Recipe Thread - Now With Index In First Post

Datsane · *by **Datsane** on Mon 3/Oct/11 10:56am*

sweet_P wrote:These bars are the ones I made for the Taupo Day-Nighter and also the Moonride last year - full of butter but damn yummy (Tryfan called them the "race cakes" ) - they're actually called "Pack-A-Snack Bars" (an Alison Holst recipe).

Making a half lot of this recipe will fit perfectly into a standard brownie tin (like the kind you can buy in a supermarket) - in fact I'd recommend halving it at least the first time you make it as it makes heaps!! (But below is the full recipe...)

Base:

1C flour
1C wholemeal flour
1C fine rolled oats
200g chilled butter
1C brown sugar

Chuck all this in a food processor (or if you have to, rub the butter into the flour & oats, then stir in the sugar). Press into a paper lined brownie tin (or two...).

Topping:

4 large eggs
1/2C brown sugar
1tsp vanilla
2C almonds
1C chopped dates
1C chopped dried apricots (NZ ones best!)
1C chocolate melts (I chopped up Cadbury Old Gold 70% chocolate for this)
1C dessicated coconut

Beat together eggs, sugar & vanilla until whites & yolks evenly mixed. Add everything else in, mixing with a spatula. Spread over uncooked base and press down fairly evenly.

Bake for 45minutes at 180degC - keep an eye on it as it can brown quickly & burnt nuts taste like crap, so you might need to cover it with a teflon baking tray or folder baking paper to keep it in check. (I cooked it using fan bake at 170deg for about 35min....) Cool in tin, preferably overnight.

Can keep in fridge for up to a week or freeze for up to 6 weeks. They're yummy and chewy right out of the freezer!

Made them a few times now this time around I put a layer of caramel in between the base and topping. The caramel could have been cooked longer, but I wasn't sure how that would go in the oven with the extra cooking time. Still tastes good.

Mr_Bob · *by **Mr_Bob** on Tue 15/Nov/11 9:33pm*

Just made one of these
Pumpkin and Chocolate Cake

3 eggs
1 c brown Sugar
1/2 c white sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
125grms butter
1/2 c unsweetened yoghurt (usually one little pottle)
250grms grated raw pumpkin
250grms chocolate chips
2 1/2 c flour
1/4 c cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice

Beat egss, sugars & essence
Melt or mush butter & add to egg mix
Add yoghurt & mix
Fold in dry ingredients, chocolate & pumpkin
Grease 25cm tin
Bake 50 mins at 180’

Icing
Make a butter icing with orange juice & rind as flavour.
Then cover with a layer of pure chocolate

Butter Icing

100grms butter
1 1/2 c approx icing sugar
1 tbsp milk

Beat butter til creamy – add half the icing sugar, beat.
Add flavours ( ie vanilla ess for plain, 1 tbsp cocoa for chocolate, orange juice & rind for orange)
Add milk if needed & remaining icing sugar
Use more milk or icing sugar to get right consistency.
:thumbsup:

sifter · *by **sifter** on Tue 15/Nov/11 9:56pm*

Nice one Mr Bob.

My oh my, the index has grown!

sifter wrote:INDEX
I'll try to keep this updated... Bet the girly thread doesn't have one...

Apple sauce
Baked Potato (stuffed)
Bean burger (spicy)
Bread and butter pudding
Brownie // alt // alt (starch free)
Brussel sprouts ?!
Brulee
Cannelloni (vegetarian)
Carrot cake
Chicken breast (stuffed)
Chicken fricassee
Chicken, sweet chilli (slow cooker)
Chocolate and peanut butter swirl
Chocolate cake in a cup!
Chocolate chip cookies
Chorizo and creamy mushroom sauce linguine
Creamy prawn and chicken pasta
Curry (green, chicken)
Curry (minted lamb)
Custard // alt
Egg nog
Fish - Snapper Mexicana
Fish pie
Gelato
Gingerbread men
Green beer
Heavy multigrain bread
Hollandaise sauce
Honey polenta cake (gluten free)
Hot dogs
Kev's possum casserole
Kumara fries
Lamb korma
Lamb shanks // alt
Lasagne
Lemon marmalade
Mashed potato and kumara
Mexican chicken
Microwave chocolate cake in a cup!!!!!
Mince for nachos
Multigrain bread
Pancakes (failproof)
Rice // alt
Parsley salsa
Pasta (bacon and mushroom)
Pasta (broccoli and tuna)
Pasta (chicken and prawn)
Pasta (courgette)
Pasta (mince, baked beans and pineapple)
Pasta puttanesca (quick and easy)
Pasta (venison meatballs)
Pizza dough // alt (including toppings) // alt
Protein cookie
Pumpkin and chocolate cake
(spicy) Pumpkin soup // alt
Sausage stew // alt
Soup (corn and chicken)
Race cakes
Roast potatoes
Roti
Scones
Texan cornbread pie
Tomato pie
Vegetarian nachos

speeding_ant · *by **speeding_ant** on Thu 1/Dec/11 2:33pm*

Mole Poblano with Chicken:

Incredients - Feeds 10-12 People

3 breasts of chicken, cut up in at least 6 - 8 pieces.
3-4 Fresh Chilis (because they're easy to find) or 10 dried ancho chilies. Add more if you like it hot
2 cups boiling chicken stock
3/4 cup blanched almonds
I cup coarsely chopped onions
3 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped, or I cup drained, canned Italian tomatoes
1/2 cup lightly packed seedless raisins
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
I tortilla, broken in small pieces
I teaspoon finely chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground canela cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
1/2 teaspoon anise seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons olive oil or lard
2 cups cold chicken stock
1 Dark Sante Bar
2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Instructions:

Heat 4 tablespoons oil in large - heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet and cook until brown on all sides. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook until almost cooked through. Remove chicken and drain on paper towels. Set aside. Drain any excess oil from pan, do not rinse pan.

