PREP LIKE A HERO...
Just a super hint of organsiation for a when ever day can produce a easy impromptu feast with no effort...
When friends or family rock up unexpectedly then its time for a impromptu feast, suddenly I have been able to serve hot fresh scones coming from the oven, goregous flatbreads to stuff with garden egg salad and beetroot relish, divine crispy onion pakoras with a curry spiced mayo dip, elderflower cordial or champange and a batch of buttery short bread biscuits baking for later...A beautiful lunch that appears from nowhere with out any drama and no planning ahead and no one noticed I made it all while we chatted and caught up!
The secrets in the pantry!
I always keep some mason jars loaded with dry pre weighed ingredients ready to go in a moments notice just by adding the wet ingredients that are written on the mason jar label, this ensures gorgeous food with no need to think drama!
This can be with any recipe you like, muffins, your favourite dinner bread rolls, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, you get the idea...I always re fill the jars once used ensuring that they are all primmed ready to go so that I can enjoy my family and friends time and still give gorgeous food at a moments notice.
The wonderful bonus for my family is that we have a abundance of food straight from the garden all year round so there is always fresh eggs from our hens, garden salad a mix of salad leaves, spinach, rhubarb chard and various kales, vegetables to saute, zoodle or stuff and my pride and joy our canning pantry of preserved roasted beetroot chutney, Asian pickled cauliflower florets and juilened
carrots along with sweet and sour chutneys amoung a abundance of other pickles, salsas and passattas from the years harvest.
FABULOUS SPICY INDIAN PAKORAS
STUFF YOUR JAR WITH...
250g chickpea flour (gram flour)
50g self raising flour
1.5 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tspcorinader
1/2 tsp cumin
ON THE LABEL
250ml water
300g grated potato
300g sliced onions
100g fresh spinach
1 fresh chilli diced
1 ltr nut oil for frying
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LABEL
Add all the wet to the dry and mix well, heat the oil to 180 C and spoon in generous dollops of your pakora mix, fry for around one and a half minutes each side, drain and enjoy fresh and hot.
GORGEOUS BUTTERY SHORT BREAD BISCUITS
STUFF YOUR JARS WITH
8oz plain flour
5oz sugar golden light
ON THE LABEL
175g chilled diced butter
2 tbsp water if needed
2 tbsp sugar for dusting
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LABEL
Combine, bring together, roll, cut out biscuits, sprinkle with sugar, bake 160 C around 8 mins, no colour.
FABULOUS BUTTERY LAYERED PUFFED PARATHAS
FILL YOUR JAR WITH
125g wholemeal flour
125 g plain white flour
1/2 tsp sea salt
ON THE LABEL
2 tbsp melted ghee or butter
140 ml water
4 tbsp melted ghee for painting
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LABEL
Mix the wet with the dry and form in to a soft dough, knead for a couple of minutes and leave to rest for 20 minutes. Divide the dough in to 6 balls. Roll each ball out to a thin disk, paint the disk with some of the melted ghee and dust with a little wholewheat flour, only a dusting, fold in half, paint with the ghee again and fold in half again, now paint one more time, fold in half and then roll out until half as thick, I don't worry about the shape as the flavour and flakey melt in your mouth texture is all you can focus on when you tear, dip and eat...To cook heat a skillet medium hot and cook each side for around 1.5 minutes on each side, you want a little charring and you want to see a lovely puffed up flakey layers on the side of the parathas to finish paint each paratha with more melted ghee, the decadence of sumptuous.
Fill your jars with what ever you want and have fun knowing you can just be a super hero in the kitchen, your family will be amazed at how you whip up pancakes, waffles, muffins etc with out any effort, this prep like a hero also moves on to the fridge, see my prep like a hero for the fridge post all it takes is an hour once a week to set your fridge up for super speedy fresh cooking all at a moments notice.
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