Demi’s Nan’s Fly Pastry
This is an old family recipe from my husband’s late grandmother who was actually called Elsie.
Ingredients
1 block of ready-made short-crust pastry, i.e. Jus Rol (unless you want to make your own as Demi and Nan did, naturally)
currants or raisins or a mix of both
butter
sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 450F, 230C or gas mark 8.
2. Divide up your pastry block into two equal-sized pieces and roll each out thinly to the same size.
3. Carefully lay one of the pastry pieces on a greased baking tray.
4. Spread the pastry with your choice of dried fruit.
5. Dot the fruit topping with tiny pieces of butter and sprinkle it with sugar.
6. Damp the edges of one piece of pastry with water. Lay the second pastry piece on top.
7. Seal the edges well and trim off any excess pastry.
8. Bake in the oven for approximately 20 minutes.
9. Dredge the cooked pastry with caster sugar and cut into squares or slices.
10.Be sure to keep the fly pastry out of Mitch’s reach.
Cornish Potato Cakes
(Recipe and introduction reproduced by kind permission of the Budget Food Mummy blog https://budgetfoodmummy.wordpress.com)
I usually make these with any leftover mashed potato or a few potatoes I have left that I have no use for. It is a traditional Cornish recipe, although I have never found anywhere in Cornwall that makes them so let me know if there is anywhere!
Makes 12
Costs 7p per potato cake
Ingredients
4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
100g plain flour
50g butter, soft
2 tbsp milk
1 tbsp parsley
black pepper
1. Boil the potatoes until soft, mash and leave to cool.
2. Meanwhile, rub the butter into the flour until it turns into crumbs.
3. Add the mashed potato, milk, parsley and black pepper to taste. Stir together until well mixed. Divide into small patties.
4. In a large frying pan, fry the potato cakes in a little butter. Cook for 5 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
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It Should Have Been Me
Just Say Yes
Wish You Were Here
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