Stuff you've cooked/baked/made today

[Silly Car]

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Rhubarb mille feuille

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Fruit tart

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Pavlova

If you made that, I'll my hat!

<so long as you bake it>

Yep. All by my own shovel sized hands.

Mille feuille pastry was straight out of a packet as life is too short to make puff pastry. I did a one day patisserie course where we made the tarts with the sugar work. The pavlova was a Mary Berry recipe.

I must admit I do find cooking cathartic except celebration cakes as I away find I’m up against the clock, so I won’t do them anymore.

[Silly Car]

All looks very nice SC, but I'm still having the tarts above all else

Made your own pastry? They're about the only thing which can compell me to make proper flakey from scratch.

I suppose a Beef Wellington might, but Mrs D is veggie.

The tarts have a pate Sucre pastry, very light and crisp, well until the crème pat goes in…

[Mr. Dazzle]

I meant the Custard ones, I can say the proper name but I can't spell it

I've done them in my Pizza oven before and it's great for the same reason it makes great Pizza. Naffing hot!

[Count Steer]

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Portuguese egg tarts

You can talk forrin to us y'know, we're all cosmopolitans here.

Pastel de nata...or as my mum called hers 'Egg custards'. (Hers were rather deeper than the Portuguese ones).

[Noggin]

Never tried chocolate and courgette cake - if it's anything like as good as carrot cake then it will be ace...

I was really surprised the first time I made courgette cake!! It is really good

[Mr. Dazzle]

Choc a beetroot works too.

Using mashed spud to replace some of the flour in sponge cake is also quite good!

[Noggin]

Choc a beetroot works too.

Using mashed spud to replace some of the flour in sponge cake is also quite good!

A friend used to make a lemon potato cake for gluten free peeps in the chalet - don't think I've got the recipe anymore

[MingtheMerciless]

Radishes baked in the air fryer.

[Noggin]

Radishes baked in the air fryer.

Oooooo.. I have too many of those and wondering what to do with them! Spose I could try that for a laugh?!!

[Noggin]

I've just done a TON of prep today! Got the veg and beansprout filling for the spring rolls and the meaty bits done. Ran out of time to actually make and fry them, so that will have to be Monday now!

[Mr. Dazzle]

Tonight's dinner, saffron risotto with roasted tomato and some garlicky toasty bits made with the last of a sourdough loaf.

[Cousin Jack]

Tonight's dinner, saffron risotto with roasted tomato and some garlicky toasty bits made with the last of a sourdough loaf.

Never mind your dinner, when are you going to make a lardy cake?

[Horse]

Never tried chocolate and courgette cake - if it's anything like as good as carrot cake then it will be ace...

I have just grated courgette for c & choc cake.

Now that the difficult and dangerous bit is done, Filly can finish it

[Trinity765]

In Wales at the moment staying in a posh Airbnb (I didn't know it was this nice when I booked it so feeing blessed). I spent the afternoon with Caroline and Nick Sanders. Caroline gave me a giant courgette, an onion, a bunch of fresh herbs from her garden and some of the neighbour's Welsh Black Pig back bacon which I cooked on the posh induction hob back at the converted chapel. Delish.

[Noggin]

Never tried chocolate and courgette cake - if it's anything like as good as carrot cake then it will be ace...

I have just grated courgette for c & choc cake.

Now that the difficult and dangerous bit is done, Filly can finish it

Too late now I suspect, but I did squish it a lot in a muslin square (wrapped it up and twisted the muslin) to get rid of a fair bit of the liquid first

[Noggin]

I’m determined to sort out baking in my mini air fryer! (Well, just until the oven is sorted!!)

All the recipes seem to only account for a full sized one so most of my attempts have not turned out too well :roll)

I found some weird shaped silicone cake things, cupcake sized. With the gap in the middle I figured that the cakes might actually cook through!! (I normally avoid silicone baking stuff cos I’ve never succeeded in making things works proper in them

But. These turned out ok. A sort of banana muffin mix, mini air fryer - now got cakes to share tomorrow!!





Then I chopped up loads of veg, a bit of chicken and used the last of a catering pot of korma curry paste!

I forgot that the weird shaped peppers are hotter than peppers! And the paste is way hotter than any korma I’ve had! So chucked in some coconut stuff and, well, it’s still a bit hot for me, but I’ll freeze it anyway and try and remember to add yoghurt when I reheat it

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[ChrisW]

Empanadas tonight, doing them in the air-fryer, first couple out.

[Mr. Dazzle]

What's the difference between an Empanada and a Pasty? Is there one or is it like Crepe vs. Pancake? Or Cote de Boeuf vs. Ribeye if you're feeling fancy.

[Noggin]

Empanadas tonight, doing them in the air-fryer, first couple out.

I've just made some pastry and had planned to make some goats cheese and fig tarts and maybe some goats cheese and pumpkin ones too. Then realised, only the mini air fyer

Still might. Cos everything is ready!! Got some packs of goats cheese (cheap because they are dated!) and the pumpkin is cooked and ready.

Best just MFTU and try it!! LOL

[ChrisW]

Empanadas tonight, doing them in the air-fryer, first couple out.

I've just made some pastry and had planned to make some goats cheese and fig tarts and maybe some goats cheese and pumpkin ones too. Then realised, only the mini air fyer

Still might. Cos everything is ready!! Got some packs of goats cheese (cheap because they are dated!) and the pumpkin is cooked and ready.

Best just MFTU and try it!! LOL

Our air fryer isn't huge so we just had a production line going and had the last couple for dinner while still fully hot.

We're putting feta, sweet potato, spinach & chilli jam in the dough that's left over.