Thread: Pudding

^Speaking of which, when are you off to Bangkok?

Here's a terrible pic of what was actually a very nice piece of sticky date pudding. Don't normally have dessert when eating out but saw it on the menu and couldn't even remember the last time I had one.

^Looks like to have a nice scoop of Vanilla ice cream to go with it! mmmmmmm Kelly's Cornish Vanilla

A bag of lemons have been staring at me from a fridge drawer for some time, so lemon meringue pie it is.



Got the pastry started, sieved some flour with some butter and lard to be rubbed in.



Rubbed into crumbs.



Added a drop of water and turned into a ball which went into the fridge for half an hour..



Rolled out and put into a flan dish.



Covered in tin foil, with baking beads on top and into the oven to be blind baked. After 20 minutes, foil and beads removed and a further 10 minutes baking.





Getting organised for the lemon filling and the meringue.



Cornflour, caster sugar, lemon zest and juice, beaten egg yolks and butter brought to a simmer and cooked until thickened.



Beating the egg whites and sugar for the meringue.





Assembled the pie.





Back in the oven for 15 minutes.



There you have it, great with an afternoon coffee.

Fucking ell pag. Your handy in the kitchen mate.

^ Home made custard ain't exactly easy you know!

That does look good PAG. I wonder if lime merangue pie is a thing? We're inundated with limes at the moment... would give me something to do next week.

Originally Posted by Mendip

^ Home made custard ain't exactly easy you know!

That does look good PAG. I wonder if lime merangue pie is a thing? We're inundated with limes at the moment... would give me something to do next week.

Quite a few recipes for 'Key Lime Pie', which can be made with a meringue topping. A biscuit base (a la cheese cake) instead of pastry makes it very easy.

Best-Ever Key Lime Pie - Once Upon a Chef

^^Aren't you packed for Bangkok tomorrow? You'll be making cream pies down there.

I'm buying a lemon tart tomorrow at Big C, thanks PAG for reminding us how delicious lemons can be in desserts and how useless the rest of us are that can't bake like you

^ Packed and ready to go, but it's only a short visit. I'll be cooking again before I know it.

^^ Thanks PAG... but pastry no problem for me, it's one of my stronger points in fact. I'll check out the recipes.

Bloody hell PAG, that looks good. A (lime) green owed.

I'll look in Villa Market for some digestives this week.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Bloody hell PAG, that looks good. A (lime) green owed.

I'll look in Villa Market for some digestives this week.

The coconut in the meringue is a winner with the lime zest on top.

I missed that... but we've got coconuts as well at the moment, and my food dehydrator. Apart from the digestives, sugar, butter and cream cheese I can get everything from the garden.

The strangest thing PAG... I checked out your Jamie Oliver New York City lime cheesecake recipe and got this...

I thought it would have been a bit fattening but this girl seems to look OK on it.

Originally Posted by PAG

so lemon meringue pie it is.

My all time favourite pudding...

No LMP for me. I had to make do with getting my nuts out for Big Gay Sunday...

Outstanding PAG!

You're an inspiration to fellow foodies!

Homemade custard is indeed hard to get right, mine always comes out a bit lumpy.

Nice one PAG, That lemon meringue pie looks epic. I've always wanted to try one after seeing it in Fear and Loathing, that is a great bloody scene!

Yeah good on 'ya PAG, I was no chance of not buying a lemon tart today because I don't have the skills to make one! Good God they're moreish

Sometimes I think PAG should have his own thread... it puts so much pressure on anyone who follows.

There is no 'Blokes' pudding thread or 'Drunk' pudding thread... so where to post? By this stage of last night I had suffered from trying to finish off a bottle of Ya Dong. I hate waste.

And besides, whatever they look like, puddings always taste great!

Lightly microwaved custard-filled doughnut with chocolate chip, chocolate ice cream!

^ agree on all fronts. Some of the amalgamations I have created over the years would give D.Smith an aneurysm but man they tasted good!

A very Scottish pudding.

^ Not for me... not with those evil currants occupying the cake. The meal on the left... on the other hand...


I very nearly graced this thread with a picture of my 'apple suet pudding', having found a block of Atora in the fridge (which I have been wondering what to do with for some time) and a bag of neglected apples in the veggie draw.

Sadly I discovered the apples had since gone bad and been fed to the chickens... so chocolate 42.75 Baht cake with home-made custard it was!



Money... (you can't go wrong with custard!)

That is cracking. Without wishing to be too nosey do you ever invite Mini's friends around to show them what real food is?

^ Not nosey mate.

With Mini being at an international school, her school mates are scattered all over the city, the distances involved making it difficult to have friends over in the evening. To pick up and then drop off a kid could easily mean a couple of hours driving the way Korat traffic is.

But in saying that and hopefully without sounding a bit scheming, Mini has one young friend in particular I'd like to come over and visit... she has an absolutely cracking mum, single, who I imagine would love some basic English meat and two veg followed by a bit of trifle.

Originally Posted by Mendip

she has an absolutely cracking mum, single, who I imagine would love some basic English meat and two veg followed by a bit of trifle.

try the puppy ploy, women can't resist it but if you get to the stage where you are searching around for something to blow your nose in, just don't do it in her knickers