Sallie's Kitchen

    

                     

For the first time this year I partook in the the Great Food Blogger Cookie swap. Here is my recipe:

• 225g butter, softened
• 225g caster sugar
• 170g tube Carnation Condensed Milk
• 200g oats
• 150g self raising flour
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 150g raisins

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180◦C, (160◦C for fan ovens), Gas Mark 4.
2. 2. In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and condensed milk until pale. Mix in the flour, oats and cinnamon and then finally the raisins.
3. 3. Roll the dough into 20 golf ball sized balls and place on baking trays, spacing well apart.
4. 4. Bake for 15 minutes until golden.

This is my next recipe using the foodie ingredients, chocolate brownies! With a twist I used the scrummy chilli chocolate.

Fold in 3oz plain flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 3 tbsp cocoa powder and 4oz chopped nuts (I use walnuts).

Pour into a lined and greased tin about 9"x9" and bake at 180C fan for about 25 mins.

Enjoy!

My first recipe using my foodie ingredients is Turkish delight, and it's surprisingly easy:

Ingredients

oil for greasing

1 oz powdered gelatine

9 fluid oz (UK) water

4 tsp rose water

1 lb caster sugar

3-4 drops red food colouring

1tbsp icing sugar

1tbsp cornflour

 Mix the gelatine, water, rose water and sugar in a LARGE saucepan

Heat until the sugar dissolves, stirring continually.

 Bring to the boil without stirring and simmer for 20-25 minutes.

It will expand and you really do need a big pan!

 Remove from the heat and stir in the colouring.

Cut the turkish delight into cubes and cover in the combined icing sugar and cornflour.

Store in an airtight box

Enjoy!

Its reveal day for foodie Penpals. Here is what I got from Emma at   http://adventuresofalondonkiwi.blogspot.co.uk/ , a wonderful blog with great photos.

She also sent me a great recipe, watch out for this and others using the ingredients from the box coming soon!!

Nigella Lawson's new programme is on TV now and the first episode was really good. today's lunch was a recipe from that episode, it was yummy:

Eggs in Purgatory

1 clove garlic

1 pinch chilli flakes

1 tin chopped tomatoes

1 egg

bread

Fry the minced garlic and chilli flakes in a hot dry pan for 30 seconds.

Add the tinned tomatoes, stir and sizzle.

Break the egg onto the top and allow to poach in the tomatoes.

Once the egg is cooked and the yoke still runny remove from the heat.

Allow to sit for a couple of minutes before diving in with the bread.

Enjoy!