Ice Cream Recipes - Ice Cream Makers - Black Forest Cake Recipes

Ice Cream Recipes Black Forest

2009-05-10T08:26:00.000-07:00

Ice Cream Recipes - Black Forest Ice Cream

Black Forest in Winter

Simple Black Forest Cake Ice Cream recipes using an ice cream maker or ice cream machine

Ingredients
28 oz. sweetened condensed milk
4 cups half-n-half
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
16 oz. tinned cherries
1 cup chocolate chips

Utensils Needed

Ice cream maker (also called ice cream freezer or ice cream machine)
Wire whisk
Large bowl
Ice
Rock salt

Method

Mix 28 oz. of sweetened condensed milk, 1 tablespoon of vanilla and 4 cups of half-n-half in a large bowl using the wire whisk.
Mix in the chocolate syrup until well combined.
Drain cherries, and cut each cherry into quarters.
Add cherries and chocolate chips to mix.
Mix again.
Pour ice cream mixture into a 1 gallon ice cream maker container.
Use your ice cream maker as per the manufacturer's instructions.
Drain water from ice cream maker when the machine has finished.
Repack ice cream maker with ice and salt - 3 parts ice to 1 part salt.
Cover ice cream maker with a heavy towel. Place ice cream maker out of direct sunlight.
Leave to sit for 1 hour.
Serve ice cream immediately, or store it in your freezer or deep freezer for long-term storage.
Pour whipped topping onto Black Forest ice cream, with maraschino cherries and chocolate syrup. Sprinkle with nuts if desired.

For easy Black Forest Cake Recipe see - Simple Black Forest Cake Recipe or Black Forest Gateau Nigella
To see which are the best ice cream makers - see How to Make Ice Cream with Ice Cream Makers

Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

2009-04-19T10:54:00.000-07:00

Ice Cream Makers - Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

Homemade Ice Cream Recipes -

Utensils

Heavy saucepan

Ice cream maker

Ingredients:

8 ounces chopped unsweetened chocolate
4 cups evaporated milk or half & half
2 1/2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 eggs
3 cups heavy cream
3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Method

Combine chocolate and half & half in a heavy saucepan.

Melt chocolate over moderate heat until melted and smooth (about 5 minutes).

Combine sugar, flour and salt in a small bowl.

Whisk dry ingredients into the melted chocolate slowly and bring to boil.

Turn heat down to moderately low and cook, whisking occasionally.

Whisk eggs briefly in a medium bowl.

Whisk in half of hot chocolate mixture slowly then transfer to the chocolate still in the saucepan.

Cook approx. 5 minutes, until thick, smooth, and steaming.

Remove from heat.

Stir in heavy cream and vanilla.

Leave to cool to room temperature then chill until cold.

Pour into ice cream makers and freeze.

Transfer to container and freeze for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Make Chocolate Easter Eggs

2009-04-12T04:16:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Easter Eggs - How do you Make Chocolate Easter Eggs?

Equipment needed to make Homemade Chocolate Easter Eggs

Easter Egg Molds (Easer Egg Moulds in the UK)
Good quality chocolate - 70% cocoa solids

Instructions

Place the chocolate in a bowl and place the bowl in some very hot water in order to melt the chocolate in the bowl
Make sure the molds are at room temperature - 90ºF
Pour the melted chocolate into the molds.
Shake and move the molds to spread the choloate evenly. The more chocolate you pour in the thicker the Easter Egg will be.
Put the molds into the fridge for 20 minutes.
When the chocolate has hardened remove the molds from the fridge.
Carefully remove the chocolate from the Easter Egg moulds
Spread some melted chocolate along the edges of the molds and put the two molds together.
As the chocolate on the edges hardens the two molds will stick together.

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2009-04-08T07:32:00.000-07:00

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Simple Pecan Ice Cream Recipe

2009-04-02T10:36:00.000-07:00

Homemade Pecan Ice Cream Recipe

A Simple Delicious Pecan Ice Cream Recipe

Utensils
Ice Cream Maker
Bowl
Saucepan

Ingredients1/4 cup butter
4 oz chopped pecans
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 pint milk
1 pint heavy cream
1 teaspoon maple flavoring

Instructions
Melt the butter in a saucepan
Add the chopped pecans and brown sugar.
Stir and heat over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes
Leave to cool completely.
Mix together milk and heavy cream.
Blend in the natural maple flavoring and the nuts
Stir well.
Transfer mixture to ice cream maker, following the manufacture's instructions.

Homemade Chocolate Easter Eggs

2009-03-29T09:48:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs at Home

How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs

What better Easter gift than a homemade chocolate Easter egg ?

Yes it is possible to make your own Easter eggs at home. All you need is some chocolate, some Easter egg moulds (not expensive) and a little know-how.

The 3 Golden Rules for Making Homemade Chocolate Easter Eggs

use the best-quality molding chocolate
never overheat the chocolate
never allow steam or water to get into it.

The best chocolate is Belgian couverture with 70% cocoa solids.

Instructions

Heat some water in a pan until it is hot but not boiling
Half-fill a basin with the chocolate
Put basin in the hot water and stir the chocolate until it melts.
[Plain chocolate needs to be heated to approx. 44°C - white chocolate or milk chocolate to approx. 42°C. ]
If you don't have a thermometer - touch the chocolate with the top of your little finger - it should feel warm.

Hold the egg mold in the palm of your hand
Ladle in chocolate until the mold is about one third full.
Tilt the mold in all directions to spread the chocolate over the entire mold, then pour any excess chocolate back into the bowl.
Place the mold upside down on a piece of greaseproof paper
Leave it to dry for approx. 10 minutes.
Repeat the process. You may need to do it 3 times to ensure the chocolate is thick enough.

Put the mold into the fridge until the chocolate solidifies - between 20 minutes and 2 hours depending on your fridge.

Remove the chocolate Easter eggs by turning the mold over and tapping on it or by gently pulling the sides of the mould outwards.
To stick the two halves together dip the edge of one of your homemade chocolate Easter eggs into some molten chocolate and holding it against the other half until it sticks.

