To all RL Culinarians

[Renaise]

There was a project I was considering doing in FFXI for a little while but never got around to and that's making a FFXI theme cookbook :study:

 

Now FFXIV is on the horizon I am thinking about it again. So I was wondering, if anyone out there has some good recipes they would submit to the cookbook

 

All you have to do is post it here, or PM it to me and come up with a FFXIV inspired name for it.

 

I have a couple of recipes I'll likely submit but just have to finalise them. :afro:

[Renaise]

(I've adapted this from a recipe I had in a book somewhere, its been changed a little over the years.)

 

WARNING: Contains Booze

 

Drowning Wench BBQ sauce:

 

Ingredients

 

180 ml whiskey or Jaegermeister

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

½ teaspoon salt

60 ml Worcestershire sauce

110 g brown sugar

½ teaspoon hot pepper sauce

475 ml ketchup

65 g tomato paste

½ medium onion, finely diced

4 cloves garlic, finely diced

80 ml balsamic vinegar

30 ml liquid smoke flavouring

 

 

 

In a frying pan, combine the onion, garlic, and alcohol. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add ground black pepper, salt, ketchup, tomato paste, vinegar, liquid smoke, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and hot pepper sauce. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 minutes.

[Aveline]

Eee! Focant and I were planning on doing cooking "episodes" once a week once the game comes out where we take FFXIV recipes and make tasty RL versions of them. I can't speak entirely for Focant but I am sure we both would love to participate in this project.

 

Black Shroud Brownies

1 c. flour

3/4 c. high quality unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 tsp. salt

6 tbsp. butter, cubed

8 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped up

3/4 c. white chocolate chips

2 large eggs & 1 egg yolk

1 c. sugar

1 1/4 c. stout beer (Overcast Espresso Stout by Oakshire Brewing is my favorite for this recipe)

 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9x9" baking pan.

 

Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Set aside.

 

In a saucepan, melt butter, chocolate, & white chocolate together over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until smooth.

 

In a large bowl, beat eggs & sugar together on high, add melted chocolate mixture & stir until combined.

 

Stir in flour mixture, then whisk in beer.

 

Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.

[Renaise]

I like the idea of episodes too

 

But yes, doing recipes for the food that is actually in FFXIV is good

 

Anyone have a list of the food that is available so far? Or isn't there any?

[Aveline]

So far for sure there are meat miqabobs and aldgoat steaks. Will research for more

[Renaise]

So far for sure there are meat miqabobs and aldgoat steaks. Will research for more

 

I actually have a recipe for goat steak somewhere >.> but maybe normal beef or pork steak would be a better idea

[Focant]

Haha yeah I actually managed to make 1 recipe from FFXI which was a Tavnazian Salad. After that I never got around to doing more but I love the idea of making a real life cookbook based on XI and XIV dishes.

 

I'm not really a good cook in real life and the whole project also doubled as practice for me. Anyways I'd love to participate in this.

[Renaise]

Sounds good I dont know if it would be better to emulate the ingredients used for each dish as it is made in game, or if we could just take the name and make something that fits the name and general idea of it.

 

Say meat miqabobs required a piece of Aldgoat meat, and an onion to create would we stick to just those (replacing the meat with something real ) or should we deviate to make something tasty in the spirit of the dish like a Kofte Kebab?

[Aveline]

One more for now.

 

Basic Perfect Pie Crust - Makes 1 crust

There are three kinds of pie-bakers in the world: those that prefer all-butter crusts, those that prefer all-lard crusts, and those that prefer a mix of the two. (Well there's also vegetable-shortening-crust lovers but I rarely run in to them). Personally, I prefer the all-butter method for the flavor, and find that if you follow the steps well and use high-quality ingredients it's hard to go wrong. FFXI's pie crust recipe used butter, too, so for game "authenticity" I'll stick with butter for this recipe.

1 1/4 c. flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tbsp. sugar

1/2 c. butter: chilled and cut into small cubes

1/8-1/4 c. ice water

 

Combine flour, salt, & sugar & process/blend until well mixed.

