Bakery style Hot Cross Buns (Simple Baking)

Bakery Style Hot Cross Buns (Simple Baking)

Ingredients

• 200g Bread Flour
• 50g Plain Flour
• 1 egg
• 6g Yeast
• 35g Butter
• 100g Chocolate Chips
• 80-100ml Milk
• 1/4 Tsp Salt
• 1 Tsp Cinnamon/ Mixed Spice
• 50g Caster Sugar

For the Roux

• 50g Bread Flour
• 70g Hot water

For the Topping

• 2 Tblsp Plain flour
•  Enough water

Method

1. Add Flours, sugar, yeast, egg, Sponge dough, Salt and Cinnamon or mixed spice and Start mixing adding milk little by little until it becomes a soft and smooth dough about 5 min and add butter next and keep on kneading another 10 min.
2. After put the dough in a greased bowl and leave in a warm place until double in size.
3. Next add chocolate chips and knead on the bench about 2-3 min.
4. Cut the dough in to equal parts and roll it as instructed in the video and arrange the buns next to each other leaving space to prove on a baking tray.
5. Pipe the topping and bake on 180c about 20-25 min.
6. Cool on wire racks.
7. You can freeze these and thaw as you needed.

Mexican Coffee Buns

Mexican Coffee Buns (Simple Baking)

Ingredients

• 300g bread Flour
• 30g Sugar
• 30g Butter
• 1 Egg
• 5g Yeast
• 2g Salt
• 130ml Milk

For Topping

• 80g PlainFlour
• 1 Egg
• 80g Icing Sugar
• 80g Butter
• 2 Tblsp Coffee
• Cubed Butter (Optional)

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients for the topping until smooth , then put the mix in a piping bag & put that in the fridge.
2. Add flour, yeast, egg, sugar,Salt  and start kneading adding milk little by little for 5 min. Add butter & keep on kneading another 10 more min.
3. When the dough is ready put that in a greased bowl and leave in a warm place until double in size.
4. Next take the dough out and put that on to a floured bench.
5. Cut this in to equal size pieces.
6. After take one part and roll to form a ball.
7. Leave on baking sheets to double in size again.
8. Then pipe the topping (If you find the topping is hard take out several min before piping)  as instructed in the video and bake on 180c about 20 -30 min.
9. Serve with a coffee.

Hot & Spicy Chicken Curry

Hot & Spicy Chicken Curry

Ingredients

• 500g Diced Chicken Thighs
• 1 red and green Capsicums diced
• 2 Onions diced
• Several red or green chillies sliced
• 1 Can tomatoes
• Several Curry leaves/ Coriander leaves
•  1/2 of a lime or a lemon
• 1 Tsp/ garlic and ginger
• 1 Tsp Chilli powder
• 1 Tblsp coriander powder
• 1/2 Tsp Onion seeds
• 1/2 Tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• Salt & pepper

Method

1. Add oil into a pan and add the seeds to splutter.
2. Next add garlic, ginger and curry leaves, capsicums and the onions and cook several min.
3. Add chicken and cook 5 min.
4. After add rest of the ingredients and slow cook until the gravy is thick about 25 min or more.
5. Serve on plain rice.

Omelet Bread rolls (Simple Baking)

Omelette Bread Rolls (Simple Baking)

Ingredients

For the dough

•  310g Bread Flour
• 90g plain Flour
• 7g Yeast
• 5g Salt
• 65g Butter
• 1 Egg
• 180ml Milk
• 25g Sugar

For the Filling

• 6 Eggs
• 2 Salad onions
• Some green Chillies
• Salt & pepper

Method

1. Add the flours, yeast, sugar, egg, salt and milk little by little and knead for 5 min.
2. Next add Butter and knead for 10 more min.
3. Put the prepared dough in a greased bowl and leave in a warm place until double in size.
4. Make the omelette and cut in to strips
5. When the dough is ready cut the dough to equal size pieces.
6. Roll one piece in to oval or rectangular shape.
7. Place the one omelette strip in the middle.
8. Roll as instructed in the video.
9. Leave on baking sheets to prove again and after brush the tops with eggs and bake on 180c about 20-25 min or until golden brown on top.

Lentil & Chickpea Patties

Lentil & Chickpea Patties (Quick & Easy Meals)

Ingredients

• 2 Cans chick peas
• 1 Can Lentils
• 2 Salad onions
• Salt & pepper
• 1 Tsp Coriander powder
• 1 1/2 Tsp Cumin powder
• 1 Cup plain flour
• 2 Eggs
• Green chillies
• 1 Tsp Garlic
• 1 Cup Spring onions

Method

1. Add oil in to a pan and cook onions until tender.
2. Next add green chillies, garlic, spices and spring onions. Cook 2 min.
3. Process the lentils and chick peas in a food processor.
4. Mix with the cooked onion mix and add eggs to get it to the right consistency.
5. Next add flour and get it to the right consistency to make patties.
6. Put some oil in to a pan and leave to be hot on the stove,
7. Drop the patties and cook on both sides until golden brown.
8. Serve hot with a side salad and some sour cream.

Open Face Custard Buns

Open Face Custard Buns (Simple Baking)

Ingredients

For the roux

• 15 g Bread flour
• 65g hot water

For the main dough

• Prepared dough mix
• 110g Bread flour
• 65g Plain or all purpose flour
• 21//2 Thickened cream
• 21/2 Milk
• 6g Instant dry yeast
• 50g Sugar
• 20g Butter
• 3g Salt
• 40g Eggs

For the Filling

• 2 Tblsp Sugar
• 2 Tblsp Thickened Cream
• 2 Eggs
• 1/4 Cup of milk

Method

1. Add the flours, yeast, sugar, roux, eggs, salt, cream and mix one minute. After add milk little by little later add butter and mix for 15 min.
2. After the kneading process put the dough in a greased bowl and leave in a warm place until double in size.
3. Meanwhile mix all the ingredients for the custard and leave in the fridge.
4. When the dough is ready cut the dough in to equal size pieces and roll to a circle. Use muffin trays or disposable foil trays and put the dough in and make a ring (Watch video) and leave to prove.
5. After press the proved dough slightly and fill the buns. Brush with eggs  and bake on 180c about 20 min or until brown and eggs are set.
6. Cool on wire racks.  

Home Made Tomato Ketchup

Home Made Tomato Ketchup

Ingredients

• 2kg Tomatoes
• 1 Cup Celery
• 6 Cloves Garlic
• Red chillies
• 2 Onions
• Bayleaves
• 200ml Apple cider vinegar
• 100g Brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp cumin and coriander powder
• 1 Stick cinnamon
• 1 tsp groung ginger
• 1/2 tsp Cloves
• Salt 

Method

1. Add all the ingredients in to a pot and cook on simmer for 2 -3 hours.
2. Pass the tomatoes through a sieve and store in serialised jars .