So making chocolate Easter eggs is easy ! The kids love them ! Every one loves them and you may even be able to sell a few !

For how to make ice cream see - Ice Cream Makers

Ice Cream Recipe

2009-03-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

Tom and Jerry's Strawberry Ice Cream

Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe

You will need an ice cream maker to make this strawberry ice cream. Ice cream makers range in price for $50 to $700 and more. For information on recommended ice cream makers see How to Make Ice Cream

Ingredients

1 pint fresh strawberries, remove all the green bits and chop them up
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup sugar, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk

Instructions
Mix strawberries, lemon juice, and 1/4 cup sugar in a mixing bowl.
Place in fridge for 1 hour.
Beat eggs until light and fluffy in a large mixing bowl, approx. 2 minutes.
Add 3/4 cups sugar gradually, mixing well.
Stir in milk and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
Add strawberries with juice and mix thoroughly.
Gently stir in whipping cream until just combined.
Pour into ice cream maker.
Follow manufacturer's instructions on how to use the ice cream maker.

Don't forget to get yourself an ice cream scoop to go with your ice cream maker !
For more Ice Cream Recipes see - Ice Cream Maker

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How to Make Ice Cream

2009-03-17T05:51:00.000-07:00

How to Make Ice Cream with Ice Cream Makers

Ice Cream Makers and Ice Cream Recipes

Making ice cream is easy, provided you have the right equipment. The equipment you need to make home made ice cream is, of course, an ice cream maker or ice cream machine. If you like hard work you can get an old manual icecream maker, but if you just want icecream with no fuss then you need a modern electric ice cream maker. Some restaurants and ice cream parlors also have their own restaurant recipes if you prefer.

A recent consumersearch survey lists the best ice cream makers as follows :-

Best Budget Ice Cream Maker - Cuisinart ICE-20 price around $50

Best Overall Ice Cream Maker - Musso Lussino - price around $700 - ouch!

Budget Self-Cooling Ice Cream Maker - Cuisinart ICE-50BC (requires no pre-freezing) - price around $300

Best Old Fashioned Ice Cream Maker - Rival White Mountain 6 Quart F69206-X - this is for people who want to make a lot of ice cream and although it's old fashioned it is still electric - price around $200

Other ice cream makers to consider

Lello 4070 Gelato Junior - price around $190
Kenwood IM250 1.06 Quart Ice Cream Maker - price around $50

Once you have got your ice cream maker, making the ice cream is, in fact, a piece of cake !
So here are a couple of excellent recipes for you to get started with your home made ice cream making empire ! Is this how Ben and Jerry started ? Or Tom and Jerry ?

Ice Cream Recipes

Chocolate Mint Ice Cream

Rich chocolate ice cream with crushed chocolate mint candies

Makes 10 1/2-cup servings

Ingredients
2 cups heavy cream, chilled
1 cup whole milk, chilled
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup crushed chocolate mint candies about 15 mints

Instructions
Mix together the heavy cream, whole milk, chocolate syrup, sugar and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl until well blended.
Pour into freezer bowl of your ice cream maker.
Switch the machine ON and wait until mixture thickens - approx. 20 - 25 minutes.
Add crushed chocolate mint candies during last 5 - 10 minutes of mixing.
Turn machine OFF.
Transfer to an air tight container.
Place in freezer until firm - about 2 hours.

Nutritional information per serving:
Calories 279 (74% from fat) · carbo. 15g · prot. 3g · fat 23g· sat. fat 14g · chol. 70mg · sod. 52mg

Pistachio Ice Cream

Makes about 14 1/2-cup servings

Ingredients
1-1/3 cups whole milk, well chilled
1-1/8 cups granulated sugar
3 cups heavy cream, well chilled
1-1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon pure almond extract
1-1/2 cups shelled pistachios, roughly chopped (plain or lightly salted -- do not use red pistachios)

Instructions
Use a hand held mixer at low speed to mix the milk and granulated sugar until the sugar is dissolved, approx. 1 to 2 minutes.
Stir in the heavy cream, and almond and vanilla extracts.
Switch the machine on.
Pour the mixture into freezer bowl, and wait until thickened, approx. 20 to 25 minutes. Add the pistachios during the last 5 minutes of freezing.
The texture of the ice cream will be soft and creamy.
For a firmer consistency, trasfer the ice cream to an airtight container and place in freezer for 2 hours.
Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serving.

Nutritional Information per Serving:
Calories 332 (69% from fat) • carb. 22g • pro. 5g • fat 26g • sat. fat 13g • chol. 73mg • sod. 32mg • calc. 79mg • fiber 1g

Don't forget that along with your ice cream maker you may also need an ice cream scoop !

For information on How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs see How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs at Home

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Simple Cupcake Recipe

2009-03-15T15:58:00.001-07:00

Simple Recipes - How to Make Cupcakes

A Simple Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients 5 oz (150g) softened Butter
5 oz (150g) caster (superfine) sugar
6 oz (175g) self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
For a different taste you can also try maple sugar

Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 350F (180C).
Line a 12 cake tray, with cup cake papers.
Beat the eggs in a cup lightly with a fork.
Place the ingredients in a large bowl.
Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy.
Pour the mixture into the cake cases.
Cook for 18-20 minutes until they rise and are firm to the touch.
Leave to cool for a few minutes, then place on a wire rack.
Leave to cool completely before icing.
preheated oven. Add your favorite frosting/icing when cool.

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

330 g all-purpose/plain flour
18 g baking powder
2 g baking soda
1.6 g salt
130 g unsweetened cocoa powder
90 g butter, softened
600 g white sugar
4 eggs
8 ml vanilla extract
470 ml milk

INSTRUCTIONS
Culinary Princess's Fine Looking Chocolate Cupcake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Line a muffin tray with paper liners.
Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa and salt together.
Set aside.
Cream together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
Stir in the vanilla.
Add the flour mixture and milk alternately; beat well.
Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven.
Add your favorite frosting/icing when cool.
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Cupcakes Simple Cupcake Recipes

2009-03-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

How to Make Cupcakes or Fairy Cakes - Simple Cupcake Recipes

Some simple cupcake recipes also known as fairy cake recipes although there are no cups or fairies involved in any of them. But they are very popular, easy to make and taste nice ! Also with the addition of a bit of chocolate you can make chocolate chip cupcakes !

