Wednesday 7 April 2010
Gaby's Crumble Cake600g of plain flour
320g caster sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
480g butter
2eggs
400g cream
vanilla
60g brown sugar
400g fresh strawberries
4 tablespoons strawberry jam
icing sugar to dust
table spoon of yogurt and rose pettles to serve
Make the coulis by blending the strawberries and jam in a foodprocesser and reserve.
in a bowl mix the caster sugar,flour,bicarbonate of soda,baking powder and soft butter to a crumble. reserve the half (this is the crumble topping),and to the other half add the cream,eggs and brown sugar mix well.
put smooth mixture into a well greased cake tin (26cm).add the strawberry coulis on top and cover with crumble topping.
cook at 160oc for 30 to 40mins.
My Fishy Pie600g ,white fish, such as Hake, cod or Pollock
200g smoked haddock
2 handfuls cooked peeled prawns
750mlmilk plus a little double cream
2 medium onions
pinch nutmeg
1 bay leaf
fennel seeds
bunch fresh parsley
1kg potatoes
bunch of chard
4 hard boiled eggs peeled and quartered
2 cloves chopped garlic
200g smoked Cheddar or a nice cheese
75g butter
75g plain flour
salt and pepper
1. Place the fillets of smoked haddock in milk with an onion,cloves bay leaf,fennel seeds, a couple of stalks of parsley .
2. heat the milk gently. once simmering, switch off.
cut the rest of the fish into 2cm cubes.
3.peel potatoes, cut them into even sizes and put them in a pan. Add just enough water to cover add salt and cook, once cooked drain add butter salt pepper.
4.separate the cooked smoked haddock from the milk place the milk back on the heat.
5.Add 75g of butter to a pan and heat once butter has melted add the flour stir for about 2 mins on a medium heat, slowly add all the milk until you have a white thick sauce,bung it in the food processer if lumpy wants to be thick but loose.
5.thinly slice the onion and remove the leafs of chard from stalks,chop the leafs rough and the stalks fine.heat a frying pan and cook the onions in a little butter and olive oil for 2 mins add the stalks cook until cooked no colour add the leafs switch off.
6.add the onion mixture, rest of the fish plus the smoked haddock broken into similar sizes,quartered eggs and prawns to the white sauce .place into any nice oval pyrex/china dish place mash ontop sprinkle with cheese place in a hot oven for 20mins or until top is gratinated and sides are bubbling sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley and dill.
bobs your marlin
eye eye fish pie!
muchacho
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