Nana Smith's recipes
My Mum Joy Smith was such a beautiful lady. She was selfless and giving and was a real role model for being a good mother and house wife. Below are some of her recipes and a few that I have collected over the years.
Sausage Rolls
Sausage Meat
Puff Pastry
Carrot
Onion
Parsnip
Turnip
Peel vegetables and grate or use food processor to chop. Combine with sausage meat. Lay out pastry and place a roll of the sausage meat on top and fold or roll. Baste top of pastry with egg or milk and bake in moderate oven until brown. Sausage rolls can be cut prior to baking to whatever size required.
Mock Schnapper
3 Large Potatoes (grated)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 teaspoon bi carb. Soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
Or 1 tablespoon of self raising flour
Break eggs on the grated potatoes and beat up. Add the flour with cream of tartar and soda; mix well. Drop spoonfuls into frying pan and cook till brown on each side.
3 Min Cake
1 cup sugar
125grams margarine
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup S.R. Flour
Mix all together for 3 minutes in a mixer. Use this cake for the basis of any cake. For apple cake slice apple and put into top of cake before baking. For orange cake great rind of orange and add to the cake and add a bit of the juice of the orange. Bake for 50 mins on 350 F or 150-175 C. Cake can be iced or spread a little butter on the top when hot and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Custard Sponge
2 eggs
1/4 cup cornflour
1/4 cup custard powder
1/4 teaspoon bi carb soda
1/2 teaspoon cream tarter
1/2 cup caster sugar
Beat eggs and gradually add sugar. Sift all other dry ingredients and lightly fold into egg mixture with knife or spatula. Grease cake tin and cook sponge for 20 mins in moderate oven or until the skewer comes out of the cake clean with testing.
Pavlova
4 eggs
3 cups of sugar
8 tablespoons boiling water
2 teaspoons cornflour
2 teaspoons vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Separate the yolks of the eggs from the whites. Use only whites of eggs and combine with the other ingredients and beat until the mixture forms peaks. Use baking paper on a slide and put mixture into the centre of the tray and bake 180 c for 30 mins and then turn down to 90c for 30 mins.
Nana's biscuits
125 grams (1/4 lb) butter
1 cup coconut
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup self raising flour
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add eggs and mix well, then add coconut, and flour and mix all together. Use teaspoon and roll into ball and flatten with a fork. A slither of almond can be pressed into the top before baking. Bake in moderate oven until light brown. Store in airtight container.
Raspberry Shortbread
125 gr (1/4lb) Butter
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1 cup coconut
1 small cup sugar
1 egg
Raspberry jam
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add egg well beaten and then the flour. Mix and roll out. Spread lightly with raspberry jam. Beat together 1 egg, a small 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 large cup of coconut. Spread on top of jam. Bake 30 mins in a moderate over and cut into squares.
Bran Fruit and Walnut
3 cups of all bran
3 cups milk
2 cups of sugar
3 cups mixed fruit
3 cups SR Flour
3 tablespoons golden syrup
Walnuts
3 eggs
Soak bran in milk and let it stand and be absorbed. Add rest of ingredients and stir with wooden spoon. Place baking paper or grease loaf tins and divide mixture between three tins. Break up walnuts and put on top of cake mix and bake in oven for 50 mins on 150 to 180 C. Slices can be buttered if desired
BOILED CHOCOLATE CAKE
3 CUPS OF SUGAR
2 CUPS OF WATER
1 TEASPOON OF BI CARB
4 TABLESPOONS COCOA
250 GRAMS BUTTER
Melt the above ingredients into a large pot and let cool.
Mix 3 cups of SR Flour and 4 eggs.
PUT INTO 3 LOAF TINS AND COOK
APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR IN MODERATE OVEN.
Moose Munch
I hope one of these honey butter caramel recipe comes close to the one that Harry & David uses for their moose munch caramel corn. Once the caramel corn has cooled down you can always dip the pieces in melted chocolate. I bet its great dipped in white chocolate and using macadamias instead of almonds. Let's not forget cashews either. I wouldn't actually dip the pieces, I would just add melted chocolate and stir to coat the pieces. Then spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool, separating the pieces as I spread the mixture out.
HONEY ALMOND POPCORNSoftened butter1 1/4 c. Sliced almonds4 qt. Popped popcorn1/2 c. Butter1 1/2 c. Honey1/2 tsp. Salt1 tsp. Baking soda2 tsp. VanillaGrease a large bowl with either softened butter orMargarine. In the bowl toss together the almonds and thePopped popcorn. In a saucepan with high sides, melt theButter. Add honey and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring con- Stantly and allow to boil for five minutes. Remove from heat and stir in soda and vanilla. Pour over popped popcorn and stir to coat. Place on large cookie sheet and bake in 300 degrees oven for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from oven, loosen from pan and cool. (Makes 4 quarts.)HONEY CRACKLE3 qt. Freshly popped corn1 c. Blanched slivered almonds1/2 c. Butter1 c. Firmly packed light brown sugar1/4 c. Honey1 tsp. VanillaInto a large shallow roasting pan, turn the popped corn.Sprinkle the almonds over the corn. In a 1 quart saucepan over low heat melt the butter; stir in brown sugar and honey. Over medium heat, stirring constantly, bring to a boil. Boil gently without stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in the vanilla. Pour mixture over popped corn and almonds. Stir until well mixed. Bake in a preheated 250 degrees oven, stirring every 15 minutes for 1 hour. Cool completely. Break apart and store in a tightly covered container. Makes about 3 quarts.
