Thursday, 9 February 2012

Quick apple pie.

Quick apple pie:
Products:
140 g flour
180 g semolina
4 g baking powder
800-1000 g apples
100 g sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon +vanilla (if you like)
100 g butter
1 tablespoon icing sugar for dusting
Method of preparation:
In bowl combine butter, sugar, sifted flour, semolina, baking powder and vanilla, mix well.
Wash apples, peel them, clean them from seed and grate, add the vanilla and cinnamon.
In greased pan (diameter of 22 cm) pour 3/4 of the dry mixture of equal layer.
Spread a layer of apples on it.
Repeat 3 times.
The last layer should be the dry mixture.
Evenly distribute the butter on top.
Bake 30-40 minutes in a preheated 200 degree oven until golden.
Readiness can identify with a wooden stick.
Cut the cake once cool completely and serve sprinkled with powder sugar.

Sunday, 25 December 2011

Cabbage Pie on a baking tray.


Recipe:
Take any dough, ready from any shop.
I'm doing this way:
- 1 pack of butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1 pack of dry yeast (7-11 g)
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 4-6 teaspoons of sugar
- Flour 2cup+2 cup

A pack of butter soft but not melted (not from the refrigerator).
Put the butter in a large bowl, rub together with 2 cups of flour then mix with the dry yeast. (by hands)
Warm the milk - to a warm temperatures, add the salt and sugar, stir.

Pour the milk into the bowl, with the butter+flour+yeast, stir (by hands), add more flour (2 cups, probably), so that lagged behind their hands, but if still want to add a spoonful of flour, but you do not add! -but do not overdo it with flour!
Knead the dough well.
Leave in a warm place in the bowl under a towel for 1hour.

Now filling.
Better to do it in advance, so the dough will rise faster than you can cook this stuffing!
A head of cabbage cut into small squares (slices first and then crosswise into small squares.
Do not chop it too finely.
Cut patiently, in small squares.)

Pour a tablespoon of salt into the cabbage, stir and grind until the first juice.

Pour over the cabbage boiling water so that water covers the cabbage.
Allow to stand.
When the water has cooled to lukewarm (and if you have time, and more), drain through a colander and squeeze out a little.
When cabbage becomes more or less dry, put in a pan a mixture of butter and olive oil, place the cabbage, and half a cup of milk and simmer it, covered occasionally, constantly stirring and turning.
- If the milk has evaporated and the cabbage is not ready - add more milk.
- If it is too much milk - to merge the milk.
When cabbage becomes quite dry and begin to try to fry - it is ready.
Once again, check the salt.

Meanwhile hard-boil 2-4 eggs.

When the dough has risen, divide it into two parts.
Grease a baking sheet with oil.
Sprinkle flour on the board and a rolling pin.
Roll the dough.
Transfer the dough with a rolling pin to a baking tray/sheet.
Spread with hands to the shape of the bottom pan and sides.
Pour the cabbage and crumble the egg and close by the lid of the second half of the dough.
Coat the dough with beaten raw egg.
This is for a beautiful sheen and crisp.
Puncture the cover with a fork - to allow steam to escape.

Leave the pie to stand for 5-15 minutes before putting in a well-heated oven - 160C.
Time in the oven - 15-20 minutes, although it should go 35 min.

Saturday, 26 November 2011

Saffron Scones. Low fat = 36 cal per scones.

225 g plain flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
40 g butter
150 ml milk
20 saffron filaments infused in 15ml of hot milk
2 tablespoon boiling water

Method:
Pre-heated oven, 220ºC (425ºF).
Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl.
Transfer to a greased baking tray, mix together well then rub in butter.
Mix the saffron infusion into the milk and reserve 30 ml of the fluid, mix the remaining milk and saffron into the flour, to form a soft dough.
On a floured surface, gently pat out the dough to about 1 cm (0.5 inch) thickness.
Make the 27 small scones using cutter D2.5 cm and brush with the remaining saffron milk fluid.
Place in a pre-heated oven, 220ºC (425ºF), for about 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and cool on a baking tray.

