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Choux pastry, going to have a crack at it later. Anyone made it before?

 

I think Choux pastry is the easiest of the pastries to make. Although pastry in general is an absolute mother.

 

I haven't ever made it, but I don't think you use your hands like you do for the others so temperature isn't so much of an issue which is normally what makes pastry making so hard!

 

Good luck!

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Pizza muffins!

 

Recipe

 

100g (approx) flour ~ i use 5g for dusting and 95 for recipe.

half teaspoon of oil ~ any unflavoured kind

Sachet of yeast

Water

 

optional - salt, mixed herbs.

 

Filling:

tomato purée

Cheese

anything else you fancy, go maddd :)

 

flour, yeast, oil into a mixing bowl. Gradually add bits of water and mix until all of the flour has collected. Should be firm, and not wet to touch. Like dough! :P Take it out and beat it about a bit, stretch out and fold over a few times. Helps the yeast activate.

 

Leave in a warm place for 1-2 hours.

 

Roll out the dough into circular shapes -

 

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The triangle cut outs are optional, I find it helps it fit in the case a lot better. Will take a bit of working out with sizes to get it fitting just right.

 

Spray muffin tin with frylight or use some butter or whatever to grease.

 

pop the dough in like so:

 

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Add fillings. I use the back of a spoon to put in the tom purée as its easier to put too much in. You only need a small amount or they end up very wet.

 

Add cheese and whatever else, like so:

 

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(I put in tom purée, grated red pepperami, cheese, bacon and more cheese. I find I had to squish the ingredients down with a spoon.)

 

Cook in teh oven on about 180 until cooked like soooo:

 

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Although mine look overcooked they were actually perfect :) I just got the tom puree over the edges and it burned a bit lol

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Pizza... Muffins? :o

 

Those look delicious Raining :) I must have a go at making some, I should really get back into cooking and posting in here more often - seeing as I started the thread - its been too long. :heh:

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  • 2 weeks later...

I made muffins!

 

With home made buttercream - which I ran out of due to shovelling it in by the spoonful before I put it into the cakes...

Just to make sure it was ok obvs... :heh:

 

So there are 2 plain muffins...

 

Anyway here's a pic!

 

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An after tea treat with a brew me thinks :D

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If you are not a pussy, you will like this smoothie;

 

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There used to be a juice place in Aylesbury called "Juice Junction" and they did this amazing smoothie, I have tried to replicate it - I am very, very close. Its delicious.

 

- Fresh orange juice

- frozen yogurt (I've had to use yogurt+ice cream/banana sorbet)

- peanut butter

- honey

 

Its nuuuuuuuum.

 

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Did my first roast last week.

 

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It was really, really nice.

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If you are not a pussy, you will like this smoothie;

 

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There used to be a juice place in Aylesbury called "Juice Junction" and they did this amazing smoothie, I have tried to replicate it - I am very, very close. Its delicious.

 

- Fresh orange juice

- frozen yogurt (I've had to use yogurt+ice cream/banana sorbet)

- peanut butter

- honey

 

Doesn't orange juice + milk make you throw up? Though I realise that yoghurt =/= milk... /Heathers

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My second roast, this time with gravy, and parsnips - butter (and a smidge of oil inside the bird) and cooked less = chicken beautifully moist. A resounding success.

 

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Its been about 3 - 4 months since we moved out. I am slowly feeling that I can now answer;

 

"Can you cook?"

 

with

 

"Yes."

 

:D

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So Sunday is turning into my baking day haha.

 

Today I have gone for a mini victoria sponge - but with a tiny twist.

 

Rather than normal buttercream / fresh cream in the middle, I have opted for white chocolate butter cream instead. I nearly ate all that before it went in the cakes - standard haha.

 

Anyway here be the pics:

 

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Yum yum.

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I hate when you're baking and you keep eating the batter because it's just so delicious, and then when you finally finish your cookies/cupcakes/brownies/whatever you're all sugared out and can't even stand to look at them. Such a waste. :cry:

 

Haha - that's kinda how I'm feeling right now.

But I'm balancing it out with some fish and veg for tea - so then I can O/D on sugar again. Yay. :heh:

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