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Share your fav baking or batch cooking recipes with Kenwood: chance to win a KVC5000T Chef Sense (RRP £349.99) NOW CLOSED

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AnnMumsnet · 22/11/2016 10:49

To celebrate the amazing deal from Currys for up to £100 worth of free attachments when a Kenwood Chef is purchased at Currys (for a limited period only) the Kenwood team would love to hear your absolute favourite batch cooking recipes or your favourite baking recipes.

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Share your fav baking or batch cooking recipes with Kenwood: chance to win a KVC5000T Chef Sense (RRP £349.99) NOW CLOSED
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MissJSays · 04/12/2016 11:22

We love my vegetable and lentil stew:
2 large potatoes
1 onion
3 carrots
1 cup of peas
2 cups of cabbage
1 cup red lentils
1 or 2 Knorr vegetable stock cubes
(Sometimes add a few tbsps of vegetable gravy granules)
Water
Rosemary
Thyme
Salt/pepper
It's super simple, just chop everything up, put it in the pan and cook till everything's nice and soft. Can also have it with dumplings which is lovely.
Can freeze what you don't use and have it whenever.

mrsbunnyw · 04/12/2016 14:27

Current favourite batch-cook is a delicious venison stew - 500g diced venison, an onion, whatever veg no-one eats that's sitting in the fridge (I got an entire aubergine in this last week without anyone noticing). Stick it all in the slow cooker with 1tbsp sauce flour, half a bottle of beer or ale, a couple of bay leaves, 3-4 cloves and a tsp all spice. Leave on low for around 10 hours then either serve as a stew with mash or crusty bread, or make a basic scone mix to go over the top, and bake the whole thing for 20 minutes as a cobbler, which is absolutely delicious! Serves about 5.

MiddleClassProblem · 05/12/2016 12:35

Cookies! Based on Millie's cookies recipe

125g butter, softened
100g light brown soft sugar
125g caster sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
225g self-raising flour
½ tsp salt
200g chocolate chunks (I do 50/50 dark and milk chocolate)

Oven at 180. Line a baking tray with baking/parchment/grease proof paper.

Cream butter and sugars together (meant to be with a spoon but I use electric whisk). Then mix in egg and vanilla extract.

Sieve in the flour and salt. Mix to a dough. Finally add the choc chunks or whatever other flavours you like. I've also done ginger and raisins. Mix with a spoon or by hand so they are evenly running through the dough.

Roll into golf ball size balls and place some on the baking tray with plenty of room for the cookies to spread. I tend to get 6 on a tray.

Bake for 10 minutes. They may look quite wet when they come out but leave stand on the tray for 5-10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack or eat warm!

I batch cook bolognese for my toddler in a wok because I don't have a pan big enough.

Garlic, onion, minced beef, tinned chopped peeled tomatoes, passata, tomato purée, basil

Quantities depend on batch size.

Fry off onions and brown meat, add garlic crushed. When meat all brown add rest of ingredients and stir. Leave to reduce, checking every 5/10 mins to stir. Cook for as lone as possible to break down the meat more but minimum 40 mins. Alternatively after browning meat shove all of it in the slow cooker 8 hrs on low.

ButtonMoonLoon · 05/12/2016 21:06

I make big batches of breakfast muffins using grated carrot and courgette. It's a great recipe as such a perfect use for veg which is past its best but still fine to bake with. My child loves them, it's such an easy recipe meaning that I make a big batch and freeze them in tens. They defrost brilliantly and are lovely warm with cream cheese and a little honey on top.

KnottedAnchorChief · 05/12/2016 21:55

Seed Cake. This is a last minute type of cake that I can practically make with my eyes closed and is a family favourite. I always make it if someone says they might drop in to visit, and do an extra one too for the freezer. It's from my old Be Ro Book, which is practically falling apart, but is used more than any other cook book in the house!

5oz butter or marg
5 oz caster sugar
3 eggs
8 oz SR flour
2 tablespoons of caraway seeds

Cream fat and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time with a little flour. Mix remaining flour and caraway seeds in. Put in loaf tin. Bake at about 160 degrees fan for 40 mins.

StrawberryShortcake32 · 06/12/2016 08:21

I love my jambalaya recipe. Hubby loves it and it's so easy and quick to make!

Fry off 1 red onion and 2 chicken breasts (chicken breasts have already been marinated in olive oil, garlic granules, worstershire sauce,salt and pepper. They have been diced into small bite sized portions)

Add..
1 tin tomatoes
150floz of chicken stock
1x chorizo sausage (cut up into generous portions same size as chicken pieces)
1tbsp hot paprika
1/2 tbsp thyme
1/4 tbsp oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
Leave 20 minutes on the stove to cook the chicken.

