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Junior Recipes

Recipes - 2008 / 2009

Almond Tartlets

Ingredients:

For the rich shortcrust pastry: For the filling:
125g/5oz plain flour Jam
75g/3oz butter 1 egg white
1 tablespoon caster sugar 100g/4oz caster sugar
1 egg yolk 50g/2oz ground almonds
  A few drops almond essence

Method:

Make pastry and roll out and line patty tins. Put a little jam in each. 

Whisk egg white until stiff, fold in sugar, almonds and almond essence and spread over jam.  Bake for approximately 25 minutes at 200C/ 375F/ Gas Mark 5.   

Orange Crisps

Ingredients:

100g/4oz margarine

125g/5oz self-raising flour

50g/2oz caster sugar Grated rind of one orange

Caster sugar to finish

 

Method:

Rub margarine into other ingredients and work into a dough.  Roll into small balls about 2cm/1 inch round.  Place on greased tins, 5cm/2 inches apart, flatten with a fork. 

Bake at 180C/350F/Gas mark 4 for 10 – 12 minutes.  Sprinkle with sugar while hot.

Coconut and Banana Slices

Ingredients:

100g/4oz margarine  50g/2oz desiccated coconut
100g/4oz caster sugar 2 medium bananas, mashed
2 eggs, beaten 150g/6oz self-raising flour

Method:

Grease and line a 18cm x 28cm (7 in by 11 in) tin. 

Cream margarine and sugar, add eggs and fold in flour with most of the coconut and all the bananas.  Spread evenly in tin, and sprinkle with remaining coconut. 

Bake at 180C/350F/Gas mark 4 for 25 – 30 minutes.  Cool in tin and cut into 12 slices.

Honey Biscuits

Ingredients:

125g/5oz margarine 75g/3oz caster sugar
200g/8oz plain flour 1 tablespoon honey

Method:

Cream butter and sugar, stir in honey and add flour. 

Roll out ½ cm(¼ inch) thick and cut into rounds. 

Bake at 180C/350F/Gas mark 4 for about 10 minutes. 

Lemon Bars

Ingredients:

200g/8oz margarine 200g/8oz caster sugar
250g/10oz self-raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs 2 tablespoons milk
Grated rind 2 lemons  

For the icing, about 3 tablespoons lemon juice and 200g/8oz icing sugar.

Method:

Grease and line a 30 x 23cm (12 x 9 inch) roasting tin. 

Beat all ingredients for the bars in a large bowl. 

Turn into tin, and bake at 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 for 35 – 40 minutes. 

When cool, mix together lemon juice and icing sugar and use to ice cake.  Cut into 8 bars.

Fruit Fool

Ingredients:

300g/12oz fruit, eg raspberries, gooseberries or other fruit of choice
150ml/1/4 pt double cream
150ml/1/4 pt thick Greek yoghurt
Chopped nuts or extra fruit
1 tablespoon icing sugar

Method:

Rinse the fruit and crush roughly with a fork.  Whip cream until it is in soft folds, then fold in the yoghurt and about two thirds of the fruit.  Sweeten to taste with icing sugar.  Then stir in the remaining fruit so that it is attractively swirled. 

Serve in an individual glass or dish, and garnish with chopped nuts or some extra fruit.

Vichyssoise Soup

Provide a small helping in a soup bowl or other suitable dish.

Chocolate Orange Cake

Ingredients: 

3 eggs 225g/9oz butter
125g/5oz self-raising flour 150g/6oz icing sugar
25g/1oz cocoa powder 2 tablespoons milk
150g/6oz caster sugar 25g/1oz chocolate orange, melted.

Method:

Grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin.  Beat together eggs, flour, cocoa, caster sugar and 150g/6oz of the butter until blended.  Spoon into tin, and bake for about 40 minutes at 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4.  Beat remaining butter, icing sugar and milk until smooth.  Divide into two.  Fold melted chocolate orange into one.  Spoon both buttercreams over the top of cake, swirling with a knife.

Parkin Slices

Ingredients:

300g/12oz oatmeal 150g/6oz self-raising flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger 150g/6oz soft brown sugar
150g/6oz butter  225g/9 fl oz golden syrup
50g/2oz black treacle 2 eggs
110ml/4 fl oz milk  

Method:

Line a deep baking tray, or 30 x 23cm (12 x 9 inch) roasting tin. 

Combine the oatmeal, flour and ginger in a large bowl.  Melt the sugar, butter, syrup and treacle over a low heat.  Pour the melted ingredients into the bowl, add the eggs and milk and mix well. 

Pour into the baking tray, and bake for 45minutes at 150C/300F/Gas Mark 2, and then up to another 30 minutes at 130C/250F/Gas Mark 1.  Cut into 12 bars.

Garibaldi Biscuits

Ingredients:

75g/3oz caster sugar 100g/4oz plain flour
75g/3oz margarine  75g/3oz currants
1 beaten egg  

Method:

Rub fat into flour, stir in sugar and currants and bind together with most of the egg to make soft dough.  Spread evenly over a swiss roll tin18 x 28 cm (11 x 7 inch).  Brush with remaining egg and sprinkle a little extra sugar.  Bake until golden brown at 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5.  Cut into 12 bars and allow to cool in tin.

Wensleydale and Apple Pate

Ingredients:

50g/2oz butter 1 eating apple, peeled, cored and diced
125g/5oz Wensleydale cheese, grated. 50g/2oz walnuts, crushed
65g/2 ½oz cream cheese Salad leaves to serve

Method:

Melt butter in small pan, add apple and cook until soft, about 10 mins.  Beat together the two cheeses and fold through the apples and butter.  Chill for about an hour until firm enough to handle.  Form into two barrels, about 11 cm x 2.5cm (4 ½ in x 1 in).  Roll in the crushed nuts and chill again.  Slice the rolls thinly, and arrange on salad leaves.

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