Welcome to Rosies Kitchen

Hello to those of you who landed here from "A Taste Of Garlic", this blog Is really the store cupboard for an "An English Rose In France" my recipes all in one place. There are many more to come and I hope you enjoy what I do,

Rosies Cornish Pasties

I dont buy mince, I buy 100% beefburgers and break them up as they cook, for this recipe, you need beefburgers (or mince), chopped onions, cooked potatoes and a tin of mixed vegetables. As usual I have used shop bought pastry as well. Fry the onions add the burgers and cook. add the veg.
I don't buy a lot of gadgets, I have done, then after an initial use they become like exercise machinery, confined to the cupboard. One gadget I have bought and use regularly is my pasty maker. A simple hinged piece of plastic that shapes, seals and adds a little decoration to the pastry, great for apples pies. Make your pasties, brush a little egg wash on top and bake at 200c till brown.




Put a little oil on the plastic, makes it easier to get the pasty out without in breaking the pastry.
Don't overfill them.

Rosies Roquefort and Sesame seed biscuits

100 gms flour
90 gms cold diced butter
pinch mustard pwder
A little ground chilli
150 gms Roquefort, 100gms for the recipe and the other 50gms to go on top before baking.
1 Tbsp Sesame seeds.

Put all the ingredients (except the saved 50gms of cheese) in a bowl, using your hands knead the ingredients together, where it forms a dough roll out on a floured surface into a sausage shape, wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for an hour,
Remove from fridge when your ready, preheat oven to 190c, slice the biscuit roll and arrange the slices on a foil covered tray,place a little of the saved cheese on top of each, a sprinkle of black pepper and bake till they are a light golden colour.








I also wrapped some hot dog sausages in a little pastry and baked them, you could include a little cheese or mustard in with them.

Rosies Pork chops, tomato and port.

It really doesn't get much easier than this;

Pork chops
Tub crème fraiche
small tin of tomato purée
2tbsp Port
Mushrooms

First time I tried this it was with slices of ham, so I thought I would try it on a pork chop. Grill the pork chops till nearly cooked, mix all the other ingredients pour over the chops and bake.

For pudding I made an apple crumble Tart
I got all the ingredients together, got my camera ready and forgot to take photographs, I will do it again next week, sorry.

Rosies Black Cherry Cheese Cake

This recipe is for two individual cheese cakes, it takes about 5 minutes to make, for a larger cheesecake for a family you will need a pack of digestives and 500gm of Mascarponi and more sugar. Try using a different jam, fresh fruit. leave out the fruit and jam and add the juice of the lemon to the cheese, So many variations I waned to make one with lemon curd but wasn't able to buy any yesterday, as soon as I see some I will try it.

7-8 digestive biscuits
250gm Mascarponi cheese
Butter
2 tbsp sugar
1 Lemon
Chocolate
Black Cherry Jam

Crush the biscuits, I put them into a freezer bag and use a rolling pin to smash them, add enough melted butter to hold the biscuit together, put in the serving dishes and cool in the fridge. Meanwhile, put the mascarponi cheese in a bowl with the sugar and the zest of the lemon and mix together, put the jam, about one tablespoon on top of the biscuit base and put the mascarponi on top.

Edit, Paul just tasted the cheesecake, he says "less jam" But gorgeous though.

The Chocolate, using any chilled chocolate bars that you want, put the bar on a work top, using a large knife scrape the blade across the bar, you will need to hold the bar against you so be careful. for a powdery chocolate lean the blade towards you, for thin slivers hold the blade up right. place the chocolate on top and eat or return to fridge.

Rosies Carrot Cake

Another variation on the Yoghurt cake, so far I've done sultana, lemon, apple and hazelnut, choc chip and a pineapple, today I tried a carrot version,;

1 x 125g pot of Yoghurt

2 pots sugar

3 eggs

3 pots flour

1 packet levure chimique (1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp baking powder should work, if you try this let me know how it worked)

1 pot sunflower oil

Vanilla essence

1 Carrot (grated).



For the method follow one of the other recipes.
Yoghurt cake method

Rosies Lemon Yoghurt Cake

Similar to my Apple and hazelnut yoghurt pot cake, here's a lemon version, sweet but very tangy, delicious.


1 x 125g pot of Yoghurt

2 pots sugar plus half a pot for the glaze

3 eggs

3 pots flour

1 packet levure chimique (1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp baking powder should work, if you try this let me know how it worked)

1 pot sunflower oil

2 Lemons

Vanilla essence

Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).

Empty one pot of plain yoghurt into a mixing bowl, then rinse and dry the plastic pot.

Add 2 pots full of sugar and 3 eggs and beat together with a fork.



Add the zest of 2 lemons and a 3 drops of vanilla essence




Add 3 pots of flour and the packet of levure, then mix again




Finally add 1/2-1 pot of sunflower oil and stir again.put the mixture in a buttered cake tin.

Bake for about 40 mins.





Meanwhile, cook the juice of the 2 lemons and half a yoghurt pot of sugar in a small pan until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is clear. Set aside.

When the cake is done, allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully place on a baking rack over a plate. While the cake is still warm, pour the lemon-sugar mixture over the cake and allow it to soak in.


Next, a Pineapple version.