bag of plain flour - what to do?

pavlovs_dog

it sure made some rather flat bread, much to everyone's amusement lol

batter is something i hadnt thought of, might do toad in the hole or something like that

Curry_Queen

Some of my fave batter meals ....

Giant Yorkshires filled with meat/veg (great with left-over stew!)
Toad-in-the-hole - with onion gravy
Savoury pancakes - filled with ricotta cheese and spinach; spicy minced beef; bacon and cheese; creamy chicken and mushroom; any left-overs I can use from fridge.
Sweet pancakes
American-style pancakes (blinis) - great for breakfast or desserts
Spam fritters - only joking (I hate them) but my mum often made them :rolleyes:
Potato fritters
Clafouti - a fruit base with batter topping


... ermmmmmm can't think of anymore atm but hope that gives you some ideas

Sarahsaver

you CAN use cheap normal plain flour for pizza bases.

Curry_Queen

Ohhhh I forgot about pizzas and I only made one last night too :rolleyes:

pickle

Here's a recipe for potato cakes - i found on the internet and have tried and they taste like the genuine article.

Potato Cakes
-peel and then slice 750gm large potatos very thinly
-put the slices on a plate and microwave for a minute
mix 2 cups S/R flour, 1 tsp salt and 1 teasp. pepper. make a well. Add 1 3/4 cup water. mix together to form a batter (thicken with flour if not reasonably thick)
coat potato slices with extra flour and dip into batter
Fry until lightly golden
Drain
Then refry again until a rich golden brown colour

pavlovs_dog

made pancakes today..bit late for shrove tuesday, but never mind

they went down a storm, so i think toad in the hole is next!


any more ideas?

tiff

Can someone help me with the measurements for pancake batter please? I have a large bag of plain flour left and would like to make pancakes tomorrow (usually use packet mix)

Ta

pavlovs_dog

hey tiff

i figured i couldnt go far wrong learning a tip or two from good old delia. ignore the fancy twiddly bits and just run with the basic recipe.

clearly explained, easy to follow, and the results were yummy

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000000803.asp

debbym

Spendless wrote:

It's plain flour elona. Thought you needed self-raising for buns. Though i beleive you can make plain flour into self-raising by adding baking powder. Not right sure of quantities though.

Add 4 level teaspoons to each 225g / 8 oz plain flour, you can get away with less in stuff like fruit cakes but not sponges and fairy cakes

Lelly

Apple or other fruit crumble? I always make a sort of toffee apple crumble by using eating apples. Peel them and core them, chop into chunks then fry in about 1/2 ounce of butter or marge and a large spoonful of golden syrup. This turns to a toffee-like sauce round the apples when you have stirred it round the pan for about 5 minutes..you can tell when it is done as it changes colour but dont let it go too dark! I like to add about a heaped teaspoon of cinnamon to it. Put it in a dish and put the crumble mix on top (4 ounces of flour, two ounces of marg and two ounces of sugar, rub these in together you can add chopped nuts or ground almonds if you like.) cook for about 30 mins in a hot oven..gas 5 you can do the same with pears