There are always loads of recipes I'd like to try but lose them before I do. This is where I can record recipes I find interesting and keep notes on my experiments with them.

I have a system that I've adopted for working through recipes:

1 - New recipes are saved to the Experimental Mouffette and is labeled : Untested
2 - As I'm working out the changes I'd like to make (if any) it is labeled : Testing
3 - Once I think I've got the correct formula it is labeled : Test 1
4 - IF I am able to reproduce the effect a second time it is labeled : Test 2 - if I am not able to reproduce the effect, it remains Test 1
5 - The same process as step 4 is used to graduate it to Test 3
6 - Once I have been able to reproduce the effect successfully 3 times, it graduates to my main blog, La Mouffette Gourmande

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Testing - Pan Bread

Originally from another oven-baked soda bread recipe I've been testing, I wanted something I could make on the stove-top.

1 3/4 cups flour, plus more for the last part
3 Tbsps sugar
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup sour cream or yogurt
Either or both of:
1/2 cup sharp cheddar, grated
1 Tbsp caraway seeds

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in the grated cheese until covered in flour and separated.
In a small bowl beat the egg and stir in the sour cream.
Add the egg mixture, and caraway seeds (and raisins if using) to the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon.
Batter will be very thick.
Place batter in a buttered cast iron pan with a lid.
Dust the top with enough flour so that you can pat the batter like a bread dough evenly into the pan without it sticking to your hands.
With a knife make a shallow crisscross on the top.
Place on a low flame. Cover at a slight angle to allow steam to escape. Cook for about 40 minutes or until tapping it sounds hollow. The greatest reward comes to he who cooks slowly - avoid burning the bottom by cooking over a very low flame; I recommend using a diffuser as well.

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