SM 2002-02 pp.59–60 [01.070.02]
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: about 4h all told
[steamed pudding]
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Banana bread
[02.025.01]
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h 50m all told
This recipe was provided years ago by one of the Mammal's mothers; in the fullness of time, she managed to lose her copy so here you are, Ma—banana bread once more! Despite the name, it's actually really a cake rather than a bread, and is the ideal way to deal with those squishy, black bananas that you meant to eat but never got around to. According to the recipe, it tastes better if left for a day or two but it usually doesn't last long enough to enable a comparison to be made.
As usual, we have reduced the amount of sugar used, showing the original amount in square brackets: you would need a pretty sweet tooth to use the full amount, given the sweetness of the ripe bananas. There are three optional ingredients—raisins, glacé cherries, and walnuts: from the Mammal's point of view, it really benefits only from the inclusion of the walnuts.
One word of warning: though very straightforward, this is one of those cakes where you have to keep an eagle eye on the time, as the outside burns very quickly after even five minutes too long in the oven. If your oven tends to be a bit on the enthusiastic side, have a quick check 15 minutes before it is due to come out and keep a close eye on it thereafter.
Ingredients
8oz flour
1 tsp baking powder
half level tsp salt
4oz cold butter
4[6]oz caster sugar
*4oz sultanas / raisins [optional]
* 1oz chopped walnuts [optional]
*4oz chopped glacé cherries [optional]
2 eggs
1 lb very ripe bananas
9.5" x 5.5" baking tin
Method
– Pre-heat oven to Gas 4, 180°C, 375°F
– Sieve flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl
– Rub in butter
– Add sugar (and sultanas/raisins, walnuts, and cherries if required)
– Mash bananas with a fork
– Add eggs to bananas
– Mix the banana–egg mush well into the other ingredients
– Pour / spoon mixture into lined and greased baking tin
– Put in the centre of the oven and bake for 1h 30m
Turn out onto a wire tray to cool.
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h 50m all told
This recipe was provided years ago by one of the Mammal's mothers; in the fullness of time, she managed to lose her copy so here you are, Ma—banana bread once more! Despite the name, it's actually really a cake rather than a bread, and is the ideal way to deal with those squishy, black bananas that you meant to eat but never got around to. According to the recipe, it tastes better if left for a day or two but it usually doesn't last long enough to enable a comparison to be made.
As usual, we have reduced the amount of sugar used, showing the original amount in square brackets: you would need a pretty sweet tooth to use the full amount, given the sweetness of the ripe bananas. There are three optional ingredients—raisins, glacé cherries, and walnuts: from the Mammal's point of view, it really benefits only from the inclusion of the walnuts.
One word of warning: though very straightforward, this is one of those cakes where you have to keep an eagle eye on the time, as the outside burns very quickly after even five minutes too long in the oven. If your oven tends to be a bit on the enthusiastic side, have a quick check 15 minutes before it is due to come out and keep a close eye on it thereafter.
Ingredients
8oz flour
1 tsp baking powder
half level tsp salt
4oz cold butter
4[6]oz caster sugar
*4oz sultanas / raisins [optional]
* 1oz chopped walnuts [optional]
*4oz chopped glacé cherries [optional]
2 eggs
1 lb very ripe bananas
9.5" x 5.5" baking tin
Method
– Pre-heat oven to Gas 4, 180°C, 375°F
– Sieve flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl
– Rub in butter
– Add sugar (and sultanas/raisins, walnuts, and cherries if required)
– Mash bananas with a fork
– Add eggs to bananas
– Mix the banana–egg mush well into the other ingredients
– Pour / spoon mixture into lined and greased baking tin
– Put in the centre of the oven and bake for 1h 30m
Turn out onto a wire tray to cool.
Lemon grass chicken
SM 2002-02 pp.40,43 [01.064.02]
Serves 4
Chicken: thighs. —Oil: flavourless (e.g. groundnut). —Ginger: root. —Nuts: peanuts.
Serves 4
Chicken: thighs. —Oil: flavourless (e.g. groundnut). —Ginger: root. —Nuts: peanuts.
Featherweight walnut cake with heavenly grapes
SM 2002-03 p.65 [01.059.01]
Serves 4–6
Nuts: walnuts.
Advance preparation: an hour for sugar-frosting grapes (can overlap with baking) and 3 hours for cooling / chilling.
Sole fillets in a sweet and sour sauce
SM 2002-04 p.58 [01.053.02]
Serves 6 as part of antipasto or 4 as light lunch.
Advance preparation–marinate for at least 24 hours
Vinegar–red or white wine; nuts–pine kernels; cinnamon–ground; cloves–whole; pepper–black peppercorns
Serves 6 as part of antipasto or 4 as light lunch.
Advance preparation–marinate for at least 24 hours
Vinegar–red or white wine; nuts–pine kernels; cinnamon–ground; cloves–whole; pepper–black peppercorns
Italian chocolate and hazelnut torta
SM 2002-11 p.101 [01.049.01]
Serves 6–8
Advance preparation: chill for a minimum of 3 hours.
