All Entries Tagged With: "Raisin"
Raisin Tea Muffins
For dessert, Minoo prepared a Raisin Tea Muffin recipe. Muffin is great for breakfast, lunch box, after school snack or tea time. It is easy to make, easy to transport and quick to bake. All you have to remember is to combine all the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet ingredients in another bowl and combine them without over mixing. Over mixing will yield tough muffin.
This Raisin Tea Muffin has just the right sweetness and has a mild tea flavour with hint of spices. Perfect with a cup of chai tea.
Ingredients
- 1 teabag
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- a pinch of cinnamon, nutneg, cardamon and cloves.
This recipe yields 6 muffins.
Quick Curried Couscous
The South Arm Community Kitchen meets again with the leadership of Minoo. We enjoyed meeting one another after a long summer break. We shared our summer stories while preparing and enjoying the food.
Minoo prepared three recipes for the first meeting. The first recipe is a Quick Curried Couscous. Couscous is a staple food of North Africa like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Western Libya.
This Quick Curried Couscous is easy and quick to prepare. The couscous we found in Western supermarkets is the instant type, i.e. the couscous have been pre-steamed and dried and only needs a small amount of boiling water or stock to rehydrate the couscous, covered tightly for 10 minutes. The couscous will swells and ready to be fluffed and served. It’s preparation time is shorter than dried pasta or dried grain like rice.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups couscous
- 3 cups chicken stock or water
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 bunch parsley or cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 cup of almond slices or slivered almonds
This recipe serves 6.
Raisin Butter Tart
In this week’s cooking club meeting, Jean, who is the leader of the Gilmore Church Park group, shared with us three recipes. The recipes are Raisin Butter Tart, Swiss Steak and Butter Tart Muffin.
Here is the first recipe, Raisin Butter Tart. The tart has a very flaky pastry shell and the filing is sinfully rich.
Ingredients for making the Rich Pie Pastry
- 1 lb shortening
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
The above ingredients make 45 to 48 tarts.
Instructions for making the Rich Pie Pastry
 First of all, put the dry ingredients i.e. flour, salt and baking powder in a big bowl. Mix the dry ingredients well with a whisk.Next, beat the egg in a measuring cup. Add vinegar and fill the measuring cup to the 3/4 cup mark with water. Add to the flour mixture and mix well. |
 Finally, add in the shortening and mix with your hands until the dough comes together. |
 The dough has to be chilled in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.This dough can also be frozen for later use.This recipe can be used to make pie, egg custard, chicken pot pie, etc. |
Ingredients for making the Raisin Butter Tart
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- maple syrup
- chopped pecans (optional)
The above ingredients make 16 to 20 tarts.
Instructions for making the Raisin Butter Tart
 In a mixing bowl, mix together all the ingredients, i.e raisins, eggs, vanilla, brown sugar and melted butter. Set aside. |
 Roll out the pastry dough on a floured surface to 1/8″ thickness. |
 Cut out the pastry using a 3″ diameter cutting ring. Excess dough can be gathered together and roll out again. |
 Line the muffin tins with the cut out pastry dough. The pastry dough should be evenly and gently pressed against the wall of the muffin tins. |
 Fill the pastry dough with the raisin butter tart fillings to about 3/4 to the top of the muffin tins. Do not overfill as it will puff up during the baking process. |
 Bake the raisin butter tarts in a preheated oven at 350F for 20-25 minutes. The tart is ready when the edges of the tart starts to brown. |
 Drizzle a teaspoon of maple syrup on each tart while it’s still warm to add richness to it.Leave the tart in the muffin tins for 5 minutes and remove to cool on a rack. |
You may add other ingredients in the filing like chopped pecans or coconut flakes. I really enjoy this tart and I highly recommend those who have a sweet tooth to try to make it at home. Jean, thanks a million for the recipe.
Sinfully delicious Raisin Butter Tart.
