The rapprochement set aside your differences baking and cookery thread

[Kurt.]

2 helpings

 

[LostLegend]

I love a good cooking thread. We've not had one since Sassy was around

Currently got a Moroccan lamb stew thingy in the slow cooker. As with a lot of my stews and soups I eyeballed most of it and tasted as I went so can't give you the exact amounts for everything

Lamb (A cut suitable for slow cooking - I'm using shoulder)
Olive oil
1 onion, diced
Garlic - a few big cloves roughly shopped
Roasted bell or sweet peppers (I'm using the charred ones in olive oil you can get in jars)
Chick Peas - 1 tin
Tomato's - 1 tin
Mixed olives - as many as you like.
Lamb stock
Honey (About a tablespoon)
Lemon zest and juice of a small lemon (or half a large)
Cumin seeds - about a teaspoon
Cumin Power - 1-2 teaspoons
Paprika powder - 2 teaspoons (Add an additional tsp of spicy, sweet or smoked paprika for different flavour profiles)
Coriander powder - 2 teaspoons.
Chopped fresh coriander
Salt & Pepper

Season the lamb with salt & pepper. Add the olive oil to a large frying pan and brown the lamb. Add to slow cooker.
In the same pan, fry your onions & garlic. When they soften add the Cumin seeds, cumin powder, paprika & coriander powder and fry off the spices until the fat rises to the surface. Add a splash of water to stop the spices sticking if needed. Add to slow cooker.

Add the rest of your ingredients (except the fresh coriander) to the slow cooker and top up with lamb stock.
Cook on low for 6 hours.
Shred the lamb if needed and return to cooker, check sauce for salt & pepper adjusting if needed & add fresh chopped coriander.

Serve with warm flatbread, salad.

You can add some harissa at the end if you want a bit more of a kick or a bit of high fat yoghurt (to stop it from splitting)

 

[ArtetaMagic]

Baked lemon cheesecake

 

[tonyhorne]

Is this thread gluten free?

 

[The binman chronicles]

 

[summerisle]

I could eat mince pies all year round, but I digress. Came upon this recipe for sweet shortcrust pastry, it's lovely and crumbly and easy to do. Forget the 'rubbing in', just chop the marge and lard into small pieces, then bung all the ingredients into a food processor and mix. Transfer to a bowl and add the water to combine, very easy. It makes a ton of pastry so you could easily halve the ingredients.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

 

[Rita_Poon]

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pork and red onion mini sausage rolls? Smidge of mustard in the meat mix?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

pork and red onion mini sausage rolls? Smidge of mustard in the meat mix?

No mustard, but a bit of nutmeg.

 

[Thomasc]

If cakes and pastries are your thing, I can’t recommend this treat from Lidl highly enough. Get one before they disappear off the shelves.

 

[summerisle]

Using the oven a lot tomorrow, this rice pudding is perfect to stick on the bottom shelf, gives a lovely skin. Loads of variants, some people use evap. milk, full fat milk, seen some recipes that use custard powder or ice cream. Definitely memories of childhood

Baked Rice Pudding

2oz pudding rice (or any short grain rice)
1oz sugar
1 pt milk
Nutmeg
Butter
Grease a shallow dish
Put in rice and sugar
Add milk
Stir
Put over flecks of butter
Sprinkle with nutmeg
Stir when skin first forms, then one or two further times
Bake 150°C , approx 1 1/2 hours

 

[Jimishorts]

Well not cakes, but currently eating this homemade soup. Like Scouse really but made with chicken.

This looks like what is left on the pavements after new year.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

A joint initiative between me, @Jebus_lives, and @Kever10 stemming from the realisation life is too short to bicker and be mean.

The universal language of food, cakes and baking are our route to forum harmony. Everyone likes cakes and baked goods, right? Bloody subhuman weirdo if you don't.

Ahem, might need to work on myself.

Anyway, please share your recipes and or images of foodstuffs you've made. It's this or forum wide unconscious bias training.

Peace, harmony, and cake.

Any hummus recipes?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Any hummus recipes?

Love a bit of hummus, but I've no decent recipies.

Anyone recommend one?

 

[magicjuan]

I could eat mince pies all year round, but I digress. Came upon this recipe for sweet shortcrust pastry, it's lovely and crumbly and easy to do. Forget the 'rubbing in', just chop the marge and lard into small pieces, then bung all the ingredients into a food processor and mix. Transfer to a bowl and add the water to combine, very easy. It makes a ton of pastry so you could easily halve the ingredients.


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Put sweet mincemeat between two thin layers of shortcrust before baking (roll out between cling film) so it's like a garibaldi and then put the kettle on