Serves 6–8
Advance preparation: chill for a minimum of 3 hours.
Chicken Pasanda
02.022.01
This recipe comes from David Smith's website, The Curry House, which is dedicated to providing cook-at-home versions of the staples served up by Indian restaurants and takeaways.
The idea is to match the taste as closely as possible—as anyone knows who has cooked food from recipes genuinely native to the Indian subcontinent, it does not greatly resemble the forms that have evolved in curry houses. For those evenings where you want the taste of a takeaway without surrendering control over the nutritional / ethical quality of your ingredients and processes, this website is a gem.
The printout of the chicken pasanda recipe has been sitting quietly in the Inner Mammal's recipe folder for years; last night, we finally got around to making it, and lovely it was too.
Makes 2 portions
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h 30m all told
Ingredients
3 tablespoons vegetable oil or ghee (clarified butter)
1 small onion - finely chopped
1.5 inch piece cassia bark (or cinnamon)
2 green cardamon pods
1 inch piece fresh ginger - very finely chopped
2 cloves garlic - very finely chopped
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
half teaspoon good chilli powder
5 tablespoons Greek-style full cream yoghurt (3/4 of a 150 gm tub)
1 teaspoon (or a little more) concentrated tomato purée
salt to taste
2 chicken breasts, skinned and cut into 1 inch pieces
2 tablespoons flaked almonds prepared as in Method
chopped fresh coriander leaf (cilantro) to garnish
As usual when using other people's freely available recipes, the Mammal directs you to the source to see what you have to do with all these ingredients.
There is a later version of this recipe, but it is available only on subscription (at the modest price of £7.75) to The Curry House Cookery Book, an e-book containing many recipes and useful information about ingredients and cooking methods.
This recipe comes from David Smith's website, The Curry House, which is dedicated to providing cook-at-home versions of the staples served up by Indian restaurants and takeaways.
The idea is to match the taste as closely as possible—as anyone knows who has cooked food from recipes genuinely native to the Indian subcontinent, it does not greatly resemble the forms that have evolved in curry houses. For those evenings where you want the taste of a takeaway without surrendering control over the nutritional / ethical quality of your ingredients and processes, this website is a gem.
The printout of the chicken pasanda recipe has been sitting quietly in the Inner Mammal's recipe folder for years; last night, we finally got around to making it, and lovely it was too.
Makes 2 portions
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h 30m all told
Ingredients
3 tablespoons vegetable oil or ghee (clarified butter)
1 small onion - finely chopped
1.5 inch piece cassia bark (or cinnamon)
2 green cardamon pods
1 inch piece fresh ginger - very finely chopped
2 cloves garlic - very finely chopped
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
half teaspoon good chilli powder
5 tablespoons Greek-style full cream yoghurt (3/4 of a 150 gm tub)
1 teaspoon (or a little more) concentrated tomato purée
salt to taste
2 chicken breasts, skinned and cut into 1 inch pieces
2 tablespoons flaked almonds prepared as in Method
chopped fresh coriander leaf (cilantro) to garnish
As usual when using other people's freely available recipes, the Mammal directs you to the source to see what you have to do with all these ingredients.
There is a later version of this recipe, but it is available only on subscription (at the modest price of £7.75) to The Curry House Cookery Book, an e-book containing many recipes and useful information about ingredients and cooking methods.
Thai ginger soup (for Vita-Mix)
This recipe was posted by a Vita-Mix Community member at http://community.vitamix.com/_Thai-Ginger-Soup/blog/2350346/22442.html
Ingredients
1 Vegetable stock cube
500 ml water
1 Stick of celery
1 Carrot
1 Spring onion
1 Tomato
130 gms Cashew nuts
Very small piece of root ginger
Small bunch of fresh coriander
Small amount of coconut milk (optional)
1. Place all the ingredients in the Vita-Mix container in the order listed.
2. Secure the 2 part lid.
3. Select Variable speed 1.
4. Turn machine On and quickly increase speed to 10 then to high.
5. Run for 5 to 6 minutes or until steam escapes through the lid opening.
6. Serve immediately.
Ingredients
1 Vegetable stock cube
500 ml water
1 Stick of celery
1 Carrot
1 Spring onion
1 Tomato
130 gms Cashew nuts
Very small piece of root ginger
Small bunch of fresh coriander
Small amount of coconut milk (optional)
1. Place all the ingredients in the Vita-Mix container in the order listed.
2. Secure the 2 part lid.
3. Select Variable speed 1.
4. Turn machine On and quickly increase speed to 10 then to high.
5. Run for 5 to 6 minutes or until steam escapes through the lid opening.
6. Serve immediately.
Oven-roasted Ratatouille and Mozarella Strudel with Parmesan and Pecans
SM 2002-10 p.56 [01.006.01]
Serves 6
Serves 6
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