Marks & Spencer Food Fair: Cooking Time with Chef Luigi Muhlach

With host Sam Oh, Marks & Spencer presented the Cooking Time with Chef Luigi Muhlach as part of the food tasting activities at the Eastwood Mall last September 29. The cooking demo showcase the wide selection of M&S food products and ingredients. The demo lasted for an hour as Chef Luigi cooked 6 recipes to our delight. M&S served the food to bloggers, press and guests who where there.

Let me share the recipes I got. These are easy to prepare, perfect for busy people. You may purchase the ingredients from the nearest Marks & Spencer store.

Crab Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 can Marks & Spencer crab meat
• 1 pack Marks & Spencer ultimate mash
• Marks & Spencer roasted garlic mayo
• salt 
• pepper

Procedure

1. Put all your ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
2. Shape into patties and fry.
3. Serve with garlic mayo.

Ham Sandwich

Ingredients

• 1 can Marks & Spencer chopped ham
• 1 Marks & Spencer raspberry conserve
• 1 pack square cheddar cheese
• 1 pack arugula
• 1 pack alfalfa/tomato
• bread
• salt
• pepper

Procedure

1. Spread raspberry preserve on one side of the bread.
2. On the other slice, place the chopped ham, cheddar cheese arugula, alfalfa and tomato.
3. Season with salt and pepper and top with the slice of the bread with raspberry preserve.

Duck Spring Rolls

Ingredients

• 1 pack Marks & Spencer duck spring rolls
• 1 hoissin sauce
• 2 small pieces ginger
• rice wine
• cilantro
• brown sugar

Procedure

1. Bake/deep fry spring rolls
2. Extract the juice of the ginger and mix with the hoissin sauce, red wine, cilantro and brown sugar.

Creamy Pomodoro

Ingredients

• Marks & Spencer Green pesto
• Marks & Spencer Puttanesca ssauce
• Marks & SPencer Pappardelle
• Marks & Spencer Honey cured am
• cream
• salt 
• pepper

Procedure

1. Cook pasta
2. In a hot pan, cook chopped honey cured ham and pour in some green pesto, puttanesca sauce and cream.
3. Season with salt and pepper.

Vegetable Curry and Bagoong Rice

Ingredients

• Marks & Spencer vegetable curry
• 1 cupl plain rice
• 2 tsb cooked bagoong
• onions
• garlic
• green mangoes (sliced)
• 1 egg (scrambled)

Procedure

1. In a hot pan drizzle oit, and onions, garlic, bagoong and rice.
2. Saute and top with green mangoes and scrambled eggs.

Mango Cheesecake

Ingredients

• Marks & Spencer New York Cheesecake
• Ripe mangoes
• rum
• butter

Procedure

1. Flambe mangoes in rum and butter.
2. Cool down the mango flambe.
3. Top the mango flambe on the cheesecake.

My favorite are the duck spring rolls and the creamy pomodoro.