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strawberry and apricot gâteau
3 eggs
75g (3oz) caster sugar
75g (3oz) plain flour
150ml (
1
⁄4pt) double cream
Sugar to taste
225g (8oz) strawberries
225g (8oz) apricots
Halve the apricots and remove the stones. Cook gently in very little water, adding
sugar to taste, until soft.
Wash and halve the strawberries.
To make the sponge, whisk the eggs and sugar at maximum speed until very pale
and thick.
Remove the bowl and the whisk. Fold in the flour by hand using a large metal spoon -
do this carefully to keep the sponge light.
Put the mixture into two 18cm (7”) greased and lined sandwich tins.
Bake at 180˚C/350˚F/Gas Mark 4 for about 20 minutes until the cake springs back
when lightly touched.
Turn out onto a wire rack.
Whisk the cream at maximum speed until stiff. Add sugar to taste.
Roughly chop the apricots and a third of the strawberries. Fold them into half the
cream.
Spread this over one of the sponges, then put the other sponge on top.
Spread the remaining cream on top and decorate with the remaining strawberries.
meringues
4 egg whites
250g (9oz) icing sugar, sieved
Line your baking tray with non-stick baking parchment.
Whisk the egg whites and sugar at maximum speed for about 10 minutes until it
stands in peaks.
Spoon the mixture onto the baking tray (or use a piping bag with a 2.5cm (1”) star
nozzle).
Bake at 110˚C/225˚F/Gas Mark
1
⁄4 for about 4 - 5 hours until firm and crisp. If they start
to brown, leave the oven door slightly ajar.
Store meringues in an airtight tin.
shortcrust pastry
450g (1lb) flour, sieved with the salt
5ml (1tsp) salt
225g (8oz) fat (mix lard and margarine straight from the fridge)
About 80ml (4tbsp) water
Don’t overmix
Put the flour into the bowl. Chop the fat up roughly and add to the flour.
Using the stainless steel K beater mix at speed 1 until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Stop before it looks greasy.
Add the water and mix at minimum speed. Stop as soon as the water is
incorporated.
Cook at around
200˚C/400˚F/Gas Mark 6, depending on the filling.
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chilli marinade
Ingredients
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200g (7oz) cold clear honey (refrigerated overnight)
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1 green chilli (whole)
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5ml (1 tsp) crunchy peanut butter
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seasoning
method 1 Place all the ingredients into the mini chopper/mill.
2 Fit the attachment to the mixer and allow the ingredients to settle around the blade.
3 Switch to pulse for 10 seconds.
4 Use as required.
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