Ingredients: 8 oz rich tea biscuits 1 dessertspoon golden syrup 1 dessertspoon each of caster sugar and cocoa 2 oz chopped dates 4 oz margarine or butter Method: Crush biscuits with a rolling pin. Melt the margarine, syrup and sugar in a saucepan. Stir in cocoa, biscuit crumbs and chopped dates. Press into a square [...]
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Date and Chocolate Squares
Posted in traybake on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pan Fried Pizza
Posted in bread, italian, Recipe on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Adapted from New York Times Recipe) Makes two individual pizzas Ingredients: Base: 2 cups of Strong White Flour 1 tsp dried yeast 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp Olive Oil Warm water Topping: Chorizo (thinly sliced) Mozzarella Onion (thinly sliced) Tomato (thinly sliced) Tomato Puree Few leaves of Rocket or Basil Method: The Dough: Same as [...]
Lemon Drizzle Cake
Posted in Baking, cake on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients: For the sponge: 3 eggs 6 oz marg. or butter 6 oz castor sugar, plus 2 tbsp 7 oz self- raising flour juice and zest 2 unwaxed lemons For the drizzle: 6 tbsp icing sugar, sifted juice of 1 lemon Method: Preheat the oven to 180c, 160c fan, 350f, gas 4. Beat sugar and [...]
Potato Bread
Posted in bread, irish, Recipe on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients: 8oz of cooked potatoes 1 tsp of salt 1 or 2 ozs butter flour milk Method: Mash the potatoes with the butter. Add a teaspoon of salt and sufficient flour, 2 or 3 handfuls may be enough, to the mashed potatoes. Use a little milk to mix to a stiff dough. Roll out to [...]
Irish Wheaten Bread
Posted in bread, irish, Recipe on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients: 8oz Wholemeal Flour 4oz of Plain Flour 1 level tsp Bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp Salt 1/2 pint of Buttermilk Method: Mix together 8ozs wholemeal flour, 4ozs plain flour, 1 level teaspoon of baking soda and a teaspoon of salt. Make a well in the mixture and stir in the buttermilk until the dough [...]
Irish Soda Farls
Posted in bread, irish, Recipe on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients: 1/2 lb of Plain Flour 1/4 pt Buttermilk Bicarbonate of Soda Salt Method: Sift 1/2 lb of plain flour, add a level teaspoon of bicarbonate soda, 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Stir in a 1/4 pt of buttermilk, or sour cream and mix until the dough is soft and kneed very lightly. Turn out onto [...]
Banana Bread
Posted in Baking, bread on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients: 100g. Brown Sugar 1oog. Butter 250g. Self-raising Flour 1 teaspoon Baking Powder pinch Salt 1 Egg 2 Mashed Bananas 50g. Raisins Method: Rub in butter with flour, b. powder, salt and sugar. Add mashed bananas and raisins, and mix together with beaten egg. Put mixture into tin. Bake at 180º for 1hr 15min if [...]
Flapjacks
Posted in Baking, traybake on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients: 100g Unsalted Butter 150g Golden Syrup 150g Light Brown Sugar few drops Vanilla Essence 200g Oats 30g Pumpkin Seeds 30g Sesame Seeds 30g Sunflowers Seeds 30g Pistachio Nuts 30g Whole Almonds 60g Chopped Dried Apricots Method: Mix the oats, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflowers seeds, nuts and the chopped apricots together in a bowl. [...]
