly done.
7. For added flavor, add a tablespoon cooking butter just before serving and Worcestershire sauce.