m20gull
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More garlic, mash with a pestle and mortar, replace the chilli with smoked paprika and definitely sesame oil. You will never buy hummus again.
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A thread of food where there's just NO point trying to MAKE it yourself
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More garlic, mash with a pestle and mortar, replace the chilli with smoked paprika and definitely sesame oil. You will never buy hummus again.
m20gull
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Back to the thread subject. Anything that involves fermenting stuff like bean curd.
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Sesame oil AND tahini will be too strong a taste, IMO.
Creaky
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Chinese pancakes.
Even Chinese restaurants buy them in.
Even Chinese restaurants buy them in.
There's a cheat method for pizza - don't make the dough, instead buy the plain bases ( £1 for two in Sainsburys ). Just brush it with garlic or chilli oil and then passatta ( 35p from Aldi ). Then go mad with any topping you like. Hey presto - a fully loaded 'homemade' pizza.
The product I won't make is fish fingers - love a fish finger but making them yourself is just too much of a pain.
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Machiavelli
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That curry base recipe I sent over to you uses a lot of onions.
Machiavelli
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This is part of what I posted in post 11. FYI, bun scrolls are effectively croissants, although shaped differently:
RE pastry: I made bun scrolls from Justin Gellatly's recipe once, and they worked a treat -- and there was enough to see us through a weekend's worth of breakfast:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...baking-recipes
PS you're right about high quality patisserie. Leave that to the experts
Yeah, I do that (using gluten-free bases for my wife) but as I said before it's the base that's the problem. To make a genuine pizza you really need to do the base from scratch and then cook it in a proper pizza oven, buying in bases is like using white bread.
That's why there's no point in trying to make it yourself (for the person who wondered why pizza had been mentioned) and if you want genuine pizza you've got to get someone to make it for you, although I accept that you can make a reasonable facsimile.
The kids love building their own. That said, I did have to persuade the youngest that a candy floss pizza was NOT going to happen !
A bit off topic now, but still one my favourite dishes is pepperoni and chicken madras pizza. I'll give you the recipe: Get a pepperoni pizza from the supermarket and a chicken madras from the takeaway. Make sure the pizza is cooked and the madras is warm (a microwave is handy for keeping the madras warm if you're having timing issues*). Put the pizza on a plate and tip the madras over it. Eat and wash down with a reasonably-priced lager.
Best. Food. Ever.
*Take it out of the tin foil if you need to do this! It don't half spark!
You might be about to save me a fortune in train tickets to get fish at the Japan Center in London!
Which chippie?
Cheers.
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O desperately want to make homemade crispy duck pancakes, but never summoned up the courage.
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BensGrandad
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Any suggestions or links to making burgers for a BBQ for about 15 people. Most shop bought ones are either rank or shrink to nothing unless anyone knows of a decent shop to buy them.
looney
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Worthingite
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I made pulled pork for the first time a couple of months ago. Would never ever buy it from the shops again, slow cooked the beast of a pork joint in a slow cooker for 4 days...... never eaten anything like it, serving it up with creamy american style mash and barbecue beans. Proper comfort food at it's absolute best
BensGrandad
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Are you sure cooking for 4 days in a slow cooker?
Worthingite
Sexy Pete... :D
Yep, on the low heat setting.
BensGrandad
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Did it not dry out the pork or did you keep topping it up with some liquid.