Cookeen Should I use it?

mink35

Poland!

Apparently as soon as they joined EU they went on a mad spending spree... for lard! ;D

MATH

Got a taste for the finer things in life eh ;D Give it a couple of years and we won't be able to get any slim-fast then ;D

16011996

would we miss slim fast? i think not. ;D

Chris25

Isn't Cookeen the vegetarian version of lard - made from plant oils, rather than animal fat?

My mum used this or butter for baking. We only used lard for frying.

My Lord, I can't bear the thought of a great big slab of fried bread in lard now :-X, yet I thought it was wonderful when I was a child ;D

16011996

ooh, fried bread, not had that for a while. :P

MATH

Made a treacle tart for tea using the cookeen and couldn't taste the difference between using that and lard. Must be getting the hang of it. Yum Yum

16011996

treacle tart. can you post me the recipe math, cos mine is always naff. ;D

MATH

160

I use a really basic recipe from the Dairy Book of Homecookery which is out of print now but you can still pick it up in discount bookshops - really good to non fancy everyday food.

Shortcrust Pastry made with 8oz flour. Roll out and line an 8 inch greased pie dish.

I've doubled the filling ingredients cos I like it deep-filled if you don't half them for the same size pastry case.

Mix 4oz of fine breadcrumbs with 16oz golden syrup and 4tsps lemon juice.

Fill pastry case and if any pastry remaining cut into strips to lattice the top.

Bake at 200c (Gas 6 I think) for 30mins.

Hope that works for you  :)

PS. Freezes ok once cooked

imported_Marmite

160

I use a really basic recipe from the Dairy Book of Homecookery which is out of print now but you can still pick it up in discount bookshops - really good to non fancy everyday food.

I have a copy of this book and it is brilliant, I hadn't realised it was out of print now.

MATH

Marmite, I'm wore my first copy out and really had trouble replacing it. The new one is looking a bit taty now though

Minted Lamb Pasty and Chicken Myers are two of our faves.