Food In A Flash With Sharon Glass – Season 1 Episode 9 Recipes
CRANBERRY PISTACHIO BISCOTTI
375ml dried cranberries
625ml flour
250ml sugar
2.5ml bicarbonate of soda
2.5ml baking powder
3 large eggs
5ml vanilla
pinch of salt
250ml pistachios
Soak the cranberries for 5 minutes in boiling water to soften them. Drain and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 160°C.
Mix the flour, sugar, bicarbonate, baking powder and salt together.
Add the eggs and the vanilla and beat until the mixture forms a dough. Add the cranberries and pistachios and mix at a low speed.
Flour your hands. Divide the dough into 3 and form into 3 logs. Place them on a lined baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool for a few minutes, then cut diagonally into slices. Place back onto the baking sheet and reduce oven temperature to 120°C.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until dried out, turning them over halfway.
Makes 30
RED VELVET CUPCAKES
WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING
625ml cake flour
30ml cocoa
7.5ml salt
Sift the dry ingredients. Set aside.
2 eggs
375ml sugar
375ml oil
250ml buttermilk
5ml vanilla
7.5ml bicarbonate
5ml white vinegar
45ml red food colouring
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Whisk dry ingredients together. Set aside.
Beat the eggs and sugar together until creamy. Add the remaining moist ingredients and beat well. Add the food colouring last. The mixture should be a very deep red. Then add the dry ingredients and beat until well mixed.
Fill cookie cups ½ full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or a little longer if necessary.
ICING
125g cream cheese
125g unsalted butter, softened
500g icing sugar
Beat the cream cheese and unsalted butter together until softened. Then add the icing sugar and beat well until light and fluffy.
Makes 12-15
TOBLERONE MUFFINS
625ml flour
15ml baking powder
160ml castor sugar
125ml ground almonds
90g unsalted butter, melted
1 egg
310ml buttermilk
150g Toblerone, chopped
Preheat oven to 180⁰C.
Sift the dry ingredients and set aside. Melt the butter and add the egg and buttermilk. Fold gently into the dry ingredients. Lastly, stir in the Toblerone,
Place in pre-sprayed muffin tins and bake for about 20 minutes.
Makes 10
