So easy – why did no one tell me about this recipe before I reached retirement age – or tell me how important it was to heat the oven as per the recipe!!
So oven at 180C
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Talking to students off to uni there is a general fear of cooking. Which is a shame given the expense of takeaways, and the general poor quality of the food. Soups and stir fry’s are quick easy and nutritious and cheap. Roast chicken, or roast anything is easy, just a matter of timing. http://www.jamieoliver.com/videos/jamie-s-perfect-roast-potatoes/
I am not sure if I am just a bit stupid, or totally stupid? Probably the latter!
Well I am about half way through a 5kg sack of pickling onions – and although they are small, they are still too big for my 350ml jam jars (I only get 6/7 in a jar). I have started to jar them, basalmic vinegar, red wine vinegar, malt vinegar, some with chilli flakes (just a few), and I just got 5ltr of white wine vinegar for when my bigger jam jars arrive.
The sloes this year of epic quality and quantity. I picked 1.5kg in about 20 minutes.
My recipe
300g sloes and 300g sugar in a 1ltr jar or bottle, then fill with gin (500ml fitted exactly).
Shake regularly to dissolve the sugar and once a week after that. ready by xmas, but better by next summer.
A success story – I will also post my disasters!
1 tbsp chopped rosemary
1/4 tsp chopped chilli flakes
100g flour
100g cheddar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
100g butter
Mix all together and make a roll in baking sheet Swiss Roll sort of size, maybe a bit smaller). Put in FREEZER for 30 minutes. Pre-heat oven to 180C
Take out and cut 3/4mm thick rounds and put on baking tray and bake for 12-15 mins. Let cool for a few minutes, then on to wire rack for 30 mins. Delicious! I rarely make things that I think are really good – but this one is!
On things not going well!!! My piccalilli is rubbish – I thought I had followed the recipe fairly well (I am not good at this bit of cooking!). But basically I have pickled veg in a spicy vinegar sauce.