 

Add butter cubes and process (in a food processor or with a pastry blender) until the mixture resembles coarse meal. It is easiest to do this in a chilled glass bowl with a chilled pastry blender if doing by hand.

 

Pour 1/8 c. water into the bowl in a slow & steady stream, mixing as you go until the dough holds together when pinched. Add a little more water if needed, up to 1/4 cup.

 

Turn dough out onto work surface and roll into a ball. Flatten into a disk, wrap well with plastic wrap, and chill for 30-60 minutes before using.

 

-After chilling-

Place on a lightly floured surface and roll out into a 13" circle. Gently transfer to a 9" pie plate. Brush off any excess flour and tuck overhanging pastry under itself.

 

Refrigerate (again, covered in plastic wrap) 30 minutes before use with your favorite pie recipe.

[Aveline]

Sounds good I dont know if it would be better to emulate the ingredients used for each dish as it is made in game, or if we could just take the name and make something that fits the name and general idea of it.

 

Say meat miqabobs required a piece of Aldgoat meat, and an onion to create would we stick to just those (replacing the meat with something real ) or should we deviate to make something tasty in the spirit of the dish like a Kofte Kebab?

 

Uppin' mah post count, awww yeeeah.

 

Well, the FFXI mithkabob recipe includes the following:

* 1 x Kazham Peppers

* 1 x Cockatrice Meat

* 1 x Mhaura Garlic

* 1 x Wild Onion

 

And the FFXIV little icon for miqabobs looks pretty similar (I -think- I saw peppers in it) so it would probably end up being similar to the FFXI version. But yeah I think we definitely could take some creative license in adding spices to the meat beyond garlic. I think it would be fun to make dishes inspired by the ingredients list in the FFXIV recipes but with some of our own twists (especially the ones that require few ingredients).

[Tyriont]

Captain Gaidal's Cupcakes

Cupcakes - a treat enjoyed by everyone all over Eorzea. Captain of the Phoenix Pirates, Tyriont Gaidal, developed his own recipe which introduces a fundamental change to the basic design and makes it thoroughly unsuitable for children. To use the Captain's own words: "Rum makes everything better!"

 

WARNING: Contains alcohol. Obviously. It's Ty.

 

Rum Cupcakes

 

1 cup chopped pecans, toasted

 

1 18-1/2 ounce yellow cake mix

1 1-3/4 ounce (4-serving size) instant vanilla pudding mix

4 eggs, room temperature

1/2 cup cold milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup dark rum

 

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

 

2. Line muffin pan with paper liners. Sprinkle toasted pecans on the bottom of liners.

 

3. Combine all cake ingredients in a large stainless steel bowl. Beat for 2 minutes on high with electric mixer.

 

4. Pour batter into prepared cups.

 

5. Bake for 27-29 minutes or until toothpick comes out of center completly clean.

 

6. Cool on a cooling rack. Prick top of cupcakes with toothpick.

 

7. COOL CUPCAKES COMPLETELY, then dip cupcakes into Buttered Rum Glaze.

 

Buttered Rum Glaze

 

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1/4 cup water

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup dark rum

 

1. Melt butter in saucepan.

 

2. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

 

3. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Be very careful when adding the rum, it will cause steam, so you do not want to brn yourself on this step!

 

Buttercream Frosting

 

1 package(s) 16 ounces, confectioners' sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

4 Tbsp milk, plus up to 2 tablespoons more, as needed

As much rum as you wish, without ruining the consistency.

 

1. Before starting, place your stainless steel bowl and the arms for mixer into the freezer, for about 5 minutes. The cold bowl and arms form stiffer peaks in your frosting.

 

2. In large bowl, with mixer at medium-low speed, beat sugar, butter, vanilla, and 4 tablespoons milk until blended.

 

3. Increase speed to medium-high; beat until light and fluffy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.

 

4. Beat in more milk as needed for easy spreading consistency.

 

5. Once the cupcake is glazed, a dollop of of buttercream frosting added, drizzle remaining glaze over the top of the buttercream and insert a vanilla filled Pirouette cookie if you wish.

