Marshmallow’s

Ever since I saw Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall making marshmallows on a tv show several years ago I always wanted to try it myself.  I really enjoyed making these but will have to make a smaller batch next time as the marshmallows expand quite quickly as large bowl is needed.  I had to stop whisking as the …

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Freezing Sausages

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Some of you will know I am a big fan of batch cooking and freezing. Whenever I see reduced sausages (these are BlackFarmer’s) I will purchase them and fry them all up and then freeze them.  These can be heated up in the microwave from frozen for a couple of minutes and they taste as …

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Chilli oil

Homemade chilli oil.  I don’t have proportions I have never measured anything when I make this.  I am posting it as I know many of you enjoy my chilli oil. Ingredients Fresh Garlic Hot chilli flakes Extra Virgin Olive oil  

Japanese Cheese Chiffon

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This recipe was posted by Jenny Cheung.  The extra egg white in this really works well. I scaled it down: 4 egg Whites 22g sugar   3 egg yolks 30g sugar 34ml oil 86ml milk 67g SR flour pinch of salt 86g full fat cream cheese   Note, cream cheese and milk to be heated …

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Microwave Mug cake

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I have seen this recipe many times but have not tried it, recently I had my heart set on some duck pancakes but unfortunately I had to throw them away after they were cooked.  To fill fulfil my cravings for something nice I decided it was time to try this cake out.  I microwaved it …

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100% Wholewheat Rolls and Man Tao

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My friend Lynne Lee Diep recently shared a wholewheat roll recipe by Alex Goh. The recipe uses an overnight dough starter made from white strong bread flour.  I tried the original recipe and it produced a lovely soft roll.  I then decided to try this recipe but with wholewheat flour for the overnight starter dough …

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