TRY THESE RECIPES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 151, 14 July 1937, Page 11

TRY THESE RECIPES

Give Variety to Your Recipes with Batter With the simple batter recipe which takes very little time to make the enterprising housewife ' dan ' achieve a variety of dishes to please her family, and several suggestions are given below : — Batter Recipe Take 4ozs. flour, one egg, i pint of liquid (milk or milk and water). Method: Place the flour with a good pinch of salt into a bowl, beat the egg and pour it into a hole in the centre of the flour, work it in gradually, then add a little milk and continue stirring until all the flour is worked. in and lialf the liquid added. Beat well, add the remainder of the liquid and let it stand before use. Yorkshire Pudding Melt a little drippiug in a tin, pour in the batter and bake it in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes until set and brown; cut into squares and sorve. Pancakes Melt a little fat xn a frying pan, when it is hot and smoking pour in enough batter to make a tliin layer. Fry it, turn, fry the other side, tlien turn it on to a sugared paper, sprinkle sugar and lemon juice over it, roll up, and serve hot. Steaimed Batter Pudding Pour the batter into a greased basin, cover it, and steam 1-J to 2 hours. The batter may be enriched by using more egg and less milk; variety may be given by some additions. Fruit in Batter Drop some pieces of fruit, or Binall whole fruit into a prepared tin or piedish, pour the batter on it, and bake it. Sprinkle with sugar before serving. Black cap Pudding. Oue ounce cleaned currants placed in the bottom of the greased basin, pour the batter in and steam it. Eaisins, glace clxerries etc., may be used instead of currants. Fritters For coating make the batter using only half of the liquid. Dip some sliced apples,. bananas cut in half lengthways, or finger sandwiches of bread and jam f of an inch tliick, into the batter ; lift them out with a skewer and fry in hot fat until a golden brown, drain on paper and serve hot with sugar sprinkled over them.