Traditional Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients for 12 cupcakes

125g sugar
2 eggs
125g softened unsalted butter
125g plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of bicarb
Approximately 3 tablespoons of milk

Instructions
Preheat oven to 200 C
Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth
Add eggs gradually one by one
Pour in the ingredients except the milk.
Mix well
Slowly add milk until you get a soft consistency
Pour batter into your muffin tray (already lined with muffin cases)
Bake for 15-20 minutes

Icing
Ingredients:

2 large egg whites
3 cups icing sugar / confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice

How to make icing:

Combine icing sugar and egg whites in a bowl
Whip until mixture is opaque and shiny
Add lemon juice and continue to whip until absolutely white

Optional: Add rainbow sprinkles.

Serve when icing hardens.

Chocolate Chip Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients
5 oz (150g) softened Butter
5 oz (150g) caster (superfine) sugar
6 oz (175g) self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
2oz (50g) chocolate chips

Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C).
Line a 12 cake tray, with cup cake papers.
Beat the eggs in a cup lightly with a fork.
Place the ingredients in a large bowl.
Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy.
Pour the mixture into the cake cases.
Add Chocolate Chips and mix thoroughly.
Cook for 18-20 minutes until they rise and are firm to the touch.
Leave to cool for a few minutes, then place on a wire rack.
Leave to cool completely before icing.

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Simple Black Forest Cake Recipe

2009-03-10T10:47:00.001-07:00

Cake Recipes - How to Make Black Forest Cake

Simple Cake Recipes

Black Forest Gateau aka Black Forest Cake are English names for the Schwarzwald Torte or Schwarzwald Kirschtorte (literally "Black Forest Cherry Cake") - a type of chocolate cake with cherries and whipped cream.

Black Forest gateau is several layers of chocolate cake, with cherries and whipped cream between each layer - decorated with extra whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and chocolate shavings. Traditionally, Kirschwasser - Cherry Brandy - is added but in the USA Black Forest cake is usually made without alcohol. The following is a traditional but simple Black Forest cake recipe.

Ingredients:
265 gms - All-purpose flour
200 ml - Milk
400 gms - Caster sugar
3 Eggs
100 ml - Vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
65 gms - unsweetened Cocoa powder
1 tsp - Vanilla extract
1 tsp - Salt
3 tbsp - Cherry brandy

Filling:
120 ml - Thick whipping cream
120 gms - Caster sugar
1 can - Cherries
1/2 tsp - vanilla extract
1 tbsp - Cherry brandy
A pinch of salt

Topping:
Thick whipped cream, bittersweet chocolate shavings and maraschino cherries

Instructions
Preheat oven to 175°C.
Grease two 9? baking dishes (round) and place to one aside.
Sift together cocoa, flour and baking powder. Set aside.
Add the mixture, plus sugar, salt, milk, eggs, oil, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Mix together well.
Pour batter into greased baking dishes and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Leave the cakes to cool.
When cool, cut each layer horizontally in half in order to pbtain 4 layers in total
Sprinkle Cherry brandy on the layers.

For the filling, whip the cream to stiff peaks in a bowl.
Add vanilla extract, cherry brandy, sugar and salt.
Mix well.
Spread 1/3rd of the filling onto the first layer of the cake.
Spread 1/3rd of the cherries.
Place a 2nd layer on top of this layer
Repeat for three layers.
Place the 4th layer.
Cover sides and top of cake with whipped cream.
Sprinkle chocolate shavings on sides and top of cake.
Place maraschino cherries on top of the cake.

For an alternative Black Forest Cake Recipe with picture of the beautiful Nigella Lawson see - Black Forest Gateau a la Nigella

For a Simple Cookies Recipe see - How to Make Cookies

For How to Make Ice Cream see - Ice Cream Makers

For How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs see How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs at Home
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How to Make Cookies

2009-03-07T10:42:00.000-08:00

Simple Recipes - Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

How to make Cookies? It's Easy!

Cookies aka biscuits in the UK are loved the world over. Perhaps the most loved of all are chocolate chip cookes. The following is an excellent traditional chocolate chip cookies recipe that are crisp on the outside and rich and moist on the inside. Easy to make even if you've never cooked anything before !

Ingredients
2 1/4 cups bread flour
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Melt the butter over a low heat in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan.
Whisk together the salt, flour, and baking soda in a medium bowl, and set aside.
Pour the butter into a large bowl.
Add the brown sugar and sugar.
Cream the butter and sugar using the whisk at a medium speed.
Add the egg, yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract.
Mix until well combined.
Incorporate flour mixture slowly until combined.
Add chocolate chips and stir.
Chill the dough, then using a scoop put the dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper, 6 cookies on each sheet.
Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, check cookies after 5 minutes.
For even browning rotate baking sheet.
Allow to cool.
Store in airtight container.

If you want slightly different chocolate chip cookie recipe see - How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you like strawberry cheesecake take a look at this cheesecake recipe
For How to Make Ice Cream see - Ice Cream Makers

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Simple Recipes Tandoori Chicken

2009-02-28T17:41:00.000-08:00

Simple Recipes - Simple Chicken Recipes

Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori Chicken is a spicy roasted chicken delicacy originally from the Punjab - it is one of the many simple recipes on this simple recipe site

Ingredients:

1 skinned and quartered, chicken (3 pound)
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons plain yoghurt
4 teaspoons ground allspice
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions for 4 Servings

Make a number of deep cuts in the chicken flesh, almost to the bone.
Pour 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice over chicken.
Rub in the salt.
Mix tandoori spice, yoghurt, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, oil and the vinegar.
Coat chicken with mixture, rub well into cuts.
Place chicken in a 12×9 inch pan, cover with foil and keave in refrigerator overnight
Turning occasionally.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake chicken covered at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.
Remove foil for final 15 minutes of baking.

