Adam Liaw's SBS Cookup show recently made Wilbur very happy - dessert for breakfast! I made a couple of changes to the original and soak the oats and green apple overnight. I keep the apple skin on but you could peel it. I agree with Wilbur - this is very delicious breakfast which really tastes like apple pie ! Enjoy! Colleen and Wilbur
Welcome
Thursday 26 May 2022
Apple Pie Porridge
Monday 9 May 2022
Soda Bread
It was Mother's day 2022 and I know it's a day I should be relaxing and reading a book but I find cooking relaxing. So after a wonderful visit from my children and grandchildren I whipped up this quick Irish Soda Bread (thanks to recipetineats). It is really easy, just ensure you have the ingredients in the pantry, no Buttermilk, no problem just add a little lemon juice or vinegar to some full cream milk. I was trying to take a photo of the crumb to show you the texture, but maybe a little bit of butter got in the way. :)
Ingredients
2 cups white, plain flour
1 3/4 cups wholemeal flour
3 Tablespoons extra flour
1 1/2 Teaspoons, bi carb soda
1 1/2 Teaspoons salt
2 cups buttermilk
Method
Preheat oven to 220 degrees celsius
Line baking tray with baking paper
Combine flours (not the extra flour), bi carb and salt in a bowl, whisk to distribute
Add buttermilk and stir until it is too hard to stir anymore.
Sprinkle the extra flour onto a clean work surface, tip dough out and incorporate more flour if needed
Knead for no more than 8 times, just bringing the dough together into a ball
Transfer to the lined baking tray, shape into a disk and cut a cross on the surface
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes and then turn oven down to 200 degrees
Bake a further 20 minutes or until the base sounds hollow when tapped, mine took only 15 minutes
Transfer to a rack and cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing (if you can manage it)
Now you can have bread anytime you like.
Mamma Marmalade
Thursday 5 May 2022
Ricotta stuffed Pasta Shells with cauliflower
Wilbur is our guest cook with his very yummy stuffed pasta shell dish inspired by an Alice Zaslavsky recipe. It is so delicious and the lemon zest combined with the yoghurt adds such a zing. Although it looks a little fiddly it is quite easy to prepare provided you have all the ingredients and utensils ready beforehand and well worth the effort. I especially liked the cauliflower base. Wilbur recommends reading the instructions first (or letting someone else read them for you!) It also makes delicious leftovers the next day so be prepared to fight for your share! Thank you very very much to Wilbur and I hope you enjoy as much as I did! Cheers Colleen
Preparation 30 - 45 minutes
Cooking 45 - 50 minutes of which oven does final 30 minutes
Serves 4 with a green salad