Recipes

[Margaid]

Noooooo! It's 15 (fifteen). Cat hairs under the keys I think - well spotted.

The fruits don't take long unless you're making a couple of dozen and it's quite fun to do.

 

[bigyetiman]

Sounds lovely. Have got out the cranberry and orange recipe from last year Lady A as it was delicious.
Anyone got a crab filled mushrooms recipe ?

 

[LadyA]

Noooooo! It's 15 (fifteen). Cat hairs under the keys I think - well spotted.

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You too?!

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[LadyA]

Now then! Here's a recipe I came across, and just had to try it. Irish Cream Liqueur. Like Baileys. With a couple of minor adjustments, it turned out really well. And, it keeps, in the fridge, for around six months! Christmas gifts sorted!

1 tablespoon instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling water (Note: I used "barista style" instant espresso, which has bits of ground coffee bean in, and then just sieved the result through a cloth.)
1 1/2 tablespoons chocolate topping (I used Askeys "Treat" topping)
350ml Irish whiskey
460ml cream
397g can of sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon coconut essence or vanilla extract

Sterilise everything you use to make this. I use Milton tablets.
Stir the chocolate topping into the coffee/water mixture. Whisk in the remaining ingredients. Strain through a fine sieve into sterilised bottles and seal immediately.

 

[Icemaiden]

If you churn this in an ice-cream maker, it sounds as though it'll make a gorgeous icecream!

 

[LadyA]

If you churn this in an ice-cream maker, it sounds as though it'll make a gorgeous icecream!

I wondered about that, but would the whiskey prevent it freezing?

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[Icemaiden]

It should just stop it from freezing too hard. If it comes out too hard, it's an excuse to add more whisky the next time...

 

[LadyA]

I'm doomed! Doomed, I tell you! :lol: :lol:

Chocolate Mug Cake:

4 tablespoons self raising flour
4 tablespoons caster sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
few drops of vanilla
a few chocolate chips or walnuts.

put flour, sugar and cocoa in a large microwaveable mug. Add the egg and mix well. Add milk, oil and vanilla and mix. Add some choc chips or chopped walnuts if liked. Microwave on high 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

My microwave is an 800W, and this cake takes 2 minutes.It's deliciously fudgey!

 

[LadyA]

Oh, yes. It's that time of year again! Came across this in a magazine.

Courgette Bake: (serves 8 as a side dish)

Butter a baking dish and set oven to 200C/180C fan oven/Gas 6

1 small onion roughly chopped.
4 courgettes, or roughly 800g ends discarded.
1 large egg
80g cheddar, grated
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
salt/pepper to taste

Whizz onions and courgettes together in a food processor until evenly chopped. (or grate them and mix together)
Add the egg, cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper and either whizz again, or mix thoroughly.
put into the baking dish and bake for 45 minutes until browned on top

 

[Margaid]

Like the sound of that Lady A. I made a "lasagne" today using courgette slices instead of pasta. Took longer to cook as I didn't pre-cook the courgettes and needed care eating it as the courgette slices retained the heat but it was yummy. Have a big one in the freezer as one potential visitor is "off" carbohydrates.

 

[LadyA]

Like the sound of that Lady A. I made a "lasagne" today using courgette slices instead of pasta. Took longer to cook as I didn't pre-cook the courgettes and needed care eating it as the courgette slices retained the heat but it was yummy. Have a big one in the freezer as one potential visitor is "off" carbohydrates.

It's always handy to have something on hand. I had unexpected guests for lunch during the week. Lunch wasn't a problem, we had omelettes. Then I made a couple of the mug cakes, and divided them for dessert. Wonderfully chocolatey, with the choc chips melted so it was like a hot choc pudding with chocolate sauce.

 

[dinosaw]

We had a glut of plums lately and so decided to try the recipe below to use some of them up and it was really lovely. You have to go to the faff of converting US cups into grams. You also need to remember the temperature is for conventional ovens, so fan ovens needs to be adjusted down accordingly. We have another two pounds of plums in the freezer so are looking forward to making another one.

https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/late-summer-plum-cake.html

 

[LadyA]

We had a glut of plums lately and so decided to try the recipe below to use some of them up and it was really lovely. You have to go to the faff of converting US cups into grams. You also need to remember the temperature is for conventional ovens, so fan ovens needs to be adjusted down accordingly. We have another two pounds of plums in the freezer so are looking forward to making another one.

https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/late-summer-plum-cake.html

No glut of plums here this year, sadly. I've made wine, and have some in the freezer for jam, but mostly, we just ate them. Didn't even get enough for bottling this year.
Must keep that recipe though! I have a mix of both by weight and by cup cook books, having lived in the US when I first married. Cups work really well, except for things like butter, which is a pain to measure.

 

[LadyA]

Courgette Muffins:

140g plain flour
140g wholemeal flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 egg
120ml vegetable oil
175g caster sugar
100g dried skimmed milk
550g courgettes, grated
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon juice
115g raisins.

Mix together the two flours, soda, baking powder and cinnamon, and set aside

In another bowl, beat together the egg, oil and sugar, then add the milk powder, grated courgettes, vanilla extract and lemon juice, and beat well.

Add the flour mixture, and mix well. Stir in the raisins.

Spoon into muffin cases and bake in a preheated oven: 180C/Gas 4 for 15 to 20 minutes. Makes 24.

 

[dinosaw]

Mrs Dinosaw made one of these over the weekend, very nice.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/earl_grey_tea_bread_48452

She only had sultanas so it was 350g sultanas, and she added some peel, which I think improved it, but depends where you stand on citrus flavours in cakes, I thought it went well with the bergamot in the Earl Grey.

 

[bigyetiman]

We have a tea bread recipe, will give this a try, definitely like citrus in a fruit cake

 

[MrsBiscuit]

Making it this afternoon!

 

[MrsBiscuit]

Absolutely delish, thanks for posting the link. Tea bread brings back memories of childhood, my aunt used to make it when we children stayed, and we had it for breakfast, far more interesting than what we had at home. The reason I really like this recipe is that it is very forgiving. I used 6oz sugar rather than 8oz, and added lemon zest. I also didn't have currants, so I made up the weight with our own dried cherries (only because of a glut last year, its not something I would normally have) and some bought dates, and only soaked them for 5hrs, not overnight, as I didn't read the recipe very thoroughly before starting) and very easy to make (measure it all out, mix it all together, my kind of baking!)

Rather bizarrely, we ended up having a meal last night which consisted of meatloaf, followed by tealoaf!

 

[dinosaw]

So glad you liked it. I was a bit worried as Mrs Dinosaw told me last night that she had actually added extra tea, as she thought the mix was too dry.

 

[bigyetiman]

OH made the cake and it was delicious. Recipe copied into the recipe book, thanks for sharing. My first piece of cake since starting my diet. I have just gone under 12stone. Had to order all new works trousers and shirts. 2 stone 3lb I have lost by the way