Other chicken recipes - Simple Chicken Recipe for Philosophers

Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

2009-01-18T06:50:00.000-08:00

Simple Cake Recipes - How to Make Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 egg
75 g (3 oz.) sugar
100 g (3.5 oz.) soft brown sugar
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon liquid vanilla
100 g (3.5 oz. butter)
225 g (8 oz.) flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
150 g (5.25 oz.) couverture chocolate

For 25 cookies

Time 35 minutes

Difficulty - Easy

One of the easy cake recipes around

Blanch the softened butter with the white sugar and soft brown sugar
Add the egg, liquid vanilla and salt. Mix together.
Add chocolate chips and baking powder.
Add flour.
Mix into a batter with the spatula
Arrange the mix on a sheet of greaseproof paper. Shape into a long cylindrical shape.
Roll the cylindrical shape in the greaseproof paper and press with metal spatula until it is well shaped.
Leave for 2 hours.
Remove greaseproof paper.
Cut the cylindrical shaped mix into slices about one quarter of an inch thick
Place these slices onto a greased tray. Make sure that they don't stick together.
Place in a hot oven 160/200 C
Cook until brown. The browner they are the dryer they are. If you prefer them softer remove them when they are still light coloured.
After cooking leave them to cool for two minutes before removing them from the tray with a flat spatula.
Leave to cool. Eat!

When you're up for some more check out Black Forest Gateau with Nigella or Cheesecake a la Salvador Dali!

For an alternative chocolate chip cookie recipe see -How to Make Cookies

Christmas Cake and Pudding Recipes

2008-12-17T18:12:00.000-08:00

Christmas Recipe Ideas - Mrs Beetons Easy Cake Recipes and Pudding Recipes

Who was Mrs Beeton?

Mrs Beeton is probably the most famous British cook of all time who wrote the classic Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management back in the nineteenth century. She died tragically young at the age of 28 and would have made a great Internet entrepeneur, given her penchant for plagiarism. Although there is no copyright on recipes. She is not as sexy as Nigella but for her day she was quite a trailblazer.

If you are looking for ideas for Christmas recipes then have a look at Mrs Beeton's Cake and Pudding Recipes on downloadable Ebook form for a very modest sum -

click here - Mrs Beeton's Cake and Pudding Recipes

Red Pepper Tart Slimming Recipe

2008-11-16T09:12:00.000-08:00

Recipe Ideas - Lose Weight with this French Red Pepper Tart Recipe

If you’re a domestic goddess, like our very own Black Forest Gateau - Nigella, then you don’t need to slim or lose any stomach fat, because you are perfect just the way are (Nigella if you’re reading this get in touch !)

If on the other hand you obsess about your weight and think people would prefer you thin (they probably won’t by the way - Fern looked much nicer before all that messing about with her insides!) then check out this Red Pepper Tart recipe which sounds nice to eat anyway, even if you’re not interested in losing weight.

..... Fern before the operation!

Nikki Anderson after just one portion of Red Pepper Tart!....

Ingredients
1 shortcrust pastry (aka pie crust)
5 red peppers
200 g feta cheese
4 eggs
50 ml of skimmed milk
salt, pepper

Method
- Preheat over to thermostat 6 (180°)
- Spread the pastry in a tart dish, make holes in it with a fork
- As soon as the oven is at the correct temperature, put the tart in to pre-cook for 10 minutes
- In the meantime, boil a large saucepan of water
- Wash the peppers, cut the skin in 2 or 3 places and put them in the boiling water
- Leave them in the boiling water for at least 5 minutes then cool them down
- Open them up lengthwise to remove the stalks and the grains
- Peel them and cut them into strips and set aside
- Cut the feta cheese into small cubes and set aside
- When the pastry is pre-cooked, cover them with the strips of red peppers and place the feta cubes on top
- Leave the over to heat to the same temperature
- Beat the 4 eggs into an omelette in a salad bowl
- Add the milk, salt and pepper
- Pour the mixture onto the tart and put in oven to cook for 20 minutes

- If you're really serious about losing weight, throw the tart in the bin and drink a glass of water

Excellent Waffles Recipe

2008-10-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

Recipe Ideas - Waffles Recipe

You like waffles? Me too! Ever wondered how to make them? Well this excellent waffle recipe will show you how to make waffles It ain't complicated and you get to do it at home and have fun at the same time. No wonder we don't see any waffle sellers anymore.

Ingredients :
4 ounces all purpose flour,
4 ounces whole-wheat flour,
1 tablespoon sugar,
2 teaspoons baking powder,
Salt,
3 eggs,
one and a half cups milk,
Vegetable oil.
Waffle iron.
............................................................ The Waffle Seller by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen

Method
1. Put dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt) into one bowl.
2. Put wet ingredients (eggs, milk, and oil) into another bowl and beat, shake, mix, stir until eggs and milk become one.
3. Pour mix into bowl with dry ingredients and re-mix, until all lumps are gone.
4. Put half cup of batter into waffle iron. Waffle iron can be hot and ready but the waffles taste a bit better if you let it rest for a while.

If you don't have a waffle iron, pour the waffle mix on to a hot buttered pan. They will be like pancakes but taste like waffles.

After that you need to put stuff on top of them and stuff them in your face. And after that you need to do something strenuous to work off the calories you've just put on!

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Chicken Gaston Le Penseur Philosophique

2008-06-20T07:31:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - Chicken Recipes - Chicken Gaston le Penseur Philosophique

Simple Chicken Recipe for Philosophers

Preparation : 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour

For 4 people
1 chicken cut into 8 pieces
150g of Comté cheese
10cl of dry white wine
400g of fresh cream
1 soupspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon paprika

. ............................................ .. ................ ..........Don't blame me I'm a vegetarian

3 soupspoons breadcrumbs
50g butter
Salt, pepper

To be eaten with a bottle of Côtes-de-Beaune Rouge

Melt the butter in a browning skillet on a high flame. Brown the chicken. Season with salt, pepper and paprika. When the pieces are very brown, cover them and leave to cook 30 minutes on a low flame.

