African Vanielje on Mar 17 2008 | Filed under: meme
A week or so ago I was tagged for a MEME by Anne of Anne’s Food. She was one of the first bloggers I started reading and I’ve always been drawn to her clean clear style, so different from my wildly undisciplined ramblings. She has a few other points in her favour, not least her [...]
African Vanielje on Mar 17 2008 | Filed under: freerange meat, vkcb
Make sure you have either made or bought your puff pastry in advance.
Mix a handful of plain flour with some fresh ground pepper, maldon salt and celery seeds.
Chop your braising steak into bite sized pieces and toss them in the seasoned flour.
Put the meat in a sieve and give it a good jiggle to let [...]
African Vanielje on Mar 17 2008 | Filed under: freerange meat
A good old fashioned Steak and Mushroom Pie is the perfect winter supper. Make it easier by pre-making your puff pastry and slow cooking your filling. I get all my meat from Paul, a fabulous butcher who works at a local farm shop. He is passionate about what he does and ensures [...]
African Vanielje on Mar 17 2008 | Filed under: baking, how to...
Puff Pastry uses roughly equal quantities of butter and flour. Strong bread flour has a high gluten content which gives added strength to the pastry, which it needs for all that rolling and folding. Lemon juice softens the gluten just enough to make the dough more pliable.
Make sure everything is cold whilst [...]
