Ingredient: plain flour Recipes
Corned Beef (Silverside)
Tender corned silverside simmered with malt vinegar and brown sugar, with the mustard sauce. Serves 6 in about 3 hours, or all day in the slow cooker.
Fish Pie
Fish pie with the fish added raw so it never overcooks, and a sauce thick enough to hold. Serves 6 in about an hour, using hoki, snapper or terakihi.
Braised Beef Cheeks
Beef cheeks braised for three hours until they collapse under a fork, in a red wine sauce. Serves 4, and the trimming step that most recipes leave out.
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.