Reserve the pieces in a gratin dish. Grate the cheese.

Draw off the cooking grease and deglaze the browning skillet using white wine on a medium heat (i.e. pour in the wine and mix with the greases). Put the cheese in and mix with a wooden spatula (keep some of the grated cheese back forthe finish). Allow the cheese to melt then add the crème fraîche. Bring to the boil and add the mustard.

Pour the sauce onto the chicken. Sprinkle on breadcrumbs and grated cheese and place in a very hot (240° - th.8) for approximately 15 minutes.

Eat and go to bed

Other Delicacies
Black Forest Gateau with Nigella

French Recipes
Chicken Gaston Le Penseur Philosophique

Recipe Fondue Surrealist Surprise

2008-06-05T08:22:00.000-07:00

French Recipe Ideas - Fondue Surrealist Surprise

Very Easy and Fun due (if you Like your Guests)

Ingredients for Fondue for 6

1/3 litre of Apremont or Mondeuse (wine from Savoie)
Cheese as follows:-
400 g. (approx. 1 lb.) Beaufort
400 g Abondance
400 g Gruyere des Bauges
400 g. Emmental
400 g. Conté
1 clove of garlic, salt, pepper, nutmeg
1 soupspoon Dijon mustard
5 cl Kirsch Liqueur or Marc de Savoie (grappa brandy)
1 farmhouse loaf (approx 500 g. - 1.1 lb)).:

Preparation

Peel the clove of garlic and rub the inside of the fondu saucepan with it.
Grate the cheeses and put them together in a bowl.
Cut the bread into cubes of approx. 1 inch.
Pour the wine into the saucepan and bring to the boil.
At this stage, lower the heat and gradually put the grated cheese in allowing it to melt, and stirring all the time with a wooden spoon making figures of 8.
When all the cheese has melted, season to taste with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg.
Add the mustard and the alcohol, mix further to bind together.
Place the saucepan on the table between the guests, on a hotplate.
Mix the preparation in order to ensure to doesn’t stick to the pan.
Each person puts a piece of bread on his/her fondue fork and dips it in the fondue.

Fondue from Savoy is eaten accompanied by Mondeuse or Apremont wine. It can also be eaten with ham or smoked saucisson (salami).

Previous recipes :

Strawberry Cheesecake a la Salvador Dali
Black Forest Gateau with Nigella

French Recipe
Fondue Surprise Surrealist

Recipes | Onion Soup Gratinee

2008-05-27T08:07:00.000-07:00

Recipe Ideas - French Onion Soup – Soupe à l’Oignon Gratinée

For 4 people. EZPZ.

Ingredients for Onion Soup
250 g (1/2 lb) onions
50 g (2 oz) butter
25 g (1 oz) flour
2 pints of chicken stock (2 cubes)
200 g (6 oz) grated cheese

Dice the onions and cook in the butter until golden, cover with flour.
When everything is light ‘roux’ (red) pour in the stock.
Season.
Leave to cook for 20 mins.
Pour into a soup bowl or into ‘gratin’ bowls. Then add grilled ‘croutons’ of bread.
Cover generously with grated cheese and grill in a hot oven.
Eat but be careful it's hot !

Onionology - Interesting Facts about Onions

In Ancient Egypt onions were an object of worship. The onion symbolized eternity, the Egyptians saw eternal life in the circular structure of the onion and they buried onions along with the Pharaohs.

In India in the 6th century B.C., the medical treatise Charaka - Sanhita praises the onion as medicine, saying it is a diuretic and is good for the digestion, the heart, the eyes and the joints.

In Ancient Rome, Pliny the Elder states that the onion cures vision problems, induces sleep, heals mouth sores, dog bites, toothaches, dysentery and lumbago.

In Ancient Greece onions were used to fortify athletes for the Olympic Games. Athletes used to eat pounds of onions, drink onion juice and rub onions on their bodies. I think I might give it a try myself.

Previous Recipes
Baked Apples Magritte
Black Forest Gateau with Nigella

Onion Soup
Soupe Oignon Gratinee

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Recipes Hare Stew with Chocolate

2008-05-16T06:45:00.000-07:00

Recipe Ideas - Hare Stew with Chocolate - Civet de Lievre au Chocolat

Preparation : 45 mins.
Difficulty : Interesting

Stew with chocolate ! That's got to be worth something.

(....................................................... The hare is the one with the big ears)

Ingredients

1 big Hare with its liver and blood,
1 soupspoon vinegar,
3 liters (6 pints) cold marinade for meat and game,
2 soupspoons orange juice,
4 juniper berries,
2 pinches mace,
or nutmeg,
10 g (1/3 oz) fresh ginger,
50 g (1 2/3 oz) bitter chocolate,
40 g (1 1/1 oz) butter,
1 teaspoon lemon juice
pepper,

Preparation

(Hares can also be square)

Prepare the Hare and keep the blood and the liver. Add the vinegar to the blood.
Clean the liver and store it in a cool place.
Cut the Hare into pieces.
Prepare the marinade in a large salad bowl and add the crushed juniper berries, the mace or the nutmeg and the ginger.
Put in the pieces of hare.
Cover the salad bowl and leave to marinate for 24 to 48 h in a cool place.
Pre-heat the oven to 160 °C.
Place the Hare and the marinade with its aromatic side dish into a casserole dish

(Hares are also very fast !)

Bring to the boil, cover and leave to simmer in the oven for approximately 2 hours.
Remove the pieces and keep them warm in another casserole dish
Strain the sauce through a fine sieve.
Pour in a small ladle of sauce onto the blood, mix.
Away from the heat, pour all the blood into the sauce, add the chocolate, the butter, the lemon juice and the orange juice.

Mix and check the seasoning.
Pour this sauce onto the pieces of hare.
Keep hot but don’t boil.

Eat !

