Recipe Thread.

[Joe King]

I reckon some of us on here enjoy spending time in the kitchen, cooking, baking and wanting to impress friends and family members. So, come on, let's see your favourite recipes. I'll dig a few of mine out and post later......

 

[Joe King]

HH's Simple Fruit Cake..........

Ingredients

120g / 4oz margarine

170g / 6oz Sugar

340g / 14oz Dried fruit - this can be a mixture of raisins, sultanas, cherries, peel... whatever you fancy!

225ml / 8floz Water

1tsp Bicarbonate of soda

1 half tsp Mixed spice

2 Beaten Eggs

120g / 4oz Plain flour

120g / 4oz Self raising Flour

Pinch of Salt

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/Gas Mark 3

Prepare the tin by applying a thin layer of margarine and lining with two layers of greaseproof paper.

Put the margarine, sugar, fruit, water, bicarbonate of soda and mixed spice in a saucepan over a moderate heat. Bring to boil and simmer for 1 minute.

Pour into a mixing bowl and allow to cool.

Add eggs, flour and salt to cooled mixture. Mix well and pour into prepared tin.

Bake for about 1½ hours. You may need to put brown paper over the top if cake starts to singe before it is cooked throughout.

Cake is ready when an inserted skewer comes out clean - leave to cool on a wire rack.

 

[JohnWH]

HH's Simple Fruit Cake..........

Ingredients

120g / 4oz margarine

170g / 6oz Sugar

340g / 14oz Dried fruit - this can be a mixture of raisins, sultanas, cherries, peel... whatever you fancy!

225ml / 8floz Water

1tsp Bicarbonate of soda

1 half tsp Mixed spice

2 Beaten Eggs

120g / 4oz Plain flour

120g / 4oz Self raising Flour

Pinch of Salt

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/Gas Mark 3

Prepare the tin by applying a thin layer of margarine and lining with two layers of greaseproof paper.

Put the margarine, sugar, fruit, water, bicarbonate of soda and mixed spice in a saucepan over a moderate heat. Bring to boil and simmer for 1 minute.

Pour into a mixing bowl and allow to cool.

Add eggs, flour and salt to cooled mixture. Mix well and pour into prepared tin.

Bake for about 1½ hours. You may need to put brown paper over the top if cake starts to singe before it is cooked throughout.

Cake is ready when an inserted skewer comes out clean - leave to cool on a wire rack.

Which dried fruits have you preferred over the years?
Would you recommend finely chopped dried apricot?

 

[shmmeee]

Very interested in this thread. Want to expand beyond spaghetti bolognese and chilli. Sadly I think fruit cakes are the worst foodstuff known to man.

 

[Joe King]

Which dried fruits have you preferred over the years?
Would you recommend finely chopped dried apricot?

I usually tend to use just a packet of mixed fruit. But you can put in whatever you fancy instead. Not sure about dried apricots though. You could try them and let us know how it turns out.

 

[Joe King]

Very interested in this thread. Want to expand beyond spaghetti bolognese and chilli. Sadly I think fruit cakes are the worst foodstuff known to man.

After I had my double heart bypass 22 years ago, my step daughter, who is a strict vegetarian, gave me one of her recipes. (She worried about me eating meat!) Now, I'm still no 'veggie', but this dish was amazing! I've made it many times in the past. I'll post on here in a bit. I think you'll like it @shmmeee.

 

[Joe King]

@shmmeee
This is a superb vegetarian dish. I'm no veggie, but love making this. Especially good as a "Winter Warmer"! A good size casserole dish is recommended.
Vegetarian Bake
Ingredients

1 x Large Tin Chick Peas

1 x Large Tin Kidney Beans

1 x Large Tin Chopped Tomatoes

Fresh cloves of Garlic (loads!)

Basil or Oregano

Courgette

Carrots

Mushrooms

Fresh Peppers

Olive Oil

Good mashing Potatoes (3lb)

1 x medium onion

Broccoli

METHOD

Boil potatoes and then chop and mix the rest of the veg and put into a separate large saucepan with an olive oil & garlic mix.

Heat through for about 15 minutes, stirring and mixing thoroughly.

When potatoes have been boiled for long enough, mash them with more garlic and olive oil mix.

When vegetables are ready, pour into an oven-proof dish and spread the potato mix over them in the form of a shepherd’s pie. Bake in a hot oven until the top turns golden and crisp.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Authentic Thai Basil Chicken Recipe (ผัดกระเพราไก่)

This Thai basil chicken recipe (pad kra pao gai ผัดกระเพราไก่) is one of the most popular Thai street food recipes, and you're going to love it!

www.eatingthaifood.com

Me and my son absolutely love this

 

[shmmeee]

Authentic Thai Basil Chicken Recipe (ผัดกระเพราไก่)

This Thai basil chicken recipe (pad kra pao gai ผัดกระเพราไก่) is one of the most popular Thai street food recipes, and you're going to love it!

www.eatingthaifood.com

Me and my son absolutely love this

Where do you get holy basil or do you just use normal basil?