[Renaise]

Those cupcakes are on my "to make next" list

[Aveline]

I just realized we're all over the world for this project. I'm going to convert my recipes here to metric from now on. I've been meaning to switch over anyway, since I heard it is much more accurate for baking.

[Focant]

I wish I had some recipes to contribute.

 

For the salad I made I used ingredients similar to the ones listed in the game. I altered it a bit to fill in some gaps but overall I tried to make it as true to erm... virtual life, as I could. I think a good mix of direct dish translations and custom creations would be the best way of going about it, incorporating all the great recipes you guys probably know with ones provided by the game.

[Renaise]

I think a good mix of direct dish translations and custom creations would be the best way of going about it' date=' incorporating all the great recipes you guys probably know with ones provided by the game.[/quote']

 

Yeah I think that's the best way to go about it actually

 

Looking forward to it

[Seraphine Felstar]

Oh wow... this so reminds me of my mithra, Reiswind's "Intercourses" storyline I did for FFXI. She made a cookbook full of food that had innuendo in the title. It was inspired by Nanny Ogg's cookbook from the Disc World novels but roleplayed out it was better then I expected! Thanks yet again to everyone who participated, even though it was years ago it was still fun. Sometimes I miss my eccentric mithra

 

 

Reiswind's Specialty Spotted Dick:

To Be Shared with a Friend!

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Ingredients:

 

* 115g / 4oz raisins

* 55g / 2oz currants

* 75g /3oz dark brown sugar

* Grated zest of 1 unwaxed lemon

* 225g / 8oz self-raising flour plus extra for dusting

* 115g /4oz shredded suet

* Pinch of salt

* 55ml /2 fl oz milk

 

Preparation:

 

1. In a small bowl mix the raisins, currants, sugar and lemon rind for the filling.

 

2. Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl; add the suet and the salt and rub together to combine. Add a little milk and using a knife cut through the mixture, adding more milk little by little until it comes together. Finally use your hands to combine into a soft, elastic dough. Add more milk if necessary.

 

3. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and roll into a rectangle approx 20cm x 30cm (8 x 12 inches).

 

4. Evenly spread the pudding filling mixture over the dough leaving a 1cm/ 1/2 inch border. Paint the border with a little cold water. Roll up carefully from the narrow end.

 

5. Soak a clean tea towel or cloth napkin in boiling water for a few minutes, squeeze to remove excess water.

 

6. Wrap the suet roll pudding in the napkin twisting at each end at securing with kitchen string.

 

7. Steam the pudding roll for 2 hours in a steamer. Alternatively, wrap the pudding suet roll in foil and bake in a hot oven (200ºC/400ºF/Gas 6) for 1 hour 30 mins.

 

8. Unwrap immediately, cut into thick slices and serve in warmed bowls with lashings of custard.

[Renaise]

LMAO

 

Now that is full of win

 

<3'd Reiswind

[Dreamer]

I'm going to have to try some these. Here's my contribution:

 

 

:bounce: Opo-Opo's Sparkling Curry: :bounce:

Serves about two to three.

Prep time: About 15 minutes.

Cook time: Around 2 hours depending on how you like it.

Total time: For me around 2 hours and 15 minutes, but this can vary and I will explain why.

 

Ingredients:

 

-Chopped stew beef.

-2 to 3 cups of chives.

-A batch of green bananas. MUST BE GREEN!!!

-1 box of golden curry instant curry mix.

-A bottle of sweet rice oil.

-A bottle of soy sauce.

-2 cups of water.

-1 or 2 table spoons of garlic salt.

-Cream or whole milk.

 

Preparation:

 

1. In a medium to large size pot, poor a little of the sweet rice oil in just enough to cover the bottom. Heat the pot on a high setting.

 

2. Once warm, dump all the meat you have in, and poor the sweet rice oil in again until it covers about two thirds of the meat. Stir steadily for about 5 to 7 minutes.

