Making bread

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Baking, Bread, Cooking, Linseed oil, Loaf, Rising, strong white flour, YeastLeave a comment

I decided to make a loaf today. Its just gone in the oven for half an hour, gas mark eight. Today’s loaf is half a packet of ready mixed linseed oil bread and half strong white flower. To make sure I had the right amount of flour I tipped flour from the big bag of strong flour into the small half full one till it was filled (I don’t have scales). Then as the strong flour didn’t have yeast I added a level teaspoon of dried yeast. I mixed it with about half a pint of luke warm water and a teaspoon of honey. I should perhaps have added a bit of oil and salt, but I decided not to.

The photo is the dough after it had risen, doubling on size, then it was knocked back and allowed to rise again. I’m happy with how much it has expanded. I hope the loaf that comes out will be light and fluffy… We will see. X

Best bread and butter pud

Posted on October 25, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Baking, Banana, Blueberry, Brown bread, Cherry, Cooking, Dried fruit, egg, Food, Hot, Milk, RhymeLeave a comment

Tasty..

Followed the recipe

Milk and egg

Brown bread

Dried fruit

And fresh topped

With banana, chopped

Cherry and

Blueberry land

In layers through

This tasty chew.

Avoiding sugar

So sprinkled sweetner

To make it taste?

Ace!

Bread and butter pudding, again!

Posted on October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Baking, Bread and butter pudding, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Pudding, recipes, TastyLeave a comment

A friend posted two recipes on making bread and butter pudding. Here they are :

I used to make this 2 different ways:
1: buttered leftover bread cut into triangles and put overlapping into a dish with sides.
Sprinkle with raisins and sugar/sweetener.
Beat an egg into about 3/4 of a pint of milk and a pinch of salt, and pour over the bread.
Make sure it’s properly soaked.
Dot with butter and bake in a moderate oven until golden and crispy on top- probably about 30mins.

2: The posh version:
Use a brioche loaf.
Slice but don’t butter
Place overlapping slices in a dish with sides.
Sprinkle with chocolate chips or raisins and a little sugar or sweetener
Beat an egg into a mixture of single cream and milk with a pinch of salt.
Leave to soak. Dot with butter.
Bake in a moderate oven until golden and crispy on top- probably about 30mins

Cooked!

Posted on October 17, 2021December 15, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Banana, Bread and butter pudding, Cooking, Food, Moist, Pears, Poem, Poetry, Sweet, tasty cookedLeave a comment

A tasty morsel

A solid lump?

No soft and sweet

Moist and crunchy

It was a treat

It turned out good

Now I’m stuffed

With bread, butter and banana pud!

Bread and butter pudding?

Posted on October 17, 2021October 18, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Baking, Bread, Butter, Cinnamon, Cooking, do you know how to?, Eggs, Food, Life, medium heat, Milk, Sugar substituteLeave a comment

How do you make it? Raisins and currents between slices of bread with a mixture of egg and milk and nutmeg and sugar somehow added to it? The outcome is a sticky, stiff, yummy lump of slightly crispy pudding.

Problem 1, I have no currents or raisins or even sultanas..

2, I have no sliced bread

3, I don’t eat sugar because of diabetes.

4. I have no recipe to work from and don’t know what temperature to cook it on.

Solution…just make it up as I go. So I sliced some slightly stale brown bread. Buttered it and placed it butter side down into a pyrex glass shallow oblong tray. Added a layer of sliced banana and some sliced pear. Then a few more bits of bread and dots of butter. Finally more banana and pear and a bit of a crust of bread on top. I then whisked up six eggs?! With milk, sugar substitute and a bit of cinnamon (I don’t have nutmeg).

Poured the liquid over the bread slowly so it soaked in.

What heat? I chose gas mark 5 (medium heat) and set the oven for forty minutes. It might be horrible. It might be OK. For future reference does anyone know a recipe?

