Cooks' Corner

[Maggi Young]

Lesley, that sounds yummy....  and what about substituting coffee for chocolate.... I'd be in seventh heaven!

[mark smyth]

This week I tried Jamie Oliver recipes -

pan fried chicken breast coated in mustard powder and rosemary. With it I had boiled baby potatoes that were then fried in oil and rosemary

A neighbour caught a salmon and gave me two steaks. These were oven baked in a blend of red pepper, lime juice, soy sauce, ginger salt and pepper.

Yesterday in Tesco I saw gammon with sliced orange and orange marmalade. It comes in its own oven dish - delish!

[Lesley Cox]

Lesley, that sounds yummy....  and what about substituting coffee for chocolate.... I'd be in seventh heaven!

How about coffee cream and choc sauce or viva voce?

[Anthony Darby]

Mark, Jamie Oliver's recipes are very good and that Tescos gammon sounds nice. My brother in law used to give us salmon steaks from fish he'd caught. He doesn't like fish and his wife is allergic!

[Arykana]

nobody in the kitchen?

[shelagh]

I have to say Arykana that Bacchus already looks a little cross-eyed and the worse for wear.  Holding him/herself up nicely though not spilling a drop

[Arykana]

Sorry, I am not clearly understand

[Maggi Young]

Erika, Shelagh means that your little Bacchus on the cake seems to have been drinking already, not waiting for the party to begin!

[mark smyth]

I'm looking for two recipes. I know I could Google them but I would like your's.

Apple sponge
Apple tart/pie

[Lesley Cox]

Start with a glass of good cider. Have several then you won't need to worry about the recipes.

[mark smyth]

 

[David Nicholson]

I'm looking for two recipes. I know I could Google them but I would like your's.

Apple sponge
Apple tart/pie

My mum's "Eve's Pudding"

400g ish cooking apples
grated zest and jiuce of one lemon
75g demerara sugar
2 tablespons water
75g butter plus a bit for buttering the baking dish
75g caster sugar
1 egg
100g Self Raising Flour

Peel and core apples and slice into smallish chunks. Put in a pan with juice and zest of lemon, demerara sugar and water and soften the apples over a lowish heat stirring regularly.

meanwhile pre-heat oven to 180C/350F

When apple is softened tip contents of pan into buttered baking dish.

Cream butter and caster sugar until fluffy. Beat in one egg and mix well. Fold in flour lightly and spread over top of apples. Bake for about 40 minutes (may take less) until sponge is firm and brown.

Take a large dish add to it a very large portion of above and add loads of custard. Then do same again. Then have a sleep whilst someone else washes up!

[Anthony Darby]

Lesley, once you've finished with the cider, what do you use for cooking apples in NZ?

[Susan]

Granny Smiths and  Peasgood's nonsuch.  I grow the latter and have never seen the fruit for sale, and you may find Granny Smiths at a Farmers market.  Probably unusual to find them in your local supermarket.

Susan

[Lori S.]

Eve's Pudding sounds very good, but I don't understand the last part:  "Take a large dish add to it a very large portion of above and add loads of custard. Then do same again."  Are you saying it's served up in a bowl like a trifle, layered with custard, or is it just a recommendation on how to eat it?   (Sounds delicious either way!)

By the way, not sure if this is interesting or not, but 'Granny Smiths' are very commonly available here and have been for some decades.