 

3. When the meat begins to change color, poor in the soy sauce just enough to turn the oil into a very light brown color. Soy sauce goes a long way, and pouring in too much can make the meat taste way too salty.

 

4. Keep stirring for another 8 to 10 minutes. *Note: I like my meat very rare, so you may wish to cook the beef a bit longer than me, but keep in mind that the meat will continue to cook some after applying other ingredients so you don't over cook it.

 

 

5. Once the meat is ready lower the setting to about half of what you have it on, and pour in 2 cups of water. If it begins to boil heavily, lower the setting further to just below boiling or at a very soft boil.

 

6. Put in the chives and and stir steadily until they have softened.

 

7. Once done, open the instant curry, and put the contents into the pot. Wait a bit for it to soften, then slowly stir the curry until it is equally distributed throughout the entire pot.

 

8. After stirring, set the setting to a simmer, and begin chopping the bananas into round slices. Once done, just dump them in and raise the temperature back to where you had it.

 

9. Now pour and mix in either rich cream or whole milk until the curry takes on a shimmering quality. I don't know why it does this, but it does.

 

10. Stir steadily and put in a tablespoon or two of garlic salt. Again like the soy sauce, garlic salt goes a long way, and too much of it can overpower the flavor of the dish.

 

11. Once the salt has dissolved into the curry, but the setting back down to a simmer and put the lid of the pot back on. Let it cook there for about another hour and fifteen minutes. *Note: This is how long I usually do it, however it should be mentioned that curry taste better the longer is cooked so you may wish to leave it there longer than me. I'm just impatient when it comes to food.

 

12. Once ready to eat, you may eat it as is or scoop it on top of sticky white rice or noodles. I like it with rice the best. It also taste good to dip French bread in.

[Shamadconde]

My mouth is watering. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[Goliam]

So tempted to try these... Just sad to know if I tried to feed this to anyone theyd probably try to lop off my buttocks.

 

I may try the Curry anyway, though :lol:

[Dogberry]

I'm a brewer and meadmaker who has been considering making a FFXI/FFXIV themed beer for a while. If there's a place in the book for my recipes, I'd be happy to contribute. Brewing and meadmaking is a little more specialized than stuff you'd find in a normal cookbook since it requires special equipment, but once you get it down it's just like any other recipe.

 

FFXI has a few alcoholic beverages mentioned. You can buy Mulsum, and Rolanberry is mentioned a lot. I don't think mead is ever mentioned, which surprises me since there are so many bees. I guess when designing a world they didn't stop much to think about boozahols.

 

With the prevalence of rolanberry, I've had my eye on a pyment using grape juice and honey. As for beer, I think a Galkan Porter or Ephramadian Red might be nice. I'll consider my options and see what I can work with.

[Aveline]

I'm a brewer and meadmaker who has been considering making a FFXI/FFXIV themed beer for a while. If there's a place in the book for my recipes, I'd be happy to contribute. Brewing and meadmaking is a little more specialized than stuff you'd find in a normal cookbook since it requires special equipment, but once you get it down it's just like any other recipe.

 

FFXI has a few alcoholic beverages mentioned. You can buy Mulsum, and Rolanberry is mentioned a lot. I don't think mead is ever mentioned, which surprises me since there are so many bees. I guess when designing a world they didn't stop much to think about boozahols.

 

With the prevalence of rolanberry, I've had my eye on a pyment using grape juice and honey. As for beer, I think a Galkan Porter or Ephramadian Red might be nice. I'll consider my options and see what I can work with.

 

DO IT.

 

I've been meaning to get in to home beer making for a long time now, it seems like a lot of work but a lot of fun. ^^ Would def. try my hand at making a FFXIV-themed brew if you posted instructions.

[Renaise]

Agreed, Id love to see it myself

[Dogberry]

Sweetness. I'll write up a general how-to and a couple of recipes for a cider, a mead, and a beer.

[Dreamer]

Hot dog I love cider! Going to be checking back every five minutes now. :cheer: