weezl and friends Phase 4 - recipe testing christmas treats!

SusanC_2

:eek: How did I manage to miss that there was a new thread!

artybear wrote: »

I think I have CFR on the brain. I had a dream last night that I met up with Susan, her DH and DD and we went to a food festival where they only sold CFR food. Susan was telling me how to make all different types of bread. It was so real, that when I woke up I was thinking how nice Susans family were and that I should tell everyone. (I am sure they are all lovely in RL, but I havent actually met them).

I'm glad you didn't have a dream that we were all really nasty.

Apricot

Hey guys, I've had to change my username - hopefully you realise who I am from previous posts and my avatar.....

Quick question - is it ok to freeze something that has creme fraiche in it?

weezl74

Apricot wrote: »

Hey guys, I've had to change my username - hopefully you realise who I am from previous posts and my avatar.....

Quick question - is it ok to freeze something that has creme fraiche in it?

Hello I do recognise you! yup it should freeze fine, tho it may appear to split (like yoghurt does) on defrosting. A stir should sort it out.

SusanC_2

Apricot wrote: »

Quick question - is it ok to freeze something that has creme fraiche in it?

Hmmm you look familiar...

I imagine it would depend on what it was. I freeze dinners which have creme fraiche in the sauce but I probably wouldn't try freezing a cake with a creme fraiche filling.

Apricot

It was cauliflower macaroni (Jamie Oliver's recipe) - I've just thrown it in now - there is only one portion left and it'll probably be me who eats it anyway so if it splits it's not a major problem!

queen_of_string

A blog I was reading last night was doing mashed cauliflower. Mashed with a hand blender but with additions like mashed potato. I'm intruiged, so am going to try and remember to buy a cauli today and experiment!

Made some butternut squash soup last night. Half an onion, 2 carrots ( one sad) and 2 celery sticks with about 2 cupped hands full of roasted butternut squash and about 2 pints of stock made with stock cubes. Blended it in the blender.

Is so nice DH said I must type it up on here !!

Apparently it's very seasonal and so yum and creamy he's considering it for xmas day .

katkins78

Oooo I love squash soup! I do think though that squash/pumpkin is a bit like marmite- you either love it or hate it!

I have a question; if I were to make the cranberry and cashew nut roast this weekend, would it matter if I substituted redcurrants for cranberries? I have punnet upon punnet of them in my freezer. I already have a mountain of jars of redcurrant jelly and I just can't think what to do with the rest of them. Any ideas gratefully received!

shanks77

Hi folks back from trip was not what was planned but was ok nonetheless. Made a broccolli soup when i got home to use up a head i got so will keep us going for a couple of days.
Went out tonight but was reasonably frugal but im still on hols so........Will try and do better tomorrow.
Hope everyone is well xx

hornetgirl

I came up with a variation on the toad in the hole last night. We're not keen on meals with lots of gravy, but do like onions, so I chopped an onion and softened it in the microwave for a minute, then just put it in with the sausages before pouring the batter over and cooking as normal. Very nommy

Also a quick question on the lemon cheesecake recipe. What size are the tubs of soft cheese and yogurt please?

Sami_Bee

hornetgirl - I'm 99% sure its 500g youghurt and 250g cheese, they're the sizes of smart price ones.