Almond Slice .

[nigelandjan]

Thought I would have a go at one of these last weekend ,, problem is I have to make a bit of pastry first and I am pretty cak at that to be honest , never any success but try try again as the saying goes .

For the pastry 5 ounces of plain flour

3.5 ounces of butter , I used Lurpak

1 egg yolk

Ok chop the butter up into the flour and rub together with your fingers like so , also here I have added the egg yolk .





Give it a bit of a mix up and add a LITTLE water and roll up like so , put in a plastic beg and put in the fridge for an hour to chill .





While thats chilling I have prepared my tin to bake it in ,, cutting a piece of greaseproof paper to fit in the 9 by 9 inch tin .


Tip here take the paper out and actually roll your pastry on to the paper then drop it back in the tin after giving it a good pricking with a fork to help cook it like so.





Now were gonna bake this in the oven first for 20 mins at 180 degrees , but first we must put something on it to stop it rising ( ah the memories ) like so ,, I'm no arty farty cook so I don't have baking beans but I do have small square plates ,, so in they go .







Now while that lot is baking away we can make the mixture for the cake to sit on top of it .




5 ozs butter

5 ozs caster sugar

5 ors ground almonds

if not use self raising flour + almond flavouring like I did
3 nice fresh eggs.


Usual thing cream butter + sugar then add eggs then stir in lightly flour or almond grounds like so .











Ok the oven buzzers gone off so we can take our pastry base out like so ,, I like it well done ,, I hate wet raw pastry , and this time I'm on a winner ! this pastry is lovely and crunchy






Then cover the base in raspberry jam ,, I used about half a jar , then lop your mixture on the top like so








another 40 mins in the oven at 180 degrees and it should come out looking like so






Now at this stage you can dust with icing sugar or leave it to go cold and put some icing on top for later on ,, or like I have done serve it up hot with some nice thin sweet vanilla flavoured custard on the top like so








Delicious sweet for after dinner


The remainder was allowed to cool and went in the old lunch box during the week



Cheers , we all deserve a sweet treat now and again

[Mid]

My Dietician will be round to see you Sir .

[Rural Surin]

Hmmmm..

A baker in the house.

Well done, Nigel

[charleyboy]

Looks delicious Nige.

I'll pop down to S&P and see what delights they've got on offer!

[Albert Shagnastier]

I've always thought you were a good bloke Nige - but now you're fucking with Mr Kipling

[nigelandjan]

Aha ,,,,,,dear old Mr Kipling ,,,,he makes ,,,,," exceedingly small cakes "

[Albert Shagnastier]

he makes ,,,,," exceedingly small cakes "

And no doubt ferociously expensive nowadays

[chassamui]

That pic with the custard on reminds me of puddings we got for school dinner.

Sadly would never be allowed today as it contains nuts. Never had any one gasping for breath or breaking out in boils until some smart arse discovered nut allergies.

If you have time to bake you are obviously underemployed.n

[Satonic]

Nice one

[Dillinger]

Bostin

[OhOh]

I like it well done ,, I hate wet raw pastry

Hope that's not aimed at any one else in the house !

Aha ,,,,,,dear old Mr Kipling ,,,,he makes ,,,,," exceedingly small cakes "

And he adds Almond Flakes as a topping

[nigelandjan]

^ Yes I know mate ,, but in the interests of health and safety the only nut involved here was the guy cooking it

[OhOh]

[malcy]

I saw that bloody plate and spoon in another thread

[Dillinger]

He'd probably just licked it clean again. Bless him :-)

[jolly]

Nice thread I like it so much its so interesting for me.

[Orrens]

We need a school dinners thread with recipes attached.

We need as when we go senile all the memories will be lost.

Orrens

[peterpan]

Looks lovely Nigel, shall we elope? but you can't take those square plates with you.

[OhOh]

7/11's do a very respectable Almond bun I was pleased to find out.

[The Master Cool]

Looks great. Bet that goes damn well with a cuppa on a lazy afternoon.