It's nearly Halloween :)
I have spent the morning carving my Pumpkin and making Pumpkin and sweet potato soup!
The pumpkin carving was harder than I expected actually... but i think the results are good:
Now I just need it to get dark so I can light it up!
The pumpkin soup wasn't so hard.. Here's the recipe i used:
Ingredients
1 large sweet potato
An equal amount of pumpkin to sweet potato
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
teaspoon of olive oil
200 ml of vegetable stock
1 tablespoon of milk
1 tablespoon of light Philadelphia
First I chopped up the onions and garlic and fried them in the olive oil for 3-5 minutes, until soft. Then I added the chopped up sweet potato and pumpkin and fried for a further 5 minutes. I then poured in the stock and left it to simmer for 15-20 minutes with the lid of the pan on, until the vegetables were mushy and easy to blend. Then I poured everything into a blender and whizzed it all up until completely smooth. Once this had been achieved I poured it back into the pan and added the cream cheese and milk to give a creamier texture. Bring the soup back up to the boil and serve with croutons and toasted pumpkin seeds.
Happy Halloween!
xx
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Thursday 9 August 2012
Hiii!
So I've just got back from 5 and a half weeks travelling around Australia and Singapore.. This time gave me some great inspiration for desserts and cakes! The Australian's are very big on muffins, and i have to say they make some of the best muffins I have ever tasted. Since I have been back in England i have tried out a couple of Australian recipes but so far this one has to be the mos successful.
Blueberry and cream cheese muffins:
Ingredients
280g Self Raising Flour
110g caster sugar
100g butter melted and cooled
100ml milk
2 eggs lightly whisked
1tsp of vanilla extract
150g blueberries
60g cream cheese
2 tablespoons of blueberry jam (optional)
So I've just got back from 5 and a half weeks travelling around Australia and Singapore.. This time gave me some great inspiration for desserts and cakes! The Australian's are very big on muffins, and i have to say they make some of the best muffins I have ever tasted. Since I have been back in England i have tried out a couple of Australian recipes but so far this one has to be the mos successful.
Blueberry and cream cheese muffins:
Ingredients
280g Self Raising Flour
110g caster sugar
100g butter melted and cooled
100ml milk
2 eggs lightly whisked
1tsp of vanilla extract
150g blueberries
60g cream cheese
2 tablespoons of blueberry jam (optional)
Method
Preheat oven to 200°C. Lightly grease a 12-hole muffin pan.
Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Make a well in the centre.
Whisk butter, milk, egg and vanilla in a jug. Pour into well. Add blueberries and gently fold until just combined.
Half fill muffin holes with mixture. Top each muffin with a cream cheese cube and 1/2 teaspoon jam (optional) and cover with remaining mixture.
Bake muffins for 15 to 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the top half of muffins comes out clean. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Turn muffins onto a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm.
Happy Baking! x
Preheat oven to 200°C. Lightly grease a 12-hole muffin pan.
Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Make a well in the centre.
Whisk butter, milk, egg and vanilla in a jug. Pour into well. Add blueberries and gently fold until just combined.
Half fill muffin holes with mixture. Top each muffin with a cream cheese cube and 1/2 teaspoon jam (optional) and cover with remaining mixture.
Bake muffins for 15 to 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the top half of muffins comes out clean. Stand in pan for 5 minutes. Turn muffins onto a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm.
Happy Baking! x
Thursday 3 May 2012
Sacher Torte
I was a great fan of The Great British Bake of when it was on this summer and when they made the Sacher Torte using Mary Berry's recipe I immediately added that to the list of things that I knew I wanted to try out.
My Grandma recently requested a homemade Sacher torte from me on my next visit to her and seeing as I'm due to visit her tomorrow I thought I'd better crack on and make one! Obviously I used Mary Berry's excellent recipe and although I haven't tasted it yet I would say it has worked pretty well!
My Grandma recently requested a homemade Sacher torte from me on my next visit to her and seeing as I'm due to visit her tomorrow I thought I'd better crack on and make one! Obviously I used Mary Berry's excellent recipe and although I haven't tasted it yet I would say it has worked pretty well!
Can't work out why the picture is sideways :/
Here is the recipe I used to make this lovely torte:
Happy Baking!
Becca xx
Filo Pastry Quiche
To begin my first posts I am going to record the recipes and products that I am preparing for our family weekend away in Thorpeness Suffolk, to celebrate my Mum's 50th Birthday!!
First I began preparartions by making two Quiches, one normal Quiche Lorraine and another one inspired by a recipe I read in the Tesco Real food magazine, using Filo Pastry.
Here are the ingredients and method for this special Quiche:
Ingredients:
Happy Baking!
Becca xx
First I began preparartions by making two Quiches, one normal Quiche Lorraine and another one inspired by a recipe I read in the Tesco Real food magazine, using Filo Pastry.
Here are the ingredients and method for this special Quiche:
Ingredients:
- Half a pack of filo pastry sheets
- 150g Smoked bacon chopped up
- 2 peppers (any colour)
- 50g strong cheddar cheese
- 200ml creme fraiche
- 200ml double cream
- 3 eggs well beaten
- pinch of ground nutmeg
Happy Baking!
Becca xx
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