OK Chef, Give Me Your Favorite Recipe

[kathycf]

A stock cube is pretty much the same as a boullon cube. Dried seasonings pressed into a cube to use as a base for soup. I try to get my friend who lives in the UK to send me OXO when she can, but normally I just make do with the stuff I can get at the market.

Those Egyptian potatoes sound very good, I am going to have to make that.

[Nightshade]

ok other than the bump and the race to catch up with aimus I do actually have a real reason to wake this thread up hows this for a recipie

Beef roasted in spinach.
a fillet of beef ( is it a fillet of beef?) like a steak but not a steak
anyway that and spinach.

marinade the beef in soysauce ginger, nutmeg, cinnimon, pepper, salt onion garlics...well anything you like really but marinade it anyway.
Then once you think its marinaded enough rap thepiece of meet in the fresh spinach leaves completly and shove in the oven to roast, till cooked.

I made it up but it was GORGEOUS.
I ate it with rattitoiue ( well I added left over spinach to the rattitoue so Ive been told that wasnt rattitoie but you get the picture?)
and couscous (cheaper than rice and idiot proof!)

[Virgil]

Hey that sounds great, Night. I may try that myself.

[Serenata]

hehe reminds me of that movie.....I forget which, where the guys says he's a vegetarian and the aunt says "That's ok i'll make lamb".

Papayahed, that movie was "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

DOes anybody have a quick biscotti recipe?

[vheissu]

Just found this thread and I'm gonna have to write down some recipes!!
I have one for biscotti, but it's not very quick I'm afraid...I'll post it anyway:

maya-dunked biscotti
The maya is from the green+blacks maya gold chocolate: it's basically orange flavoured with some spices (cinnamon and sth else)
U'll need:
200g plain flour
60g cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
225g caster sugar
3/4 tablespoon ground espresso coffee (optional)
60g dark chocolate, chopped
2 medium eggs
1 medium egg yolk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
200 g dark chocolate, orange flavoured or any other flavour of your choice

Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt + caster sugar and place it into a food processor (which I didn't have!). Add ground coffee + chopped chocolate and finely grind the whole thing.
Whisk together the eggs + yolk, add vanilla extract and slowly add to the ground mixture, processing until the mixture forms a ball.
Lightly flour the work surface and roll the dough into a log. Flour it so it's coated on all sides.
Place it in a buttered baking tray, bake for 25-30 min (180 C).
Remove from oven, leave to cool....using a (very) sharp knife cut across the log so u make slices of aprox. 1cm.
Place the slices in the baking tray and cook for a further 30 min, or until firm, at a lower temp. (150 C).
Allow to cool.
This is the fun part: melt the flavoured dark choc and dip one end of each biscotti into the chocolate and let it set.

I know it's long...and I can never get equal sized slices, but they are really good and worth the effort!

[Serenata]

That sounds great, thank you.

[mir]

. . . No, this is not at all stereotypical. But cooking, for all you guys or girls who haven't discovered it, is a really good time waster.

So, if anyone wants to post their favorite recipies here so everybody else can have some fun either making or eating , please do!! I'm going to put one down that i just discovered today, by confusing a cake with a cake TOPPING. They're pretty healthy, though!

Sugar-nut muffins

Combine:
2/3 cup flour (I used half regular and half whole wheat, but it could probably go either way)
1/2 cup walnuts, pecans, or both
2/3 cup sugar (possibly could use less for a less-sweet muffin, I'm still tinkering with this one)
1 and 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
a couple of thinly sliced apricots

Beat and then combine with dry mix:
2 egg whites
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla

I'm not sure how long this should be baked yet - it took about 20-25 minutes on 300 degrees, but I'd do it at 350 and stick a toothpick in it, and if that comes out clean then it's done.

Anyway . . . anyone else want to post theirs?

[mir]

this is mir's friend (who doesn't feel like signing in but is Blacksheep on this forum)

oOo! i have one!
brocoli
ingredients:
brocoli

procedure:
wash brocoli.
eat brocoli.
digest brocoli.

