1 Week Eating Local Part 7

 Found my old recipe for biscuits to go with cheese and made a third.  But it should have been made with plain flour and I only had the local Self Raising. So didn't turn out how I remembered from years ago. I also added smoked paprika - not a wise choice as it didn't go very well with the blue cheese!

The original proper recipe is taken from The Penny Pincher Paper from around 1996........

Water Biscuits.(I made just a third of the recipe using 1oz butter)
3oz butter/margarine
5fl oz water
12oz plain flour
½ teaspoon salt.

Melt the butter in water and heat to luke warm. Stir in the flour and salt, then knead until satiny and roll out thinly. Cut into rounds or squares, put on baking tray and prick all over with fork. Bake for 20 minutes 325 F, 160C or Gas 4. Can add black pepper or, cumin or chilli or celery seeds or poppy seeds(or smoked paprika if you're eating them with a plain cheese!)

It was impossible to roll thinly with the SR flour and they didn't puff up so ended up like flavoured pastry!

Dinner........... more sausages, with a baked potato and  another section of the cauliflower and a big spoonful of my home-made red tomato relish.

The rest of the stewed apple.

Conclusion tomorrow.

Sue