Focaccia with Spinach, Onion & Parma Ham (Part 1)

This is also a 2 part operation as with the Ciabatta (both found on the BBC website).

Tonight:

Mix 60g flour with 60ml of water (luke warm) and 15g of yeast.
Mix this all in so no lumps, then leave for a couple of hours then transfer to the fridge over night.

If there is no part 2 then everything went wrong.

Ciabatta: Part 1

Hopefully if this all goes OK there will be a Ciabatta Part 2.

Tonight:
Mix 250g of Breadflour with 190ml (7floz) of water and 15g of dried instant yeast. Whisk for 3 minutes in a large bowl. Cover and leave to rise over night.

Lynda's Milk Tart

Pastry

2 cups flour
1/4 of 250g butter
2 TSP caster sugar
1 TSP cooking oil
1 egg

Bake in oven until golden brown +/- 20 minutes (prick with a fork).

Filling

1l milk bring to the boil

In a separate bowl beat together with cold milk:
1 TSP flour
1 heaped TSP mazinia
3 egg yolks
3/4 TSP caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence

Beat 3 egg whites together and fold into cold mixture, add cold mix into boiling milk, stir consistently until thick, pour into pie shell.

Leave to set at room temperature, sprinkle with cinnamon.

The Bartrum's Bar One Chocolate Sauce

410g can Evaporated milk
4 x 100g bars Bar One (Mars bars) chocolate

Place evaporated milk in a mixing bowl, microwave on 50% power (Medium)
for 3-4 minutes until heated
Cut chocolates into small pieces, add to milk.
Microwave on 50% power (Medium) for 3-4 minutes or until melted and
thickened, stirring frequently

Freddie's Orange & Lemon Sorbet

8oz (225 g)granulated sugar
3/4 pint (15fl. Oz)water
1/2 pint (10fl. Oz)fresh orange juice
juice of one lemon
zest of two oranges

Put the sugar and water into a saucepan and stir over a gentle heat until the sugar has dissolved.
Bring to the boil and boil for about 8 minutes, or until you have a light syrup. If you are using a sugar thermometer to 115 C, 230 F. Leave until it is at room temperature and stir in the orange and lemon juice and the orange zest. Pour the mixture into the ice cream maker and freeze/churn for approx 25 minutes.

Rachel's Chocolate Brownies (very goooeey!)

110g (40z) Butter
110g (4oz) Plain Chocolate
225 g (8 oz) Caster Sugar
2 Beaten eggs
110g (4 oz) Plain Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
a pinch of salt

Set the oven to 180C/350F
Grease a shallow oblong tin

Break the chocolate into a bowl and add the butter. Place the bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water. When the butter and chocolate have melted, take the bowl off the heat and stir in all the other ingredients.

Spread the mixture into the tin and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

Let the mixture cool in the tin for 10 minutes. It will sink a little in the middle. Cut the brownies into squares and cool on a wire rack.

Vicky's Cow Pat Pie

If you do not have any chocolate in the house or do not want to head out, do not read this recipe as it will start your chocolate cravings.

SERVES 4
Ingredients
125g/5oz self raising flour
15g/5oz cornflour
15g/5oz cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
75g/3oz butter
75g/3oz caster sugar
1 large beaten egg
5-6 tablespoons cold milk
for mixing

Method
Sift flour, cornflour, cocoa powder and salt into bowl
Rub in butter finely
Add sugar. Mix to fairly soft consistency with egg and milk
Stir briskly until well combined.
Transfer to 1/2 to 1 litre (1 1/2 - 2 pint) buttered pie dish. Put into the centre of moderately hot oven (190C/375F) and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to moderate (160C/325F) and bake a further 35-40 minutes (or until wooden cocktail stick inserted into centre of pudding comes out clean). Remove from oven and turn out on to warm plate.
Serve with fresh cream or a sweet sauce (We usually use a chocolate sauce which, you will understand, has been given a similarly appropriate name!)

UNMENTIONABLE SAUCE
SERVES 4-6
Ingredients
1 level tablespoon cornflour
300ml/ ½ pint milk
50g/2oz grated plain chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
15g/1/2 oz butter
1 to 1 1/2 level tablespoons caster sugar
Method
Mix cornflour to smooth paste with a little of the cold milk
Put remainder of milk into saucepan and add chocolate. Heat very slowly until chocolate melts
Pour onto cornflour paste and mix well. Return to pan
Cook, stirring, until sauce comes to the boil and thickens
Add vanilla, butter and sugar. Simmer for 3 minutes