Thursday 29 November 2012
Jan Ellis Pudding with a brandy-orange sauce
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Thursday, November 29, 2012 16 comments
Labels: Baked Goodies, brandy sauce, brandy-orange sauce, cake, Cakes and Cookies, challenge, christmas pudding, Delectable Desserts, Jan ellis pudding, mermaid bakerware, product review, pudding, south africa
Sunday 25 November 2012
Stir up Sunday and mince pie recipe
We then went on to try our hand at some baking. Started off with mince pies and although I'm paranoid when it comes to handling pastry, I somehow managed it and was not as intimidated as I thought. While the pastry was chilling in the fridge, we went about making our pudding mix. This was quite exciting for me, since it was my first experience and in spite of trying to concentrate really hard I kinda messed up a bit. I added the entire egg mix at one go instead of slowly adding and stirring, but thanks to a helpful Head Chef, I still managed to bring it all together after the soaked fruits were added. We transferred the mix into a pudding dish and did the ritual of covering it up (which I am pretty sure I wouldn't be able to do without some help). It has to be steamed for 10 to 12 hours (yes you heard it right) after which it can be stored in a cool dark place for as long as you want. So yes, now I have to get around to doing the steaming business if I want it ready for Christmas.
With thanks to Asda for having me over as a guest for the event
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Sunday, November 25, 2012 15 comments
Labels: asda, christmas, Exciting Events, extra special range, leiths school of food and wine, mince pie, mince pie recipe, short crust pastry, stir up sunday
Monday 19 November 2012
Keralan prawn biryani
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Monday, November 19, 2012 18 comments
Labels: cooking rice in microwave, easy biryani, Flora cuisine, Indian, keralan prawn biryani, microwave cooking, pilaf, prawn biryani, prawn pulao, prawns, product review, Rice, South Indian, Sumptuous Seafood
Tuesday 13 November 2012
No bake biscuit pudding (biscuit cake)
Coffee/ Espresso powder- 1 1/2 tsp
Water- 1 cup
Butter- 100 gms, at room temperature
Icing sugar- 1 cup
Cocoa powder- 4 tbsp
Milk- approx. 2 tbsp
Vanilla extract- 1/2 tsp
In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar till light and fluffy. You can do this using a spatula or your hand held beater/ free standing mixer. Its not too difficult if your butter is soft enough.
Sift the cocoa powder into the mix and continue beating till they are all mixed well.
Add the vanilla extract followed by milk and continue beating till everything comes together. Add the milk bit by bit and see if it reaches the required consistency. It shouldn't be too stiff, but easily spreadable consistency, and not too watery. I used around 1 1/2 tbsp.
Dip the biscuits in the coffee and place a layer at the bottom of the pan (refer notes). Its ok if some of them overlap.
Drop a couple of spoons of the chocolate-butter cream mix on top of the biscuits and using a palette knife/ spatula spread it out as evenly as possible and pushing the cream into all the corners and spaces. Again, it need not be smooth and stuff.
Continue with another layer of biscuits followed by cream till all of it is over and the cream is the top most layer. I got 4 layers of each.
Fold over the cling wrap, give a gentle press and refrigerate for at least 4 hours..
When ready to serve, lift the pudding out of the pan, unfold it, turn it onto a plate and decorate (if needed) or immediately slice and place in a serving plate.
Notes: There are 2 ways to assemble the pudding..
- Line a 9 inch loaf pan with cling film, so that the ends fall over the sides and there is enough cling film to fold over the top. This method will let you lift the entire thing off the pan and slice into desired sizes. Less messier, easier and looks pretty.
- Just layer the entire thing in a square glass/ brownie dish and slice them as required. May be a bit tricky to get the pieces out, but my mum follows this method. She says it works.
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Tuesday, November 13, 2012 15 comments
Labels: biscuit cake, biscuit pudding, chocolate butter cream, Delectable Desserts, Easy Recipes, no bake, pudding, tea biscuits
Sunday 11 November 2012
Sponsored video: The Truffle Kerfuffle
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Sunday, November 11, 2012 0 comments
Labels: michel roux snr, scratch meals, sponsored post, sponsored video, truffle hunt
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Blueberry breakfast muffins
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Tuesday, November 06, 2012 14 comments
Labels: Baked Goodies, blueberry, blueberry muffins, Breakfast and Brunch, breakfast muffins, Cakes and Cookies, Delectable Desserts, muffin, yogurt
Thursday 1 November 2012
Prawn thokku/ roast- A guest post for The Captain's Kitchenette; and the Andy Bates American Street Feasts Show
The show basically follows Andy on a street food odyssey across the US, visiting the most vibrant food destinations and discovering the stories behind the recipes. He uses them as inspiration to create his own recipes, some of them being the Braised pork belly and Waldorf salad in a pretzel wrap and the Crawfish ball and Jambalaya. The show is aired every weekday at 12.30pm and 6.30 pm on Food Network and if you haven't been able to catch the previous episodes, visit Andy's collection page and give it a go. You can also use the interactive 'Street Food Map' to find out where to get the best street food in UK and while you are at it, go on and submit your suggestions on what to feature and so on. For the fans out there, Andy Bates' new cookbook is out in the market, so go on and grab you copy from any of the leading book stores or Amazon.
With thanks to Food Network for a copy of the cookbook
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Thursday, November 01, 2012 10 comments
Labels: Appetizers, guest posts, Indian, indian snack, Non Vegetarian, prawn roast, Prawn thokku, South Indian, starter, tamil nadu