meringues... beat 4 egg whites stiff, ... slowly add 4 100 grams of castor sugar, beat well... ... . . fold in, ... . . 1 tsp corn flour, 1 tsp lemon juice, 100 grams of castor sugar... . . pipe onto baking paper... . . bake 2 hours @ 100 % c ... turn the oven off and leave them in the oven, while it cools.
pickles7,
Mar 21, 10:11pm
Ginger beer... . no bug dissolve 4 cups of sugar in 3 liters of hot water, add another 3 liters of cold... add juice of 4 lemons , 2 Tblsp of ground ginger, 1 tsp tartaric acid, stir all together, bottle in plastic bottles, add 2 raisins to each bottle... squeeze the bottle before screwing the lid tight. When the bottle has regained its shape and feels tight, put into the fridge to chill... . enjoy
pickles7,
Mar 21, 10:12pm
sweetened condensed milk 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of milk powder, 1 Tblsp butter, 3/4 cup of boiling water. This recipe has saved me a trip to the supermarket, a few times.
pickles7,
Mar 21, 10:12pm
Sponge ... sandwich... drops Sponge Beat 4 egg whites untill stiff, slowly add 175 grams of sugar, then 2 Tblsp of boiling water, add 1 tsp of vanilla then the egg yolks one at a time... Sift 175 grams of cornflour, 1 dessp of flour, 1 heaped tsp of baking powder fold into the egg white mixture... Bake for 15 minutes at 190%c... . . 2 x sponge sandwich tins... . enjoy
pickles7,
Mar 21, 10:13pm
fudge sauce... . chocolate... . . hot This is yummy, great sauce for profiteroles, ice cream, pavlova topping, fruit salad, trifle, etc.
Melt 1 tin of sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 2 Tblsp cocoa, 1 tsp vanilla, 75 grams of butter, and 2 cups of sifted icing sugar. Use hot... . . Very rich, not for everyday use.
pickles7,
Mar 21, 10:14pm
Xmas cake. melt 1 tin of sweetened condensed milk, 125 grams of butter, 2 Tblsp golden syrup... mix in another large bowl, 1 and 1/2 KG of mixed fruit with 2 cups of flour, 1/2 teaspoon each, nutmeg, cinnamon, mixed spice... now add to that bowl the milk - butter mix, 4 beaten eggs, 1/2 teaspoon each almond, lemon, vanilla, rum essences... lastly add 1/4 cup of milk with 1 teaspoon of baking soda added... Bake 3-4 hours at 125 %c I line my tins with corrugated cardboard, newspaper, finally non stick baking paper.
pickles7,
Mar 21, 10:14pm
cup cakes. . sultana cakes. 3 doz. cream 250 grams each, of butter, and sugar... ... add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla, 4 eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg... . sift and add 300 grams of flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder. cup cakes put a dessert spoon of mixture in patty cake cups, bake 10-15 minutes @180%c... . sultana cakes... add a handful of sultanas to the above recipe, and bake these in patty cups or sponge drop tins... bake the same as the cup cakes...
pickles7,
Mar 21, 10:16pm
Scones... Date. 4 cups of flour, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp baking soda, 4 tsp cream of tartar, sifted. chop up and add 200grams of dates. melt 100 grams of butter, add 1 egg, beat with whisk, add milk to make up to 2 cups. add to dry ingredients mix. bake 15 minutes in a hot oven.
korbo,
Mar 22, 5:58am
wowee pickles, thank you so much for the time and trouble you have gone to to list all these recipes. will print them off and save in my trademe cook folder. now you can get back to bed and sleep. lol. .
eastie3,
Mar 22, 10:10am
Hi pickles, thanks for posting all the recipes. I had another look at the oven temp for the cheesescakes as it seemed too low to cook the pastry. I checked my Edmonds as the recipe is the same and the temp given there is 200C.
Also, with your pav recipe, do you add all the icing suger at once to the stiffly peaked egg whites, or gradually as one does with caster sugar ?
nzhel,
Mar 22, 10:20am
Thanks Pickles7 for your time in posting all those recipes! I'm sure there is something there to tempt most of us!
michelle145,
Mar 25, 2:55pm
How many cream puffs does this make pls?
pickles7,
Mar 27, 9:12am
Muesli bars
We made these before you could even buy muesli bars, sold like hot cakes. Lightly toast 1 cup each of; sesame seeds sunflower seeds coconut cashew nuts add; 1 cup of brown sugar 1 cup of sultanas Heat to a soft ball stage 116 deg c 240 deg f 100 grams of butter 11/4 cup of honey 1/2 cup of brown sugar mix with the dry ingredients and press into a swiss roll tin to set. cut into 20 bars. We would change the sultanas to make them different. ch dry pineapple.ch apricots.ch apricots and slivered almonds[replaced the cashews] dried bananas [popular], these days there are even more options. dried blueberries, cranberries,lots of things we couldn't get back then.
pickles7,
Apr 14, 6:57pm
A B C sauce Tomato sauce as it turned out. 3 kg ripe tomatoes 1 & 1/2 kg over ripe gala apples [added just to use them up] 1 & 1/2 liters of malt vinegar [my brew] 750 mils of cider vinegar [my brew] 1/2 kg of onions 3 Tbsp crushed garlic [out of a jar] 3 Tbsp plain salt 1 Habanero chili 1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp ground black pepper 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground mace 1/2 kg of brown sugar 1/2 jar of jam needed to be used it's as old as I am.
It is hot but not over the top, may need more sugar, but I will wait before adding more until it reduces down. I am simmering all that right now, looking at simmering it for two hours. Did not need the extra sugar. Grand-kids loved it.
pickles7,
Apr 23, 11:11am
Slow cooker, Beef Pot Roast ,rolled , boneless cuts.
