Weezl's phase 1- recipe testing and frugalisation- come one, come all!

kezlou

Hi everyone not sure if this is the right place to put this. So if it wrong just disregard it.

Basic white bread recipe (makes a 2lb loaf)
250g Strong White Bread Flour
250g Plain Flour
300ml of cold water
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
7g dried fast action yeast ( or if using bread machine about 1 1/2 tsp of fast action yeast)
2 tsp of dried milk powder (optional)

after mixed together you could add things like herbs, garlic and leave to rise for a couple of hours till doubled in size. Then knock back down and put into loaf tin rill risen again. Bake in hot oven on gas mark 6 for about 45 minutes or till cooked.

In the bread machine, put it on a basic setting, 2ld loaf, when the beeping starts add herbs(optional). I do this with sun dried tomatoes and mixed herbs, its lovely.

Focaccia
300mlish cold water (tepid if making by hand)
2tbsp olive oil (any oil will do )
1 tbsp dried active yeast
500g plain flour
salt (just for seasoning)
2tsp of sugar

• Dissolve the yeast in water and oil , and allow yeast to 'froth'
• mix flour/salt /sugar together till combined
  
• mix flour and yeast/water/oil together
  
• Knead dough till elastic and leave until doubled in size
  
• Once doubled knead again for 2 mins, shape onto a round tray anmd place oil on top with salt.
  
• Cook at gas mark five till browned in oven.
  
• once browned serve hot or cold

If using a bread machine just place all the ingredients in the bread machine, set it to a dough setting. Once it done place in a baking tray add topping. Place in oven gas mark 5 till browned. Then eat hot or cold.
We have the above with pasta, soup anything really and my boys love it with garlic.

HTH

grandma247

The butter is very firm so we might get away with adding a little more milk or water to make it go further.

artybear

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Allegra

weezl74 wrote: »

that's the tomatoey one to test if you're still up for it

I just checked your blog for the recipe, and realised I actually cook this all the time The only difference is that I use a carton of passata instead of a tin of tomatoes, as the other half just does not get on with lumps of tomatoes. I guess that in a Shirley month I'd have to whizz up the tin of toms (passata would push the price up by a few pence) in a blender, then reduce the sauce for longer to get the desired consistency to coat the pasta.

ariarnia

hope people like my new sig :P

weezl74

ariarnia wrote: »

hope people like my new sig :P

I know where you're coming from and it's a very kind thing to do and very supportive of our challenge, but I think it's going to get removed, and I'd really hate if this thread got removed too, as there's so much fab stuff on here

They really are having to be very tight on these things now, and I'm sorry if by using a winkie smiley earlier it seemed like I was not fitting with the new rules.

Penny penguin posted this quote earlier:

All posts which we consider to be advertising will be removed where reported.
Users are allowed links in profile pages but please don't mention them in your posts or signature in any way.
If you continue to advertise on the forum, your permission to post on the forum will also be removed. This includes the Referrers Board.

Allegra

I still don't quite understand quite what the rule means - I get it that a poster is not allowed to link or refer to their blog in any way, but are we still allowed to link to other people's blogs ? In other words, I hope I did not break any rules by linking to your blog earlier rather than just giving the instructions on how to reach it. If I have, please let me know, and I'll edit.

Moving swiftly on, I have been looking at the list of tasks on the first page, and just wanted to check if you have anyone looking after the "batch cooking day" part of the task ? If not, I'd be happy to take that one on

nopot2pin

weezl74 wrote: »

Better Butter Spread

250g butter
half cup veg oil
80ml milk
Let butter come to room temperature & whip. Slowly add oil until all is incorporated. Pack into container & refrigerate.

would anyone be willing to test this?

I have based it on proportions old-style threads say has worked for some people, but even if the texture fails, it would work in pastry, crumble topping, cakes...still, so hopefully not too much of a risk

?????

When do you add the milk in ??
Or is that just to drink whilst you're making it ??

Allegra wrote: »

LOL. I do actually know what you mean, Potty ! You know those Catherine Tate characters, the middle-aged couple that sit and complain about foreign food ? "No Christmas dinner - and this in November ??? Dirty, dirty bar stewards !". Well, that's what I was like when I first got to UK and realised that people put mayo on their potato salad !!!!

Anyway, you are clearly beyond temptation, but if anyone else is still sitting on the fence, just look here. Go on, go on, go on, I dare you....

Ahhhhh seee... now that looks lovely....
I think, for me, it needs to be marketed differently....
My ex husband hated macaroni cheese ...
But he loved pasta with cheese sauce :cool:

Maybe I will give it a go soon

weezl74

Allegra wrote: »

Moving swiftly on, I have been looking at the list of tasks on the first page, and just wanted to check if you have anyone looking after the "batch cooking day" part of the task ? If not, I'd be happy to take that one on

thanks Allegra that'd be great

I think it's a biggie, so I hope others are willing to support you in that

My main thinking on it is that we need to help Shirley organise her time and oven the best way, and also to get stuff made batched and in the freezer to prevent snackage!

But I shall think further on what it might need to include

About the other thing you said, I think posting about where things are is ok, but potty had her sig removed because it had an unauthorised link and I didn't want the same thing to happen to Ariarniaa.

Also I lost a whole thread on old-style, and I'd just be so gutted if this thread got deleted, because it represents literally hundreds of hours of work and research. And I've tried backing it up but I can't

I'm so sorry if anyone feels I'm being cautious or precious I just feel I and we have invested so much!

Love weezl x

weezl74

nopot2pin wrote: »

?????

When do you add the milk in ??
Or is that just to drink whilst you're making it ??

cheeky potty!

Erm, yes I think Grandma added it at the same time as the oil?

xxx

How shall we market the potato salad?