Baked Apples Magritte
Black Forest Gateau with Nigella

Hare Stew
Hare Chocolate

Recipes Dial a Lobster Thermidor

2008-05-13T05:43:00.000-07:00

Recipes - Dial a Lobster Thermidor

Lobster Thermidor Ingredients for 4 people

4 small cooked rock lobsters
1 ½ pints cream sauce
1 liqueur glass of dry Sherry
1 teaspoon of strong mustard
1 pinch of Cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon of Worcester sauce
Telephone optional

Cream sauce : 40 g (1 ½ oz) butter, 40 g (1 ½ oz) flour, 1 pint milk, 4 to 6 soup spoons of cream.

Preparation

Cut the lobsters in two lengthwise.

Remove the flesh and cut into large pieces. Put the shells aside.

Heat the cream sauce, season with a small amount of Sherry, mustard, Cayenne pepper, Worcester sauce, salt and pepper and cook slowly for 2 minutes.

Add the pieces of lobster and heat up. Fill the shells with this mixture, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and a pinch of paprika. Put in a few pieces of butter on top and place under the grill.

If it looks like this when you've finished it - lighten up on the Sherry.

Cream sauce: Prepare a pint of Béchamel sauce (40 g (1 ½ oz) butter, 40 g (1 ½ oz) flour, 1 pint milk. When it is cooked, add 4 to 6 soup spoons of cream, salt and black pepper.

Lobster Quote of the Day

“My temples throb, my pulses boil,
I'm sick of song, and ode, and ballad--
So, Thyrsis, take the midnight oil,
And pour it on a lobster salad.” Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

Lobsters and the Arts

To shock the bourgeois, French writer Gerard de Nerval sometimes used to take his pet lobster for walks through the streets of Paris.

Jean-Paul Sartre on the other hand often had hallucinations of being pursued by a lobster, - proof of reincarnation if ever there was !

Octopus like lobsters too - for a gory video of an octopus lobster human confrontation check this out - Blinkx Results Date

Previous recipes :
Baked Apples Magritte
Black Forest Gateau with Nigella

Lobster Thermidor
Lobster Sartre Nerval Magritte Dali
Blinkx Results Date

Recipe Ideas Baked Apples Magritte

2008-05-12T12:34:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - Baked Apples Magritte Stuffed with Speculoos !

(........................... Apples Magritte)

(Speculoos !)

This simple recipe comes all the way from Belgium - home of speculoos and René Magritte - another famous Belgian

Preparation : 25 mins (inc. cooking) - if the train is on time
Cooking : 20 min
Difficulty : Easy Peasy

Ingredients (for 2 people) :

- 2 apples (type Royal Gala preferably)
- 2 or 3 speculoo biscuits (like Gingerbread men)
- 1 knob of butter
- 1 pinch cinnamon (optional)
- 2 or 3 soup spoons of brown or white sugar

Preparation :

Wash and rinse apples (don’t peel them!).
Slice off the tops of apples and keep!
Empty apples using an apple corer or a small spoon (you choose).
Pre-heat oven to 210°C (gas mark 7).
Reduce the speculoos to crumbs (using a blender, or putting them in a plastic bag and whacking them with a rolling pin).
Mix them up with the butter with your fingertips, until you obtain a rough paste.
Stuff apples with the mixture, and powder with brown sugar and cinnamon.
Place apples in an oven dish, and put the tops of the apples in the dish next to the apples (2 mm apart).
Pour 3 or 4 soup spoons of water into the bottom of the dish (where else !) (to prevent the juice from burning), cook for 20 mins.
Put tops back on the apples (after removing from oven!).
Eat, (preferably in the dining car of a train coming out of your fireplace). Remember not to talk with your mouth full and don't forget to chew, chew, chew. Whilst eating you may wish to ponder some words of wisdom from René Magritte (see below).

“The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.”

i.e.

"L'esprit aime l'inconnu. Il aime des images dont le sens est inconnu, étant donné que le sens de l'esprit lui-même est inconnu."

"Everyone is entitled to 24 hours of freedom a day."

Previous simple recipes :

Strawberry Cheesecake a la Salvador Dali
Black Forest Gateau with Nigella

Baked Apples Magritte Speculoos
Apple Recipes

Recipe Ideas | Beef in Beer

2008-05-12T08:19:00.000-07:00

Recipes - Beef Cooked in Beer (Boeuf a la Biere)

You like beef ? You like beer ? Then here is a recipe for beef cooked in beer - what could be better !?
Time : 3 hours
Difficulty : EZPZ

Ingredients for 4 People

680 g (1 1/2 lb) of beef (chuck steak or top rump) cut into cubes
2 soup spoons of sunflower oil
2 sliced onions
1 soup spoon of flour
1 pint of lager type beer
1 crushed clove of garlic
1 sprig thyme
1 bay leaf
Salt
Pepper
1 sprig parsley

Preparation

Pre-heat the oven to 140°C (gas mark 4/5)
Heat 1 soup spoon of oil in a casserole dish
Brown the beef all over. Keep the meat and the sauce.
Turn the heat down and add the rest of the oil. Cook the onions for 5 mins., then put in the meat and its sauce. Sprinkle with flour and mix together.
Pour in the beer and bring to the boil.
Add the garlic, the thyme and the bay leaf. Add seasoning. Cover the casserole dish and cook in the oven for 2 h 30 mins.
Chop the parsley up roughly and sprinkle over the beef before serving.

Note : Check after 1h 30 mins. that the liquid has not completely evaporated. If necessary, you can add another glass of beer.

Recipe Ideas | Mexican Chicken

2008-05-11T18:38:00.000-07:00

Mexican Chicken Recipe

Ingredients
1 Mexican Chicken
Salt and pepper
Flour
5 fl oz olive oil
1 onion
1 clove of garlic
3 fl oz white wine
1 laurel leaf
Cayenne pepper
100 g (3 ½ oz) of almonds
24 green and black olives
1 lb tomatoes
Chicken stock

Preparation

Cut up the chicken and season the pieces. Sprinkle with flour and fry in olive oil with crushed garlic and chopped onion. Replace the olive oil by white wine and cover with the chicken stock. Add the seasoning, Cayenne pepper and the bay leaf. Simmer for 45 mins. Put the almonds in.

Presentation: Serve in the casserole and put in the crushed tomatoes and a choice of green and black olives.

