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Breakfast / Re: Banana and oat pikelets for 2
« on: June 02, 2014, 03:24:20 pm »
I've made them with frozen bananas once and it was fine. I did let them thaw before mixing.

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Bread / Soda bread
« on: June 02, 2014, 03:16:30 pm »
Adapted from a Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall / river cottage recipe:
http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/classic-soda-bread/

I made half a recipe as follows:
250g plain flour
1 tsp bicarb
0.5 tsp salt
100g plain yoghurt (I used Greek yoghurt)
Enough milk to bring it together as a dough that is a little bit sticky

Pre-heat oven to 200c
Put all ingredients except milk in the bowl and knead for 30 seconds. See how dough-like it is and slowly trickle in milk while the knead function is running until the mix starts to come together. Probably no more than 50 ml. Amount of milk required will depend how runny your yoghurt is, the water content of the flour, the relative humidity and the alignment of the stars between Jupiter and Uranus  ;)
Tip dough out, form into a round, put on a lined flat tray and cut a deep cross on the top. Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until the internal temperature passes 200 Fahrenheit. If you don't have a thermometer, cook until bread sound hollow when tapped on the base.

I ate some with butter and golden syrup, some with lemon curd  and some with scrambled eggs.   All were delicious but I think it works particularly well with the sweeter toppings.

That amount of mixture made more than enough for two people to have with soup or eggs or your favourite sweet spread. I will try toasting a piece tomorrow to see how that goes.

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Cakes / Re: Limoncello Melting Moments
« on: June 01, 2014, 02:32:16 am »
Great recipe!
I just made half and didn't have any limoncello so added vanilla. I needed a tiny bit of water to bring the mix together - perhaps a tablespoon.
Sandwiched with lemon curd and they were a real hit.
I had the dough in the fridge for about half an hour and didn't have any trouble with the biscuits spreading.

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Custard - New EDC
« on: May 25, 2014, 02:07:23 pm »
I made a half quantity (cooked for five and a half minutes) and it was a bit too thick. Taste was good. Would definitely reduce the cornflour by more than half when making a half quantity.

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Chit Chat / Re: Anything goes for Uni
« on: May 20, 2014, 02:37:24 pm »
Have any of you Perth ladies been to the farmers market at Clontarf. I heard someone talking about it today, they thought it was a good one( probably not as good as chookies but might be worth a look).

I went about 12 months ago and was underwhelmed. There was a guy with good plants. Nothing outstanding really though. 

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Main Dishes / Re: Cream Cheese Pastry
« on: May 20, 2014, 01:20:35 pm »
I've made this pastry a few times now and been very impressed each time. As many have said, it is very easy to work with and also keeps well in the fridge for several days. I doubled the mixture to make enough pastry for about five individual meat pies.


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Chit Chat / Re: Can you recommend a hand mixer
« on: May 16, 2014, 01:57:57 pm »
I have a moulinex stick blender with a whisk attachment that whips nicely. I think breville do one now too. I've had the moulinex for about eight years and its not faultered although I haven't used it much since thermomix arrived a couple of years ago.

Good luck in your search.

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: EDC Torte Caprese
« on: May 05, 2014, 02:39:31 pm »
I had great success with my first attempt at this recipe. I used a 24cm tin, 150g butter, full tablespoon of baking powder, only 150g of sugar and added irish whisky instead of amaretto. I also topped with ganache following the EDC recipe. I thought this was the right amount just for the top of the cake. People who I prepared it for were surprised that it was gluten free because it was so light - apparently gluten free cakes are often dense. Received many compliments from all that tried it.

I served it with whipped cream with a very small amount of Irish whisky in it.  I think it might have been better with creme fraiche. Up to 48 hours are after baking it was still good to eat although I don't know that I would want to leave it for another day because it was getting a little bit dry - perhaps because it had been cut.

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Recipe Book Recipe Reviews / Re: Crepes
« on: May 04, 2014, 09:05:21 am »
I made these crepes today for the first time (first attempt at crepes too). Really easy recipe and produced an excellent result. Very easy to get them even and thin. I used 40g of ghee rather than 40g of oil.   Did not need any lubrication in the pan either. We just had them with lemon and caster sugar.  Will definitely make them again.

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Chit Chat / Re: Anything goes for Uni
« on: April 25, 2014, 09:04:39 am »

Pretzels from my Secrets of a Jewish Baker Cookbook.

They look great! Glad I could be helpful.

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Chit Chat / Re: Anything goes for Uni
« on: April 25, 2014, 02:02:08 am »
I wish I had a bag of pretzels then I could eat a lot of mustard at once by dipping my pretzels.

You could make pretzels!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-soft-pretzels-recipe.html
Have done this recipe a few times and had success.

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: April 17, 2014, 07:39:47 pm »
For Perth people: you can buy hemp seeds at fresh provisions in Mt Lawley. They have a rather entertaining label about the fact that they aren't approved in Australia for human consumption.   I haven't tried them.

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Chit Chat / Re: Eat Your Books
« on: March 14, 2014, 10:54:50 pm »
I still use it and add any new books as I get them.  I have been registered for just over a year.
I agree that it is well worth $25 a year.
I find it especially useful for going back to find recipes that I know I have seen in my books but really can't remember where. Also really useful when you buy an ingredient without anything particular in mind to cook with it.

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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« on: February 15, 2014, 04:53:02 am »
Made into sandwiches with avocado, mayonnaise and some http://firehorsehotsauce.com.au/sauces.html

Thank you all for advice. Pasta next time I have the patience to pick crabs :)

Ps. That chilli sauce is pretty amazing. I highly recommend it as a local alternative to tobasco.

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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« on: February 15, 2014, 12:20:37 am »
It is hard to go past fresh crab sandwiches!

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