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    Showing posts with label Afternoon Tea. Show all posts
    Showing posts with label Afternoon Tea. Show all posts

    Monday, October 22, 2018

    Miss Cleo's Favourite Waffles



    This weekend the Family bought a Waffle Iron. 
    One member of the Family is mad on them
    Our Miss Cleo of Course
    Cleo’s Best Waffle Mixture

    2 cups all purpose flour
    1 teaspoon salt
    4 teaspoons baking powder
    2 tablespoons white sugar
    2 eggs
    1 1/2 cups warm milk
    1/3 Cup (76 gms) butter
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract 


    In a large bowl mix together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar
    Warm milk with butter to just melt it

    Pre heat waffle iron

    In another bowl beat the eggs, stir in milk and butter
    Add vanilla
    Pour this milk mixture into dry ingredients

    Stir well till combined

    Ladle the batter into preheated waffle iron
    Cook waffles until golden and crisp

    Personally I just like butter on them
    But Miss Cleo loves that cream and maple syrup

    Maybe its a kid thing?
    Finished product excellent
     We found this recipe of the allrecipes website

    Tuesday, June 02, 2015

    Tasty Flavoured Tomato Butter - Liberally Spread on the Best Cheese Scones - Divine

    Now Here’s A Thing.
    Seriously, I thought there was nothing finer than a good cheese scone.
    BUT I have discovered an embellishment.
    Tomato and Parsley Butter
    Now these are really the Best Cheese Scone

    Friends were coming over for Afternoon Tea, well actually and Afternoon Wine
    Of course I must make food
    So I whipped up a batch of Cheese Scones,
    Normally I would just supply some good butter to spread on them
    This time I decided to flavour the butter

    Take 150 gms of Unsalted Butter at room temperature
    4 Cherry Tomatoes, very finely chopped
    2 tablespoons of chopped Parsley
    Sea Salt and freshly Ground Black Pepper

    Mash the butter
    Add the tomatoes and parley
    Season to taste with S & P


    Spread liberally on the freshly baked scone
    Seemed to go well, with the Champagne and also Chardonnay
    Covers all bases
    Just in case, people cant be bothered looking up how to make the scones… I have added the recipe for the scones from a previous post
    So Pre-heat oven to 220C

    1 cup of plain high grade flour
    2 1/2  teaspoons of baking powder
    Pinch of salt
    Good pinch of Cayenne Pepper
    1 cup grated tasty cheese
    2 spring onions finely chopped
    1/2 cup milk
    Sift the dry ingredient into a big bowl
    Add cheese, stir

    Add spring onions 
    Add milk
    Quickly mix and turn onto lightly floured bench
    Pat into a circle
    Cut into wedges
    Place on a lined baking sheet (you could just flour it if you wish)
    Bake for 8-10 minutes
    Remove
    Break open and put a nice pat of butter on top
    Fantastic