Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Lardman on December 09, 2013, 15:58
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Oh yes it would make me feel better, i am a bit like willy wonker, if i feel rubbish my baking is rubbish :(
Here you go BQ... mini apple pies. Now Im a big fan of a classic apple pie, but despite being given lots of windfalls this year I have yet to produce anything I consider worthy of the title.
Todays efforts as you can see are burnt and I ran out of apples which means there wasn't enough filling to go round and despite that most of the apple still tried to escape out. :wacko: I will of course hide my feeble attempt and cover them in spoon standing custard :tongue2:
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Nothing wrong with those Lardman - I just love slightly well done pastry. But much prefer runny custard. :)
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Lower temp required, Lardman!Then pastry shouldn't burn and filling shouldn't boil over.
Shouldn't being the operative word, of course :lol:
Bung a few this way - I've got ice cream to go with'em ;)
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Lower temp required, Lardman!Then pastry shouldn't burn and filling shouldn't boil over.
I think it may be a case of blaming my tools then - It's a double oven and I swear the temperature is less controllable than my rayburn was, I cooked those in the middle with it set to 170c. I might have to buy some apples and try again.
Ice cream on apple pie ?! So wrong !
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I would just trim of the " done bits " my nan always said when its brown its done, when its black, grandad gets it."
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Good for you. Man puddings ;) Nothing you can't hide under a layer of custard. Custard makes everything taste good :lol:apart from trifle. Blurgh :unsure: Soggy sponge fingers.
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I love triffle I make a vege one just for me at Christmas with raspberries raspberry jelly custard and whipped cream. I know what you mean about the sponge mil puts cream and jam swiss roll in hers its disguistingly sweet.
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What's different to make it a vegetarian one? Just curious :unsure:
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Probably the jelly Mos, unless you buy special vegetarian jelly it will be made with gelatin. ;)
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Lower temp required, Lardman!Then pastry shouldn't burn and filling shouldn't boil over.
I think it may be a case of blaming my tools then - It's a double oven and I swear the temperature is less controllable than my rayburn was, I cooked those in the middle with it set to 170c. I might have to buy some apples and try again.
Ice cream on apple pie ?! So wrong !
No. Icecream and apple pie perfick, especially if it is a homemade apple pie icecream. ;)
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Probably the jelly Mos, unless you buy special vegetarian jelly it will be made with gelatin. ;)
Ahhh, that explains it then :)
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Oh my veggie jelly stinks i remember making it for DD she said she missed jelly the most as a veggie.
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They look fine to me :tongue2:
If I have any old apples in the fruit bowl, cookers or eaters, even windfalls, I make a Mary B cake with them. It's fab!
http://www.maryberry.co.uk/recipes/baking/the-very-best-apple-dessert-cake
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Custard makes most things better - I particularly like cold custard that you have to fight your way into. :)
Those appley tarts look like my best offerings...
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They look fine to me :tongue2:
To be honest for apple puree in pastry they're fine - but they're not what I wanted. I want a nice deep apple pie , with chunky filling and not too much sugar, in a short crust pastry case which isn't hard and crisp and doesn't crumble to nothing when bitten.
No. Icecream and apple pie perfick
Im afraid I simply can't agree - you haven't sent me any HM apple pie ice cream to prove your theory ;)
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The ice cream would melt and you would, in effect, just have custard with lumps in.
You need to visit for HM ice cream. :lol: :lol:
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Apple pie with ice cream...YUMMM! Apple pie with cheese....YUCK!
Lardman, you might find this one easier - apple slab pie HERE (http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/10/apple-slab-pie/) For the pastry, I substituted all butter for half butter, half lard, and did an egg white wash for the top crust. For filling I added more apples and no nutmeg or allspice. didn't do the sweet glaze on top -too sugary for me. It turned out fab, and I was lucky enough to get 2 small slices before the family hogs finished it off.
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I feel inspired to make some little apple pies , I love cream on mine or custard I fine icecream a bit sickly Mmmmm apple pie
chrissie b
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Here's another one in need of custard, not so much to cover the taste but to improve aesthetics. ;)
I've had a request for some shortbread for the winter festival - a quick search brought up this Hamstergberts shortbread biscuit (http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=101234.msg1127855#msg1127855) didn't look too complex - but compare the results. :( Guessing the oven was too hot and too much butter caused them to slump ?