Words of Wisdom to Contemplate
“It is better to be the head of chicken than the rear end of an ox” Japanese Proverb

Strawberry Cheesecake a la Salvador Dali

2008-05-11T07:59:00.000-07:00

Simple Cake Recipes - Strawberry Cheesecake a la Salvador Dali

"One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams." Salvador Dali

"A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye" Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Simple Cake Recipes

Ingredients for 4-6 People
Time : 1 hour + 3 hours cooling - Difficulty : Easy

200 g (7 1/4 oz) of crushed digestive biscuits
500 g (1lb 2 oz) of 40% cream cheese
2 eggs
40 g (1 1/2 oz) butter
150 g (5 1/4 oz) sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Half teaspoon liquid vanilla extract
20 cl (7 1/4 fl. oz) custard
20 cl ( 7 1/4 fl. oz) strawberry coulis
5 cl (2 oz) chocolate sauce

(A beautiful woman sharing her homemade cheesecake)

Preparation

Heat the oven to gas mark 6 (180°C)

Strain the cheese and mix in a bowl with the eggs, sugar and vanilla. Mix in the lemon juice.
Crumble the digestive biscuits, mix with fingertips with the butter in small pieces and cover the bottom and sides of the mould, press firmly with fingers.
Pour in the cheese mixture and place in oven for 50 mins.
The cheesecake must be firm but not brown.

(Salvador Dali - Self-Portrait in the Monumental Shape of Cheesecake with Strawberry Genius - 1938)

Leave it to cool and place in the refrigerator for 3 hours. Remove from mould and cut into pieces.
Pour some custard into each plate
Pour a small amount of strawberry coulis in a circle and a second circle of chocolate sauce. Draw marks across these circles towards the outside using the blade of a pointed knife

Arrange the pieces of cheesecake on the plates, cover them with strawberry coulis, retire to bed and eat.

Click here for Simple Chicken Recipe for Philosophers

Black Forest Gateau Recipe with Nigella

2008-05-10T07:32:00.000-07:00

Simple Black Forest Cake Gateau Recipe a la Nigella (Schwarzwald Torte – Gateau de la Foret Noire)

The Black Forest Gateau is also known as the Black Forest Cake in the USA

It is easy to make and even easier to eat !

(Nigella Lawson (not part of the recipe) + Lake Titisee in the Black Forest- if Nigella Lawson were a cake she would be a Black Forest Gateau - Nigella Lawson was once considered too sexy for U.S. TV)
(The real Black Forest Gateau)

Black Forest Gateau - Black Forest Cake - Ingredients

500 g (17.5 oz.) black cherries
200 g (6 oz) sugar
200 g (6 oz) dark chocolate
100 g (3 oz) cocoa
100 g (3 oz) butter
75 g (2.5 oz) powdered almonds
50 g (1.75 oz) plain flour
40 cl cream (single cream in the UK)
25 g (.75 oz) icing sugar
10 cl kirsch
6 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ bag baking powder
Chocolate chips
Nigella Lawson

Black Forest Gateau - aka Black Forest Cake - Preparation

Remove the stones fom the cherries and macerate in the kirsch for two hours, strain and keep the juice
Mix the flour and the baking powder. Separate the whites of the eggs
Mix the egg yolks and 50 g of suger
Beat until the mixture turns white, add the butter, then the powdered almonds, cocoa, flour/baking powder and a teaspoon of vanilla extract
Mix until smooth
Beat the egg whites until stiff, beat into mixture
Pour batter into 3 greased and floured cake moulds of the same diameter
Cook for 20 mins. at 180°C. Remove from mould and leave to cool (each one is now called a ‘biscuit’)
Make a syrup with the rest of the sugar, a teaspoon of vanilla extract and half pint of water, away from the heat add the cherry juice
Soak the biscuits in the syrup, baste frequently
Beat the cream until it turns into a Chantilly cream, add the icing sugar and vanilla extract
Coat a biscuit with a quarter of the Chantilly cream, arrange half of the strained cherries
Cover with a biscuit, coat with a quarter of Chantilly and the cherries
Cover with the biscuit, coat the top and sides of the cake with the Chantilly
Place the chocolate chips on the cake to cover it fully
Place the Black Forest Gateau in the refrigerator 3 hours before serving
Phone up Nigella and invite her to come round and admire your handiwork - eat

Note
The batter can be cooked in a single mould, the cooking then takes 40 mins. And the cake is sliced into three equal parts

NB : for those who have no idea who the beautiful Nigella is

Who is Nigella Lawson?
Nigella Lawson is a national treasure in the UK and has achieved the impossible by making cooking look interesting ! But of course her culinary words of wisdom are wasted on the male population, as no man can remember anything she says as she has the power to hypnotize them with a single glance, after which she plants the suggestion deep within their strangely aroused cognitive organ - "go forth and buy my books you pitiful worms!" After each of Nigella's appearances on UK TV, men can be seen rising tuber-like from their couches in a daze and heading for their local Tesco's mumbling "yes mistress, must buy book". Fortunately the books in question are lavishly illustrated with pictures of the beautiful Nigella herself, firmly gripping carrots and/or bananas, which explains their best-seller status and the increase in banana consumption.

Nigella missed her vocation however as, given her background (daddy was a Tory MP and 'magnificent' Chancellor of the Exchequer), she should have embraced a career in politics where she would have undoubtedly slid all the way to the top of the greasy pole and become the UK's first real woman Prime Minister - it's not too late Nigella ! We will vote for you !

For How to Make Ice Cream see - Ice Cream Makers
For How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs see How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs at Home

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French Recipe Carp Provencal

2008-05-09T07:34:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - French Recipes - Fish - Provencal Carp

Simple Recipes - Provencal Carp Recipe – Carpe a la Provencale

Ingredients for 4 People

1 Carp weighing approx. 2lbs (1 kg.)
50 g. (1.75 oz.) of oil
2 cloves of garlic
1 onion
A few leaves of sage, basil and cinnamon
250 gr (8.75 oz.) of peeled tomatoes
Salt
Pepper

(French woman elegantly digesting a carp )

Preparation

Salt the carp and place it between 2 plates for 2 hours
Lightly brown the thinly sliced onion and the garlic in a fish kettle, add the carp and brown it on both sides
Next add the sage, basil, salt, pepper and cinnamon.
Cook.
Add a few spoonfuls of water from time to time.
After cooking for 15 minutes add the crushed tomatoes and leave to cook for 20 minutes. The sauce must be thick.
Eat, and digest as illustrated. Next some more cakes.

