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Re: What are you cooking today?
« Reply #36930 on: December 12, 2022, 09:28:03 pm »
Mab, they all look fab.  You are are great biscuit maker.  We know this from personal experience. :D
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« Reply #36931 on: December 13, 2022, 06:31:49 am »
What an amazing lot of baking Mab. Clever girl. Reading about the shakes did me the world of good. My left hand shakes a heck of a lot. Mum had Parkinson’s so it is a bit scarey. I have no other symptoms though. Thanks girls.

I have some mini Foccacia rising at the moment.
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« Reply #36932 on: December 15, 2022, 04:50:25 am »
Yesterday I made a sort of vegan vegetable wellington/pie for our GD.  It has a mushroom, pumpkin & spinach filling.  It's in the freezer.   It has far too much pastry around the edge but I didn't want the filling to ooze out so she will just have to cut some of it off.  Today I made two small vegan meringues.  I did a trial run of these recently and they kept for about 2 weeks without sweating so should still be good on the day.
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« Reply #36933 on: December 15, 2022, 07:37:39 am »
I'm sure GD will love them Mab.

I made some Sultana and Almond muffins and then some Christmas shortbread today.

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« Reply #36934 on: December 15, 2022, 08:08:39 am »
Great baking ladies.
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Re: What are you cooking today?
« Reply #36935 on: December 15, 2022, 07:00:55 pm »
Were the meringues made with aquafaba Margaret?  What were they like ... crisp outside and soft inside?  I have not used aquafaba yet, but I know Chookie has ... I really should give it  go.
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« Reply #36936 on: December 15, 2022, 11:50:59 pm »
Were the meringues made with aquafaba Margaret?  What were they like ... crisp outside and soft inside?  I have not used aquafaba yet, but I know Chookie has ... I really should give it  go.
Marina, the meringues are nice and crisp on the outside and are softish on the inside.  I have them in a sealed container and were still crisp when I looked this morning.  These ones are bigger than the trial run I did and they were crisp all the way through.

The original recipe is from asaucykitchen.com.  I only used 1/4 cup aquafaba (from a small tin of chickpeas) slightly less than 1/4 cup caster sugar, pinch of cream of tartar, vanilla essence.   Then just followed the recipe.  I cooked them at 110 deg for 1 1/2 hours  then left them in the oven till cool.  I used a hand held elec mixer not tmx.


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« Reply #36937 on: December 16, 2022, 05:22:59 am »
I had a few packets of various berries and cherries in the freezer, so this morning I made berry and cherry jam. It tastes rather nice.
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« Reply #36938 on: December 16, 2022, 06:51:22 pm »
Thanks, Margaret, I am almost feeling brave enough to give them a go.
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« Reply #36939 on: December 17, 2022, 10:07:10 am »
Thanks, Margaret, I am almost feeling brave enough to give them a go.

Marina, give them a try, they really are very easy.
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« Reply #36940 on: December 17, 2022, 10:44:32 am »
I couldn’t buy any blanched almonds this week so this afternoon I blanched 350g to make the Almond Addiction tomorrow. I used Julie O’s method. https://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=9688.msg143438#msg143438
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Re: What are you cooking today?
« Reply #36941 on: December 20, 2022, 09:58:29 am »
Chopped and soaked dried fruit for ice cream plum pudding!

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« Reply #36942 on: December 20, 2022, 11:13:46 am »
I love plum pudding Icecream but I’m the only one.
I made some Walnut biscuits today but they are nothing brilliant.
I also made a batch of Almond Addiction for DD to take to work for friends.
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« Reply #36943 on: December 20, 2022, 12:16:39 pm »
The almond addiction is very nice cookie. I don’t know too many people who like plum puddings either.
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Re: What are you cooking today?
« Reply #36944 on: December 20, 2022, 10:36:30 pm »
Win Win , yesterday. Made a large loaf of ‘ Farmhouse Bread’ in new oven. Was able to use some SD which had grown.
Sent a pot of Strawberry Conserve next door. They sent back a huge bag of Warrigal Greens.