This is Mir reclaiming her computer. Here is a recipie of how to cook Black sheep:

[dramasnot6]

Great idea for a thread mir! I love cooking. Here are my very favorite cookies to make!
They are vegan and sugar free! So theyre not only DELICIOUS and chocolatey, but healthy and low fat!

Chocolate Chunky Chip Cookies
Preheat oven to 170 c, 350 f

Large bowl:

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rice flour
1/2 cup unsweetened organic cocoa powder

1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts
(or 1/4 cup chopped dates and 1/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts)

1 cup malt sweetened chocolate chopped into small rough chunks

zest of 1/2 an orange chopped finely (or grated)

1/2 tsp baking powder (aluminum free) or baking powder subsitute

1/4 tsp ground sea salt


Small bowl:

1/2 cup coconut (or canola) oil

1/4 cup rice (or barley) syrup
2 tbs maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup rice milk (or soymilk)
1/4 cup orange juice


lightly oil baking sheet or use unbleached parchment

In a large bowl mix dry ingredients, in small bowl mix wet ingredients, gently combine the wet mixture into the dry. With either an icecream scooper or a wooden spoon, scoop the cookie dough and drop onto the baking sheet.


Bake for aprox 15 minutes or until lightly browned.


They look a little bit like this, except a lot of chocolate chips to them too.

[TEND]

Well, for those who know me, I was a cook and than a chef for 2 years, so I have some experience, anyways I just made a delicious dish and I will share the recipe, now pay attention it's complicated....

Ingredients
Bread
Peanut Butter

Directions:
Toast bread. Spread Peanut Butter. Enjoy!

I call it, Peanut Butter and Toast! I know some of you will say that's crazy but trust me, it works!


p.s. Maybe I'll put a serious one on tommorow.
p.p.s. I know I'm not really funny, but let me pretend .

[dramasnot6]

tend! oh my gosh...what a coincendence! i also know of the exotic dish peanut butter and toast. and whats even crazier is that ive heard of people putting jelly on it too! gotta love that PB&J

[TEND]

Peanut Butter, going with Jelly? That's mad! It surely will never catch on, the palette simply cannot comprehend so many varied taste experiences at once! Oh, when will people learn?

[mir]

. . whoa! i guess one of the Admins moved this into an older thread with the same name! Cool, i didn't even know about that one.

TEND - i know, it's like putting CHEESE on PIZZA!

and Drama - that looks great! i'll have to try those!

[cuppajoe_9]

[Niamh]

Am looking for a really nine simple recipe for chocolate brownies. The ones i've been eating recently are store bought (but very yummy) but would like to give it a try myself.


Heres a couple of recipes. unfortunately no mearsures as i just whip things together.

egg and spinach.

Put a portion of spinach in a frying pan with some butter and cook until soft. Form a whole in the centre so it looks like a nest. crack one egg into the centre letting it run into the spinach to hold together. serve on toast when cooked. sprinkle some salt and pepper for seasoning.

Butter Baked Trout with a Cajun and Coriander cream sauce.
for two

two fillets of Trout, skined and boned preferably
two shallots
cajun
coriander
pepper
small tube of cream
butter
cheese, grated

Grease oven dish with butter, place fish in dish. Take one Shallot, slice down centre and chop at an angle. put in dish with fish. add pepper. finally put thick chunks of butter on all corners of dish and one on each fillet. put in oven for about 15mins.

for sauce, take other shallot and chop finely into small pieces. pour cream into small pot and heat on a medium tempature. Add small handfull of grated cheese and shallots. Add Cajun spice and coriander, enough as you want or enough to give a nice flavour. slowly bring to boil while stirring. When cream comes to a boil, lower temp to simmer. sauce should thicken.

take fish out of oven and put on a plate. spoon out shallots and place on top of Trout drizzling some of the melted butter on top. serve with veg and mashed potatoes. Pour sauce over Fish and mash.

Serve and eat.