https://minimal.org.uk/categories/recipes/ Recent content in recipes on minimal.org.uk Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb ian Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:42:07 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2008/11/13/vanilla-flapjack/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:42:07 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2008/11/13/vanilla-flapjack/ It’s cold, raining and windy, so time for high fat, high sugar food. Based on this recipe, but with some slight changes: 75g Butter 60g Demerera sugar 10ml Vanilla essence 15ml Golden syrup 60g Porridge oats 120g Jumbo oats Mix everything except the oats together in a pan, and warm until the butter has melted. Stir in the oats until everything is nicely coated and then pat down into a greased baking tin. https://minimal.org.uk/2008/09/09/strawberry-and-dark-chocolate-muffins/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:38:26 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2008/09/09/strawberry-and-dark-chocolate-muffins/ This is a very slight modification of the lemon and white chocolate recipe The depth of the muffin mould is the main issue for cooking time – I have some very deep (8cm) silicone ones that mean that it’s normally timed by eye with liberal use of a hat pin. If you use shallower trays then do reduce the cooking time unless you enjoy eating small bricks… 300g Self-raising flour 100g Caster sugar Pinch of salt 100g Butter 125g Dark chocolate 125g Strawberries 180ml Milk 2 Eggs Chop the chocolate bar into decent sized chunks (this is to taste but I quarter the ones pre-pressed into the bar) and place to one side. https://minimal.org.uk/2008/09/09/lemon-and-white-chocolate-muffins/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:01:08 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2008/09/09/lemon-and-white-chocolate-muffins/ This is a modification of a recipe I found last christmas, and have played with slightly in order to make them more unhealthy and bigger than most shop bought ones 🙂 The depth of the muffin mould is the main issue for cooking time – I have some very deep (8cm) silicone ones that mean that it’s normally timed by eye with liberal use of a hat pin. If you use shallower trays then do reduce the cooking time unless you enjoy eating small bricks… https://minimal.org.uk/2008/09/05/vanilla-syrup-cake-version-20/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:17:43 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2008/09/05/vanilla-syrup-cake-version-20/ Having tested the original variant on friends and family, this new one has been tested on work colleagues – most appear to have survived. So far. 225g Self-raising flour 5ml Baking Powder Pinch of salt 50g Caster sugar 25g Margarine 110g Golden syrup 1 egg 120ml Milk 10ml Vanilla extract 20ml Flakes of 100% Cocoa chocolate Mix the flour, salt, sugar, baking powder and chocolate flakes thoroughly. Warm the margarine and syrup stir together (20 seconds in an 800W microwave). https://minimal.org.uk/2008/04/20/vanilla-syrup-cake/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:57:17 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2008/04/20/vanilla-syrup-cake/ This is a variant of the Gingerbread recipe, and is decidedly Version 1.0 in that it’s both complete and in need of more work… It’s actually a little too sweet, and could perhaps be attempted with less sugar, and possibly with less vanilla, although as it seems that good vanilla extract is the human equivalent of cat-nip, I’d resist all calls to reduce the quantity. 225g Self-raising flour Pinch of salt 110g Caster sugar 25g Margarine 110g Golden syrup 1 egg 180ml Milk 10ml Vanilla extract Mix the flour, salt and sugar thoroughly. https://minimal.org.uk/2007/03/05/gingerbread/ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:48:16 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2007/03/05/gingerbread/ Just for added confusion for those arriving via Google, this is the cake and not a loaf of bread with ginger in it… Based on an original recipe by Be-Ro from my Gran’s 16th edition of “Be-Ro Home Recipes” and modified by my Mum and more recently myself. From some background on Be-Ro it would seem likely that this particular edition was from around the 1930’s, and is both simple and tasty: the speed my kids lick out the mixing bowl isn’t any slower