Thread: Pudding

^ Nice. I made a blackberry one last week



And some jam



Fucking seeds are a nightmare to get out of yer teeth... Gave the jam me dad

Today's puddings

^ Lucky dog, a whole trifle!

That's a nice blackberry basket and excellent jam jar presentation, Miss Marple. Did you enter the jam in the competition at the village fete?

My mum's WI group is looking for new members, if you're interested?

The daughter goes back to school in Monday after her long summer holiday so I thought I'd spoil her with a trip to Svensons.

I had the Chocko Locko Ding Dong, or some such stupid name, and the daughter went for this green-coloured shite... Mocha?... Macha? whatever it is she seems to love it so fair enough. This stuff didn't exist when I were a boy.



At the age of 12 the daughter is finally becoming useful and she made me this tonight... two bananas, so two of my five a day covered on one fell swoop!

Originally Posted by Mendip

This stuff didn't exist when I were a boy.

Obviously US chains such as Swensens and Baskin Robbins didn't exist when I was a little kid in the UK but we did have ice cream parlours

The big treat was always a Knickerbocker Glory

Something for the weekend? On this occasion, a Thai coconut and pumpkin pie. I'd been meaning to have a crack at a pumpkin pie for some time, and opted for this Thai influenced one.

Started off with the pastry, a mix of mainly all purpose flour and some rice flour. Room temperature butter rubbed in to form a breadcrumb like mix.



A beaten egg yolk and some cold water added to the mix, kneaded into a smooth dough, then wrapped in cling film and into the fridge for 30 minutes.



Started with the pie filling, firstly bringing some coconut milk and a drop of vanilla essence to a rolling boil, and allowing to reduce to half. Then adding palm sugar and a pinch of salt, simmering until all the sugar had melted.



I'd roasted half of a medium size pumpkin, scraped out the flesh from the skin, and with a hand blender, turned into a puree. This went into the coconut and sugar, and when thoroughly mixed, three eggs were added.

The dough out of the fridge and rolled ready for the pie dish.



The pie dish lined, and pricked with a fork on the bottom to prevent air pockets.



A tip. When you trim the dough, what I do is form the off cuts into a single piece, and make into small squares to bake separately. These make great 'biscuits' for cheese or any other spread.





Going to blind bake the pastry case first of all, so lined with some crumpled baking paper, with baking beads for weight on top.



20 minutes in the oven, then another 5 minutes in there with the paper and beads removed.

The filling then put into the case, and the pie baked for around an hour, before being allowed to cool for a couple of hours.



A mix of roasted and non roasted coconut flakes scattered over the top.



Thought the pumpkin would make the filling quite dense, but no, almost light and smooth mousse like. Whipped up some cream, adding some coconut cream, caster sugar and vanilla essence. Great with an afternoon coffee.

At weekends, my lovely wife has taken to regular trips 'up country' to visit the less 'cosmopolitan' branch of her family. I mean, less cosmopolitan than Korat... these bug eating, missing links should probably be exhibits at the Korat dinosaur museum, but I hold my thoughts and let her be.

To be honest, at first these constant trips away bothered me, but as our marriage has evolved I now positively encourage her absence... things are easier this way and the daughter and I enjoy these peaceful weekends.

But, the wife has got in the habit of bringing back these purple-skinned sweet potatoes from 'up country', and to keep the peace I've always said that they taste 'nice'. I never learn... once I say something tastes 'nice' I am plagued by it... be it pig intestine soup, chicken's feet or salty fish. So this week I finally told the wife that these purple sweet potatoes just taste like shit and have been ruining every meal we've had for several weeks. All we want is normal potatoes.

So anyway, this week the wife made this sweet potato in coconut sauce kind of pudding. When I first met my darling wife in Perth, she was living with this lesbian Filipina chick, and her housemate 'Melita' made this dessert with sweet potatoes/tarro in a kind of coconut sauce... and the wife nailed it this week!

A minute in the microwave, and this is delicious! I may try it with a dollop of jam tomorrow..

Looks great as always PAG! I'm going to try to inspire the wife to make some pumpkin bread.

Originally Posted by Mendip

and the wife nailed it this week!

I hope you reciprocated just to be polite....

A batterpillar, anyone?

A healthy spinach main course earns you pudding points so I blew them all on a 1Kg rainbow cake and some salted caramel ice cream

I was sad to hear that the Indian court has crushed the hopes and dreams of all the little Indian gay people so I thought I could numb the pain and show my support with a gaylord rainbow extravaganza with sprinkles on top