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Thursday, 27 September 2012

Win a Tarte Tatin Tin from Mermaid

Remember my Tarte Tatin? Well, those lovely people at Mermaid bakeware would like to help YOU to make our own Tarte Tatin by giving away one of these high quality hard anodised baking tins.
Mermaid has been known and loved by professional chefs and enthusiastic cooks alike since 1953 and is for many the secret ingredient when it comes to successful home cooking

Complete the Rafflecopter widget to win the Tarte Tatin tin, but just in case you are not the lucky winner, you can buy this tin 'on sale' at Amazon for £21.54 it will last you a lifetime and would work for pies as well as the Tarte Tatin.

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Sunday, 22 April 2012

Rhubarb Bakewell Tart and a Giveaway!

There is some dispute on line as to whether there is a traditional food to celebrate May Day. However, although some recipes appear, there doesn't seem to be any one dish that defines May Day.

I decided that I would try to create a seasonal dish to celebrate May Day and I'd like you to do the same.

Applicances Online have agreed to give one of you £30 of Amazon Vouchers for telling me what your May Day Dish would be. Enter using the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of this post.

May Day Rhubarb Bakewell Tart

Shortcrust Pastry

225g plain flour
50g vegetable fat

100g butter
25g caster sugar

2 egg yolks

Frangipane
55g butter or margerine (I used Pure spread)
55g caster sugar
1 large egg beaten
40g ground almonds
15g plain flour

Fruit

8 sticks of rhubarb, chopped into even sized pieces
50g golden caster sugar

25g flaked almonds to finish

1. Make the shortcrust pastry by rubbing the vegetable fat and butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolks and bring the mixture together. Knead only very lightly, then wrap in clingfilm and chill for at least 20 minutes.

2. Roll out and line a 17cm diameter deep pie tin (the pastry will line two of these tins, you need to double up the fruit and frangipane to fill two though) and put some baking paper inside then fill with baking beans.

3. Blind bake at 200C for 20 - 25 minutes. Remove the beans and paper and bake for a further 5 minutes until the base is baked through and the pastry is golden brown. Leave to cool for 10 minutes.

4. Place the rhubarb and sugar and in a baking dish and place in the oven while the flan is blind baking. Roast until just soft but not mushy.

5. Fill the base of the flan with rhubarb, try not to get too much juice on the base of the flan or it will go soggy.

6. Make the frangipane. Turn the heat down to 170C. Beat all the frangipane ingredients together until well combined and cover the rhubarb with the mixture. Scatter over the flaked almonds.

7. Bake for about 25 minutes until the frangipane is risen and golden.

Serve warm with custard.

So what would you make to celebrate May Day?

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Monday, 26 March 2012

The Food Blogger's Diet and a Giveaway

When you love food, love to cook and also love to eat, it's easy to put on a few pounds. It's even harder for Food Bloggers we love to share what we cook with others and we are also tempted by all those challenges we take part in.

As Spring is definitely here, I have decided that it is time to do something about those extra inches so I will be bringing you recipes and food ideas that are lower in calories, lower in fat and suitable to eat when trying to reduce your weight. This won't be 'a diet' and I won't be boring you with details of how I'm getting on, but I will be sharing the recipes.

I was lucky enough to be offered the chance to try Popchips and to offer a hamper containing a selection of 24 packs as a Giveaway to one lucky winner. These snacks are 'popped' using heat and pressure rather than fried or baked, which means that they have less than half the fat and fewer calories than the usual type of crisps. There are less than 100 calories for more than 17 crisps in each 23g bag which sells for 69p. There are five different flavours: original; barbeque; sour cream and chives; salt and pepper; sea salt and vinegar.

So what are they like? As you can see in the photo at the top, they look pretty much like the usual puffed potato snacks, however they are not greasy and there are no artifical flavours. You can buy Popchips at Waitrose and online from ocado.com and amazon.co.uk I do think they are quite expensive for what they are, but I did enjoy the Popchips, particularly the Original flavour and compared to some other low calorie snacks they definitely have a more natural taste. Enter my giveaway to try them for yourself.

This Giveaway is open to UK residents only

More information about Popchips is available on their website popchips.co.uk

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