Baking Made Easy (BBC2)

gillian62

Jamie Oliver - olive oil with everything.
Lorraine Pascal - vanilla pods!!

I love the programmes but don't necessarily find the recipes very cheap. Will try and use some cheaper alternatives to alter price.

Justamum

gillian62 wrote: »

Jamie Oliver - olive oil with everything.
Lorraine Pascal - vanilla pods!!

I love the programmes but don't necessarily find the recipes very cheap. Will try and use some cheaper alternatives to alter price.

Also when Jamie Oliver makes a pudding using vanilla he uses vanilla paste which makes olive oil look positively cheap!

freyasmum

Justamum wrote: »

Also when Jamie Oliver makes a pudding using vanilla he uses vanilla paste which makes olive oil look positively cheap!

I LOVE vanilla bean paste!

A 310g bottle contains the equivalent to over 30 pods. Not bad value really when you consider that I've never seen a pod under £1.00 (in fact Asda has the cheapest at £2.50 for two). The bottle I've got costs £14.25 (43p/portion). On offer, they were £9.00 (27p).

You also get the prettiness of the beans and without the harshness of the alcohol in vanilla essence.

Justamum

freyasmum wrote: »

I LOVE vanilla bean paste!

A 310g bottle contains the equivalent to over 30 pods. Not bad value really when you consider that I've never seen a pod under £1.00 (in fact Asda has the cheapest at £2.50 for two). The bottle I've got costs £14.25 (43p/portion). On offer, they were £9.00 (27p).

You also get the prettiness of the beans and without the harshness of the alcohol in vanilla essence.

He uses such a huge splodge of it - I wonder how many beans that equates to?

I usually use the vanilla extract (if I can afford it) and if I can't afford I use the vanilla flavouring. Yes, yes, I know it's never even walked past an actual vanilla pod!

freyasmum

Justamum wrote: »

He uses such a huge splodge of it - I wonder how many beans that equates to?

I usually use the vanilla extract (if I can afford it) and if I can't afford I use the vanilla flavouring. Yes, yes, I know it's never even walked past an actual vanilla pod!

Loads! :eek:

It's 9g/around 3 small splodges (technical term, you understand ) per pod - I weighed it :A

You just use what suits you/your budget. I do have a bottle of extract, but it's made with alcohol and I think it's too harsh. I'd prefer to use essence if I couldn't have the paste :cool:

Triker

Just watching this for the first time now and really enjoying it. May have to look for her book.:D

Lippycow

MrsE wrote: »

Just bought the book from The Book People.

Used a free delivery code from the codes & voucher pages.

Thanks just ordered mine with free delivery,and i have her Focaccia in the oven and it looks fab:-)

zippychick

Oh im jealous, I want some foccacia!

Lippycow

zippychick wrote: »

Oh im jealous, I want some foccacia!

Well it was well worth making it's delish,i have a workman here and he loves it lol

billybobberyl

i loved the look of the brownies too but think gillys recipe is much easier! so will be trying that, but do you thinkit would work to add the cookies in like the one on the programme! i brought foxs fudge creams i figured they were close to oreos and on offer at mr a so half the price!