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Crème caramel with Philadelphia cheese

Posted by: TeresaDownUnder on: June 20, 2009

6 eggs
500 ml milk
12 tbsp sugar
250 gr Philadelphia cheese
Caramel
5 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp water
Add sugar and water in a saucepan to make caramel. Let it boil until sauce becomes amber in colour. Pour over cake tin or ramekins if making individual desserts.
Add eggs, milk, sugar and chees to the blender and mix well.
Add liquid [...]

Brandy custard

Posted by: TeresaDownUnder on: December 26, 2008

4 tbsp butter
2 tbsp cornflour
290 ml milk
90 ml brandy
4 tbsp sugar
2 egg yolks
Gently heat the butter until sizzling, then stir in the cornflour.
Remove from the heat and carefully blend in the milk, avoiding lumps.
Return to the heat, stirring constantly until custard starts to thicken. Remove from heat.
Beat sugar and egg yolks until volume doubles.
Stir in [...]

Christmas pudding

Posted by: TeresaDownUnder on: December 26, 2008

250 gr butter
125 gr white sugar
125 gr brown sugar
4 eggs
125 gr plain flour
125 gr breadcrumbs
a good pinch of salt
375 gr raisins
375 gr sultanas
250 gr currants
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp bicarb soda
3 tbsp brandy
1m x 1m calico cloth (which has been quickly boiled to extract any dyes or fabric conditioners)
Cream butter and sugars.
Add eggs, then [...]

Macadamia shortbread

Posted by: TeresaDownUnder on: December 23, 2008

150 gr caster sugar
300 gr butter, softened
300 gr plain flour, sifted
150 gr wheaten cornflour, sifted
150 gr crushed unsalted macadamias
Lightly beat the sugar and butter until combined. Fold in the flour, cornflour and macadamias and stir together until the mixture makes a ball.
Divide dough in half and press into 1 cm rounds on two oven trays.
Prick [...]


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