Showing posts with label BREAD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BREAD. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 January 2012

The Fabulous Baker Brothers Recipe For Sticky Sticks With Chocolate Sauce

Hot, sticky doughnut fingers with hot chocolate sauce fresh from The Fabulous Baker Brothers' kitchen          Makes 10



I love food programmes and I have a new favourite. Channel 4 have two new cooking stars with the new programme called The Fabulous Baker Brothers. 
The Fabulous Baker Brothers stars brothers Tom, a baker, and Henry, a chef who runs the local butcher's shop next door. With five generations of baking tradition behind them, Tom and Henry take viewers into the heat of the artisan kitchen and unlock the trade secrets of baking, which have been honed through years of practice and passion.
The series is packed with hearty recipes and interesting twists as each episode the boys roll up their sleeves and take viewers through their delicious recipes. But it's not just about bread and pastry, as each dish has hearty fillings, tempting toppings and tasty accompaniments that bring in stacks of delicious flavours.

Here is the recipe for Sticky Sticks With Chocolate Sauce  from the very first episode which can be watched on 4od. Click HERE to view it ( opens in a new window)

Now for the recipe which is so simple and so delicious that your kids (and the rest of your family and friends) will love and ask for again and again.


Ingredients

  • 400g water
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 130g self-raising flour
  • 130g plain flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 20g granulated sugar
  • Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • Plenty of caster sugar, for rolling
For the chocolate and stout dunking sauce
  • 100g dark chocolate
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 50ml double cream
  • 50ml stout
  • Small knob butter
  • Pinch of salt

Method

  1. In a pan, bring the water and oil to the boil. Mix the flours, salt and 20g sugar in a bowl, then slowly pour in the hot water mixture. Using a fork quickly mix the water in. You should have a stiff sticky dough, but don't overwork it.
  2. Heat the vegetable oil to 170°C in a fryer or heavy-based saucepan. Quickly with light hands roll the dough into longish sticks. Place a few at a time into the fryer. They should take about 3-5 minutes to cook until they are golden and crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle.
  3. Lift out of the oil, drain on kitchen paper. In a tray mix the orange zest with a good amount of caster sugar, then toss with the hot doughnuts to coat.
  4. For the sauce, place the ingredients in a small pan and heat gently. Stir until the butter and chocolate has melted and the sauce is smooth and glossy. Don't heat too much as the chocolate and cream will split. If you don't fancy stout then milk is an acceptable alternative.
  5. While the sauce is still warm dip the sticky sticks and devour.
Cook's tip: CAUTION – Resist the temptation to eat the sticky sticks right away as the they will burn your mouth. Wait at least 30 seconds after they've been cooked and rolled in the sugar.


Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Perfect Yorkshire Pudding Recipe and You Tube Film with Diana Garne

When was the last time you made Yorkshire puddings to go with your roast dinner? When I worked as a commis chef I used to love a Sunday because the chef would make the most amazing Yorkshire puddings I have ever tasted! They were so light and were huge and tasted fantastic. I often asked him how he made them. He always showed me how, he would show the technique, the basic Yorkshire pudding recipe but would never tell his secret recipe for Yorkshire puddings!


Chefs and their secret recipes! I never found out what chef Andy's famous secret recipe for Yorkshire pudding was but I did perfect my own and love cooking them with my roast dinner plus the kids love them!
So next time you are having a roast dinner then make sure you make your own Yorkshire puddings. Please do not buy the ready made frozen ones from your supermarket, although these are quick and easy to make they are just not the same and if you have never made your own then try it and you will see what I mean.
Below is the basic Yorkshire pudding recipe and method plus a wee video with Diana Garne showing you how she makes them, have fun and enjoy.

Best Yorkshire puddings

The secret to getting gloriously puffed-up Yorkshires is to have the fat sizzling hot – and don’t open the oven door!
Makes 8 large puds or 24 small

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time Prep 5 mins
Cook time Cook 20 mins
Vegetarian Freezable Vegetarian



Heat oven to 230C/fan 210C/gas 8. Drizzle a little oil evenly into 2 x 4-hole Yorkshire pudding tins or a 12-hole non-stick muffin tin and place in the oven to heat through.
To make the batter, tip the flour into a bowl and beat in the eggs until smooth. Gradually add the milk and carry on beating until the mix is completely lump-free. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the batter into a jug, then remove the hot tins from the oven. Carefully and evenly pour the batter into the holes. Place the tins back in the oven and leave undisturbed for 20-25 mins until the puddings have puffed up and browned. Serve immediately. You can now cool them and freeze for up to 1 month.



Monday, 6 June 2011

A Fantastic Banana Bread Recipe

I love fresh made bread but more than that I love speciality breads and one of my favorite is Banana bread. Here is a recipe for Banana Bread that I have used for years. I cant remember where I got it but it works a treat every time.







4 oz Butter
8 oz Self Raising Flour
4 oz Soft Brown Sugar
6 oz Raisins
2  eggs
2 tblspns Honey
3 Bananas 



  •  Rub butter and flour together until breadcrumbs. Add sugar and raisins. Give a stir. Beat eggs. Spoon out honey and stir in. Mash Bananas and add to mixture. Give it a good stir. Grease loaf tin. Pour in ingredients & cook at 180oc/350f for 1 hour. Check to see if cooked (put skewer in and if it comes out clean it's ready!) Turn out bread and leave to cool. Eat and enjoy!!!






  • Tuesday, 24 May 2011

    Old Fashioned Gingerbread Loaf












    This is another one of my old Nana's recipes and another one that brings back so many memories when I smell it baking! Hope you enjoy.

    50 g butter
    1 tablespoon golden syrup  
    1 egg
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1 cup plain flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    2 teaspoons ginger powder
    1 teaspoon mixed spice
    1 teaspoon baking soda  
    3/4 cup milk


     Preheat oven to 180°C.
     Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
     In a medium saucepan, gently melt the butter and golden syrup together.
    In a mixer cream together egg, and sugar - mix well.
    Add the melted syrup mixture.
    Sift and mix in all other ingredients except the baking soda and milk.
    Mix the baking soda with the milk then gradually stir this into the mix. The mixture will be quite runny.
    Pour into loaf tin and cook for about 35 mins or until ready when tested with skewer.

      Tuesday, 11 May 2010

      HOMEMADE WHITE BREAD













      John Young, owner of Breadalven Bakery in Aberfeldy, has been a baker for 51 years.

      His recipe for a simple white loaf has been a favourite with customers over the years and now he has decided to share it.

      Ingredients are:- 1lb 2oz of plain white flower, two tea spoons of salt, one teaspoon of sugar, one teaspoon of white fat, nine ounces of water and an ounce and a half of compressed yeast.

      Mix yeast with water and add all ingredients into a mixing bowl. Mix up into a smooth dough and kneed by hand for 15 mins. Cover dough with cling film and let rise for one hour. Mould into shape and transfer to a warm oven (420-450F, Gas Mark 6) for 50 minutes.

      John said: "Never let the yeast come in contact with the salt as salt will stop it from acting properly. Bread is best eaten one day after it has been baked."