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It’s #Friday meaning it’s time for a #treat what will you bake with @ConnachtGold #LoveToBake Specially made with #bakers in mind!
It’s #Friday meaning it’s time for a #treat
Odlums Cranberry & Brie tarts for a real festive treat!
Tasty & savoury, check out our Cranberry & Brie tarts for a real festive treat!
What you need:
Short crust Pastry
- 225g/8oz Odlums Strong flour – Sieved
- Good pinch of salt
- 125g/4oz Butter or Margarine
- 1 Pinch of Goodalls Rosemary (optional)
- 2 – 3 Tbsp of cold water
Filling:
- Jar of Cranberry Sauce
- 200g Brie Cheese
- Black pepper
How to:
- Preheat the oven to 200c/400F/Gas Mark 6. Lightly grease 2 x 12 shallow bun trays.
- Sieve the flour and salt into a large bowl, grate the butter and mix lightly with the tips of the fingers to combine. Add the rosemary (if using) and gradually add small amounts of cold water. Use a knife instead of a wooden spoon as the metal will be colder and will help bring your ingredients together better.
- Mix until the mixture forms a dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured worktop and lightly knead it.
- Dust your rolling pin with a little flour and roll it out until the pastry becomes quite thin as this will rise during baking.
- Use a cookie/scone cutter and cut out rounds. Put the rounds into shallow cupcake/bun trays.
- Pierce the pastry with a fork before putting them into the oven to bake.
- Once you have done this pop the baking tray into the top shelve of the oven for no more than 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes take out the baked pastry so you can fill them. Leave the oven on as these will need to go back in for a further 5 minutes
- In each round, place a small dollop of cranberry sauce, topped with a cube of Brie put them back in the oven for 5 minutes. Top shelf and at the same temperature as above.
To Serve:
Sprinkle with some black pepper and garnish with a little greenery, like parsley or chopped chives. Serve with a side salad. You could also replace the Brie with some Goats cheese.
Odlums · Give this Apple & Blackberry Flan a go at the weekend.
Apple and Blackberry Flan
CategoryDesserts
Cook Time30 mins
What you need:
Pastry
- 125g/4oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
- 50g/2oz Margarine
- Few Tablespoons Cold Water
Filling
- 1 Cooking Apple (peeled and sliced)
- 50g/2oz Butter (melted and cooled)
- 50g/2oz Shamrock Muscavado Light Brown Sugar
- 1 Egg (beaten)
- Good Pinch Cinnamon
- 175g/6oz Blackberries
How to:
- Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Lightly grease a 20cms/8″ flan dish or loose bottomed tin.
- Make the pastry by putting the flour into a bowl, coarsely rub in the margarine then add sufficient water to mix to a soft dough. Lightly roll on some flour then roll out and use to line the prepared tin. Cover and leave in fridge while making up the filling.
- In a bowl mix together the melted butter, sugar, egg and cinnamon. Gently stir the blackberries into this.
- Remove pastry from fridge and arrange the apples on the base of the pastry, next gently spread over the blackberry mixture.
- Bake for about 30 minutes until nicely risen and a deep brown colour.
- Can be served hot or cold
Note:
Blueberries can replace the blackberries if liked!
Clodagh McKenna, My Carrot Cake with Orange Blossom frosting recipe
Makes 1 Cake (10 portions)
INGREDIENTS:
3 eggs
140ml/5floz vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing
220/7oz light brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
350g/12oz grated carrots, (grated weight)
100g/3½ oz golden raisins
100g/3½ oz walnuts, chopped
200g/7oz self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
For the orange blossom frosting
300g/10½ oz cream cheese, chilled
70g/2½ oz butter, at room temperature
300g/10½ oz icing sugar, sifted
1 orange, zest only
2 teaspoons of orange blossom water
METHOD:
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and oil and line a 13 x 23cm loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
2. For the carrot cake: beat the eggs in a large bowl, then add the oil, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, grated carrot, raisins and chopped walnuts.
3. Sift in the rest of the dry ingredients and bring the mixture together using a wooden or large metal spoon until well combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin, smooth the surface and bake in the oven for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. If you’re using a ceramic baking dish then you’ll need to add 15 minutes to the cooking time.
4. Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool in the tin for about five minutes before removing. Cool completely on a wire rack before serving.
5. For the orange blossom frosting: beat the cream cheese and butter together in a bowl until well combined. Add the icing sugar, orange blossom water and finely grated orange zest and mix until the frosting is smooth and thick. Using a palette knife, spread the frosting evenly over the cooled cake, dipping the knife into a bowl of hot water if the icing is hard to spread out.
6. Decorate with orange zest on top of the frosting.
It’s good to see this, old cooling rack from “Lynch’s Bakery “ Killeagh. Co Cork that closed in the 70s #ballymaloebreadshed
It’s good to see this, old cooling rack from “Lynch’s Bakery “ Killeagh. Co Cork that closed in the 70s , @jen.allennn left me 190 loaves to bake this morning . .
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Flahavans baked berry squares with oats for school bags..
“Happiness is enjoying the little things in life..”
Why not bake these delicious baked berry squares with oats?! Perfect for an afternoon of cooking with the kids.
