07/05/2024
Pork pies made from scratch
8oz plain flour,1/2 tspoon salt,100ml water 3oz lard,warm up water and lard till lard melted add flour and mix, drop onto work top and kneed dough until soft and pliable, remember it will be hot,let it cool slightly and use as normal pastry, line whatever tins you are using ,jelly is sachets of Gelatine from any bakery section of most supermarkets, if unsure just Google Hot water pastry.ps don't jelly till cold
16/04/2024
Chicken Chop Suey,for under a fiver,enough for 3 or 4 even.
07/02/2024
Chicken Chow Mein with Noodles feeds 4 on a budget.
2 Chicken Breasts sliced (£2.00),Sliced Mushrooms quartered (40p),1pepper sliced (40p),1Carrot sliced into stripe 20p,1 pack Chow Mein Sauce 60p,1 pack of Straight to Wok Noodles (80p),1 Onion sliced (40p).Approx £5.00 for 4.
Heat Wok or large pan with a little oil,fry off chicken add all veg,cook till veg still a bit crunching add sauce and Noodles, mix together and cover with lid for a couple of minutes and enjoy, cost at a Chinese takeaway about £20.00 - £24.00.
01/02/2024
Productive morning,Lasagne, Cauliflower Cheese and Chicken and Chorizo Taglatalli in a mild cheese sauce.
27/04/2022
Italian Meatballs with Spaghetti today, well done all, they tasted lush
22/04/2022
Egg Fried Rice
Slice up peppers ,onions ,mushrooms add a little oil to the wok or a frying pan and cook ,not to much as you want it to be cooked but not soft ,still have a bit of crunch,add rice ,keep stirring, make a well in the middle and add an egg,stir round till it starts cooking then stir slowly into the rice until it is completely cooked ,season to taste and Enjoy.
17/04/2022
Gravy isn't just water and granules it should have flavour,onions,celery,garlic,chopped tomatoes ,soften all veg in a little oil ,add herbs a glug of red wine or beer,chicken stock,put on a slow boil till veg soft,seive and mash the veg through seive then thicken with cornflour for a smooth gravy adding salt and pepper to your taste. ENJOY.
09/04/2022
Chinese Spring Rolls
Chinese Spring Rolls,spring roll pastry,bean sprouts,filling is diced chicken mushroom and finely sliced carrot ( you can put whatever you want in with the bean sprouts,)and cornflour, mixed in water to seal the Rolls up, take a sheet of pastry put a handful of beansprouts a little of the chicken mixture into the bottom third of the sheet,fold sides in after wetting sides with cornflour mix and roll up using the cornflour on every seal,they are now ready for frying.ENJOY
09/04/2022
Having a clear out ,a wealth of cooking and baking recipes and advice ,10 books in all, most are hard backs £2.00 each or £18.00 the lot,can deliver locally.Better still come into St Stephens Neighbourhood Centre, Annandale road on a Wed between 0930 and 11.30 and see what we do.