Broccoli

Posted on October 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Broccoli, Cooking, Drawing, Food, fractals, romanesco broccoli, Shape, Tasty, Wikipedia2 Comments

What is broccoli, a green equivalent to cauliflower?

According to Wikipedia Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family whose large flowering head, stalk and small associated leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. WikipediaOrigin: Italy, more than 2,000 years ago. Scientific name: Brassica oleracea var. italicaHigher classification: Wild cabbage Rank: VarietyCultivar group: Italica.

I like it, I like the Romaesco version I think it’s called. The version with sculptural spiral swirls that are like a version of fibonnacci number patterns. The spirals have a fractal look about them. If you’ve never seen it look it up online. It’s a fascinating shape.

Banana and pear in bread?

Posted on September 22, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Baking, Bread, Cookery, Cooking, Food, Loaf, oat and linseed, pear and banana, TastyLeave a comment

Hubby’s made a loaf today. Linseed and oat. It was a ready mixed flour with added yeast.

He likes experimenting with bread so he diced up a small pear and banana and added them to the mix with water to moisten the dough.

Let it rise, knock it back and let it rise again, then into a baking tray and on gas mark eight (high heat) for thirty minutes. It was a tasty result. I had a slice with butter and a banana. Delicious.

Tortilla pockets with quorn mince.

Posted on September 9, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged asparagus, baby corn, Cheese, Cooking, fajhita spices, Food, harissa sauce, Onion, Tasty, tortilla pocketsLeave a comment

Serves two.

Ingredients

Fajhita seasoning, four tortilla pouches, small packet of quorn mince, a small onion, a few spears of asparagus, a few baby corn, half a jar of harissa paste, a small amount of cheese (you could use a vegan substitute) olive oil. Salsa sauce.

Method, break up the frozen quorn mince and fry in a frying pan with a small amount of olive oil, slice the baby corn into small rounds, keep the heat low, add the fajhita spice and continue to cook. Slice up the onion and add to the mix, then chop up the asparagus and add it to the mix. Add some water to the pan to stop the mixture drying out. Add the harissa paste and stir well. Let the mixture simmer for ten minutes. Add the salsa sauce (or if you want to add at the end). Microwave a couple of tortilla pockets then spoon the mix into them. Top with grated cheese. Any left over mixture can be served with the pockets on the plates.

Serve as a tasty meal for two…

Using courgette in curry

Posted on August 19, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cooking, Courgette, Curry, Food, grated, katsu curry, Meal, Recipe, Tasty, zucchiniLeave a comment

I decided to use courgette (zucchini) in a curry, but hubby doesn’t like it sliced. So I decided to grate it up. I put the meat (I could have used quorn) in first. Sealing diced pieces over a hot heat. Then I added the courgette and lowered the heat. I added stir fry vegetables a couple of minutes later. I also added half a tin of baked beans because I’d decided not to use any noodles. Finally I added a sachet of katsu curry sauce. It might not be the right recipe, it might not taste exactly right but it was OK.

Pears poached in port..

Posted on March 14, 2021March 20, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cooking, Food, gas mark five, Ingredients, Life, Oven, pastry, Pears, poached pear, Port, shop bought pastry, simmered, TastyLeave a comment

Cooked this tonight…

Ingredients :

3 small or 2 large pears

Shop bought pastry, ready rolled

1/4 bottle of port

Double cream

1 egg yolk

Method:

Core the pears as necessary, slice into small pieces.

Simmer the pears in a pan with the port until the pears have softened and the port has reduced and almost dried up.

Place the pastry on baking parchment or grease proof paper on a baking tray.

Cut the pastry into four squares, place the diced pears in the centre of each square and then fold the pastry up around them. Brush with egg yolk to glaze.

Put in a medium to hot oven (I used gas mark 6) for twenty or twenty five minutes or until they are golden brown. I found mine had a bit of a soggy bottom.

Serve when cooled with a dollop of whipped cream.

Serves four (unless you are feeling greedy!).

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Cooking