Cooky-cooky a.k.a. what´s the dishes @ your home town?!

[YamNivek]

Wow, ive fallen down the social ladder, ive gone passed lower middle, through working and into scum!

Ive only ever had corned beef in a tin, i must find some of this good kind!!

[d0n_th3_run_4ss4ss1n]

@Lazy: you already mentioned that "ash" before - what exactly is it?

@all: what about a recipe for homemade pastry?! anyone can hand over a good one?
or even a complete recipe for a steak&kidney pie?

[Selby]

Pie pastry (i googled it)

Ingredients:
•1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•1/4 teaspoon salt
•1/2 cup lard or vegetable shortening, or combination of shortening and butter, chilled
•3 tablespoons ice water
Preparation:
Sift together the flour and salt; sift again. Cut in the shortening or lard with a pastry blender or two knives until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Add ice water a tablespoon at a time (approximately 3 tablespoons in all), stirring the dough around the bowl with a fork. As soon as it is moist enough to gather into a ball, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for about 30 minutes. Handle the dough as little as possible. Roll half of the pastry dough out on a floured surface to about 1/8-inch thickness. The pastry should be about 1 1/2 inches larger than the the pie plate. Repeat with the other half of dough for a double crust pie, or freeze the remaining dough for a future pie. Makes enough for a double crust for a 9- or 10-inch pie, or two single crusts.
If recipe calls for a pre-baked crust, prick the pie shell with a fork and bake in a preheated 350° oven for about 3 minutes; remove from the oven and prick some more if the crust is puffing up. Return to the oven and bake 5 minutes longer. Place on a wire rack to cool, then fill as recipe directs.





CORNED BEEF is used in Lancashire hotpot. But in Wigan there is a dilema... a smaller town )within Wigan) called Leigh is known to make hotpot 'without' the top crust... they call it Lobby. We call them LobbyGobblers

[LazyEagle]

@Lazy: you already mentioned that "ash" before - what exactly is it?

Huh? Sorry Don, what do you mean by "ash"? Do you mean hash?

@all: what about a recipe for homemade pastry?! anyone can hand over a good one?
or even a complete recipe for a steak&kidney pie?

While I'm pretty bad with pastry (my hands are too hot apparently), I do like a good pie, and by using the frozen pastry, I've made a decent steak and kidney pie before.

All you do is line the dish with pastry, and have enough for the top, and then just cook up your steak and kidneys in a pot with some onions and beef stock (I'd dust the beef in some seasoned flour first) and cook it until it's the desired consistency - which in my head would be until the meat has cooked and the stock reduced to a nice thick gravy.
then just throw it into the pastry, brush some beaten egg over the top of it, make a few holes for air to get out and throw it in the oven for about 45 mins.

[d0n_th3_run_4ss4ss1n]

Thx for the replies so far, dudes. I´ll try to handle it.

@Lazy: You´ve been talkin of "ash" concerning putting it on the "Yorkshire Pudding".
EDIT: It´s been BBloke, sry, Lazy

@BBloke: What do you mean by "ash"? You´ve been talkin of it concerning putting it on the "Yorkshire Pudding".

...It's belting stuff along with worcestershire sauce. I prefer it in corned beef ash when it's settling in a large yorkshire pudding.

[BBloke]

Corned Beef Ash. Is pretty much like a stew. It's from my one pan cooking philosophy.

Find a large pan.
Part Boil some Potatoes in it
Add 2-3 Oxo Cubes
Add largely diced Corned Beef
1 x tin of slices carrots (if you are lazy like me) or chop fresh
1 x tin of garden peas (lazy option) or frozen peas (even lazier)
Simmer

To thicken use corn flower:
Add 1 desert spoon to a small cup.
Use cold water to mix until lumps have gone.
Add to pan.

Leave to simmer.
Add herbs etc to suit yourself.

I normally serve it inside a yorkshire pudding but you have to be careful when the side collapses.
Bingo Corned Beef ash in one pan.


Just learnt it should be spelt "hash" but it doesn't have any grass in it.

[DHARMA AGENT]

lol isn't it hash? You are always shortening words. Anyway, because of all of the snow i wanted to post a recipe for snow cream.
LOTS of snow
vanilla
sugar
milk
You can used condensed milk or evaporated. Mix ingredients to taste.