Not sure if this helps but I make Nigella's Clementine Cake. Her recipe states to simmer clementines much like your mandarins. I found a useful time saving tip to cook the fruit whole in the microwave. I put my fruit in a microwave able bowl, add water (about a third of the way up the fruit) put a lid on the bowl and cook on high for 10 minutes (I do start checking after 5 minutes and turn my fruit over). When the fruit is cooled - I then blitz the contents of the bowl; water, peel etc to a purée. I also buy the larger bags of clementines, because I pour my puréed fruit into freezing bowls and freeze. When frozen transfer purée  from bowl into freezer bags (gives me use of bowl back). When I want to make a cake - I remove purée from freezer bag and defrost the purée in the original freezer bowl overnight. The next morning the mixture may have separated a little but this is fine - stir and use all the liquid, don't be tempted to throw the watery looking liquid away.

Increase microwave cooking time as required for double or more fruit quantities.

Hope this helps

Shally

For UK viewers who have Sky TV, the programme which was shown on Monday evening (18 March) is repeated this afternoon on Channel 169 BBC HD.

Hope this helps?

Sharon 

Much love to you and your family at this sad & difficult time xx

It worked 



Yum, nice thick creamy yoghurt - I am really pleased with the taste and texture  so is DH; he's been tucking in already

Going to make the CADA mix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OsNu02fXo hoping the family will have it for breakfast. I also made cashew cream this morning from the same video link - but it tastes quite bland Hopefully that will taste better with something as opposed to being on its own

Alas Greyhoundmum I wish I could say it was warm North Yorkshire - it is 3 degrees at the moment, grey skies and damp underfoot. I smile  when I read on the forum that someone has picked lemons from a tree  how I envy you that.

On the flip side however, as much our weather in the UK can be a bone of contention I realise we are not subject to the extreme weather conditions like we have seen this week with Hurricane Sandy. It saddens me immensley when you see lives lost and homes destroyed  . No fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis or earthquakes like we see across The Globe. So when I weigh everything up I feel blessed and know I am lucky to live in this 'safe' climate. Just means I have to take more holidays to find the sunshine 

Shally 

Welcome Prinny, I have no doubt you are going to enjoy the TM enourmously - have fun 

Judydawn and VieveMS thank you so much for sharing your feedback   

I was going to add 'live' plain yoghurt as my starter   However the (Greek) yoghurt I was going to use doesn't have 'live cultures' in it  so I'm going to buy some cultured plain yoghurt today. Hopefully I'm doing a food shop this afternoon so I will make the yoghurt later on and report back tomorrow.

Thank you again and well done on your success - you both have homemade yoghurts that are edible and usable - hope to achieve the same (will be good to use my redundant Easyio containers) 

Judydawn look forward to hearing about your comparison with full cream milk 

Greyhoundmum - fab news!