Monday 10 October 2011

Easy Peasy Lemon Curd

I made this tonight with the girls.  I haven't made any for ages.  This recipe will make you a small pot and is super scrummy!

All you need is:

A lemon the rind and juice of
100g caster sugar
50g salted butter
3 egg yolks

First heat the lemon, sugar and butter gently in a bowl above a pan of boiling water.  Don't let the bowl touch the water.

When it's all melted add the egg yolks and whisk constantly (it must be constant otherwise the eggs will cook funny and you'll have a bitty mixture instead of smooth) for about 5 minutes.

Put in the container you choose to keep it in and allow to cool at room temperature for about half an hour.  Put in the fridge and allow to cool for a further 30 minutes to an hour then enjoy.

Tuesday 7 June 2011

My very well-loved Cheese and Bacon Straws

Everyone I make these for loves them.  It can be made without the bacon, but it makes for a nice twist.   Brilliant for parties or as a snack.  They freeze well too, so you could make up a nice big batch and get them out as you need them.

Cheese and Bacon Straws

300g wholemeal flour
150g butter diced (I like to use salted)
150g extra mature cheese grated
50ml water
1 teaspoon mustard
100g bacon (as fatless as possible is best)
1 egg yolk.

Preheat the oven to 200c.

Put the flour and the butter into a bowl and rub together until it goes like bread crumbs then add the cheese and stir it in.

Stir the mustard into the water well and slowly add the water bit by bit until the mixture starts to bind and turn into a dough.

Roll the dough flat about half a cm thick.  Place the slices of bacon evenly over half of the pastry then fold over so to 'sandwich' the bacon.  Roll out again until a little thinner than 3/4 of cm.

Using a sharp knife (because of the bacon)  cut into straw shapes.  You can make long ones or short ones, whatever you fancy.

Place them on the baking tray and then glaze with an egg yolk  -  I like to use only an egg yolk because I like the colour it gives.

Place in the oven for 12 minutes.  Allow to cool on a cooling rack for a couple of minutes and then enjoy.  They are super yummy when warm out the oven!

Experiment with a cheese you really like.  I find a really strong cheddar is the best bet though.

Thursday 26 May 2011

Honey and Almond Biscuits

Someone asked me if my almond biscuit recipe could be done with honey.  I hadn't even considered it.  Although once the thought had entered my mind I couldn't shrug it off and so, I began experimenting and have come up with this recipe.  It's not quite the same but still very yummy.

Honey and Almond biscuits

50g butter
2 tablespoons of honey
pinch of salt
50g ground almonds
150g wholemeal plain flour










Preheat oven to 200c

Mix the butter and honey together add the almonds and pinch of salt and mix in thoroughly. 

Stir in the flour until it's a ball of dough.

Dust a clean surface down with flour and a rolling pin too.  Roll the dough until it's about half a centimetre thick and cut with a cutter it should make about 15 -18 biscuits in all.

Put in the oven for 8 minutes, then leave to cool on a cooling rack for a few minutes before eating.  At first they seem very soft, but after cooling become wonderfully crunchy, like they should be.  When I first made them, I brought them out of the oven and thought they were never going to go hard but I was delighted when they did.

Hope this works for you too.

Sunday 22 May 2011

Almond biscuits

The girls went on and on about how hungry they've been today.  It didn't seem to matter what I fed them they were still hungry so we decided to made some biscuits.  They were so delicious I thought I'd put the recipe in here and it kept them quite until tea.




Almond biscuits

50g butter
25g sugar
pinch of salt
50g ground almonds
75g wholemeal plain flour










Preheat oven to 200c

Cream the butter and sugar together add the almonds and pinch of salt and mix in thoroughly. 

Stir in the flour until it's a ball of dough.

Dust a clean surface down with flour and a rolling pin too.  Roll the dough until it's about half a centimetre thick and cut with a cutter it should make about 12 biscuits in all.

Put in the oven for 8 minutes, then leave to cool on a cooling rack for a few minutes then they should be ready to eat!

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Fun in the Kitchen





I am the writer of what Lisa Bakes.  I have a family of six to feed and I'm always looking for fun ways to feed them and make dinner time a fun family experience too.


I began writing this food blog because I love cooking all my life and more so with my 4 daughters.  I am always having fun looking a different foods from around the world, tweaking recipes and creating new ones or cooking with the girls, so I thought I'd share the best of my inventions and recipes with everyone else.

I hope you all enjoy reading this blog and have even more fun trying them out!  

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