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Where do you get holy basil or do you just use normal basil?

Tesco or sainsbury when I can get it or China Town oriental supermarket in the City Centre. In the oriental supermarket they do separate frozen cubes of the basil and chilli and garlic

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Great idea for a thread this

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Where do you get holy basil or do you just use normal basil?

Normal basil under the tap while saying a blessing.

 

[Mr Panda]

I often make this from HelloFresh

https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/recipes/thai-style-pork-rice-bowl-6278b65d0119867c3102236e

Swap out the pork mince for tofu cubes when the vegan girlfriend is over

 

[rob9872]

I often make this from HelloFresh

https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/recipes/thai-style-pork-rice-bowl-6278b65d0119867c3102236e

Swap out the pork mince for tofu cubes when the vegan girlfriend is over

Bollocks to that just don't tell her and say it's Quorn

 

[Mr Panda]

Bollocks to that just don't tell her and say it's Quorn

Tried that but even quorn isn’t vegan

 

[Terry_dactyl]

I mean at this stage aren’t we all hoping @JohnWH shares his Vietnamese recipes?

 

[JohnWH]

I mean at this stage aren’t we all hoping @JohnWH shares his Vietnamese recipes?

Well I didn't personally create any of them after all, bought a cookbook from author Julie Mai Tran. If I get the energy to type out everything from a recipe I'll consider doing so.
Are there many Asian markets over in UK that aren't Indian focused? A lot of these recipes seem to have very specific Viet items that might be difficult to find but I don't know from all the way over here in USA.

 

[Nuskyblue]

Greek chicken and potatoes delicious and simple, a one pot job.

You basically roast 1kg of chicken thighs and potatoes together in chicken stock with the Juice of a couple of lemons, a bit of oregano and many cloves of garlic.

You can use any potatoes, I like to use tinned ones because I'm lazy.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Well I didn't personally create any of them after all, bought a cookbook from author Julie Mai Tran. If I get the energy to type out everything from a recipe I'll consider doing so.
Are there many Asian markets over in UK that aren't Indian focused? A lot of these recipes seem to have very specific Viet items that might be difficult to find but I don't know from all the way over here in USA.

Just take a photo and post it!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

For the past year I’ve been meal prepping my lunches. Quite a few recipes I’ve got in the rotation now, starting with slow cooked beef curry. This makes around 6 portions:

Dice two brown onions and fry in 1 tsp coconut oil until soft

Add a few tbsp garlic/ginger paste and fry until fragrant

Add 2 tbsp garam masala and as much/little of whichever chilli powder you prefer, fry till fragrant

Add 1 kilo of diced beef, and fry till browned on all sides-transfer to slow cooker

Add one can (400 g) of full fat coconut milk, salt to taste, and 1 tbsp plain flour.

Mix and cook on low for 8 hours then serve with rice or naan.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Mrs D does all that Joe Wickes stuff. Some of the recipes are bangin’. I’ll see if I can get them off her…

 

[Marty]

Gołąbki​

1 large cabbage
1 large onion
100g rice
500g minced meat of your choice.
2 vegetable stock cubs
Seasoning.

Take off a few of the outer leaves of the cabbage and put them to the side. Cut out the centre of the cabbage and boil cabbage until soft.

Cook rice.

Once the rice is cooked and drained, put into a mixing bowl with a finely chopped onion, minced meat and seasoning, mix well.

Take a cabbage leaf, a spoon of the mix and wrap it up like a burrito.

Use the leafs from earlier to line the bottom of pot, place the little cabbage parcels inside, fill with stock and cook.

 

[ProfessorbyGrace]

Gołąbki​

1 large cabbage
1 large onion
100g rice
500g minced meat of your choice.
2 vegetable stock cubs
Seasoning.

Take off a few of the outer leaves of the cabbage and put them to the side. Cut out the centre of the cabbage and boil cabbage until soft.

Cook rice.

Once the rice is cooked and drained, put into a mixing bowl with a finely chopped onion, minced meat and seasoning, mix well.

Take a cabbage leaf, a spoon of the mix and wrap it up like a burrito.

Use the leafs from earlier to line the bottom of pot, place the little cabbage parcels inside, fill with stock and cook.

Ah, a Polish friend used to make this and bring it to work with her to feed me on our 12 hour shifts, it was stunning. Her Bigos was also delicious.

She was from Częstochowa, lovely girl.

 

[Marty]

Ah, a Polish friend used to make this and bring it to work with her to feed me on our 12 hour shifts, it was stunning. Her Bigos was also delicious.

