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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 18, 2024 18:11:10 GMT
The Chica's friend who moved from England like 25 years ago has requested it for her birthday. I have a couple recipes pulled from sites, but would feel more comfortable if an actual person familiar with baking one gave me one. (Or pointed me to one) Also any useful tips not in the recipe would help. Like make sure your butter and eggs are at room temp, the cold water for pastry is chilled for x amount of time, sift the flour in the pastry dough, don't sift the flour as it needs to be more rustic, what brand of syrup/treacle, do i need to make the bread crumbs, shold bread crumbs be slightly stale, what type of bread should the crumbs come from, or what brand of bread crumbs, etc
Any tips would be appreciated.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Apr 18, 2024 18:23:02 GMT
Can't help, sorry, but I find the recipes on the BBC site to be quite useful: www.bbc.co.uk/food |
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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 18, 2024 18:46:34 GMT
Can't help, sorry, but I find the recipes on the BBC site to be quite useful: www.bbc.co.uk/foodThanks will give it a look... |
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Post by mowlick on Apr 18, 2024 18:51:11 GMT
I can't help I am afraid as I am the world's worst cook.
That said, Fortnum and Mason are just round the corner from Monkey and they do a very acceptable treacle and chocolate bar. So maybe he could schlepp round there and pick something up for you ?
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 18, 2024 19:29:01 GMT
I can’t bake (or cook.)
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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 19, 2024 1:16:28 GMT
The Chica got her Nan's email address somehow without letting her friend know. I sent her an email to see if she had any special way to make hers.
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Post by tickingmask on Apr 19, 2024 21:40:56 GMT
My mother's recipe, God rest her soul. I've done this a few times.
I worked for about a year in the US and whilst I was there, everybody had to contribute something towards some office celebration or other (a Christmas party, maybe) , so I made this, stuck in a toothpick with a little hand-drawn Union Flag attached and wrote something along the lines of "Lovingly-made produce of the United Kingdom". And nobody touched it. So I took it home and ate it all myself. Delicious!
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Post by Prince Myshkin on Apr 20, 2024 4:53:10 GMT
My mother's recipe, God rest her soul. I've done this a few times. I worked for about a year in the US and whilst I was there, everybody had to contribute something towards some office celebration or other (a Christmas party, maybe) , so I made this, stuck in a toothpick with a little hand-drawn Union Flag attached and wrote something along the lines of "Lovingly-made produce of the United Kingdom". And nobody touched it. So I took it home and ate it all myself. Delicious! Golden syrup? That's a new one for me. It might be hard to find in the U.S. |
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Post by tickingmask on Apr 20, 2024 8:09:49 GMT
Golden syrup? That's a new one for me. It might be hard to find in the U.S. Hmmmmm.... I definitely made it in the U.S. so I must have got hold of a tin from somewhere or other, but this was back in the 1980s and my memories grow dim. I vaguely recall there was a British food shop in San Francisco that sold marmite and stuff like that, so I might have got it from there. |
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Post by mowlick on Apr 20, 2024 9:38:46 GMT
My mother's recipe, God rest her soul. I've done this a few times. I worked for about a year in the US and whilst I was there, everybody had to contribute something towards some office celebration or other (a Christmas party, maybe) , so I made this, stuck in a toothpick with a little hand-drawn Union Flag attached and wrote something along the lines of "Lovingly-made produce of the United Kingdom". And nobody touched it. So I took it home and ate it all myself. Delicious! Golden syrup? That's a new one for me. It might be hard to find in the U.S. Try molasses.It has a stronger flavour, but that will probably be to the good. Treacle tart is lovely, but it is not exactly a sophisticated dish |
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Post by Vassaggo on Apr 25, 2024 22:47:46 GMT
My mother's recipe, God rest her soul. I've done this a few times. I worked for about a year in the US and whilst I was there, everybody had to contribute something towards some office celebration or other (a Christmas party, maybe) , so I made this, stuck in a toothpick with a little hand-drawn Union Flag attached and wrote something along the lines of "Lovingly-made produce of the United Kingdom". And nobody touched it. So I took it home and ate it all myself. Delicious! Pretty much the same as her Nan's, but she said 425f (do older people in UK still use F or did she convert for me I wonder.) I asked if I could use store bought bread crumbs and pastry. She asked why I would do that when you could just use bread that has set out for a little bit. I use half store bought bread crumbs half stale southern style biscuits (scones) for my Thanksgiving Dressing only reason I asked. As for store bought pastry sheets she said I could but it won't taste right. Only other difference I see is she has me putting some of the lemon zest into the filling along with the juice. Also use either lard or non salted butter. As for the Golden Syrup I found Lile's Light Golden Sugar Cane Syrup at an upscale small Market in rich part of Columbia, SC. It was 15.00 per 11 fluid ounce tin. I grabbed 2 as I might want to play around with it in other things later. Thanks though I have a little more time before the party. I'll let you know how it turns out if you want. |
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