Chicken Thigh Curry

Pre heat over to 180 degrees. Fry chicken skin side down first for 5-8 mins.  Remove from pan and remove all but 1tbsp oil.  Fry onion cut into half moons.  When transparent,  add garlic and ginger.  Add tomatoes, curry powder, lime juice,  honey and chilli powder.  Then add half a can off coconut milk.  Place chicken back on top and oven bake for 20 minutes.  

Served with bombay potatoes,  mint raita, and yoghurt flatbread. 

Crumble mix

100g plain flour

50g caster sugar

25g muscavado sugar (can use 75g granulated of don't have the other 2)

50g cold butter

Pizza sauce

1 can chopped tomatoes

1 carton passata

garlic

oregano

sugar

salt and pepper

Slow cooker on low for 6 hours.

Pizza Dough

1kg 00 flour

200g plain flour or strong white bread flour

2 x 7g packs of yeast

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp caster sugar

650ml warm water

Mix salt, yeast and sugar into water, leave for a few minutes. Sift 00 flour into large bowl ( kitchen aid), make a well and mix flour into the middle with a fork. Once dough formed, mix with kitchen aid dough hook until smooth. Heavily flour bowl and put dough back in. Flour top and put a damp cloth on top before proving for an hour in a warm space.

Knock back and add in a fair bit of the additional flour before deviding up. Can use straight away or place cling filmed in fridge until ready to use. Roll 20 minutes before use.

Old School Chocolate Cracknell

• 150g cornflakes
• 200g golden syrup
• 120g butter
• 75g dried milk powder
• 25g cocoa powder

1. Measure out the cornflakes in large bowl and put aside.
2. Melt the golden syrup and butter in a saucepan on a very low heat.
3. When just melted, remove from heat then add the dried milk powder and cocoa powder, and whisk.
4. Add back on heat and stirring all the time for about 3 minutes on low heat.
5. Remove from heat and pour over cornflakes, mixing very well until all covered.
6. Then with a large ice cream scoop press cornflakes into it and then put on a baking tray.
7. Chill in fridge for an hour then enjoy

Old School Iced Sponge

250g butter

250g granulated sugar

4 eggs 

250g self raising four

1 tbsp milk

300g icing sugar

Sprinkles 

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Sift and fold in flour and add milk. Pop into lined tray and cook for 25 minutes on 170 degrees.

American pancakes. The best!

Ingredients

• 350g/12oz self-raising flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• 200ml/7fl oz buttermilk (can be made with mixing normal SS milk with 1tbs lemon juice.)
• 400ml/14fl oz semi-skimmed milk
• 2 free-range eggs
• 85g/3oz unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for frying
• 12 rashers smoked streaky bacon
• 50ml/2fl oz maple syrup

Method

1. In a bowl, sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar.
2. In a separate bowl or jug, mix together the buttermilk, milk, eggs and butter. Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Do not overbeat – stir just to combine.
3. Melt a small knob of butter in a large frying pan. Using a ladle, pour some batter into the pan to make a pancake. Depending on the size of the pan, you may be able to make more than one pancake at a time, or if you are confident you can use two pans at the same time.
4. Cook the pancakes for about a minute, or until the underside is golden brown and the top is bubbling. Turn them over using a palette knife or fish slice and cook for another minute. Keep the pancakes warm in a very low oven while you cook the remaining batter.
5. Meanwhile, preheat the grill to medium–hot. Lay the bacon on a grill tray lined with foil and brush with some of the maple syrup. Grill until one side of the bacon is crisp. Turn over and brush the other side with maple syrup and cook until crisp.
6. Serve the pancakes stacked on top of each other, topped with grilled bacon and drizzled with maple syrup.