Rice is usually a added at this point and left to cook in the pot however i use ready to go rice from the packets that just take 2 minutes in the microwave. Vegetable flavour rice works really well. Add a whole packet and leave for another 5 mins for rice to cook through. If you are also feeling fancy add a pack of ready to eat Prawns as well. Serve and enjoy Smile

welshmardymum · 06/12/2016 15:27

I have a really dated chocolate banana cake recipe that everyone seems to love - it is terribly un pc and uses marg and 3 bananas that still work in the cake even if they are practically sliding by themselves into the compost bin!
2 ripe bananas.
1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence,
6oz marg,
8oz sugar,
10 oz sr flour,
pinch salt.
11/2 tsp bicarb,
3 eggs beaten,
4 oz chocolate chips,
8 inch round cake tin

Oven at 160 fan
Mash bananas and stir with essence,
heat marg and sugar until sugar dissolves
remove from heat and add flour, bicarb
beat in the eggs and banana - leave to cool
stir in the chocolate and put in tin
bake for one hour.

marymanc · 06/12/2016 20:19

I love making some treats with the healthy twist, like spinach and parmesan muffins, courgettes cakes or sweet potatoes brownies. The children love them and I don't feel guilty if they snack on them.

maggieriordan · 06/12/2016 22:20

PEPPER PORK

1 oz flour
½ tsp ginger
2 lbs cubed pork or beef
1 tsp tabasco sauce
8 oz can tomatoes
4 oz mushrooms
3 x chorizo sausages
1 tblsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tblsp wine vinegar
2 cloves garlic
1 x bay leaf
2 tblsp sugar
Tin red kidney beans

Slice and fry slices of chorizo sausage. Remove from fryng pan. Put flour, ginger, salt & pepper in a freezer bag with the meat and shake it to coat the meat. Fry meat cubes to seal edges and place in slow cooker together with chorizo. Mix tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, wine vinegar and Tabasco sauce and pour over meat. Add crushed garlic and a bay leaf, plus sliced mushrooms and a tin of red kidney beans. Stir and cook slowly 4 hours. Leave to cool and eat the next day.

TimeIhadaNameChange · 07/12/2016 10:39

My favourite has to be slow-cooker "fudge". It's not fudge in the purist sense, but it is very more-ish.

200g milk chocolate, broken into square
200g white chocolate, broken into square
One tin of condensed milk
1tbsp vanilla extract
1tbsp butter

Add all the above to the slowcooker. Cook on high for an 1-1.5 hours, stirring every 15 mins (or more often if your SC is prone to burn at the bottom). When it starts to come away from the sides it's ready.

Poor into a lightly greased tray and leave to cool. Place in the fridge overnight to set.

Enjoy (and make an appointment with the dentist)!

Sixgeese · 07/12/2016 14:25

My favourite batch recipe is the Mumsnet chocolate chip cookie recipe. I triple it and omit the nuts, the kids love it, unfortunately despite making so many they always disappear within 24 hours so I don't make them as often as they would like.

nemno · 07/12/2016 18:22

I make my german gran's dried pea soup in large quantities as it tastes better that way and freezes well. My family loves it especially if served with proper Frankfurters (Knackwuerste) and crusty bread.

Oma's Erbsensuppe

750g whole dried green peas, soaked overnight in water (don't add soaking tablet)
3 leeks, chopped
3 potatoes,diced
3 sticks celery, chopped
1 large or 2 small whole pigs trotters
1 smoked Ham hock

Sweat the veg in a large saucepan, add drained peas, trotter and hock. Cover with water.
Boil for 3 hours until peas are tender. I like to crush some of the peas to thicken. Strip the hock of meat and chop, return to soup. Discard trotter (the dog would love the picked off skin).
Serve

angiehoggett · 08/12/2016 07:59

I always batch book my homemade broth and freeze it. I slow cook a smoked ham joint the day before and use the stock as a base, lots of different vegetables and then I chop the ham and add that in. It can be served without but for a tasty and filling winter dinner I make dumplings and add them.

WholeL0ttaRosie · 08/12/2016 08:51

My favourite batch cooking recipe is to put a pork shoulder joint in the slow cooker and leave on medium all day. Then, drain off all the fat and liquid, shred the pork, and add a bottle of BBQ sauce and leave it another hour.
Portion it up and freeze. Serve with jackets or chips, wraps, buns...
Doesn't get any easier!

redbook · 08/12/2016 13:15

I batch cook bolognese. Not the most exciting recipe but it can be used as a base for so much - lasagne, pasta, burritos, nachos, cottage pie.

Not sure I take credit for being so good - my secret is buying the best quality mince from the butcher. I buy over a kilo at a time and it lasts us for ages.

Blitz onion, carrot, celery in food processor until tiny pieces.

