What's the Story in Dalamory » duck eggs http://www.freda.org.uk Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Easy New recipe http://www.freda.org.uk/2010/07/22/easy-new-recipe/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2010/07/22/easy-new-recipe/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:32:25 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=3464 Continue reading →]]> New recipe for gluten-free drop scones with duck eggs. This is inspired by yesterday’s surfeit of duck eggs. You can use a real girdle or griddle (don’t be confused by the kind you have to squeeze into.) Or a thick-based frying pan will do. This has to be lightly greased and pre-heated as if for gently dry-frying an egg. Ingredients as under:

  • 8oz Dove gluten free plain flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 beaten duck eggs
  • 1 large tablespoon golden syrup
  • half-fat milk to mix – approx 4oz
  • Someone to stand guard and flip and turn the dropped scones which can be any size you like.

Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl with a mixer till the mix is the consistency to drop/slide off the spoon.  Heat griddle and drop blobs of the mixture onto the pan – a large tablespoon works well. The mixture soon starts to show bubbles coming through and when the sides start to show golden brown the pancakes are ready to turn. No actual flipping, just a quick turn with a greased non-stick lifter. Keep fresh in a folded clean tea towel.

Preferably to be enjoyed with fresh home-made lemon curd. And on the day you make them. Yummmm! But work well with maple syrup and ice cream.

Now what more recipes can be experimented with today?


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]]> http://www.freda.org.uk/2010/07/22/easy-new-recipe/feed/ 3 Smallholding Life http://www.freda.org.uk/2010/07/21/smallholding-life/ http://www.freda.org.uk/2010/07/21/smallholding-life/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:22:19 +0000 freda http://www.freda.org.uk/?p=3459 Continue reading →]]> Being on a smallholding has its joys as well as its problems. For example: what to do with the rising mountain of duck eggs? (21 at the moment and rising.) Yesterday was the first day of our visit when we didn’t have duck scrambled eggs – they are very rich and scrumptious, but we need a change.So…. onto the net to hunt for some ideas. So far these include:

  • lemon curd – uses two duck eggs per jar
  • lemon meringue pie – uses three
  • lemon drizzle cake – three
  • quiche  - three

Now the next problem, not being in my own kitchen is to find the appropriate tins and dishes. The smallholders themselves will be home at the weekend so all has to be tidied up before then and any failures hidden away. (Don’t worry, Family #2 we won’t try feeding them to the horses. Dogs….. maybe.)

This all feels a bit like being in an episode of The Good Life……. a long-ago favourite TV programme which you can still find on Sky or cable. Years ago when we were in the throes of children, chickens, dogs and a horse all of this would have been second nature. But nowadays it all takes a bit more planning. Of course things are made more challenging by Him Behind the Wheel having coeliac disease, that means everything has to be gluten free. But, Hey, what’s life without a challenge or two.

Baking is a good occupation for a rainy day, so time to get on. By the way, if anyone has any other ideas for using duck eggs, do let me know. They keep on laying!

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