than the stories I heard about my Mum… https://minimal.org.uk/2006/10/07/ginger-bread/ Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:28:34 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2006/10/07/ginger-bread/ This is a Ginger Bread, and not Gingerbread (not that I’d try to confuse anyone intentionally of course…) 1/2 tsp Yeast 200g Strong White flour 200g Strong Brown flour 15ml Virgin Olive Oil 1 tsp Salt 1 tbsp Sugar 2 tsp Ground Ginger 30g Crystallised Ginger 100ml Semi-skimmed milk 170ml Water Bake for 4 hours on a standard raisin bake, and make sure that the crystallised ginger is finely chopped before placing in the nut dispenser. https://minimal.org.uk/2006/10/02/orange-and-cranberry-bread/ Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:53:07 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2006/10/02/orange-and-cranberry-bread/ I’ve got a new favourite – it’s s slightly modified version of the Orange loaf from page 25 and smells amazing once made. I’m not sure what I might put on it, as half the loaf had to be ‘tested’ whilst hot, and was great just by itself. Place the ingredients in the pan according to the manual; the cranberries into the raisin/nut dispenser, and then set for a 4hr basic raisin bake. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/06/14/sweetcorn-and-sunflower-bread/ Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:42:23 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/06/14/sweetcorn-and-sunflower-bread/ After a conversation with my Mum about various loaves she’d tried recently whilst on holiday in France, here’s a more interesting savory loaf (based on the cinnamon and raisin recipe): 380g Strong White flour (Tesco) 120g Strong Stoneground Wholemeal flour (Tesco) 1 tsp Yeast (Allinsons) 1 1/2 tsp Salt 1 tbsp Sugar 1 1/2 tbsp Milk powder 350ml Water 20g Sunflower seeds 80g Sweetcorn I took the sweetcorn straight from the tin and blotted it slightly with some kitchen roll to reduce the moisture before adding both it and the seeds to the nut dispenser. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/05/02/slightly-granary/ Mon, 02 May 2005 14:03:17 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/05/02/slightly-granary/ A modified rapid white loaf from page 25: 300g Strong White flour (Tesco) 50g Strong Brown flour (Tesco) 50g Strong Wholemeal flour (Hovis) 3/4 tsp Yeast (Tesco) 1 tsp Salt 1 tbsp Sugar 1 tbsp Milk powder 1 tbsp Sunflower seeds 1 tbsp Pumpkin seeds 280ml Warm water Not too bad – a nice nutty flavour and not so much granary that tooth enamel is in danger. I’m not sure about the pumpkin seeds though, so I might have to have another go without them. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/05/02/cinnamon-update/ Mon, 02 May 2005 10:16:02 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/05/02/cinnamon-update/ Well, I’m going to admit defeat for the moment – I haven’t yet managed to get a decent rapid bake cinnamon and raisin bread. I’ve added everything in one go, and got mashed up raisin bits due to excessive mixing; I’ve added raisins when I thought the mixing was nearly over and had all of the fruit fall to the bottom of the loaf, which meant they got the bulk of the heat and ended up crispy (a pet hate). https://minimal.org.uk/2005/04/16/cinnamon-raisin-bread/ Sat, 16 Apr 2005 07:07:29 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/04/16/cinnamon-raisin-bread/ A slightly modified Spicy Fruit loaf from page 26: 400g Strong White flour (Tesco) 100g Strong Wholemeal flour (Hovis) 1tsp Yeast (Allinsons) 1 1/2 tsp Salt 2 1/2 tsp Cinnamon 1tbsp Sugar 1 1/2 tbsp Milk powder 350ml Water 100g Raisins I placed all the ingredients except the raisins into the mixing bowl, and set the machine for a Bake Raisin, Large size, Dark crust. The raisins were put into the dispenser and the whole bake took four hours. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/04/16/a-note-about-fat-in-the-bread-recipes/ Sat, 16 Apr 2005 07:01:35 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/04/16/a-note-about-fat-in-the-bread-recipes/ After some more experimentation (I’ve already mentioned that I’d swapped 1g of butter for 1ml of virgin olive oil) I’ve stopped putting any extra fat in the bread at all. On the smaller loaf setting (400g) the top generally breaks a little, but on the 500 or 600g bake the top crust is fairly smooth. It seems that (in this bread machine at least) the fat just gives a non-craggy top, and so looks more like pre-packed sliced loaves. