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Author:  playmoe [ 04 May 2011, 01:51 ]
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got damn why did i check this out at this hour, now i got hungry as hell!

well done tho balls!
Author:  matude [ 30 May 2011, 01:21 ]
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We made pizzas with friends. Honestly, I simply forgot to take photos of the process and even of the final result, but we ended up with 6 awesome different pizzas.

Ingredients that you can't see in photos include a lot of different types of cheese (mozarella, local regular "cheddar", gouda, 3 separate "pizza cheese", blue cheese, etc), pineapples, 2 separate tomato sauces, ketchup and.. mm... beer, cider?

Recipe, well, it was pretty straight-forward. We made the dough from flour, water, yeast, olive oil and let it rise a bit. Some pizzas ended up being covered with so many ingredients they looked more like cakes. :) Tasted wonderfully though.
Author:  [SpA]MrOrange [ 30 May 2011, 01:38 ]
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Why do I come into this thread at 2 in the morning feeling while feeling peckish with no food in the house?
It's torture!
Author:  annarack [ 30 May 2011, 01:50 ]
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Omnomnomnom. They look very tasty :5:
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 30 May 2011, 13:03 ]
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nice mate! i especially like the dim lit picture, looks like you two are making pizzas in a bunker! lol
Author:  annarack [ 30 May 2011, 15:38 ]
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So I went out and finally bought myself a pasta machine. I've been saving the pennies. So here is my first attempt:

Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli

Ingredients:

For the filling (Serves 2)
200g Baby Spinach
knob of butter
100g of Italian Ricotta cheese
1 egg yolk
salt and pepper to taste

For the pasta dough (Serves 4)
200g pasta flour or 00 plain flour
2 eggs
pinch of salt

Method:
For the filling I melted a knob of butter in a pan
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then added the spinach
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I cooked it with the lid on for about 5 mins until the spinach had wilted
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In the meantime I combined the egg yolk and ricotta in a bowl
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I then drained the excess water out of the spinach, chopped it up then beat it together with the egg yolk and ricotta.
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Putting the filling aside I made a start on the dough.
Sift out the flour and the pinch of salt onto a flat surface, make a well and crack the 2 eggs into the middle
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Break the eggs with your fingers and mix into the flour. You need to knead it for at least 10mins so it's a good workout in the kitchen.
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Leave it to rest for about 30mins covered with a damp cloth.
Here's my new pasta machine :D
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Use the pasta machine to roll out a thin sheet of pasta. Depending on how thin you want your Ravioli to be. I went to the second to last notch.
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I then placed the spinach and ricotta onto the pasta sheet, giving an equal space between each.
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I then folded over the other half and pressed down around each bit of filling to seal it in the pasta.
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I used my pizza cutter to slice them into individual parcels and then used a fork to decorate and finally seal them. I put them on a drying rack as they will stick to a flat surface.
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Cook the ravioli in boiling salted water for about 8 to 10 mins. I had a little of the filling left so I made a sauce with it. I heated up some garlic in Olive Oil, added the remaining filling and a dolop of Creme Fraiche.

Unfortunately I was so excited about the dish that I forgot to take a photo. I basically served it with freshly shaved parmesan and some fresh basil.

So because I forgot to take the grand finale photo, the next day, with the remaining pasta I made some spaghetti
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I decided to make a garlic and chilli sauce with it aka Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with chilli.
I chopped up some garlic and slowly heated it in olive oil then added a large fresh chilli. Just to add an extra flavour I cooked 3 large king prawns in the garlic and chilli oil then added a few normal prawns too.
I then cooked the pasta for about 2mins in boiling salted water and served.
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Author:  Mclusky [ 30 May 2011, 16:30 ]
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Lies Anna!
Author:  annarack [ 30 May 2011, 16:57 ]
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:demm: that's what made me get that darn machine in the end. Inspiration FTW :5:
Author:  [SpA]Tomosa [ 30 May 2011, 17:38 ]
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Damn, everything on here looks really good, makes me want to post something....
Author:  [SpA]g.zeus [ 30 May 2011, 19:43 ]
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Your pasta looks amazing, anna! :shock:

Please show us MOAR of your amazing skills! :4
Author:  TinkerBell [ 03 Jun 2011, 09:10 ]
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Awesome Pizza and Pasta! Well done :)
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 19 Jun 2011, 22:56 ]
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Father's Day Apple and Blueberry Crumble - Balls Style
i.e. badass

I made my father an apple crumble today, but i couldn't take any photo's of me preparing it, because it was meant to be a fucking secret alright!!!