Friday, 18 November 2011

Fruit and cobnut crumble cream.

By Yottam Ottolenghi
From Great British Food Revival
Make the best of autumnal produce with this scrumptious pudding that can be made well in advance. You will need a baking tray that snugly fits the pears and apples, and four large glasses or glass bowls.

Ingredients

4 small pears, peeled and cut into 2cm/¾in dice

2 tbsp lemon juice

4½ tbsp caster sugar

2 medium cooking apples, preferably Bramley variety, peeled and cut into 2cm/¾in dice

16 blackberries

40g/1½oz wholemeal flour

40g/1½oz plain flour

50g/1¾oz unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 2cm/¾in cubes

25g/1oz soft brown sugar

pinch of salt

100g/3½oz dried cobnuts or hazelnuts
For the cream

150ml/5fl oz double cream

100ml/3½fl oz Greek yoghurt

100ml/3½fl oz mascarpone

1 tbsp caster sugar

½ tsp vanilla essence

½ tsp ground cardamom

½ tsp ground star anise
Preparation method

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Mix the pears, lemon juice and 1½ tablespoons of the caster sugar in a bowl. Spread the pears out on the baking tray, cover with aluminium foil and place in the oven. After 10 minutes, add the apples, cover with the foil again and return to the oven for 30 minutes. Crush the fruit with a fork, set aside to cool then fold in the blackberries.

To make the crumble, place both the flours in a mixing bowl with the butter and sugar and rub together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Spread out on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and place in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove the tray from the oven and set aside to cool.

For the cream, place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisk to soft peaks, taking care not to over-whisk.

To assemble, spoon two thirds of the crumble into the bottom of the serving glasses. Cover with two thirds of each of the fruit mixture, cream and nuts. Add the remaining crumble followed by the remaining third of the fruit and cream. Scatter over the remaining nuts and serve at once, or chill for a few hours. If you are serving the dish chilled, scatter over the nuts at the last minute.

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Thursday, 6 October 2011

Lorraine Pascale's Prosciutto and brie toastie.

Lorraine Pascale's Prosciutto and brie toastie | Celebrity Kitchen:
This is one of Lorraine Pascale's favourite snacks. It can be ready in minutes and is wholesome and tasty enough to give anyone's tastebuds a treat. It's ready in a few minutes and you can substitute the prosciutto for bacon if you prefer.
Ingredients
3 Slices of prosciutto
2 slices chunky white bread
Brie commonly available in 200gram packs
Fresh ground pepper
Butter for spreading
Dash of Olive oil

Lorraine starts by adding 3 slices of prosciutto to a hot oiled pan.
She then places one piece of buttered bread, butter side down into the pan next to the prosciutto, and breaks off chunks of brie which she places on top of the bread until the surface is covered.
Just as the prosciutto starts to crisp up, Lorraine uses some tongs to move the slices ontop of the bread and brie (everything is still the the pan at this stage).
Lorraine butter another piece of bread and grinds a good measure of pepper over it before placing it butter side up on top of the other ingredients in the pan.
She uses a sturdy fish slice to press the sandwhich together before turning the whole thing over to brown the other side.
After a couple of minutes, Lorraine removes the toastie from the pan, slices it in half and serves with a good squidge of brown sauce.

Sunday, 28 August 2011

Rhubarb meringue pots.

Slow poached rhubarb.
Rhubarb and a handful of raspberries cooked in their own juices with a splash of Amaretto.
Very simple and unbelievably good.
Spooned into pots and topped with meringue. (190°C, 10 min)
Inspired by Good Food.

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Post for Pagan.

Sugar Bun.
Here the original text in Russian with step by step pictures - so you have look, please.
Below I translated a Russian text into English. (But you can use Google translator too.)
So...
We will need:


1 cup milk a little warmer than room temperature ;
2 teaspoons active dry yeast with a slide, or 20 grams of fresh yeast;
1 teaspoon sugar with a slide in the dough
100g melted butter + 50g for greasing baking after
1 egg medium or small
1 teaspoon salt
300-350 g flour
100 grams of vegetable oil
100g sugar for sprinkling (or 6 tablespoons)

Preparation.

