Quick Questions on ANYTHING Old Style 3 (See first post for links to other threads)

nimbo

mummyjane wrote: »

I finally gave in and bought a second hand (albeit like new) halogen oven. Does anyone have any tips for cooking in them or recipes/recipe book recommendations. Looking for simple recipes that would be easy and cheap to make.

Thanks :j

as far as i know my mother cooks nayhting in hers only limited by the size, and her imagination...

Look at the firt few comments on the grocery challange thread as they are filled with recipies....

nimbo

CupOfChai wrote: »

Anyone know if I can freeze homemade gnocchi ok? Then do you defrost before cooking or just cook longer?

you can freeze anything, next doors cat, car keys a body.

the qeustion is will it defrost and still be in the same state?

I wouldn't cook them from frozen, but i reckon they'd survive a defrost, and cook from there....

mummyjane

Thanks Nimbo x

PipneyJane

CupOfChai wrote: »

Anyone know if I can freeze homemade gnocchi ok? Then do you defrost before cooking or just cook longer?

If you mean potato gnocchi*, then yes, you can open freeze it and cook it from frozen. By open freezing, I mean spread the gnocchi out on a tray so that each piece isn't touching, place that in the freezer and, once the individual gnocchi are frozen, bag and tag as usual.

To cook: dump the frozen gnocchi into a saucepan full of boiling water. When it floats on the surface, it's done.


* Potato Gnocchi recipe (as taught to me by an Italian lady I worked with): blend a pound or so of mashed potato with a beaten egg and sufficient flour to make a good dough. Take a handful of the dough and roll into a rope about the width of your thumb. Cut the rope into inch-long pieces. Cook as above and serve with your favourite sauce.

CupOfChai

Great, thank you. Yes, I did mean potato, I always make too much mashed potato and thought it might be a good way to use the extra.

And I like your sig

nimbo

love the signature too, and mmmmmmm i am so going to make gnocci this weekend.

kirsty822001

Hi, looking for some help, am making empire biscuits today. My recipe says cornflour but i have run out, I have 00' flour and sainsburys sauce flour and the usual sr and plain flour. I need to put plain flour in it anyway but am reluctant to make them without cornflour, any ideas what to do? thanks in advance for any thoughts

Justamum

kirsty822001 wrote: »

Hi, looking for some help, am making empire biscuits today. My recipe says cornflour but i have run out, I have 00' flour and sainsburys sauce flour and the usual sr and plain flour. I need to put plain flour in it anyway but am reluctant to make them without cornflour, any ideas what to do? thanks in advance for any thoughts

Do you have any custard powder? That's the same as cornflour but with added vanilla. In fact I've seen recipes for these biscuits which specify custard powder rather than cornflour. I was thinking of making some one day.

kirsty822001

thankyou, I made different biccys and then followed empire recipe (jam and icing top) will remember the custard powder in future thanks alot for replying

MrsCD

I recently saw a link to a video of an air hostess showing how to pack a suitcase for 10 days or so, but now I can't find it and I didn't save it (stupid me!). I'm not sure which thread it was on - either the grocery challeng or maybe here. I can't find it on YouT... Can anyone help?