Cooking and culinary tips/recipes

[Pants Boy]

It's actually pretty tasty, and the kids REALLY enjoy making them. The oil keeps it from being too dry, as you don;t have then normal butter etc on a sarmie effect.

[Stiglitz86]

I do the same but use slap chips with tomatoe sauce..... Chip chow....

[marko35s]

Farmhouse bread I made earlier.

Pretty easy to make and nice (nothing beats the smell of fresh baked bread. Although coffee puts up a good fight). Not the best photo.

 

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/mss-65/20130704_190324_zps10ec63b8.jpg

 

Recipe -

 

500gm white flour

40gm soft butter

12gm/1.5 pkt dried yeast

2 teaspoon salt

300ml warm water

A little oil

 

 

Sieve the flour into a bowl, add the butter and the put yeast and salt in on opposite sides.

Add half the water and mix slowly until combined. Slowly add the remaining water until all flour is incorporated.

Mix until a rough dough is formed.

Turn out the dough onto an oiled surface.

 

Fold the far side of the dough into the centre, turn 45 degrees and repeat.

Complete this process several times, leaving the dough coated in oil.

 

Knead for five minutes.

 

Oil the mixing bowl and place the dough back in the bowl, cover with a damp cloth and prove until doubled in size (about one hour). Do this at room temperature, too hot and it rises too quickly and then collapses.

 

Once proved turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead again. Then shape the dough into a circular loaf. Cover with oiled cling wrap and allow to prove until doubled in size.

 

Preheat the oven to 220 and place a roasting tray at the bottom.

 

When the dough is proved sprinkle a little flour onto the top of the loaf and rub gently. Score with a sharp knife.

 

Place baking tray in centre of oven and pour cold water into the bottom tray.

Bake for roughly 30 minutes until golden brown.

 

Tap bottom of loaf to see if cooked (should sound hollow).

[Joeboy69]

Pad-pizza emphasizes importance of pairing food, although not wine ! Choose chip flavor to pair with tuna as tuna with salt/vinegar possibly better than tuna/smoked beef ...

 

OK just kidding!

 

Want to so the slaptjips version again. Have forgotten about it (excl the driving bit) :-)

[Neg]

One for Sunday dinner..... one for Cold meat rolls during the week.... Rump cap IS the king of roasts!

[marko35s]

This weekends effort, served warm its a winner.

 

Apple Tart

 

Pastry -

250gm cake flour

A pinch of salt

125gm unsealed butter

1 teaspoon cold water

1 egg

 

 

Filling -

15g.m butter

Half teaspoon of lemon juice

65gm castor sugar

6 apples

1 egg

100ml cream

75gm castor sugar

 

 

Pastry -

Blend the flour, butter and salt until sandy. Add the egg and water, knead until smooth (do all this in the food processor). Chill the pastry for 30 minutes.

 

 

Filling -

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees.

Peel, core and slice the apples.

Melt the butter with the sugar and lemon juice (make a light caramel).

Roll out the pastry and line the baking tin.

Line the tart with the sliced apples and brush with the melted butter/sugar mix.

Bake for 10 minutes then reduce the heat to 200 degrees and bake for a further 20 minutes.

While the tart is baking whisk the cream, egg and sugar.

Remove the tart from the oven and pour in the cream mixture, bake for a further 10 minutes.

Allow to rest for ten minutes before serving.

 

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r251/mss-65/Appletart_zpsde08f069.jpg

[Tumbleweed]

Unsealed sugar? Unsalted maybe?

[forkie]

Unsealed sugar? Unsalted maybe?

sugar? Butter maybe?

[marko35s]

Unsealed sugar? Unsalted maybe?

I would like to say that it is something special that I know about and nobody else does...

But its unsalted butter and bloody auto correct getting in the way.

[Wayne Potgieter]

On the subject of butter....anyone here made there own?

 

I do...i love making herbed butter and then grilling a good steak and topping it with a slice of homemade herb butter on top.

 

NOM NOM NOM

[Helpmytrap]

On the subject of butter....anyone here made there own?

 

I do...i love making herbed butter and then grilling a good steak and topping it with a slice of homemade herb butter on top.

 

NOM NOM NOM

You can't post something like that without following it by the relevant recipe.

[Wayne Potgieter]

You can't post something like that without following it by the relevant recipe.

 

So easy.

 

Take your food processor with a whisking attachment.

 

Gooi in cream. switch on.

 

Wait until butter appears.

 

I am not kidding, it is that easy.

 

Add herbs to the solid butter, and throw away the watery *** left in the mixer.

 

Roll into a tube and wrap in cling film and refrigerate.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

You can't post something like that without following it by the relevant recipe.

 

Okay. Take some full fat cream. Insert herbs.

 

Stick in mixer (whisk) and mix until butter forms.

Edited July 8, 2013 by cpt armpies mayhem

[Helpmytrap]

Wow, didn't realise it was that straight forward.

[Tumbleweed]

 

I would like to say that it is something special that I know about and nobody else does...

But its unsalted butter and bloody auto correct getting in the way.

 

Hahaha! Major fail on my part. Correct a typo with a typo! Keep the pics and recipes coming!

[MONS]

Man oh man.... you men seem to be stirring up the most amazing dishes in the kitchen! Can we clone some of you? or if someone wants to adopt a SWF.... Great to see this 'men in the kitchen' revolution!! Keep the ideas coming..... got a long list of 'to-do's from this thread!