I made cake! I think? I think it counts.
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st_aurafinaSomething I cooked recently:
Gateau aux prunes, or, fancy plum cake. Becuse the plumber brought plums.
I don't know what variety of plums they are - they're the same kind that my Nana had in her garden. (The taste was very nostalgic for me.) They were small and sweet, and the flesh was deep red, but not as dark as blood plums.
The cake has almond meal in it which gives it a lovely texture, and the top is brushed with jam when it's hot out of the oven. I didn't have plum jam so I used raspberry, but that worked well.
It has a long cooking time, so I put it on, then went swimming. When we got back, the house smelled amazing, and there was a cake!
I think I had success because there were specific instructions for lowering the temperature in a fan-forced oven, and because I didn't use the silicone loaf pan of consistent failure.
Anyway, it tasted great! I wish we'd had some nice yoghurt to eat it with, because it had a lovely tartness that would have been delicious with something creamy.
Four-Grain Bread fromkindkit.
Considering I stuffed all the rising times, and then by the time I had to cook it, the cast iron pot was full of lamb curry so I cooked it freeform on a tray, this came out pretty well! The bread had a lovely, chewy texture, and the flavour was good. The crust was a little tougher than I like, but I think that came from cooking it on a tray, not enclosed in a pot, though I did put some water in the oven to give it as good a chance as I could.
I need to figure out a concrete plan for the long rises, and once I've done that, I can see this becoming a weekly habit.
Oh, and I made calzones, thanks tolostdragonfound's Recipe Friday post - I put beef, onion, tomato and cheese in mine. They went well, except that I had way too much dough and way too little filling. But that's easily tweaked next time around.
Something I have solid plans to cook soon:
Peanut butter oat cookies.
I want cookies. With peanut butter. And now that I know I can chop rolled oats into flour with the blender, I can give these a go.
Also, this recipe from the back of the sultana packet:
Muesli Bar Slice
1 cup of sultana (oops, I ate these ones! Guess I'll use raisins.)
1 cup dried apricots (which I don't have, but I suppose I'll use dates. Or I think I've got some glace ginger.)
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup oat bran
1/2 cup bran cereal
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup plain flour
60g butter
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 180C (I'll probably go for 160C, since fan-forced.)
Mix fruit, seeds, oats, oat bran, cereal and flour in a bowl.
Melt butter, honey and sugar together. Add to dry ingredients. Stir, add egg and milk, combine well.
Press into greased and lined slice tray (28x18cm.) Bake for 15 minutes. Cut into slices when cool.
Something I'm idly thinking of cooking in the future:
Turkish Lamb Pizza
Guh, this just came across my dash. I don't know if I'm protein deficient or what, but I want to eat that right now. I'll probably tweak it by using slow-cooked lamb shredded up. It looks so good!
Man, it's just occurred to me that when we eventually move into this new house, I'll have a gas cooktop. All my knowledge of basic stuff will have to be re-established. Bleh. Still, maybe the oven will be more predictable.
Gateau aux prunes, or, fancy plum cake. Becuse the plumber brought plums.
I don't know what variety of plums they are - they're the same kind that my Nana had in her garden. (The taste was very nostalgic for me.) They were small and sweet, and the flesh was deep red, but not as dark as blood plums.
The cake has almond meal in it which gives it a lovely texture, and the top is brushed with jam when it's hot out of the oven. I didn't have plum jam so I used raspberry, but that worked well.
It has a long cooking time, so I put it on, then went swimming. When we got back, the house smelled amazing, and there was a cake!
I think I had success because there were specific instructions for lowering the temperature in a fan-forced oven, and because I didn't use the silicone loaf pan of consistent failure.
Anyway, it tasted great! I wish we'd had some nice yoghurt to eat it with, because it had a lovely tartness that would have been delicious with something creamy.
Four-Grain Bread from
kindkit. Considering I stuffed all the rising times, and then by the time I had to cook it, the cast iron pot was full of lamb curry so I cooked it freeform on a tray, this came out pretty well! The bread had a lovely, chewy texture, and the flavour was good. The crust was a little tougher than I like, but I think that came from cooking it on a tray, not enclosed in a pot, though I did put some water in the oven to give it as good a chance as I could.
I need to figure out a concrete plan for the long rises, and once I've done that, I can see this becoming a weekly habit.
Oh, and I made calzones, thanks to
lostdragonfound's Recipe Friday post - I put beef, onion, tomato and cheese in mine. They went well, except that I had way too much dough and way too little filling. But that's easily tweaked next time around. Something I have solid plans to cook soon:
Peanut butter oat cookies.
I want cookies. With peanut butter. And now that I know I can chop rolled oats into flour with the blender, I can give these a go.
Also, this recipe from the back of the sultana packet:
Muesli Bar Slice
1 cup of sultana (oops, I ate these ones! Guess I'll use raisins.)
1 cup dried apricots (which I don't have, but I suppose I'll use dates. Or I think I've got some glace ginger.)
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup oat bran
1/2 cup bran cereal
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup plain flour
60g butter
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 180C (I'll probably go for 160C, since fan-forced.)
Mix fruit, seeds, oats, oat bran, cereal and flour in a bowl.
Melt butter, honey and sugar together. Add to dry ingredients. Stir, add egg and milk, combine well.
Press into greased and lined slice tray (28x18cm.) Bake for 15 minutes. Cut into slices when cool.
Something I'm idly thinking of cooking in the future:
Turkish Lamb Pizza
Guh, this just came across my dash. I don't know if I'm protein deficient or what, but I want to eat that right now. I'll probably tweak it by using slow-cooked lamb shredded up. It looks so good!
Man, it's just occurred to me that when we eventually move into this new house, I'll have a gas cooktop. All my knowledge of basic stuff will have to be re-established. Bleh. Still, maybe the oven will be more predictable.
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Date: 2014-02-23 11:03 am (UTC)A few people have said that about the gas - I'm looking forward to it, but I'll have to learn the palaver of checking the bottles and ordering and so on. I bet we run out at least once.