4 skinless & boneless chicken thigh fillets
spring onions, sliced into 3cm/1.5 inches batons
skewers
For the Yakitori Sauce
75ml Japanese Soy Sauce
60ml Sake
15ml Mirin
1 tablespoon caster sugar
To make the Yakitori Sauce:
In a small saucepan add the Soy, Sake, Mirin and caster sugar - stir and slowly bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes [...]

15ml shallots
5ml garlic
4oz vermouth
400ml cream
15ml butter
4 21/25 prawns raw peeled devained tail on
4 20/30 scallops, abductor muscle removed
4oz baby shrimp meat
10ml terragon
Saute garlic, shallots and butter until sweated (no color). Deglaze w/ vermouth. Reduce by half. Add cream, reduce by half. Mounter au beurre. Chill, store.
Saute prawns/scallops until 75% cooked. Add baby shrimp and 3.5 [...]

A
1oz Wild mushrooms
10ml minced Garlic
2 minced shallots
B
3 breasts cooked chicken 1/2″ dice
2oz white wine
C
500ml cream
100ml glace de viande
D
1tsp fresh tarragon
Saute A. Add B, reduce au sec. Add C, reduce by half. Add D. Cool, wrap in filo.

A
1 apple, brunoise
1 pear, skinned, brunoise
1 peach, skinned, brunoise
1 tsp butter
2ml nutmeg
3oz goldschlager
B
2ml nutmeg
20g walnuts (powdered)
C
10ml mint
10ml honey
10ml butter
Saute A, add goldschlager after fruit is cooked. Flambe, reduce by half. Remove from heat, chill. Mix B together. Blend C. Wrap A in filo pastry, 4 layers total, spreading B and a generous portion of [...]

Now, I’ve never been able to make these nearly as good as dad can, but that’s to be expected.
Dad’s “Best in the known universe” chocolate chip cookies
3/4 cup golden crisco
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tbsp milk
3 tsp vanilla
2+ cups flour (mix until not sticky)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups real chocolate chips, the [...]

A
1c water
1/2c butter
pinch salt
B
1c flour
C
4 eggs
Boil A. Add B, cook until it forms a ball and pulls away from edges of the pot. Add C, 1 at a time. Pipe onto greased baking sheet, bake @400 for 30-35 minutes. Fill with cream filling. Mmm cream puffs.

Crust:
1 1/2c flour
2tbsp sugar
1/2c butter
Cut butter into flour/sugar mix until finely crumbed. Press into baking pan, bake 15min @ 325.
Filling
4c rhubarb/strawberries
2 eggs
3/4c milk
2tbsp flour
1 1/2 - 2 c sugar
Combine, put over cooled crust, bake 1hr @ 325