1. Gently warm milk 30-40C (not hot!) Mixed with sugar and yeast. Let stand 10-15 minutes.
2. Stir in milk and yeast mixture with melted butter, egg and salt.
3. Pour the flour and knead the dough. Amount of flour, depending on its properties may vary slightly. The main thing is not to add too much of it - the dough should be soft and not clam hands on it.
4. Add to dough 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, it ceases to be sticky. Close by foil and provide 1 hour and a half (minimum 1 hour).
5. Ready to roll out the dough floured table to a thickness of 5 mm.
6. Entire surface of the dough evenly and liberally lubricated with oil and sprinkle well with sugar.
7. Close range in roll and cut into pieces 4-5 cm in width
8. Each piece is cut into one or two times up to half the depth, slightly open and put on greased baking sheet.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes in oven preheated to 180C.
10. Ready buns with melted butter to grease.

Notes.
1. Large amounts of sugar also reduces their lightness during baking. You can add sugar less choose what you like.
2. I baked 25 minutes, the crust in this case turned out crispy. If you like softer - bake for 20 minutes until light colored.
3. Another method of forming the buns. Divide dough into 10 equal pieces. Each flatten, spread butter and sugar, fold into roll. The resulting roll fold in half and cut into the knife with one hand close to the bend, stretch.
4. In addition to sugar buns can be sprinkled with poppy seeds, cinnamon or raisins.

Bon Appetit!


And these recipes below are just a win-win!
I highly recommend, they are my favorites:

Carrot Cake.
Pancakes.
Very-british-scones.
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic. From Nigella Kitchen.

Sugar Bun.


We will need:

1 cup milk a little warmer than room temperature
2 teaspoons active dry yeast with a slide, or 20 grams of fresh
1 teaspoon sugar with a slide in the dough
100g melted butter + 50g for greasing baking after
1 egg medium or small
1 teaspoon salt
300-350 g flour (3 cups of cut as in the photo)
100 grams of vegetable oil (total)
100g sugar for sprinkling (or 6 tablespoons total)

Preparation.

1. Gently warm milk 30-40C (not hot!) Mixed with sugar and yeast. Let stand 10-15 minutes.

2. Stir in milk and yeast mixture with melted butter, egg and salt.

3. Pour the flour and knead the dough. Amount of flour, depending on its properties may vary slightly. The main thing is not to add too much of it - the dough should be soft and lipnuschim hands on it.
4. Add to dough 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, it ceases to be sticky. Close foil and provide rasstoyatsya hour and a half (minimum 1 hour).
5. Ready to roll out the dough floured table to a thickness of 5 mm.
6. Entire surface of the dough evenly and liberally lubricated with oil and sprinkle well with sugar.
7. Close range in roll and cut into pieces 4-5 cm in width
8. Each piece is cut into one or two times up to half the depth, slightly open and put on greased baking sheet.

9. Bake for 20-25 minutes in oven preheated to 180C.
10. Ready buns with melted butter to grease.

Notes.
1. If you like the buns popyshnee give rasstoyatsya test longer. I was proofing only 1 hour, the family could not wait any longer.
2. Large amounts of sugar also reduces their lightness during baking. You can add sugar less choose what you like.
3. I baked 25 minutes, the crust in this case turned out prizharennoy and crispy. If you like softer - bake for 20 minutes until light zarumyanivaniya.
4. Another method of forming the buns. Divide dough into 10 equal pieces. Each flatten, spread butter and sugar, fold into roll. The resulting roll fold in half and cut into the knife with one hand close to the bend, stretch.
5. In addition to sugar buns can be sprinkled with poppy seeds, cinnamon or raisins.

Bon Appetit!

Monday, 10 January 2011

Black Iron Blog: Easy Cast Iron Skillet Reconditioning

Black Iron Blog: Easy Cast Iron Skillet Reconditioning: "After this one seasoning the skillet is smooth, clean, rust free, and a nice dark brown that will become shiny & black with use. (see the picture at the top of the post)"

Sunday, 7 November 2010

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