Friday, November 17, 2023

Hazelnut Bread Things with (or without) custard

 It's a sweet bread dough with hazelnut mix in the middle.

250g flour
7g yeast
25g sugar (I put in much more)
vanilla essence
lemon essense
1 egg
40 butter
125mk milk

Make the dough with the above and when it's all risen and ready form into balls with the following mix inside:
80ml milk
2tbsp honey
160g ground hazelnuts

(actually I just used sugar, it was fine)
Rise again, bake. When done brish over with melted butter and sugar for a nice crunchy finish. Meant to be serves with custard (vanilla sauce) but I found them fine as they were.

Cauliflower Tabbouleh

 Extremely tasty carb alternative.


Blitz up head of cauliflower and microwave for 4 minutes. Add in finely chopped large bunch each of mint and parsley, and some chopped red onions / shallots, microwave for another 1 min. Season massively. Add chopped nuts of choice. Even the kids say it's a 'do again'.

Mega Porkballs Thai style

  Shrimp paste, spring onions, an egg, some green curry powder, seasoning and yes, a bit of panko to hold together your pork mince meatballs. We were done with stuffing around with small ones so we did half the size of a fist and they turned out really nicely. 

Chop veg (whatever you're putting in)

Prep coconut milk mix with more shrimp paste, green curry paste, lime juice

Prep cornstarch thickener

Get yer wok out. Meatballs, veg, sauce, thicken. Some had it with noodles. It was great. Will try to take pics next time

Liverwurst and linseed meal biscuit

 Less than half a red onion, seasoning, an egg, allspice, and some booze (whisky, brandy, etc). Blends really finely. Add a tidied pack of about 600g livers, blend really finely. Bain Marie it covered for about 2 hours, possibly uncovered at the end, make sure it comes away from the edges a bit by the end. Cool, turf out or keep in the pot, depending on your receptacle. 


To serve, I tried some Linseed meal biscuits, which weren't bad. 


Tried raising it with egg, melted butter, seasoning and yeast, but it didn't rise at all. It did however seem to soften the linseed. Left it for about an hour and then dealt with the pasty mess. Lined a brownie tray with baking powder, cooked at about 170, took about 15 mins. Took out and scored shortbread-finger-type slices. Left in at the end to make it dry out a little without browning, not sure if it did anything, but the texture was OK considering. Actually better than standard bread with the liverwurst (I tried both).  

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Satay sauce

 Satay sauce

Peanut butter, lime, chili, soy and fish sauce, (tamarind), sweetener, coriander, coconut milk (sesame oil) 


Left the chicken overnight in this with some cornflour. Then had some more afterwards... without the cornflour, more lime, for dipping. 

Thai fish cakes


  • 1 lb / 500g white fish fillets , skinless and pin boned, cut into chunks - Basa etc
  • 3 tbsp red curry paste (or much less for Rabbit)
  • coriander
  • fish sauce
  • lime juice
  • 1 egg

Wizz that lot until they get sticky. Then add
  •  cornstarch 
  • 6 green beans , finely sliced 
Then fry in scoops. Hot deep fry worked best, they poufed up. 
  • Oil for frying (lots) 

Dipping Sauce 

  • ·        60g (1/4 cup) sugar substitute
  • ·        60ml (1/4 cup) fresh lime juice
  • ·        1 tbsp fish sauce, extra
  • ·        1/2 Lebanese cucumber, deseeded, finely chopped
  • ·        1 small fresh red birdseye chilli, deseeded, thinly sliced

Friday, April 1, 2022

Keto Chocolate Mousse

  As a Moose, I approve. 



(Bunny complained that the regular martini glasses weren't big enough. It's not a perspective trick.) 

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream 
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 
  • 1/4 cup sweetner 
  • vanilla extract 
  • pinch of salt 

Sift the dry ingredients together and whip into a ... MOOSE... with the cream. Or whip the cream a bit and add the rest. Serve with generous amounts of Kahlua. Yet to find someone who doesn't like this. Takes about three minutes to make.