She was from Częstochowa, lovely girl.

Yeah they're very good, a lot of polish food is delicious, Rakow are decent team too.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Authentic Thai Basil Chicken Recipe (ผัดกระเพราไก่)

This Thai basil chicken recipe (pad kra pao gai ผัดกระเพราไก่) is one of the most popular Thai street food recipes, and you're going to love it!

www.eatingthaifood.com

Me and my son absolutely love this

My favourite Thai dish too. Worth going to a oriental supermarket to get some holy basil and the small red chillis.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Where do you get holy basil or do you just use normal basil?

Chinese supermarkets sell it usually, I get it in Chinatown in Manchester but I've seen it in some of the ones in Cov city centre.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

My favourite Thai dish too. Worth going to a oriental supermarket to get some holy basil and the small red chillis.

The fried egg on top too

 

[Nuskyblue]

Yeah they're very good, a lot of polish food is delicious, Rakow are decent team too.

Polpety (spelling) are fantastic, polish recipe for meatballs poached in a stock that is then thickened and combined with garlic. From what I understand, it's a typical central European dish, the Germans and Austrians have a similar dish (with Veal I think).

Hearty.

 

[Joe King]

Nice to see Polish recipes here. My missus is Polish/Lithuanian and loves Eastern European food. Her favourite is Sauerkraut. I can't even stand the smell of it! Thank god I do the shopping these days due to her mobility issues. It means I keep "forgetting" to buy jars of the stuff!

 

[wingy]

Nice to see Polish recipes here. My missus is Polish/Lithuanian and loves Eastern European food. Her favourite is Sauerkraut. I can't even stand the smell of it! Thank god I do the shopping these days due to her mobility issues. It means I keep "forgetting" to buy jars of the stuff!

Does she get anywhere more convenient for her and you Houch?

 

[wingy]

Nice to see Polish recipes here. My missus is Polish/Lithuanian and loves Eastern European food. Her favourite is Sauerkraut. I can't even stand the smell of it! Thank god I do the shopping these days due to her mobility issues. It means I keep "forgetting" to buy jars of the stuff!

Get her a jar of rollmops instead then!

 

[Joe King]

Does she get anywhere more convenient for her and you Houch?

She can barely walk out to our back garden Wingy. Supposed to be going on holiday in 2 weeks. Only Bridlington, but I'm worried about her getting round. She has a mobility scooter but doesn't handle it very well. She has very little coordination and confidence.

 

[JohnWH]

I'm not ass'd to type it out. So found a link for a similar dish made earlier tonight.

Vietnamese Squid Salad (Goi Muc) - Vicky Pham

A light, refreshing appetizer, this squid salad features a sweet, salty, sour, and spicy fish sauce dressing, topped with crunchy fried garlic.

www.vickypham.com

Vietnamese squid salad!

I used three large handfuls of baby squid for convenience (found at Asian supermarket) rather than a whole medium squid (also available at my local Asian supermarket), not sure what may be available to you all over in the UK but I'd imagine a Chinese specialty store should sort you for the seafood and fish sauce. I also saved some of the dressing separately for dipping. and the rest to marinade to coat the squid while it chilled in the fridge by itself for a couple of hours after cooked, and kept separate from everything else so nothing gets the wrong kind of soggy.
Pickled carrots (and daikon, if you can find it) is super easy to make and just making a bit of it can last for quite a while, adding a bit of punch to any meal that might benefit.... Vietnamese Pickled Carrots & Daikon Radish Recipe (Đồ Chua)

If you're able to get more authentic Viet basil and fish mint it'll improve the flavor. I posted this on my thread for Vietnamese foods also on the Off Topic.

 

[JohnWH]

Just take a photo and post it!

This ought to be easy enough and flavorful for you lazy lot. I imagine it's as simple (and probably healthier) with ground chicken or ground turkey.

"Birds eye chili" is also known as a Thai red chili. Small and spicy, we find it easily at our Asian market. As well as the fish sauce.


"Pickled carrots and daikon" in a link above.

 

[JohnWH]

For the past year I’ve been meal prepping my lunches. Quite a few recipes I’ve got in the rotation now, starting with slow cooked beef curry. This makes around 6 portions:

Dice two brown onions and fry in 1 tsp coconut oil until soft

Add a few tbsp garlic/ginger paste and fry until fragrant

Add 2 tbsp garam masala and as much/little of whichever chilli powder you prefer, fry till fragrant

Add 1 kilo of diced beef, and fry till browned on all sides-transfer to slow cooker

Add one can (400 g) of full fat coconut milk, salt to taste, and 1 tbsp plain flour.

Mix and cook on low for 8 hours then serve with rice or naan.

Get us a photo next time you make. Pweeze.