I was overcome with the urge to eat something sweet the other night, so I made some cookies. My customisation was to use almonds, mexican drinking chocolate tablets and orange zest. They were very yummy, but the mexican chocolate was a little bit gritty.
From the Guardian 20 January 2007
This recipe allows you to [...]
Recipe from Real Cooking by Nigel Slater
Serves 4
For the filling:
2 medium sized leeks, or onions, chopped
a medium sized carrot, diced
a decent knob of butter
4 medium sized brown mushrooms, sliced
450g minced roast lamb or raw lamb mince
flour
a tablespoon tomato puree
250ml hot lamb stock (one oxo cube)
bay leaf
sprig of thyme
worcestershire sauce
In a large pan, cook the chopped [...]
This is a recipe that I use often (it is currently on the stove top). It is a Nigel Slater recipe and comes from the Sainsbury's Magazine (January 2004).
Serves 4
75g (3oz) butter
2 large onions, peeled and thinly sliced
1 heaped tablespoon flour
75ml (3fl oz)) Madeira
510ml (18fl oz) stock
Worcestershire sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Melt the [...]
I made the scones yesterday, with a few additions. I split the recipe as given below in half. To one half I omitted the sugar and added 50g/2oz cheese (this made for a very cheesy scone so you could add less). The other half I added half an apple, diced, and 1 [...]
One of the few edible items in the canteen at work are the scones they make. I have had part of the recipe scribbled on a post it note for a few years. I realised when I was making them that the recipe is incomplete (perhaps the catering staff are keeping the recipe [...]
Oat Shortbread
Originally uploaded by ZMB.
Recipe from the side of my packet of Speedicook Porridge.
Ingredients
250g/80z butter
125g/4oz caster sugar
125g/4oz plain flour
325g/11oz Speedicook porridge oats
Pinch of baking soda
Method
Cream the butter and sugar well. Add flour and baking soda and mix, then add Speedicook. Roll out thinly, cut into rounds and bake in oven at 180C/350F or Gas Mark [...]
This blog is the result of too many pieces of paper and magazines lying around my home; you know how sometimes someone gives you a recipe and you end up with a pile of loose paper. Here I will attempt to store and organise a few of these scraps.
Pancakes
(from The Irish News 28 February [...]