Ingredients:… See more
Ingredients:
235 g rolled Flahavan’s oats
2 eggs
90 g blueberries
120 g apple compote
40 g brown sugar
240 ml skimmed milk
15 g milled flaxseed
1 1⁄2 tsp baking powder
1 1⁄2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1⁄4 tsp salt
Method:
Preheat the oven to 175°C/350°F/gas 4.
Mix the oats, eggs, blueberries, apple compote, brown sugar, skimmed milk, flaxseed, baking
powder, cinnamon, vanilla extract and salt together in a large bowl. Then pour into a 33 × 23 × 5 cm baking tin.
Bake in the oven until the liquid is absorbed and the oats are tender, about 25–30 minutes.
Cut into 12 equal-sized portions.
These delicious hot cross buns ..
Simply Better at Dunnes Stores @SimplyBetterDS
Have you tried our Belgian Chocolate & Seville Orange Hot Cross Buns? These delicious hot cross buns are made with Californian sultanas that are soaked overnight in fresh orange juice, Belgian chocolate and zesty Seville orange oil. Pick up a pack in your local @dunnesstores
Flahavan’s Oaty Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
100g (4oz) Flahavan’s Progress Oatlets (plus extra for topping)
50g (2oz) Flahavan’s Oat Bran
150g (6oz) self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
75g (3oz) brown sugar
100g (4oz) pitted dates, finely chopped (or any dried fruit you have)
1 beaten egg
250g (10oz) Natural yogurt
100g (4oz) melted butter
125g (5oz) Blueberries (or any fresh or frozen fruit you have)
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/ Gas mark 4).
2. Place the oats, oat bran, flour, bicarbonate of soda, sugar and dates into a large bowl and mix well.
3. Then add the egg, yogurt and cooled melted butter to the bowl, stir gently to combine and fold in the blueberries.
4. Grease a muffin tin or line it with muffin cases and divide the mixture between the cases.
5. Sprinkle oats on top of each muffin and bake for approximately 40 minutes or until risen and golden brown.
Serve warm or cold.
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/ Gas mark 4).
2. Place the oats, oat bran, flour, bicarbonate of soda, sugar and dates into a large bowl and mix well.
3. Then add the egg, yogurt and cooled melted butter to the bowl, stir gently to combine and fold in the blueberries.
4. Grease a muffin tin or line it with muffin cases and divide the mixture between the cases.
5. Sprinkle oats on top of each muffin and bake for approximately 40 minutes or until risen and golden brown.
Serve warm or cold.
@clodaghmckenna’s Orange Pistachio Yogurt Cake
This is one of my favourite cakes at this time of the year. It’s a much needed burst of sunshine. Deliciously light, and moist due to the natural Irish yogurt. You can make a gluten free version by simply using gluten free breadcrumbs. You can substitute the pistachios with hazelnuts, roast the hazelnuts before you add them to the cake, it enhances their flavour. It will last for one week, but not sure you will have any left for to test me on that!
To serve:
Decorate with 50g roughly chopped pistachios and the zest of one lemon on top. Serve with a dollop of natural Irish yogurt
Ingredients checklist
50 g slightly stale white breadcrumbs
100 g almonds, ground
100 g pistachios
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
150 g caster sugar
125 ml sunflower oil
200 ml natural Irish yogurt
zest of 1 orange
zest of 1 lemon
Ingredients checklist for the citrus syrup
juice of 1 orange
juice of 1 lemon
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 190°C / Gas 5.
Grease a 20.5cm (8in) round and 5cm (2in) deep tin and then lightly dust with flour.
In a large bowl mix together the breadcrumbs, almonds, pistachios and baking powder.
In a separate bowl whisk the eggs with the caster sugar. Continue to whisk while pouring in the vegetable oil, followed by the natural Irish yogurt.
Next stir the liquid pour into the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the orange and lemon zest.
Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and into the pre-heated oven.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the cake is golden brown. To ensure cake is done, insert a skewer into the center – if it’s ready, the skewer should come out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a plate.
Meanwhile, make the citrus syrup. Put all of the ingredients into a saucepan and bring gently to the boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved completely. Simmer for 10 minutes or until thick.
While the cake is still warm, pierce it several times with a skewer, then spoon the hot syrup over the cake, allowing it to run into the holes. Leave to cool. Spoon any excess syrup back over the cake every now and then until it is all soaked up.
Sprinkle chopped pistachios on top, and the zest of one orange. Serve with natural Irish yogurt
https://ndc.ie/recipe/clodaghs-orange-pistachio-yogurt-cake/
Catherine’s Citrus Apple Crumble
What you need:
- 175g/6oz Odlums Porridge Oats
- 125g/4oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Demerara Sugar
- 125g/4oz Butter or Margarine
- Pinch of Cinnamon (optional)
- 450g/1lb Cooking Apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
- 2-3 tablespoons Sugar, to sweeten
- Rind & Juice 1 Lemon
- Rind & Juice 1 Orange
How to:
- Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5.
- Put the oats, flour, sugar and cinnamon if used, into a bowl.
- Rub in the butter or margarine with the tips of your fingers to form a dough.
- Place the apples in an oven proof dish. Sprinkle over the sugar to taste.
- Pour over the lemon and orange juice and rinds. Sprinkle the crumble on top.
- Bake for approx 30 minutes. Serve hot with ice cream, cream or crème fraîche.
