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RECIPES
Serves 6
PASTRY:
125g plain flour
100g plain wholemeal flour
125g butter
cold water to mix
FILLING:
200g pecan nuts or walnuts
225g brown sugar
90ml (6 tbsp) golden syrup
75g butter, melted
3 eggs (medium), beaten
5ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
1 To make the pastry, combine the flours and rub in the
butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Add enough cold water to form a soft but not sticky
dough.
2 Line a greased 25cm flan dish with the pastry and
spread the pecan nuts evenly over the base.
3 To prepare the filling, beat together the brown sugar,
golden syrup, butter, eggs and vanilla essence. Pour
over the pecan nuts.
4 Cook on 30P for 30 minutes, until evenly set.
Serve hot or cold with ice-cream.
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ECAN PIE
Serves 4
SYRUP:
300ml (
1
/
2
pint) water
200g brown sugar
60ml (4 tbsp) golden syrup
50g butter
grated rind of 1 orange (optional)
DUMPLINGS:
125g self raising flour
50g butter
15ml (1 tbsp) caster sugar
1 egg (medium), beaten
1 Combine all syrup ingredients in a 2.5 litre (4 pint)
casserole dish and mix well. Cook on 100P for 8
minutes until sugar has dissolved and sauce has
thickened, stir every 2 - 3 minutes.
2 Place the flour in a bowl and rub in butter until the
mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs, stir in the sugar.
Bind with egg, add a little water if too dry.
The mixture should be thick enough to roll into balls.
If too sticky sprinkle with flour.
3 Roll mixture into walnut sized balls and place
carefully into hot syrup, allow space to spread.
4 Cover and cook on 100P for 10 minutes, turn the
dumplings over after 5 minutes.
Serve hot with vanilla ice-cream.
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OLDEN SYRUP DUMPLINGS
Serves 4 - 6
100g margarine
100g caster sugar
2 eggs (medium), beaten
100g self raising flour
30 - 45ml (2 - 3 tbsp) water
1 Line the base of 18cm cake dish with kitchen paper.
2 Cream the margarine and sugar together until light
and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and fold in the flour
alternately with the milk.
3 Pour into prepared dish and cook on 100P for 5
minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.
4 Leave the cake to stand for 5 minutes before turning
out.
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LAIN MICROWAVE CAKE
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