Summer Berry Soufflé

Lovely Summer Berry Souffle

Hello!


With this being my THIRD BLOG! I thought I would do pud, everyone loves a good pud. I will be doing a summer berry soufflé
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This takes no time at all to make and no time at all to cook.
This is a perfect end to a heavy meal as it is light and refreshing. Those of you who shy away from making a soufflé don't! Its is easypeasy once you know how, the truth is there is nothing to know, just take your time and enjoy making it, you are bound to wow all of your friends with this tangy treat.

Preheat oven to 190oC
Ingredients
300g mixed summer berries (I would use frozen, but you can use fresh)
1tbs corn flour
3tbs creme de cassis
3 egg whites
100g caster sugar

Method
1) Bob you berries in a pan and heat gently until they are soft.
2)While your berries are going about their business, in a separate bowl add the creme de cassis and corn flour get ride of any lumps the best that you can, if you're struggling to get rid of the lumps pour some of the berry juice into the mix, this should help get rid of the lumps
3) Add the corn flour mix to the berries and stir, proceed to put the mixture through a sieve and collect the juices, put them to one side and let the come down in temperature.
4) Whisk the egg whites until they have stiff peaks, if you have any form of electric whisk USE IT! unless you want a numb arm.
5) Once you have stiff peaks add the sugar a little at time and keep whisking until the mixture is smooth and shiny.
6)Pour the now cooler berry mix in the the egg whites and carefully fold it in.
7) Spoon the mixture into ramekins and very carefully smooth the tops down and then wipe the top of the ramekin with you finger to neaten it up.

Going, going...

Gone!

       

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Delicious Pizza Dough

Hello Bloggers!

My next recipe is for delicious pizza dough, I have tried many different doughs but this one is fantastic and simple!

Yes you do have to have a bit more time on your hands for this but I think it is worth it! So here you go guys the ultimate pizza dough!

Makes 6 medium pizzas
Ingredients

• 1kg White bread flour
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 14g of dried yeast
• 1 tablespoon of caster sugar
• 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 650 ml of lukewarm water

Method

1) Sieve the flour and salt onto a flat surface and make a well.
2) Add the yeast, sugar and olive oil into the water and leave for a couple of minutes and pour it into the well.
3) Pour some of the liquid into the well and with a fork whisk the mix in slowly, gradually adding more and more liquid and drawing in more and more flour.
4)When the dough starts coming together, using floured hands knead the dough until it's smooth and springy. Place the dough into a floured bowl, cover it with a damp cloth and bob it in a warm place. Leave for and hour until it has doubled in size.
5) Knock out the dough by kneading it.
6) If you don't want to use the dough straight away you wrap it in clingflim and put it in the freezer or fridge depending when you want it. Otherwise roll it out 15-20 minutes before you want it.

Tasty Tips- In the pizza above the topping is made up of a mix herb tomato sauce, prosciutto, pepper, sun-dried tomatoes and mozzarella. IT WAS YUMMY! But you can do anything.

To cook it heat your oven to 220°C and it will take about 20 minutes to cook. Once it's cooked garnish with fresh basil.

Let me know how you got on and what you put on your pizza :) 

Yummy Homemade Pasta

Hello and welcome fellow bloggers, this is my first EVER blog!
I will be talking about homemade pasta, I will be starting with just a simple pasta dough and I will be referring back to it in future blogs.
Although I had made it prior, I was taught how to make proper pasta in Florence, in a wonderful cookery school called Giglio Cooking school with a wonderful chef called Marcella Ansaldo. Her way of cooking is about feel, what Marcella doesn't know about food isn't worth knowing!

I have made farfalle pasta for today, this is because it is sooooo simple but looks so good! Farfelle means butterflies in Italian, it doesn't take much imagination as to why! Every pasta has it sauce, farfelle pairs well with mild ingredients like fish and vegetables.

Farfalle for 4 friends

Pasta Dough
'00' Flour- 400g
Eggs- 4
Extra Virgin Olive Oil- 2 tbls
Pinch of salt

1) Sieve together the flour and salt on a flat surface make a well, then add the eggs and the oil.

2) Using a fork mix the egg and  oil, slowly incorporating the flour to avoid lumps if you feel that the dough is dry enough then stop adding flour. Knead the dough for 5 minutes to stretch the gluten make it into a ball and wrap in cling film, then set aside to rest for 30-40 mins. Let the dough do its thing.

3) I use a pasta roller to do my pasta however you can use a rolling-pin (or wine bottle) but you may struggle to get the pasta as thin as you may need it. Start off by having the roller on the widest setting, flatten the pasta with the palm of your hand then pass it through the roller. if it comes apart a little DO NOT FEAR! just sprinkle flour fold and pass though again. Continue doing this on the same level until the pasta has lost the very moist touch then keep going down a level so the roller get tighter and tighter.

4) By this point you will have a long stretch of pasta dough lie it down on a flat surface and with either a pattered wheel cutter or a knife cut rectangles out.

5) This is the part I love, taking the middle of the rectangle (landscape side) with your thumb and index finger in squeeze them together.

6) If you want eat it straight away bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and add the pasta, keep and eye on it as it will take moments to cook. If you're not going to eat it straight away bob it in the freezer on a tray, once it is frozen put it into a sandwich bag then put it back on the freezer, this avoid them sticking together. This is delicious mixed in with a wild mushroom sauce.

Handy Hint- When you are making the pasta, once to put it on a surface it is useful to flour it, use semolina instead of flour as it cooks better then flour.

Most importantly..... ENJOY!

Please comment on how you got on :)