Turn the slow cooker on high, add 2 Tbsp oil. Heat a fry pan with a little oil Fry 1 cut up onion 1 chopped carrot, any other little bits and bobs you have, stalks of broccoli, cauli, celery etc. maybe 1 cup all up Put that into the bottom of the slow cooker Sear the meat all over Put the meat on top of the veg's Add 1 cup of water to the frying pan to clean off all the drippings, add to the slow cooker Sprinkle over 1 packet of soup mix, I use any that need to be used up. [ a soup mix, this helps with making the gravy ] Add salt and pepper, remember it is easier to add more, than to take salt out of a dish. Turn the cooker onto Auto, close the lid and don't open it again until you can smell a delicious smell. lol. I cannot tell you how long, to cook it, It would depend on the size of the meat, the cut of your meat, your slow cooker, so many variables. Write down your times etc for future reference. Cook from 4 to 6 hours. Even more if required I remove mine when the internal temp is 160deg F, 71deg C. It will be medium, juicy, tender.
pickles7,
Apr 27, 10:04am
Monkey bread.
I used my bread maker to make the dough for this recipe. 4 cups of high grade flour 4 tsp sugar 2 tsp salt 2 Tbsp milk powder 2Tbsp soft butter 3 tsp sure to rise yeast 1 tsp bread improver 350 mils warm water 2 Tbsp extra warm water While this is mixing gather up 1/2 cup of raisins 1/4 cup chopped walnuts Melt 3/4 cup of butter 1 cup of brown sugar grease a 23 cm round tin make sure its 12 cm high I left the dough in the machine for ten minutes to relax. remove the dough and cut it into 40 pieces scatter a few raisins and chopped nuts over the bottom of the tin place half of the dough pieces over the bottom, loosely sprinkle with cinnamon and brown sugar Drizzle 1/3 of the butter/brown sugar mixture over sprinkle with more raisins and chopped nuts place the rest of the dough over sprinkle with the rest of theraisins and chopped nuts Drizzle over the rest of the butter/brown sugar mixture Preheat the oven to 180 deg C bake 35-40 minutes. you may need three tiers, I had a few on top. It was a bit uneven when tipped out.
pickles7,
Jun 17, 12:29pm
chili sauce... . hot
100 grams of halved Habanero, Red Savina, chili I simmered them until the chili were soft, and the liquid reduced by half, there abouts I poured all into a narrow necked glass jug and used the stick blender to break down all the seeds, etc
pickles7,
Jun 18, 10:00pm
Chocolate, Coconut Cake. Microwaved.
1 3/4 self-raising flour or plain flour with 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3 tablespoons cocoa 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups sugar 125g butter,melted 1 cup coconut cream 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 large eggs 2 tablespoon oil
Sift flour,cocoa and salt into a bowl.Stir in sugar. Melt butter in microwave about 1 minute. Warm coconut cream 1 minute in microwave and stir in soda. Beat eggs to combine then add to the melted butter. Add oil,and the cream and soda combination. Mix well.Pour into dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into a ring mould about 24X9cm,preferably a special microwave plastic pan.Place pan on an upturned saucer or microwave cake-rack and cook on high 10 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan. Ice with chocolate icing and sprinkle with coconut when cold. I kept this to try, it was delicious and cannot remember who posted it. sorry.
pickles7,
Jun 22, 6:12pm
Chicken piece's mmm this is so yummy soak your chicken in this. 1 liter of water 1 Tablespoon of salt 1/8Th cup of light brown sugar 1 clove of crushed garlic a little rosemary, I soaked mine from frozen for 6 hours, then roasted them in the oven. dry before putting in the oven use a little bit of oil in the pan.
pickles7,
Jun 22, 6:15pm
Date loaves X 2
Soak 750 grams of dates , 3 tsp b soda, 2 cups of sugar, 50 grams of butter in 2 cups of boiling water. cool. add 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 4 cups of flour. Divide between two loaf tins. bake 1-1&1/4 hours 160 deg. a few ch walnuts may be added
pickles7,
Jul 6, 9:55am
Pumpkin Soup. 2 kg peeled pumpkin 2 medium chopped onions 2 tsp chicken stock handful of parsley 2 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 1 tsp of a good hot curry powder, [medium hot would be fine] cover with water and bring to simmer simmer untill cooked. Use a stick blender to mush up. Should be thick, hot and tasty.
pickles7,
Jul 6, 10:33am
Apple shortcake... . apricot shortcake use the pastry from post #20 cook apples adding sugar to taste and thicken with cornflour, leave to go cold. Paint a sponge roll tin, with tin-glide put 5mm thick pastry into tin cover with 15mm of cold apple cover with 5mm of pastry. prick the top with a fork brush with milk bake 180 deg C, for approx 25 minutes cool in the tin a little, before turning out...
Apricot shortbread cook, soaked dried apricots, sweeten, thicken , cool. . Use the same way as the apples.
pickles7,
Jul 6, 6:46pm
Madeira cake
prepare a 25 cm tin, I only ever paint my tins with tin glide, recipe for tin glide is on post #20.
sift together 250 grams of self raising flour 125 grams of plain flour
cream 250 grams each butter and caster sugar
add 5 eggs, 1 at a time adding a Tblsp of the flour after each egg
fold the rest of the flour in along with grated lemon rind and juice of two lemons. [not Meyer lemons]
Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes @160 deg C
Leave this cake 24 hours before icing.
elliehen,
Jul 6, 9:48pm
Thanks pickles. Please keep adding to your thread - your recipes are always interesting. I'm looking forward to making the hot plum sauce next summer.
ogden,
Jul 7, 9:08pm
Thanks Pickles for the shortbread recipe "Delicious"
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