Fry in olive oilve for about 10 mins.
Add mince and brown for about 15 mins, until fat is reduced
Add tinned tomatoes and simmer for as long as you can (at least 30 mins)

Hs2Issue · 09/12/2016 06:57

i make loads of bread rolls on a Sunday so we can freeze them and eat them during the week as everyone loves home made bread. DD loves helping me with them and if we make a cake at the same time even better as she'll try and eat the uncooked mixture.

SillyMoomin · 09/12/2016 07:05

Chocolate fondants

Makes 2

60g unsalted butter, cut into dice, plus extra to grease
1 tbsp cocoa powder
60g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
1 egg and 1 egg yolk
60g caster sugar
1 tbsp plain flour

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200C if cooking immediately, and put a baking tray on the middle shelf. Butter the inside of 2 small ramekins or pudding moulds, and then put the cocoa in one and turn it to coat the inside, holding it over the second mould to catch any that escapes. Do the same with the other mould.
  1. Put the butter and chocolate into a heatproof bowl set over, but not touching, a pan of simmering water and stir occasionally until melted. Allow to cool slightly.
  1. Vigorously whisk together the egg, yolk, sugar and a pinch of salt until pale and fluffy. Gently fold in the melted chocolate and butter, and then the flour. Spoon into the prepared moulds, stopping just shy of the top – at this point the mixture can be refrigerated until needed, or even frozen, as the puddings will not wait around once cooked.
  1. Put on to a hot baking tray and cook for 12 minutes (14 if from cold, 16 if frozen) until the tops are set and coming away from the sides of the moulds. Leave to rest for 30 seconds and then serve in the ramekins or turn out on to plates if you're feeling confident – they're great with clotted cream or plain ice cream.
goldenretriever1978 · 09/12/2016 09:18

A fab banana loaf:

140g butter
140g caster sugar
2 large egg, beaten
140g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
50g icing sugar
handful dried banana chips, for decoration

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment.
  1. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then slowly add the eggs with a little flour. Fold in the remaining flour, baking powder and bananas. Pour into the tin and bake for about 30 mins until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack.
  1. Mix the icing sugar with 2-3 tsp water to make a runny icing. Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and decorate with banana chips.
glad25 · 11/12/2016 21:44

Mug cakes are quick and easy when friends are round and this is one of my faves
White chocolate and raspberry microwave mug cake
INGREDIENTS
• 1 slice of butter 1cm thick (30g)
• 8 squares of white chocolate (40g)
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• 5 tbsp plain flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
For the filling and decoration:
• 1 tbsp raspberry jam
• ½ tsp icing sugar
METHOD
In a mug: melt the butter with the chocolate in the microwave for 30 to 40 seconds (800 watts).
Beat the mixture until smooth, then allow it to cool slightly.
One by one, whisk in the egg, sugar, flour and baking powder. Cook in the microwave for 40 seconds (800 watts). Add the jam to the middle and cook for a further 50 seconds.
Allow to cool for one minute and lightly sprinkle with the icing sugar.

AnnMumsnet · 12/12/2016 09:50

Thanks for all the amazing recipes.
Am pleased to say the winner - picked at random - of the Kenwood KVC5000T Chef Sense is WuTangFlan - congrats!

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Babanew · 12/12/2016 19:20

Slimming World Chocolate and Apricot Brownies!
110g low fat spread, suitable for baking
4x11g sachets low calorie drinking chocolate powder
4 TBSP sweetener
60g caster sugar
3 eggs
110g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
200g dried apricots chopped
1 tsp icing sugar for dusting

Easy to make and only 70 cals a brownie, and very scrummy- you can use other things apart from apricots or no apricots at all.

Babanew · 12/12/2016 19:26

Preheat oven 180•C/gas 4, line baking tin.
Melt spread in pan, remove from heat and stir in the chocolate, sweetener and sugar. Add the eggs and whisk until well combined.
Sift in flour, baking powder and stir. Add apricots with vanilla essence and mix well. Pour in to tin and bake for only 20 mins. They are delicious served straight from the oven or cooled and dusted with icing sugar.

sjonlegs · 29/12/2016 09:57

Gwen's Yoghurt Cake

This delicious cake is an easy make and even easy on the washing up - as the yoghurt pot is the tool used for measuring!!

1 pot of yoghurt (any flavour- I find the Muller pots are ideal)
1 pot of veg or sunflower oil
1 pot of sugar (brown or white)
2 pots of flour (sieved into the mixing bowl)
2 eggs cracked into the yog pot and whisked up with a fork

All ingredients mixed together and then made up as buns or a cake.

I titivate these with something complimentary to the yoghurt flavour; jam, lemon curd, toffee sauce, chocolate etc.

Moist delicious and easy!

ENJOY

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