In search of Chang

[helge]

I've run out of time now

Can we continue the shit show then ?

[Mendip]

^ Carry on, you've got 18 hours.

Ya Swedish fukker!

[DrWilly]

Was it 25 baht?

[helge]

Ya Swedish fukker!

Sure

Take it out on me, that you got humiliated by your egypt friend, who screwed that questionable french court -esaan, who you had laid your moisty eyes on.

Tuff luck that she didn't fall for your sweet talking routine and went for the larger dick size.


That it happened in Sweden is now projected on to your hatred of me and honest inquiries in general.


Sweet dreams, buddy

[Mendip]

^ Sorry Helge, that was the Mont Clair talking.

I am in fact very down on Egyptians just now... the company I've been mainly working for the last few years has a new Egyptian personnel guy and all the freelance work now goes to his cheaper fellow countrymen. They'll learn, but in the short term that source of work has dried up.

Was it 25 baht?

Correct, but Green neither offered or given!


Anyway, to round off our elephant expedition I finished cooking up the second Pak Chong pumpkin today.

First, the pumpkin pie pastry case.

Half fat to flour...



Once crumbly, bind with chilled water.





First sieve flour across the work top and then roll out!



I had to drag the daughter away from her maths homework to take the next few photos.



This is a critical stage and the most likely time for the daughter to be exposed to some pretty bad language if things go wrong.



But all went well.



Nice job!



Ease the pastry down into the cavities...



A quick trim...





And the job's a good 'un. I've gotta say, I was pretty pleased with how that all went.



The leftover pastry was wrapped in clingfilm (glad wrap for the Aussies) and went into the freezer to be used another day... maybe for a future steak and kidney or even a nice quiche, who knows.



While the pastry base was blind baking for 15 minutes of so I prepared the pumpkin pie filling.

Sugar, melted butter, milk and a couple of beaten eggs were added to the pumpkin puree sludge I prepared previously. The recipe also called for cinnamon and nutmeg, but we had neither.



There, creamy smooth pumpkin pie filling.



All ready for the convection oven and not looking too bad, even though I say so meself.



And voila!

After 35 minutes the pumpkin filling had set and the pie was baked. It was such a close fit that I couldn't get the damn thing out of the oven so had to leave it to cool, in situ.

The recipe calls for a dusting of icing sugar, but I don't have any.



To be honest I don't really like pumpkin that much, I find it a bit of a nothing tasting fruit but am looking forward to my first time trying pumpkin pie. It seems that it's served chilled, so into the fridge this will go. If it's any goo maybe it'll make an appearance in the dessert thread later.

[Edmond]

I don't really like pumpkin that much, I find it a bit of a nothing tasting fruit

Having never, ever thought about it before, I always presumed it was a vegetable. Lulu something new everyday.


Looks good.


Looks good enough to venture down to PJ Girl's place with a slice and a 'I know you're sweet enough already.... ' line.

[hallelujah]

That looks really good.

You see, we can be civil and complimentary on here.

Sometimes.

[Edmond]

Apparently a banana is not a fruit, but a berry.

And a banana tree is not a tree at all.


Tiz a crazy world we live in. Stay safe folks.

[DrWilly]

The nutmeg, cinnamon and icing sugar will make all the difference. Do the local shops not have any?

[BLD]

Yeah yeah. We know all about clingfilm and glad wrap in Oz these days , some clever marketing went on there eh. But if there was a poll 9 out of 10 Aussies would say pumpkins a vegie.

[BLD]

^ Carry on, you've got 18 hours.

Ya Swedish fukker!

I thought he was a Norgie

[helge]

And a banana tree is not a tree at all.

But if there was a poll 9 out of 10 Aussies would say pumpkins a vegie.

Originally Posted by Mendip


Ya Swedish fukker!

I thought he was a Norgie

Most would say that the B in LD is a fruit

Wrong

He's a nut !

[Reg Dingle]

That looks like a big tart to me... shirley your pastry would need covering for it to be called a pie too?

[Mendip]

^ If you type into Google 'does a pie need a top', you'll see many conflicting views on this. I guess it's a bit like a proper sandwich or the Scandinavian open topped sandwiches.

The recipe called it 'pumpkin pie' but I'm very happy if you want to call it a tart.

[Reg Dingle]

^ I meant the...oh never mind.

If you have any fruit left, these are the best thing I've tasted involving pumpkin.

It's like a pumpkin pancake with Shrove Tuesday just round the corner too.

South African pumpkin fritters by thermomike. A Thermomix ^(R) recipe in the category Desserts & sweets on www.recipecommunity.com.au, the Thermomix ^(R) Community.

[Mendip]

^ I meant the...oh never mind.

Aah, I get it now.

Very good!