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Food - Recipes : Real proper custard. Sourdough Bread Recipe - How to Make Sourdough Bread Video. While making homemade sourdough bread does involve some time, it's not hard to do, and the results are the most amazing bread you've ever tasted. This is the real San Francisco treat: fresh-from-the-oven sourdough! See Transcript Hi, I'm Chef John Mitzewich for About.com. Today we're making the real San Francisco treat, homemade sourdough bread. Make the Sourdough Yeast The first step is mixing some flour and water. So cover that loosely and leave it out at room temperature. You Can't Stop Zucchini, You Can Only Slow it Down. Very soon, if not already, you're going to be faced with one of summer's great dilemmas; what the hell am I going to do with all these zucchini?

You Can't Stop Zucchini, You Can Only Slow it Down

Maybe they're from your garden, or possibly some sadistic neighbor's, but regardless of where they came from, there they sit on the counter, taunting you with their size and numbers. While it will probably only put a small dent in your cache of courgettes, this recipe I posted last year is very simple and quite tasty. Enjoy! 'FRY PAN' PIZZA - VIDEO RECIPE. Spicy White Bean and Chicken Chili - A White Chili to Battle the Winter Blues. This white chili video recipe was inspired by a cup of spicy chicken and white bean soup I had during my recent trip back east.

Spicy White Bean and Chicken Chili - A White Chili to Battle the Winter Blues

I love chilis (yes, that's how you spell it) of all shades and spices. While beef is most familiar to my chili kettle, pork, turkey, and even lamb do make the occasional appearance. But, what about chicken? I rarely think of using chicken, so I was glad that cup of soup came along to remind me how great a chili, chicken can make - if you stay away from the horrible ground stuff. For. Cream of Green Garlic and Potato Soup – The Young and the Cloveless. I use so much regular garlic that to see the plant in its premature form always fills me with wonder and excitement.

Cream of Green Garlic and Potato Soup – The Young and the Cloveless

To think that these tender, scallion-like bulbs will eventually divide themselves into all those neat, paper-wrapped cloves fascinates me every time. Yes, I’m easily fascinated. Green garlic, as I’ve come to learn relatively late in life, makes one hell of a good soup. Its flavor, once simmered slowly with potatoes and a bit of pork, is somewhere right in the middle between raw garlic and sweet caramelized onions. The role of pork in this soup is being played by chopped-up prosciutto scraps, who you may remember from such productions as Roasted Asparagus with Prosciutto and Poached Egg.

There are no secret tips or tricks here; this is about as simple a soup as you could ask for. Apple Cranberry Oat Crumble « the taste space – steam, bake, boil, shake! An apple cranberry oat crumble photo essay: Who needs another apple crumble recipe?

Apple Cranberry Oat Crumble « the taste space – steam, bake, boil, shake!

It is such a simple, wholesome dessert, I am sure everyone has their own family recipe. I tried this one, courtesy of Rustic Fruit Desserts and really enjoyed the combination of tart fresh cranberry with the sweet apple. Enjoy cranberries with your own recipe. If you try this one, beware it makes a ton. This is my submission to December’s Monthly Mingle featuring Winter Fruits and Vegetables. Apple Cranberry Oat Crumble Topping 2 cups rolled oats 1-1/2 cups flour 1-1/3 cups packed brown sugar 1/2 tsp fine sea salt 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted Fruit Filling. Liqueur truffles recipe. No-Knead Beer Bread Recipe - Easy Homemade Bread. Oatcakes Recipe Page on Undiscovered Scotland. A truly traditional Scottish recipe, oatcakes are very versatile.

Oatcakes Recipe Page on Undiscovered Scotland

They can be served as part of a sweet or savoury snack, with cheese, pâte, cold meat, fish, or jam and marmalade. Ingredients: (Serves two) » 60g/2oz/one quarter cup medium oatmeal, plus extra for sprinkling in step 6. » 60g//2oz/one quarter cup wholemeal (whole wheat) flour.» ½ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda.» A pinch of salt.» Method: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Cake Balls Recipe. Tiramisù recipe. Heston: "Tiramisù is a classic Italian desert but there is nothing classic about my version which is served in clean flower pots and topped with edible soil and chocolate herbs.

Tiramisù recipe

The soil is delicious (caramelised white chocolate tastes like Caramac bars) and kids love it because eating it looks so wrong but it tastes so right! " Makes 4 pots Ingredients For the crystallised dark chocolate 200g white caster sugar80g dark chocolate, roughly chopped (minimum 60% cocoa solids) For the caramelised Grape Nuts 50g Grape Nuts cereal¼ tsp salt15g brown sugar To finish the soil 60g white chocolate20g cocoa powderToasted and caramelised Graoe Nuts, roughly chopped½ tsp salt60ml hazelnut oilCrystallised dark chocolate For the dark chocolate layers 250g dark chocolate (minimum 60% cocoa solids) For the Marsala cream 3 large eggs50g unrefined caster sugar300g mascarpone200ml whipping cream60ml Marsala1.5g leaf gelatine, softened in a little cold water For the sponge fingers To serve Basil and mint leaves to garnish. Food - Recipes : Coronation chicken. Chocolate truffles recipe. Heston: "At the heart of a good chocolate truffle is the ganache.

Chocolate truffles recipe

It sounds poncy but really it’s just 50:50 cream and chocolate and it’s really easy to make. Once you have mastered the basic recipe, you can infuse the cream with different flavours to create your own unique truffles. " Makes 25 truffles Ingredients 300ml double cream300g dark chocolate, chopped (minimum 65% cocoa solids)1 tsp saltCocoa powder Method 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.