Top 120 Recipes for 2013

Our house has a LOT of cookbooks, no even more than a lot, nearly hundreds! We use them a lot but I’m finding increasingly that we are turning to the iPad for quick how-tos. At any one time though, I have a huge list of recipes I’d like to make out of the books – well, this will be the year that the list gets some attention. I’ve tried to reduce it too ‘just’ a 100 but there’s just so much I want to get through.

Since giving up the cake business last summer, we have really worked hard to eat well and cook from scratch – I have to be honest that we were a jar family eating a lot of convenience food when we were constantly surrounded by food. We concentrated on the basics first conquering risottos, yorkshire puddings, homemade pizza dough, palovas, lasagne sauces, shepherds pies and basic pasta dishes during the last year so we are ready to move onto to some more challenging dishes.

I’m not promising to get through the whole list in a year (nearly 2.5 new dishes a week might be a step too far for the kids and the budget) but will do my best. Some are really simple and you might find yourself saying “she doesn’t know how to make that?” (Corned Beef Hash anyone?) but its our project, so bear with us!

I’ve arranged the recipes in food groups but unsuprisingly there are tons of cakes and biscuits! Once I’ve blogged about a recipe, I’ll come back here and link back to the post.

What about you? Do you have a wish list of food you’d like to try/cook? Feel free to pinch this one if there are any that you fancy.

And now to the list …

Mousses/Souffles

• 1. Lemon/Orange Mousse
• 2. Passion Fruit Souffle
• 3. Tangerine Mousse with Sweet Pink Grapefruit & Crispy Phyllo Ruffles

Jams/Chutneys

• 4. Lemon Curd
• 5. Passion Fruit Curd
• 6. Hot Chilli Jelly

Soups

• 7. Seafood Chowder
• 8. Roasted Red Pepper Soup
• 9. Chestnut Soup with Bacon & Thyme
• 10. Pea & Ham Soup

Cakes

• 11. Battenburg
• 12. Hazelnut Meringue Cake
• 13. Simnel Cake
• 14. Raspberry, Lemon & Almond Cake
• 15. Dark & Sticky Gingerbread
• 16. Lemon Drizzle Swiss Roll
• 17. Raspberry Meringue Roulade
• 18. Whole Orange Poppy Seed Cake
• 19. Fluffy Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Filling
• 20. Hazelnut Raspberry Layer Cake
• 21. Apple Walnut Cake with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
• 22. Dump Cake
• 23. Polenta Cake
• 24. Sticky Ginger Cake

Cheesecakes

• 25. Carrot & Almond Cheesecake
• 26. Lemon Cheesecake
• 27. Lemon-Blueberry Cheesecake with Cornmeal Crumble Crust
• 28. Raspberry Marzipan Cheesecake
• 29. Lime & Passion Fruit Cheesecakes with Coconut Crumb
• 30. Grand Marnier Cheesecake

Puddings

• 31. Sticky Toffee Pudding
• 32. Cherry Crumble
• 33. Upside Down Peach Cobbler
• 34. Molten Chocolate Orange Puddings

Scones/Biscuits/Bars

• 35. Buttermilk Scones
• 36. Melting Moments
• 37. Brandy Snaps
• 38. Quickly Sticky Biscuits
• 39. Bitesized Bacon & Cheese Scones
• 40. Cheats S’Mores
• 41. Flapjacks
• 42. Gingersnaps
• 43. Raspberry Linzer Bars with Almond Glaze
• 44. Peach-Brown Butter Shortbread
• 45. Butterscotch Cashew Bars
• 46. Sour Cherry & Almond Biscotti
• 47. Coffee & Hazelnut Macarons
• 48. Orange Mini Muffins with Smoked Turkey & Cranberry Sauce
• 49. Grasmere Gingerbread
• 50. Baklava
• 51. Maple & Cinnamon Kisses

Buns/Bread

• 52. Pecan Sticky Buns
• 53. Brioche
• 54. Dumplings
• 55. Eclairs
• 56. Croquembouche
• 57. Crumpets
• 58. Pitta Breads
• 59. Focaccia
• 60. Breakfast Rolls
• 61. Tea Cakes
• 62. Almond Croissants
• 63. Raspberry & Passion Fruit Muffins

Sweets

• 64. Fudge
• 65. Honeycomb
• 66. Salted Cashew Toffee
• 67. Sea Salted Caramels
• 68. Fortune Cookies
• 69. Peppermint Creams
• 70. Sugared Pretzels
• 71. Nougat
• 72. Pistachio Opera Fudge

Dips/Canapes

• 73. Salsa Romesco Dip
• 74. Tostaditas with Roast Corn Salsa

Pies

• 75. Key Lime Pie
• 76. Caramel Apple Pie
• 77. Toffee Apple Pies

Chocolate/Brownies

• 78. Heart of Darkness Brownies
• 79. Butterscotch Blondies
• 80. Snickerdoodles
• 81. Chocolate Brownies

Christmas Dishes

• 82. Panforte
• 83. Homemade Mincemeat
• 84. Homemade Stuffing
• 85. Mulled Wine

Fish

• 86. Seared Salmon with Sweet Pea Guacamole
• 87. Fishcakes
• 88. Prawn & Rocket Risotto
• 89. Mauritian Prawn Curry
• 90. King Prawn & Monkfish Curry
• 91. Mussels with Salsa Cruda
• 92. Classic Prawn Cocktail Puffs
• 93. Griddled Scallop Croutes with Sweet Chilli Sauce & Creme Fraiche
• 94. Salmon & Broccoli Quiche
• 95. Roast Cod with Dressed Crab Mash & Lobster Sauce
• 96. Tomato Spiced Mussels & Spagetti

Meat

• 97. Beef Wellington
• 98. Rack of Lamb with Pistachio Crust
• 99. Chinese Lettuce Wraps
• 100. Green Thai Curry
• 101. Chicken & Cashew Nut Curry
• 102. Sausage Rolls
• 103. Ham Hash with Parsley Sauce
• 104. Ham & Cheese Muffins
• 105. Sausage Casserole with Savoy Cabbage & Butter Beans
• 106. Corned Beef Hash
• 107. Lazy Tray Baked Chicken
• 108. Maple Glazed Gammon with Chilli Pineapple Salsa & Crunchy Potatoes

Salads

• 109. Parma Ham & Peach Salad
• 110. Bacon & Scallop Salad

Vegetable Dishes

• 111. Patatas Bravas
• 112. Potato Scones
• 113. Stuffed Potato Cakes
• 114. Ratatouille

Ice Creams

• 115. Lemon Meringue Ice-Cream
• 116. Christmas Cake Ice-Cream
• 117. Baked Alaska
• 118. Gingersnap Dulce de Leche Ice-cream Sandwiches
• 119. Brown Sugar Ice-Cream
• 120. Frangipane Ice-Cream

I reckon there’s enough there to keep us busy – I still intend on keeping up with the month of soup project, cake of the week and finally mastering the slow cooker. I’m on the search for a pressure cooker – anything to improve efficiency as we start the many long journeys to synchro training again soon.