Food Academy- Making butter from cream and Flapjacks.

Making Butter and Buttermilk from cream

Pour 1 cup of cream into a yoghurt container, secure the lid well and shake vigorously for 15 minutes.

The cream will whip, then begin to clot and finally forming butter.

Once the butter has become a big lump, unscrew the lid and carefully collect the buttermilk. Drain through a sieve. The butter can placed in the fridge or freezer to keep.   

American Buttermilk Pancakes (Flapjacks)

Makes 10-12 flapjacks.

Ingredients

·      Flour, 1 cup

·      Salt, ½ tsp

·      Baking powder, 1tsp

·      Baking soda, 1 tsp

·      Buttermilk, 100ml

·      Milk, 225ml

·      Egg, 1

Method

1.    Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder into a large bowl.

2.    Stir the baking soda into the buttermilk.

3.    Add the fresh milk and egg to the buttermilk mixture and beat well.

4.    Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the liquid.

5.    Whisk in the dry ingredients, slowly at first.

6.    Heat and grease up a pan.

7.    Ladle enough mixture in to make a 12cm diameter pancake.

8.    Wait for the bubbles and carefully flip over. The second side does not take very long to cook.

9.    Serve with bacon, banana and golden/maple syrup.

Carrot Cake with cream cheese icing.

Carrots in a cake!!
Yes, it works. They provide nutrition, colour, fibre, juice and a bit of flavour.
This recipe make one small cake.
I mixed in my beaten egg and oil last.

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Equipment

Small round cake tin and baking paper

Large and small bowl

Whisk

Peeler

Grater

Wooden spoon

Measuring cups/spoons

Cooling rack

INGREDIENTS (per pair)

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup plain flour

1/2 cup carrot (grated)- use 1/2 a big carrot

2 eggs (beaten)

1/4 cup oil

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/4 tsp vanilla essence

ICING

1 Tbsp cream cheese

1/4 tsp lemon juice

½ cup icing sugar

METHOD

1.     Preheat oven to 180°C.

2.     Line a small round cake tin with baking paper.

3.     Place all ingredients into a large bowl and beat well.

4.     Pour mixture into loaf tin.

5.     Bake for approximately 20-30 minutes until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.

6.     Remove the cake from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing from the tin.

7.     Add the icing ingredients together in a small bowl and beat until smooth.

8.     When the cake is cool, ice with the cream cheese icing. 

"Bangers and Mash"

This is a traditional English Breakfast. Great for cold winter mornings.
I have used pre-cooked sausages but you can use any type, just as long as you cook them properly.
I used Bisto gravy powder to make the gravy. You can either use Worcester sauce or Balsamic Vinegar to caramelize the onions.
Enjoy!

Bangers and Mash with Caramelized Onions

Equipment

Potato peeler

Pot and lid

Sharp knife & chopping board

Potato Masher (1 per table)

Fry pan

Tongs

Measuring cup/spoons

Oven tray (for sausages)

Sieve

Ingredients

Mash

Potato's, 2-3 medium size, washed, peeled and chopped into chunks

Salt, pinch

Parsley, 1 tsp, chopped finely

Cheese, grated, 1 Tbsp

Butter, 1 tsp

Bangers

4 sausages per pair

Oil for frying

Caramelized onions

Onion, 1 sliced

Balsamic vinegar/ Worcester sauce, 1/2 tsp

Brown sugar, 1 tsp

Oil for frying, 1 tsp

Gravy

Bistro gravy, 1 tsp

Water, 50ml, hot

Method

Potatoes

1.    Wash, peel and chop up potatoes.

2.    Place in pot and bring to boil (enough water to cover the potato's).

3.    Add a good pinch of salt.

4.    Boil until potatoes are soft (when a fork can go through them).

5.    Drain and let sit in hot pot (off the heat) for 5 minutes.

6.    Mash until fluffy.

7.    Add butter and chopped parsley/cheese and mix through.

8.    Season with salt/ pepper.

Sausages & Onions

1.    Fry the sausages in a little oil until they are brown all over. Remove from pan, put on tray and place in oven on a low heat to keep warm.

2.    Fry onion in the same fry pan until they have gone soft and begin to brown. 

3.    Add balsamic vinegar and brown sugar, stir through the onions and simmer (low heat) for 5 min.

Gravy

1.    Mix bistro gravy powder into the hot water.

2.    Microwave for 30 seconds, stir again and let stand for 2 min.

Serving

Place a dollop of mash in the centre of the plate.

Arrange sausages lying on the mash on an angle.

Top with the caramelized onions.

Drizzle the gravy around the mash and over the sausages/ onions.