Jeez!

anyway, recipe is piss easy, so if you need pictures i will draw them in crayon for you hater!

Ingredients

For the filling

- 900g Braeburn apples (i use non cooking apples because they retain there shape better and dont have the texture of wet cake)
- 300g Blueberries
- 175g demerara sugar
- 2 lemons (zest and juice)

For the topping

-225g plain flour
-175g butter (keep that shit cold)
- 55g demerara sugar
- 125g oats
- 2 digestive biscuits (smashed)

1. Soak your fruit!
Core, skin and chop all your apples and place them in a bowl. Zest your lemons into the bowl and juice both of them too, to stop the apples browning.
Grab half your blueberries in your hand and crush them like they were your worst enemies nuts. Then chuck the rest into the bowl.
Mix with the sugar and leave to one side.

2. Make your crumble!
Mix all your dry ingredients together, then chop your butter into hard cubes. Using you fingers, mix in the butter till your mixture looks like coarse sand, but don't sweat it if you have some lumps, fuck it, this isn't the ritz.

3. Pre-bake your crumble!
Now if you pro like me, you can go a step further, if you wanna give up now? Just just the at dry stuff on the wet stuff in a dish and cook it in the oven for 25-30 mins or until golden brown and bubbling!

Thought so, get yourself 4 pro chef rings like these! (9cm x 6cm)
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Now line a baking tray with grease proof paper, and then cover with your crumble mixture. Pat down a little bit so it becomes one even-ish layer, and bake in the oven at 200dc for 10-15mins! thats pre-baked! then pull it out, it shud be a bit soft still, and cut out 4 cookie shapes with your big metal ring!

Now get your 4 rings, grease up your rings with lots of butter, place them on a baking tray, and spoon in 2/3 full with your fruit mix!

Then chuck a crumble lid on, and bake in an oven for 20mins!

Then you get this >
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Author:  Mclusky [ 20 Jun 2011, 19:37 ]
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[SpA]ProtectMyBalls wrote:
Father's Day Apple and Blueberry Crumble - Balls Style
That looks might swish, I may have to give it a whirl!
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 20 Jun 2011, 19:39 ]
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yeah do it mate! it's well easy, just don't over cook the apples, they shud retain their shape but be really easy to bite thru!

lemon is the key to the dish thou! :5:
Author:  annarack [ 20 Jun 2011, 21:04 ]
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Omnomnomnom :5:
Author:  OneYankeeRebel [ 27 Jun 2011, 05:18 ]
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My pictures are a huge fail. It was a last moment idea, I rushed, trying a new camera, enough excuses? On with the recipe.
Manicotti. Can be made many different ways. Today I uses broccoli.
  • Manicotti noodles
  • Half an onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped (no such thing as too much garlic)
  • ricotta cheese
  • mozzarella cheese
  • broccoli about a a cup (1/4 liter)
  • 2 eggs
  • tomato sauce
Microwave the frozen broccoli 5 mins.
Chop the onion, garlic, and broccoli
Combine in a bowl, the chopped stuff, ricotta cheese, 2 eggs, mix well.
Stuff the manicotti noodles with the mixture.
Cover with sauce, tinfoil, oven at 350F (180C) for 50mins.
Check noodles for softness, cook longer if not soft. When soft, top with mozzarella cheese, cook until melted.
Serve.
I was wishing I had added a bunch of basil to the cheese mix. I've used spinach with good result, would like to use sausage next.

Cooking is chemistry.

(edited the size of the pics. Sorry!!)
Author:  RoseAmazon [ 27 Jun 2011, 05:43 ]
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For a birthday dinner, it was truly first rate!!!