Sausage Meat
Puff Pastry
Carrot
Onion
Parsnip
Turnip
Peel vegetables and grate or use food processor to chop. Combine with sausage meat. Lay out pastry and place a roll of the sausage meat on top and fold or roll. Baste top of pastry with egg or milk and bake in moderate oven until brown. Sausage rolls can be cut prior to baking to whatever size required.
Mock Schnapper
3 Large Potatoes (grated)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 teaspoon bi carb. Soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
Or 1 tablespoon of self raising flour
Break eggs on the grated potatoes and beat up. Add the flour with cream of tartar and soda; mix well. Drop spoonfuls into frying pan and cook till brown on each side.
3 Min Cake
1 cup sugar
125grams margarine
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup S.R. Flour
Mix all together for 3 minutes in a mixer. Use this cake for the basis of any cake. For apple cake slice apple and put into top of cake before baking. For orange cake great rind of orange and add to the cake and add a bit of the juice of the orange. Bake for 50 mins on 350 F or 150-175 C. Cake can be iced or spread a little butter on the top when hot and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Custard Sponge
2 eggs
1/4 cup cornflour
1/4 cup custard powder
1/4 teaspoon bi carb soda
1/2 teaspoon cream tarter
1/2 cup caster sugar
Beat eggs and gradually add sugar. Sift all other dry ingredients and lightly fold into egg mixture with knife or spatula. Grease cake tin and cook sponge for 20 mins in moderate oven or until the skewer comes out of the cake clean with testing.
Pavlova
4 eggs
3 cups of sugar
8 tablespoons boiling water
2 teaspoons cornflour
2 teaspoons vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Separate the yolks of the eggs from the whites. Use only whites of eggs and combine with the other ingredients and beat until the mixture forms peaks. Use baking paper on a slide and put mixture into the centre of the tray and bake 180 c for 30 mins and then turn down to 90c for 30 mins.
Nana's biscuits
125 grams (1/4 lb) butter
1 cup coconut
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup self raising flour
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add eggs and mix well, then add coconut, and flour and mix all together. Use teaspoon and roll into ball and flatten with a fork. A slither of almond can be pressed into the top before baking. Bake in moderate oven until light brown. Store in airtight container.
Raspberry Shortbread
125 gr (1/4lb) Butter
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1 cup coconut
1 small cup sugar
1 egg
Raspberry jam
Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add egg well beaten and then the flour. Mix and roll out. Spread lightly with raspberry jam. Beat together 1 egg, a small 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 large cup of coconut. Spread on top of jam. Bake 30 mins in a moderate over and cut into squares.
Bran Fruit and Walnut
3 cups of all bran
3 cups milk
2 cups of sugar
3 cups mixed fruit
3 cups SR Flour
3 tablespoons golden syrup
Walnuts
3 eggs
Soak bran in milk and let it stand and be absorbed. Add rest of ingredients and stir with wooden spoon. Place baking paper or grease loaf tins and divide mixture between three tins. Break up walnuts and put on top of cake mix and bake in oven for 50 mins on 150 to 180 C. Slices can be buttered if desired
BOILED CHOCOLATE CAKE
3 CUPS OF SUGAR
2 CUPS OF WATER
1 TEASPOON OF BI CARB
4 TABLESPOONS COCOA
250 GRAMS BUTTER
Melt the above ingredients into a large pot and let cool.
Mix 3 cups of SR Flour and 4 eggs.
PUT INTO 3 LOAF TINS AND COOK
APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR IN MODERATE OVEN.
Moose Munch
I hope one of these honey butter caramel recipe comes close to the one that Harry & David uses for their moose munch caramel corn. Once the caramel corn has cooled down you can always dip the pieces in melted chocolate. I bet its great dipped in white chocolate and using macadamias instead of almonds. Let's not forget cashews either. I wouldn't actually dip the pieces, I would just add melted chocolate and stir to coat the pieces. Then spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool, separating the pieces as I spread the mixture out.
HONEY ALMOND POPCORNSoftened butter1 1/4 c. Sliced almonds4 qt. Popped popcorn1/2 c. Butter1 1/2 c. Honey1/2 tsp. Salt1 tsp. Baking soda2 tsp. VanillaGrease a large bowl with either softened butter orMargarine. In the bowl toss together the almonds and thePopped popcorn. In a saucepan with high sides, melt theButter. Add honey and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring con- Stantly and allow to boil for five minutes. Remove from heat and stir in soda and vanilla. Pour over popped popcorn and stir to coat. Place on large cookie sheet and bake in 300 degrees oven for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from oven, loosen from pan and cool. (Makes 4 quarts.)HONEY CRACKLE3 qt. Freshly popped corn1 c. Blanched slivered almonds1/2 c. Butter1 c. Firmly packed light brown sugar1/4 c. Honey1 tsp. VanillaInto a large shallow roasting pan, turn the popped corn.Sprinkle the almonds over the corn. In a 1 quart saucepan over low heat melt the butter; stir in brown sugar and honey. Over medium heat, stirring constantly, bring to a boil. Boil gently without stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in the vanilla. Pour mixture over popped corn and almonds. Stir until well mixed. Bake in a preheated 250 degrees oven, stirring every 15 minutes for 1 hour. Cool completely. Break apart and store in a tightly covered container. Makes about 3 quarts.
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