Quick Questions on ANYTHING part 2. Please read first post for links to other threads

yummyhoney

just a question on sugars


i'm making fudge and the receipe uses golden granulated sugar,,now i demerera sugar,,i have light brown sugar,,can i use any of these??

Sian_the_Green

yummyhoney wrote: »

just a question on sugars


i'm making fudge and the receipe uses golden granulated sugar,,now i demerera sugar,,i have light brown sugar,,can i use any of these??

I made some fudge the other day which needed demerara, it is a bit less refined than the granulated and less fine than the light brown sugar. I would probably use half of each in the recipe. The texture might be a little bit different but if you make sure it is melted it should be fine. Enjoy!

katholicos

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

It would be really nice in a sponge cake with some fruit in it or mixed with the fruit at the bottom of a crumble (rhubarb and orange is a delicious combo!). It should be something you can use to replace golden syrup etc so I would try it in something like flapjack like for like...

What an excellent idea. Thanks so much!

oneeyedandgreen

I'm trying to use up the stuff in my fridge before I go away over Christmas. Got plans for most of it but I'm stuck with a tub of natural yoghurt. Can this be frozen? Am making some parnsip soup for lunch so will use a spoonful in that. Any other ideas?

Thanks for your help!

zippychick

Hiya! yes you can freeze it. I use an ice cube tray and measure how much one ice cube is - mine are 2 tablespoons. Write on the bag how much a cube is and fill the bag once frozen. Ready to add straight to recipes.

You can also flavour it - flavours for natural yog

Olliebeak

zippychick wrote: »

Hiya! yes you can freeze it. I use an ice cube tray and measure how much one ice cube is - mine are 2 tablespoons. Write on the bag how much a cube is and fill the bag once frozen. Ready to add straight to recipes.

You can also flavour it - flavours for natural yog

Thanks for that, zippy - for some strange reason , I thought you couldn't freeze Natural Yoghurt :doh:! My local Asda nearly always has large pots of the stuff on whoopsie so now I know that I can get them to use up :j.

oneeyedandgreen

Thanks. Think I will try freezing it. Don't want to buy anything more to flavour it with and am very low on food!

zippychick

No worries Ollie. I used natural yoghurt mixed with mayo to make a crisp dip a week or so ago. Was yummy!

sheldon08

I saw some recipes on here for pate and fancy making some myself. Can't find it now but will have a proper look later. Aaaaanyway my question is...with what do you weight it down with?:o

Savvy_Sue

Olliebeak wrote: »

Thanks for that, zippy - for some strange reason , I thought you couldn't freeze Natural Yoghurt :doh:! My local Asda nearly always has large pots of the stuff on whoopsie so now I know that I can get them to use up :j.

It may go all separated when you defrost it, so it's not always servable as yoghourt in polite company. But stirred into soup etc no-one will ever know.

sheldon08 wrote: »

I saw some recipes on here for pate and fancy making some myself. Can't find it now but will have a proper look later. Aaaaanyway my question is...with what do you weight it down with?:o

If you don't have old-fashioned scales with weights (which I don't), the possibilities are endless - a plate with a pile of books on top if it's round, for example.