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) [...]
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 [...]
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 tsp of cinnamon [...]
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 a secret!) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
