Recipe Collection Thread (recipe board)

Originally posted by Cathy :

Pineapple Jam

1 1/4lbs of pineapple diced ( or one 20-ounce tin crushed pineapple in syrup)

1 1/4 pounds sugar
half bottle of pectin (in the baking section supermarket)

First, prepare the fruit. Measure contents of one can crushed
pineapple. Add enough water to make 20 oz Place in very large saucepan

Then make the jam. Measure sugar and set aside. Mix pectin
into fruit in saucepan. Place over high heat and stir until mixture
comes to a full boil. Immediately add all sugar and stir. Bring to
a full rolling boil and boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and skim off foam with a metal spoon. Ladle quickly
into hot sterilized jars


or if its in your breadmaker just look at the recipe for amounts of fruit

Originally posted by VickyA :

30g cocoa powder
115g plain flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
170g caster sugar
240ml corn oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 whole eggs, beaten
125g (half a pack) of vacuum packed beetroot, pureed
90g plain dark choc, chopped into small pieces

Sift cocoa, flour, baking powder & salt into a bowl and mix in the sugar.
All the oil, vanilla essence, eggs, beetroot and chocolate pieces and mix well.
Grease an 18cm cake tin with butter and pour in the mix.
Bake for 50mins at 375F/190C/Gas 5 until a skewer comes out clean.

Originally posted by Ashmit :

• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 medium leeks
• 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
• 600ml stock (recipe says chicken, but I'm veggie so use vegetable)*
• 1 tbsp chopped rosemary (I always just use mixed herbs)
• 50g pasta shapes
• half small cabbage (says savoy, but I've used pretty much anything)
• 1 courgette
• 4 large ripe tomatoes
• 1 225g can
• flageolet beans

* according to various sources, you don't have to use stock cubes, just save the water veg has been boiled in. As long as you use it quickly you should benefit from any vitamins that've dissolved into the water too

Cut veg into approx 1cm pieces.
Fry onion, garlic, celery and leeks in oil til soft.
Add stock and half rosemary and bring to boil.
Add pasta shapes and bring back to boil for another 5 mins til cooked.
Add everything else and boil for one more minute. Serve with crusty bread Serves four, but you can double or treble the ingredients if you want to make lots. I've also been known to vary proportions, leave things out (especially the tomatoes, I rarely use them) and throw other random veg in - potatoes are nice in it. It's a good recipe to experiment with, basically.

I have also been known to add (presoaked) red split lentils, pearl barley and even general soup mix to add a bit of interest

The winning poster was Caterina but the thread was started by Glad :

500g strong flour (£0.30)
1 sachet fast acting yeast (£0.10)
2 Tbs.veg. oil, pinch salt, pinch oregano, 2 cloves garlic (£0.10p at the most)
1 tin economy tomatoes (£0.15p)
200g cheapest cooking cheese, or edam (£0.60)

Mix flour with fast acting yeast, add salt after mixing, then add oil and enough water to make a soft but not sticky dough.

Knead until smooth, on a floured board, for at least 5 minutes. Put into a floured pan and cover with a cloth dampened in hot water and squeezed. Let grow until doubled in size, in a warm and draugth-proof area of the kitchen.

Meanwhile make sauce: chop the tomatoes from the tin, add a bit of salt and chopped garlic and oregano.

Grate the cheese.

Oil a baking tray (Make sure you use metal because the bottom of pizza needs strong heat to become well crusty).

When dough has had time to grow, give it another few kneads then roll thin (1/2 cm or so) and put on oiled baking tray. Cover with sauce then spread the grated cheese all over it.

Voila, pizza for 6 with £1.25!

When you know how much pizza costs, it makes you think before buying a £6.99 pizza in a restaurant doesn't it?

Incidentally, with the remaining £0.37 a carnivore could buy enough danish salami (cheap but nice-tasting) to have a salami pizza, or a few anchovies, or a bit of cheap ham...

Or you could make a coleslaw salad (1/4 cabbage, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 tbsp oil 1 Tbsp vinegar) with the remaining money.

Or an apple compote with a bit of custard for pudding...

Fridge Cake

8oz digestive bisuits
3os marg
1 tblsp golden syrup
1 bar chocolate
2 desertsp sugar
1 desrtsp cocoa powder

1. Smash biscuits into crumbs
2. Melt marg, sugar, cocoa and sugar in pan.
3. When melted add the biscuit crumbs and mix well.
4. Spread mixture into a small baking tin.
4. Melt chocolate and spread over mixture.
5. Chill in fridge for 1 hour, when set cut into squares.