French Recipes | Chicken with Almonds

2008-05-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - French Recipes Chicken with Almonds (Poulet aux amandes)

French cuisine - a simple chicken recipe and very easy to prepare, for workophobics.

(A chicken - yours doesn't have to look like this one)

Ingredients for 4 People

1 chicken
1 lightly beaten egg
1/2 cup of flaked and chopped almonds
2 cups of grated gruyère cheese
1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon of paprika
Salt, pepper

(Some almonds - in case you've never seen almonds before - hey you may be an Eskimo - sorry Inuit)

Preparation
Cut the chicken into 6 - 8 pieces (best to make sure it's dead first).
Soak the pieces in the beaten egg.

Mix the almonds, gruyère, parmesan, paprika, salt and pepper. Coat the chicken with this mixture and press firmly.
Place in a lightly greased cooking tray. Cook in oven at 200° (gas mark 6) for 40 minutes.
Eat, but don’t sue me if you burn your mouth if you eat it when it’s still too hot.

If you fancy an Almond Cheesecake to go with your Almond Chicken you can download my E-book Mrs Beeton's Cake and Pudding Recipes very cheap at only $2

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French Recipes| Ratatouille

2008-05-06T13:52:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - French Recipes - Ratatouille

Ratatouille is one of the most simple recipes from the South of France, it one of the easiest to make, it is also the name of a famous film and it does not contain any rats.

It is a stew made from peppers, courgettes, aubergines, tomatoes and onions prepared using olive oil, which can be eaten hot or cold, with bread, but you no supposed to heat it up if has gone cold.

Hot, ratatouille is a wonderful accompanying dish for fish, chicken, veal chops or a main vegetarian course.

Ingredients for 4 people
1 aubergine (eggplant)
2 courgettes (zucchinis)
5 cloves of garlic
2 peppers
4 peeled tomatoes
Approx 50 g. of olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 sprig of thyme
1 sprig of parsley
1 sprig of basil

Preparation
Chop all the vegetables into small cubes. Chop the garlic into thin pieces. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in the bottom of the pot
Add the aubergines and courgettes and cook for 5 minutes. Heat 2 more tbsp of olive oil. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add salt and pepper.

Add the chopped herbs and cook on low heat for 1 hour

Alternatively, for an easier way of making ratatouille, put all the ingredients together in a large pot and allow them to cook over a slow heat for approximately 1 hour until the vegetables are well-cooked and soft.

French Recipes - Savoy Cake

2008-05-05T08:47:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - French Recipes - Traditional Savoy Cake

Simple Cake Recipes

Savoy Cake for 6 – 8 People

Ingredients

7 eggs
250 g. sugar
200 g. flour
Half a packet of bicarbonate of soda
A pinch of salt

Turn the oven on to gas mark 5 (thermostat 150 degrees)
Add the sugar to the egg yolks and mix.
Whip the egg whites
Mix the bicarbonate into the flour, pour part of the flour into the egg yolks then a part of the egg whites by folding over gently, recommence to mix in all the flour in two or three goes.
Pour into a mould immediately, and cook on a slow heat for 40 minutes
remove from mould hot and place on a grill. Tips : Leave the door slightly ajar so that the air can take part in the cooking. Use a teflon mould.

For a good book of French recipes have a look at Simple French Cookery by Raymond Blanc.

For traditional English cake recipes by the legendary Mrs Beeton Mrs Beeton's Cake and Pudding Recipes for a Christmas Cake Recipe see Traditional Christmas Cake Recipe

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French Tourin a la Tomate

2008-03-23T14:44:00.000-07:00

Simple Recipes - Recipe Ideas Tourin a la Tomate

Simple Soup Recipe

I was born in France but now live in England. I have adapted to the climate, which, here in the South-West is not that different from my native Paris… The food, however, is a different matter. Part of my roots are in the South-West of France where my sister and I used to spend our summer holidays.

In the evening, our aunt Pierrette would make such delicious soups that even now thinking of them, makes my mouth water. So I have decided to create this blog to post some of my favourite recipes. The first recipe is a French recipe for one of my aunt’s excellent soups from the Périgourdine Region of France. In French it is called ‘Tourin à la tomate’ or Thick Tomato Soup. The quantities are for 4 people.

Ingredients for ‘tourin à la tomate’:

1 spoon of oil (traditionally goose or duck fat)
1 onion (100g)
2 big cloves of garlic
1kg (2.2 pounds) of beef tomatoes
1 spoon of tomato purée
1.5 litres (2.7 pints) of chicken stock
A sprig of thyme
Salt and pepper
4 large slices of farmhouse bread

Peel and cut the onion in thin slices, then peel the garlic cloves, cut each clove lengthwise into two halves and carefully remove and discard the green heart which is not digestible, then slice thinly.
In a heavy casserole dish put the oil or goose fat to melt. As soon as it starts sizzling put the sliced onion and garlic in it. Stir often until it takes a golden colour.
Rinse the beef tomatoes in water and dry them, then cut into quarters. Add to the onion and garlic and stir well, one or two minutes, remove from the heat.
Mix the tomato purée in a bowl with part of the chicken stock, add it to the casserole dish, then add the rest of the chicken stock, the sprig of thyme, the salt and pepper. Cover and let it simmer at a very low gas mark for 30 minutes.
Toast the bread lightly and put in a soup tureen. When the soup is ready pour it on to the toasted bread, cover and leave 3 minutes to rest, then grind some fresh pepper on it and serve.

This ‘tourin’ recipe is one of many variants of the typical soup of South West of France. It is very simple to make but it is the one I like best, I hope you will too.

Bon appétit.