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/31/white-sandwich-loaf/ Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:56:15 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/31/white-sandwich-loaf/ Very nice indeed (our current favourite), and it works exactly as printed on page 32: 400g Strong White flour (tried both Hovis and Tesco) 1 1/2 tbsp Milk powder 1 tbsp Sugar 1 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Allinsons Easy Bake yeast 15ml Olive oil 290ml Warm water Baked on the Sandwich program (5 hours) either immediately or via timer for a very soft loaf with small air pockets – great for stopping the filling from running though onto the plate ! https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/cheese-loaf/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:32:17 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/cheese-loaf/ A modified version of the Panasonic Cheese and Bacon recipe (page 27) because I didn’t have any bacon in the house. 200g Hovis Strong White flour 200g Carrs Wholemeal flour 1 tbsp Sugar 1 tbsp Milk powder 1 tsp Salt 3/4 tsp Allinsons Easy Bake yeast 50g Tesco Mature Cheddar (grated) 25g Assorted nuts (Sesame, Pumpkin and Sunflower) 285 ml Warm water Baked on a Wholewheat Rasin setting (5hr), with the dry ingredients apart from the nuts mixed outside the machine, then the mix, cheese, and water added to the baking tin and then the nuts were placed into the nut tray. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/parmesan-sun-dried-tomato/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:25:00 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/parmesan-sun-dried-tomato/ This is a bit of a cop out, but Wrights Parmesan and Sun Dried Tomato packet mix works well, exactly as described on the packet for a 400g loaf. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/not-quite-white-loaf/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:20:55 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/not-quite-white-loaf/ My eldest has a typical childs aversion to most things healthy, including turning her nose up at the 50% wholemeal loaf, so I tried this one which met her expectations of what a loaf of bread should look like but has at least a little more interest for grown-ups: 400g Hovis Strong White flour 100g Carrs Wholemeal flour 1 tbsp Sugar 1 1/2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Allinsons Easy Bake yeast 25ml Olive oil 345ml Warm water Baked on basic Bake Rapid setting (1hr 55m) with Dark crust. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/50-wholemeal-loaf/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:14:19 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/50-wholemeal-loaf/ From the Panasonic book, page 28: 300g Carrs Wholemeal flour 300g Carrs Strong White flour 2 tbsp Milk powder 1 1/2 tbsp Sugar 1 1/2 tsp Salt 1 1/4 tsp Allinsons Easy Bake yeast 25ml Olive oil 420ml Warm water Baked on the Whole Wheat setting for a full 5 hours. A very tall loaf ! https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/granary-loaf/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:39:20 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/05/granary-loaf/ This recipe works well for both normal (5hr) Whole Wheat and rapid (3hr) baking: 400g Hovis Granary flour 1 tbsp Milk powder 1 tbsp Sugar 1 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Allinsons Easy Bake Yeast for 5hr bake OR 3/4 tsp Allinsons Easy Bake Yeast for 3hr bake 15ml Virgin Olive oil 275ml Warm water The original recipe (p. 29) only mentions the 5hr variant but the extra yeast makes a nice 3hr nutty loaf. https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/03/playing-with-a-bread-machine/ Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:34:13 +0000 https://minimal.org.uk/2005/01/03/playing-with-a-bread-machine/ Is amazingly good fun. It certainly has been my obsession for the past few days, but I’ve approached it as a typical geek and actually read up on what each ingredient is used for – my first loaf was a packet mix and therefore just fine. My second was possibly the most useless lump of duck-killing wheat that’s been seen in many years, but I have now learnt some things that are so obvious no-one bothers to actually mention them: