April 2012 Grocery Challenge

fozziebeartoo

jumblejack wrote: »

I'm just about to make up some cheats herby bread to go with the soup I made yesterday for our tea.

Will declare April's final figure tonight.

Is that the one you said could be used like a dumpling jj?

If so, I'd love to know how you make it please

Teg-Rem

thanks Jumblejack, how wrong could I have been. will keep lurking though I thoroughly enjoy it. just humble old fish fingers with chips n peas for us for tea, nothing very inspirational i'm afraid.

jumblejack

fozziebeartoo wrote: »

Is that the one you said could be used like a dumpling jj?

If so, I'd love to know how you make it please

It most certainly is!!!

There are hardly any recipes that I write down and use but this is one of em that I LOVE. Makes the tastiest dumplings ever. Even better than my suet ones!

When I have made the 'bread', I will post pics AND recipe. It's kind of like a savoury scone mix.

jumblejack

Here you go.

I've dug it out as I am about to prepare it myself...

JJ's Herby Cheese Bread

Mix ingredients together in this order below with a fork until it forms into a ball, then finish with clean hands:


8oz SR flour

1.5ox fat

4oz grated cheese

Handful of herbs (I prefer chives:))

1 egg

1/4 pint of milk

1 tsp mustard.


If too wet add more flour, if too dry add more milk.

Method for bread to accompany a soup:


Pat/roll it into a circle on a tray.

Cut it into 6 wedges and slightly part them.

Glaze with egg or milk.

Looks like this as they go in the oven:

15 mins or until golden around 200 degrees
Then it should look like this (mmmmm, smell that!):

Verdict: Nom!


Method for dumplings:

Roll into 6 (or more if you want smaller ones) balls and add to a simmering stew.

Pop back into oven with the lid off and allow to cook in the liquid.
Cooking time depends on the temperature I'd oven and size of the dumplings. I usually leave em in a good 20 mins.

rising_from_the_ashes

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Sorry to be MIA. It has been a really strange time the last week or so. But after much to-ing and fro-ing and several interviews and discussions my DH has been offered a job... in Abu Dhabi. So sometime in August we will be emigrating :j. So As from next month I will be trying to rein my spending in as much as possible to save for passports and such.

Ohhhhhhh wow! :j:j Absolutely wonderful news ...... totally life-changing - how fab for the whole family .... wow! Really, really chuffed for you all! :T:T

And ..... once you're there / settled - please pop in an let us know about the different foods there are / prices etc (I'd certainly find that really interesting and sure others would) .... always room for more recipes!:)


ETA ..... big *sigh*

Cool_Nanna

Declaring for April. £270, I am really pleased with myself. I am sure I can do even better so I am going to try even harder next month.

fozziebeartoo

jumblejack wrote: »

Here you go.

I've dug it out as I am about to prepare it myself...

JJ's Herby Cheese Bread

Mix ingredients together in this order below with a fork until it forms into a ball, then finish with clean hands:


8oz SR flour

1.5ox fat

4oz grated cheese

Handful of herbs (I prefer chives:))

1 egg

1/4 pint of milk

1 tsp mustard.

Mmmmmm....thank you jj, they look and sound lovely! :T

Will definitely give them a try.

I made my 1st ever non-suet dumplings last week and they were good and MUCH more filling then the usual ones I make, so I ate a lot less......and DGD (aged 2) who would happily eat a plate of dumplings for tea, could only manage a couple too

***I am out of SR flour - anyone got a simple way of remembering how much BP I need to add to plain flour to make it SR? I usually just add a heaped or a flat teaspoon, depending on how much flour there is.....but I daresay there is a "proper" way to do it???***

jumblejack

My bp says 3 level tea spoons to 8oz flour:T

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Jumblejack - OMG that bread looks so nice, will defo be trying them.

Florenceem

jumblejack wrote: »

Here you go.

I've dug it out as I am about to prepare it myself...

JJ's Herby Cheese Bread

Mix ingredients together in this order below with a fork until it forms into a ball, then finish with clean hands:


8oz SR flour

1.5ox fat

4oz grated cheese

Handful of herbs (I prefer chives:))

1 egg

1/4 pint of milk

1 tsp mustard.


If too wet add more flour, if too dry add more milk.

Method for bread to accompany a soup:


Pat/roll it into a circle on a tray.

Cut it into 6 wedges and slightly part them.

Glaze with egg or milk.

Looks like this as they go in the oven:

15 mins or until golden around 200 degrees
Then it should look like this (mmmmm, smell that!):

Method for dumplings:

Verdict: Nom!


Roll into 6 (or more if you want smaller ones) balls and add to a simmering stew.

Pop back into oven with the lid off and allow to cook in the liquid.
Cooking time depends on the temperature I'd oven and size of the dumplings. I usually leave em in a good 20 mins.

I don't have any fresh herbs - I suppose I could try using dried?