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Wednesday 1 January 2014

Bringing In 2014


This festive season has been very much about family.
Most nights have seen nine of us for dinner.
We brought in New Year 2014 with a Dutch tradition.
Mr Honey Pie and I cooked Oliebollen - or Dutch new year doughnuts.

Here is the recipe, passed down to me by my Mother-in-Law:

Ingredients

2 1/4  Cups(350g) S.R. Flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 cups (275g) dried mixed fruit
1 cooking apple, peeled and grated
1 teaspoon almond essence
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/4 cups water

Method

Sift flour, salt, sugar & ground ginger.
Add mixed fruit & grated apple & combine thoroughly.
Make a well in centre & gradually mix in water & essence till you have a smooth batter.
Drop heaped dessertspoons-full one at a time into hot fat (375 oF - 190 oC)
A mixture of 1500 mls vegetable oil to 250g butter is best. 
Cook until golden brown (about 8 min.)
Drain and when cool dust liberally with icing sugar.



There are many various recipes for Oliebollen, some made with yeast, which I have never tried.
I have attempted to make these with gluten free flour but, alas, am yet to perfect a good conversion.
Last night I realised I had no almond essence so used vanilla instead with good results.
Also did a batch which is apple free and found it to be quite nice.


To all my followers and random readers...I wish you a happy, safe and prosperous new year.

And although I gave up making new year's resolutions about fifty years ago (simply because I had broken them less than a month after making them), this year I have made one.

It is a practice I began early last year and which I want to continue into 2014 and beyond:

I will say less and listen more.

Do you make new year resolutions?








2 comments:

  1. Happy new year D, thanks for a great year of blogging. May 2014 bring you all good things xx

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  2. Thanks Kath and to you too...look forward to catching up with you via your blog in 2014 too. xxx

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