Recipes From Around the World

[Shan]

In the New Forum Ideas thread, the idea was brought up that it would be nice for us to have a way to share some recipes and talk about them and cooking in general. Well guys, this is the thread for just that.

This is also the place where you can tell us a little about the food in your country and what is the most common food eaten there. Anything that you would like to share about the food from your part of the world, post it here.

We have people around here from all parts of the world, so lets see what kind of recipes and food ideas that we can come up.

Now it is recipe swap time. Let's get started. Who's got a recipe they would like to share.

Shan

[Shan]

OK, so no one, not even SP, wants to be the first to post a recipe, here is one that comes from Scotland.

Ingredients:

3 ounces (75g or ¾ stick) butter
1 ounce (25g) icing sugar (frosting)
3 ounces (75g or ¾ cup) plain flour
Few drops vanilla essence
Strawberry jam (for filling) or jam of your choice
Pinch of salt

Cream the butter and sugar and vanilla essence together until it is light and fluffy.

Sieve (sift) flour and salt and then add to the butter and sugar mixture gradually. Beat well after each addition until the mixture is smoooth.

Using a one inch (2.5cm) star pipe, pipe stars of approximately 1¼ inch (3cm) diameter and no more than 1/8th inch (6mm) high onto a baking/cookie sheet on a baking tray.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the middle shelf of a preheated oven at 375F (190C or Gas Mark 5).

Spread a small amount of jam between the flat sides of two "whirls" to make them stick together. Dust with icing sugar (frosting).

As an alternative to dusting with icing sugar (frosting), you can dip about a third of each Viennese Whirls (with jam between them) in chocolate which has been melted slowly in a bowl heated in hot water.

I made them. Now you better eat them.

Shan

[Elliot Kane]

Taken a while to think about this one... General forum, I believe