Alida's Almond Biscuits

 



INGREDIENTS:

270 g flour

1 packet (114 g) fine almonds

80 ml caster sugar

230 g soft butter 


Mix everything together

Roll mixture into balls and then into "worm" shapes (can keep it round) and form into a "c" 

Put onto baking tray (lined with baking paper) and bake for about 15 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius

Sprinkle caster sugar over when you take them out of the oven

Enjoy! 

Chicken Tetrazzini

 INGREDIENTS

Cooked chicken, shredded (about 4 cups)

300 g mushrooms 

About half a packet of linguine pasta 

1 packet bacon, cut into pieces

2 large onions, sliced

1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 


White Sauce

3 TBS butter

3 TBS flour

2 cups chicken stock

1 cup cream

(2 TBS Sherry - optional; add after you made the white sauce)


METHOD

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 

While the pasta is boiling, make the white sauce

Put the chicken pieces in a big bowl and add the mushrooms and bacon and onions and stir

Add the white sauce and mix everything well

Butter a casserole dish and add the pasta mixture

Sprinkle the cheese over, cover with tinfoil and bake for half an hour

Remove the tinfoil and check for doneness; bake for another 20 minutes if necessary


Lemon Pudding - Oxford '77

 


Image by @Matt Bango



Outstanding!


  • Beat together 1/2 cup sugar and 1 TBS butter
  • Now add in this order:
    • 2 TBS flour
    • pinch salt
    • rind and juice of 1 lemon
    • 1 cup milk
    • yolks of 2 eggs
    • lastly stir in 2 stiffly beaten egg whites
  • Bake in buttered dish, standing dish of hot water for about half an hour
  • Seems strange mixture, but comes out with crust on top, and like lemon cheese underneath

Yoghurt & Jelly Pudding

 INGREDIENTS

1 packet pineapple jelly & 1 cup boiling water - dissolve jelly powder and let cool

500 ml pineapple yoghurt

1 can condensed milk

Tennis biscuits


METHOD

Place Tennis biscuits in a pie dish (12 biscuits)

Mix together all remaining ingredients and pour over

Refrigerate until set 


Notes:

You can use any jelly powder and yoghurt you like! 


Bread and Butter Pudding (Flick Du Toit)

 

METHOD:

Butter a casserole dish.

Butter 8 slices white bread and layer in the casserole with currants (can be soaked in Port, optional). Leave for 10 minutes.

Beat 6 egg yolks, 1 liter milk and 1 cup white sugar, pour over top of bread dish.

Place in oven pan containing water and bake plus minus 40 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius until set when you shake dish.

Remove from oven, spread smooth apricot jam over top and meringue mixture made by beating stiffly 6 egg whites and1 cup castor sugar. Return to oven and bake till brown.

Can be served hot or cold. 

Broccoli Chicken (Marie Mostert)

 

Image by @George Becker


INGREDIENTS

Broccoli pieces (blanched)

Cooked deboned chicken pieces

Can mushroom soup

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp curry powder

Grated cheese

Breadcrumbs 

Butter 


METHOD

1. Butter an oven dish and add the broccoli pieces

2. Add cooked chicken pieces on top

3. Mix together: mushroom soup, mayonnaise and curry powder and pour over

4. Sprinkle some grated cheese and breadcrumbs on top and dot with butter

5. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes until cheese has melted and browned

6. Serve with rice and salad

Alida's Apple Pie

 


Image by @Foodie Girl


INGREDIENTS

1 cup sugar

3 TBS butter

3 eggs

1 cup cake flour

1 tsp baking powder

salt

1/2 cup milk

2 lb. can stewing apples


SYRUP

1 cup cream & 1 cup sugar 


METHOD

1.Combine butter and sugar until creamed and add eggs one by one and mix well.

2.Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and add to butter mixture.

3.Gradually add the milk.

4.Spoon the batter into 2" x 9" buttered pie dishes.

5.Cut the apple pieces smaller and spoon onto batter.

6.Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.

7.About 10 to 15 minutes before baking time is over; cook the cream and sugar for 10 minutes until sugar is melted.

8.Test if pie is ready, and remove from oven and slowly pour the syrup over.

Kristie's Rice Crispies & Date Balls

 INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups dates, finely sliced

1 cup white sugar

1 TBS butter

1 tsp vanilla essence

2 eggs, beaten well

Desiccated coconut

Rice Crispies


METHOD

1. Mix butter, sugar and dates. 

2. Add eggs and stir in pot on stove until all melted.

3. Let cool and add vanilla essence

4. Add 3 cups Rice Crispies and make small balls and roll in coconut 

5. Enjoy! 


Pickled Mushrooms - basic recipe

 


Makes 500ml


INGREDIENTS

250 ml vinegar

250 ml sunflower oil

3 garlic cloves, chopped

10 Black peppercorns

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp fine salt

2 fresh bay leaves 

(optional: add dried marjoram / tarragon to taste; or chopped fresh parsley)


METHOD

Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and heat until sugar is melted, slowly simmer for few minutes but don't let it boil.

Let cool a bit and add to cooked mushrooms in sterilized glass jar.

Store in fridge.

Once opened, use within a week. 


Almost KFC Chicken

 


Ingredients

2 cups Flour

2/3 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Thyme

1/2 tsp Basil

1/3 tsp Oreganum

1 tsp Celery Salt

1 tsp Black Pepper

1 tsp Mustard powder

4 tsp Paprika

2 tsp Garlic Salt

1 tsp Ground Ginger

3 tsp White Pepper 


METHOD

Mix together all of the above ingredients

Beat 1 - 2 eggs and dip chicken pieces in it and then cover with spice mix

Fry chicken pieces in hot oil until done and drain on paper towels


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