Wednesday 20 October 2010

Frangipane tart from "Jamie's 30-Minute Meals.




Frangipane tart from "Jamie's 30-Minute Meals "
Blueberry Almond Frangipane Tartlets
Tarts: Put the 6 pastry cases on a baking tray. Make a frangipane mixture by cracking the egg into a mixing bowl and adding 100g of almonds, 100g of butter and 90g of golden caster sugar. Grate over the zest of ½ an orange and add 1 tablespoon of vanilla paste or extract. Use a spoon to mix everything together. Spoon a small teaspoon of jam into each pastry base. Top with a heaped teaspoon of frangipane, add another small teaspoon of jam, then finally another heaped teaspoon of frangipane. Put the tray in the oven on themiddle shelf and set the timer for 18 minutes exactly.
Tarts: When the little tarts are golden and cooked, turn the oven off and take them out. Serve them warm, with a dollop of crème fraîche on the side.

Wednesday 16 June 2010

Confiture de Melon au Gingembre et Citron Vert.


From Clotilde Dusoulier -and Ginette Mathiot's "Je Sais Cuisiner" or "I Know How to Cook". 
Confiture de Melon au Gingembre et Citron Vert - Lime and Ginger Melon Jam



Sunday 13 June 2010

Sunday 25 April 2010

Saturday 27 March 2010

Pan-fried potatoes topped with onion and carrot.


Ingredients:
- 4 large or 5-6 small potatoes
- vegetable oil
- salt and pepper to taste.

Method:
Onion and carrot finely chop and fry over medium heat until soft.
Move mixture of onions and carrots from frying pan in the bowl.
Peel the potatoes and cut into sticks or strips.
Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan over high heat.
For best results, you can rinse chopped potatoes with cold water and dry with a towel.
Put chopped potatoes in hot oil with a layer of no more than 4 cm, and cover evenly with the mixture of the previously fried onions and carrots.
Cover pan with a lid.
Do not stir and cook over medium heat for 10-12 minutes until the potatoes are soft (fork-tender), and only at the end reduce heat to low.
Potatoes get well-fried, with a crispy crust.
Sprinkle with the desirable amount of salt and black pepper, add a little butter.

Apple pie 'Lazy Afternoon'.


Ingredients:

200g - 1 cup flour
200g - 1 cup sugar
200g - 1 cup semolina
Half teaspoon of Baking Powder
200g butter or margarine

Filling:
6 medium-sized apples.
Cinnamon and lemon juice.

In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients: the flour, the baking powder, the sugar, the semolina, baking powder. (1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 cup semolina)
Separately: Apples grate on a coarse grater.
Brush a cake pan with a butter.
Coat the buttered moulds with 1/3 flour mixture (If you decide to make three layers), spread evenly layer of apples over the surface, sprinkle with cinnamon and lemon juice. Again: a layer of a dry mixture...apples, cinnamon and lemon juice - so, three times!
The top should be a layer of apples.

200 g butter bring to a boil.
Pierce the Pie in several places, and pour boiling butter evenly on top.
Bake at 180°C, 40-45 minutes.

Note: This cake tastes even better on the second day, as the flavors meld and mellow.

Sunday 21 February 2010

Russian Black Bread.


By Brian.
The smell of freshly baked bread is one of life’s little wonders! Recipe Here!

And "INNOVATIONS" in bread baking' Here!

Tuesday 2 February 2010