While the chicken is cooking, prepare the mole (sauce). Cut the chillis into small-ish pieces. In a large bowl, pour 2 cups boiling chicken stock over the prepared chilies and soak them for about 30 minutes.

Blend the almonds in the jar of an electric blender until they are completely pulverized. Force the nuts through a sieve and return them to the blender with the chilies, their soaking liquid, the onions, tomatoes, raisins, 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds, tortilla, garlic, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, anise seeds, salt and-pepper, and blend at high speed until the mixture is reduced to a smooth puree.

In a large skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of oil over moderate heat. Pour in the mole and simmer it, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes. Add the cold stock and the chocolate. Cook, uncovered, over low heat, stirring frequently, until the chocolate has melted. Cover the skillet and set it aside off the heat. Using the skillet the chicken was cooked in, return the chicken to the skillet. Pour the mole sauce over the chicken, turning the pieces about in the sauce to coat them evenly. Cover the skillet and simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes, basting the chicken now and then with the sauce.

To serve, arrange the pieces of chicken on a plate and pour the sauce over them. Sprinkle the top with 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds. I like to serve with reduced down black beans with chilli sauce, home-made salsa, guacamole and a light salad with coriander and lime dressing.

sweet_P · *by **sweet_P** on Thu 1/Dec/11 5:47pm*

Sounds fantastic :love:

And I think I have all that (or close enough to) in my cupboards :thumbsup:

Thanks!

sweet_P · *by **sweet_P** on Wed 7/Dec/11 8:06pm*

speeding_ant wrote:Mole Poblano with Chicken:....

Deeelish!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing - it was YUM

sifter · *by **sifter** on Thu 28/Jun/12 8:07pm*

This is quite the taste sensation... Thanks to Sarah and Miro for sharing (the delicious popcorn, and the recipe...) From http://shewearsmanyhats.com/2012/02/party-popcorn/

Party Popcorn
Nuke some popcorn.
Melt some white chocolate and add hundreds and thousands
Combine
Consume

The actual recipe has 9 cups (popped) popcorn to ~200g (6-7 oz) of (unmelted) white chocolate

Datsane · *by **Datsane** on Sat 30/Jun/12 8:43pm*

Sounds interesting. You must be training alot to consume 9cups of that lot :blink:

I had a white choc Mocha at work the other day. I love coffee and white choc but together its not a good thing.

Dr. Fuentes · *by **Dr. Fuentes** on Sun 1/Jul/12 1:27am*

Datsane wrote:You must be training alot to consume 9cups of that lot

From what I understand (by actually reading Sifter's post) he shared it with two other people. :eh:

Datsane · *by **Datsane** on Mon 2/Jul/12 8:14pm*

That could mean one kernel each.

dented · *by **dented** on Mon 29/Oct/12 7:48pm*

Necessity being the mother of invention, tonight my culinary experimentation hit pay dirt. I have 1 particular child who has thus far resisted almost all attempts to get vegetables down his throat. So, I dub thee

VEGETABLE PIZZA FOR KIDS

Take some:-
Red Capsicum
Orange Capsicum
Courgette
White Button Mushrooms
Red Onion

Finely dice, as in cut them up so the cubes are somewhere between 5-10mm in size. Saute for 5 minutes or so to soften.
Take a thin Pizza base and cover with Satay Sauce. Sprinkle the veges around and then top with cheese.
Bake until ready and slice up into narrow wedges. Serve hot

Sounds pretty basic and simple, and it is. Feel free to use whatever veges might be available. Much as I was desperate to reveal to the childrens what they were actually eating, common sense prevailed and I might just wait till their 16th birthday before I let the cat out of the bag.

Dr. Fuentes · *by **Dr. Fuentes** on Mon 29/Oct/12 8:15pm*

As a lazy bastard, I'm always on the lookout for easy ways to stuff my face. This, so far, trumps all. It is similar to Sifter's microwave cake.

Brownie in a mug, for one:

1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour (plain or self raising, or rice/buckwheat if you're G/F)
2 Tbsp cocoa
2 Tbsp oil (olive, rice bran, etc)
3 Tbsp water
a pinch of salt

Fire the sugar, flour, cocoa and salt into a coffee mug, and combine. Add oil and water, and mix until combined.

Put in microwave for ~2 minutes. Add either milk or ice cream to suit. You might also like to add some berries to the mixture, or maybe some spices if you're that way inclined, but you the the gist.

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Mon 29/Oct/12 8:18pm*

Brownie in a mug sounds familiar.... Still, kickass!

I have perfected pizza dough. Well, I think I have...

Get 1/2 a cup of hot tap water. Sprinkle 1 to 2tsp of yeast on that shit and let it dissolve.
Sprinkle 1 tsp of sugar into that shit. Wait for that shit to foam, bitches.

Put 2c of high grade flour into a mixing bowl, bitches.
Add 1tsp of salt.
Add pepper to taste.
Crack an egg into that shit, bitches.
Add 1/4 c of fucking high quality olive oil.

Add the yeast mixture. Stir in well with a knife. Knead. Roll into a ball, coat in small amount of olive oil, back into the bowl, cover (glad wrap works well).

Leave to rise. Either in a warm-ish room, or you can use the oven heated up slightly (Good in winter).

Then use as per normal pizza dough.