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Desserts and Pastries
M
ANGO,
P
EAR &
G
INGER
C
RUMBLE
C
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
450
g
ripe pears, peeled and thinly sliced
15 ml
muscovado sugar
2
mangos, peeled, stoned and
roughly
chopped
1
piece stem ginger,
fi
nely chopped
Topping:
175
g
plain
fl
our
75
g
butter
75
g
muscovado
sugar
75
g
pecan nuts, roughly chopped
Method:
Put the pears in dish with the sugar and 45 ml
water. Cover, place on the base of the oven and
cook on 1000 W for 5 minutes. Preheat the oven on
Convection 180 °C. Drain the pears, return to the
dish and add the mango and stem ginger. Spoon
the mixture into dish and leave to cool. Make the
topping. Rub the butter into the
fl
our, stir in the sugar
and pecan nuts. Sprinkle the topping over the fruit.
Place dish on enamel shelf in lower shelf position
and cook on Convection 180 °C for 30-35 minutes.
S
TRAWBERRY
P
AVLOVA
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
4
medium egg whites
250
g
caster
sugar
5 ml
corn
fl
our
5 ml
malt vinegar
5 ml
vanilla extract
Topping:
300 ml
double cream, softly whipped
250
g
strawberries,
sliced
Method:
Preheat the oven on Convection 150 °C. Mark a 25
cm circle on a sheet of parchment paper and line
the enamel shelf. Whisk the egg whites until stiff but
not dry. Slowly whisk in the sugar until the mixture
is thick and glossy. Blend the corn
fl
our, vinegar
and vanilla extract to a smooth paste, in a separate
bowl and then whisk into egg whites. Spread the
mixture inside the circle on the parchment paper.
Place enamel shelf in lower shelf position and cook
Pavlova on Convection 150 °C for 1 hour. Turn the
oven off and leave the pavlova inside for another
hour to dry out. When cool spread cream all over the
meringue and scatter the strawberries on top.
F
lapjack
C
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
250
g
butter
275
g
golden
syrup
75
g
light muscovado sugar
425
g
porridge
oats
Method:
Place the butter, syrup and sugar into bowl. Place
on the base of the oven and cook on 600 W for 4-5
minutes. Stir the oats into the butter and press the
mixture into the tin. Preheat the oven on Convection
180 °C. Place tin on enamel shelf and cook on
Convection 180 °C for 25 mins. Leave to cool in the
tin for 5 minutes. Then mark into 18 pieces. Allow to
cool completely before removing from the tin.
S
TICKY
P
UDDING WITH
T
OFFEE
S
AUCE
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
150
g
fresh or ready to eat dates stoned
and
fi
nely chopped
50
g
butter
150
g
caster
sugar
2
eggs, lightly beaten
150
g
self
raising
fl
our
3 ml
grated nutmeg
3 ml
ground ginger
Sauce:
150
g
muscovado
sugar
75 ml
double cream
75
g
butter
Method:
Pour 150 ml boiling water over the chopped dates
and set aside to cool. Cream the butter and sugar
until light and
fl
uffy. Beat in the eggs a little at a time.
Fold in the
fl
our, spices and the dates with the liquid.
Pour mixture into basin and cook on 600 W for 8-10
minutes or until cooked. To make the sauce, place
all the ingredients in a large jug and cook on 1000
W for 1 minute or until the sugar has dissolved. Stir
and continue to cook on 1000 W for 1-2 minutes or
until smooth and hot. Drizzle the hot sauce over the
sponge and serve with whipped cream.
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