I am a happy justturnedtwentyoneyearold :) :4
Author:  annarack [ 27 Jun 2011, 13:10 ]
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Oh wow, that looks delicious. I've never thought to use the smaller tubes, normally I use the large canelloni and stuff it with meat. But I might try your filling instead. :5:
Author:  [SpA]Minimoose! [ 27 Jun 2011, 14:35 ]
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Looks tasty! I always have this type of meal from ready meals but i really need to cook it for myself at some point to see how nice it really is :P
Author:  matude [ 27 Aug 2011, 16:36 ]
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Wooo, some quick lunch pasta! :4

- Tomato sauce on a pan with chopped onions, stir it regularly on low heat until the onions get softer.
- Get water with some salt to boil in a pot.
- Put the holy appendixes of our Aviant Pasta Monster in the water, let them boil for around 7 minutes, usually until you can break one spaghetto in half by pressing it against the pot wall with your object of stirring.
- Out goes the water, in goes the sauce boss mix.
- Add mozarella
- Serve infront of your computer by youself like the forever-aloner that you are. :)
Author:  annarack [ 27 Aug 2011, 16:39 ]
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Just pictures? How do we know you made it huh? You could have just taken pictures while someone else made it! EVIDENCE NOW!
Author:  matude [ 27 Aug 2011, 16:47 ]
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[SpA]annarack wrote:
Just pictures? How do we know you made it huh? You could have just taken pictures while someone else made it! EVIDENCE NOW!
Ha, done! :) :5:
Author:  annarack [ 27 Aug 2011, 16:51 ]
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matude wrote:
[SpA]annarack wrote:
Just pictures? How do we know you made it huh? You could have just taken pictures while someone else made it! EVIDENCE NOW!
Ha, done! :) :5:
Perfect. Omnomnom
Author:  nMd! [ 30 Aug 2011, 12:32 ]
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Omg it all looks amazing guys!! :mrgreen:

( serious munchies :| ) :5:
Author:  [SpA]ZEnergy [ 30 Aug 2011, 18:54 ]
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I wish i could cook, I'm too afraid l will blow something up....
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 30 Aug 2011, 21:10 ]
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Image

:ugly:
Author:  annarack [ 30 Aug 2011, 21:14 ]
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OMG ZEnergy! I didn't know you did photo shoots :ugly:
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 30 Aug 2011, 21:24 ]
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He baked some well nice cookies ^^
Author:  [SpA]ZEnergy [ 31 Aug 2011, 01:53 ]
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Thanks Guys! <3 <3
Author:  MonsterMath [ 31 Aug 2011, 06:34 ]
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[SpA]ProtectMyBalls wrote:
Father's Day Apple and Blueberry Crumble - Balls Style
i.e. badass

I made my father an apple crumble today, but i couldn't take any photo's of me preparing it, because it was meant to be a fucking secret alright!!!

Jeez!

anyway, recipe is piss easy, so if you need pictures i will draw them in crayon for you hater!

Ingredients

For the filling

- 900g Braeburn apples (i use non cooking apples because they retain there shape better and dont have the texture of wet cake)
- 300g Blueberries
- 175g demerara sugar
- 2 lemons (zest and juice)

For the topping

-225g plain flour
-175g butter (keep that shit cold)
- 55g demerara sugar
- 125g oats
- 2 digestive biscuits (smashed)

1. Soak your fruit!
Core, skin and chop all your apples and place them in a bowl. Zest your lemons into the bowl and juice both of them too, to stop the apples browning.
Grab half your blueberries in your hand and crush them like they were your worst enemies nuts. Then chuck the rest into the bowl.
Mix with the sugar and leave to one side.

2. Make your crumble!
Mix all your dry ingredients together, then chop your butter into hard cubes. Using you fingers, mix in the butter till your mixture looks like coarse sand, but don't sweat it if you have some lumps, fuck it, this isn't the ritz.

3. Pre-bake your crumble!
Now if you pro like me, you can go a step further, if you wanna give up now? Just just the at dry stuff on the wet stuff in a dish and cook it in the oven for 25-30 mins or until golden brown and bubbling!

Thought so, get yourself 4 pro chef rings like these! (9cm x 6cm)
Image

Now line a baking tray with grease proof paper, and then cover with your crumble mixture. Pat down a little bit so it becomes one even-ish layer, and bake in the oven at 200dc for 10-15mins! thats pre-baked! then pull it out, it shud be a bit soft still, and cut out 4 cookie shapes with your big metal ring!

Now get your 4 rings, grease up your rings with lots of butter, place them on a baking tray, and spoon in 2/3 full with your fruit mix!

Then chuck a crumble lid on, and bake in an oven for 20mins!

Then you get this >
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WHERE THE FUCK IS THE BACON?!
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