I bought a tin of treacle, but...

In My Humble Opinion
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I’ve forgotten what to do with it!

I actually found treacle in a specialty store here and I remember having it as a kid, but I forgot how to use it! :frowning:

How do I serve sticky, runny, gooey, black treacle???
:confused:

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http://www.hwatson.force9.co.uk/cookbook/recipes/desserts/treacletart.htm

Treacle tart?

3

This may sound like a horribly stupid question, but what the hell is treacle? Is it like molasses?

4

Oh my - I just realized that recipe doesn’t call for actual treacle. I had just googled it and it was the first recipe to show up. I don’t know what Treacle is either - I was curious since it is mentioned in the Harry Potter books often. I think in the books, it is used in a treacle tart.

5

You can get it out of a treacle well. Just watch out for Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie.

6

They’re relatives. Both are made from cane suger, boiled down. Treacle is generally lighter than our molasses, with a somewhat mellower flavor. From www.epicurious.com:

I’m not sure if everyone would agree on that last bit. There are quite a number of golden syrups out there - Australian, English, American, and I’m under the impression they’re different from one another.

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Mine’s the dark kind.
Is it possible I drizzled it on bread and butter?
It’s all a fuzzy, sticky memory…

8

Oh, so it’s like sorghum. I bet it would be really tasty over biscuits or pancake, then.

9

Try it on toast

10

Drizzle it on warm cornbread. Thank me later.:slight_smile:

11

Oohhhh…eeeeeeggcellent suggestions…

Thank ye! :slight_smile:

12

Mix it with peanut butter and spread on toast.

Yummm!!

13

Make sponge pudding mix. Get a metal bowl. Get a saucepan, fill with water, put on heat on stove. Pour treacle in bottom of bowl. Pour pudding mix on top. Steam pudding. Turn pudding out.

Serve with icecream.

(I’m Australian, but we do this with English Golden Syrup, but should work the same way. Very nummy.)

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  1. Make Sticky Toffee Pudding.

  2. Place finished product in sealed container.

  3. Apply appropriate postage and mail to JuanitaTech.

  4. Await Thank You note.

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Black treacle is quite strongly-flavoured - most treacle tart or pudding recipes are based on golden syrup.

Black treacle is good for rich fruit cakes, Christmas puddings and treacle toffee.

<slurp>

16

Put that sucker in some cookie dough. I bet it would turn out fabulous with quite a bit of cinnamon!

17

Use it to make some Old English heavy brown ale.