Ingredient: plain flour Recipes
Tomato Relish
The tomato relish Kiwis grew up with – thick, tangy and spiced. Makes about 5 jars, and it keeps a year in the cupboard. Best after a month resting.
Beef Stroganoff
Beef stroganoff in 30 minutes with tender steak and a sour cream sauce that does not split. Serves 4, and the cut of beef that makes the difference.
Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns with a proper flour-paste cross and a sticky glaze, made from scratch. Makes 12 in about 3 hours, most of it the dough rising.
Cupcakes
Cupcakes that rise flat and even instead of doming or sinking, with proper buttercream. Makes 12 in about 40 minutes, and the two-thirds fill rule.
Cottage Pie
Cottage pie with a filling thick enough to hold the mash up and a crisp forked top. Serves 6 in about 1 hour 20, plus the shepherds pie difference.
Slow Cooker Lamb Shanks
Lamb shanks slow cooked in red wine and rosemary until the meat falls off the bone, with a sauce reduced properly. Serves 4, 8 hours in the cooker.
Shortbread
Proper shortbread with the classic 3-2-1 ratio and cornflour for shortness. Makes 24 in about 50 minutes, and it keeps three weeks in a tin.
Cheese Scones
Proper Kiwi cheese scones – tall, light and heavy on the tasty cheese, with a cheesy crust on top. Makes 12 big scones in about 30 minutes.
Waffles
Most homemade waffles are pancakes with a pattern on them. They come out of the iron looking right and they’ve gone soft and floppy by the time the second batch is done. Crisp waffles are a different batter and one piece of technique, and neither is difficult.
Weet-Bix Slice
Every Kiwi household has a version of this slice, and every version is slightly wrong according to someone’s mother.