APPLE TOFFEE Dessert



Ingredients
3 medium size cooking apple
1 egg
2/3 cup cold water
1 cup plain flour
peanut oil for deep frying
glaze
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup cold water
2 tsp black sesame seeds

DIRECTIONS

Quarter the apples, Peel and core the pieces, than cut each quarter into 2 thick slices, 3 if the apple are large. Set aside. Step II: Beat the egg in a medium size bowl, add the water and beat again until combined, than tip in all flour at once and beat vigorously with rotary beater until batter is smooth. Do not over beat.

Let batter stand while preparing glaze.As sugar cook stsart to heat oil for deep frying. Try to have oil for frying and sugar glaze ready at the same time. if oil is not put over too high a heat this should not be difficult.

When the haze begins to rise from the surface of the oil drop pieces of apple into the batter, turn to code them completely, then take one piece at time with fork and drop it into the oil. Do not cook too many at one time.

Deep fry until the batter is golden. Then lift out with a slotted spoon and put straight into the sauce pan containing the glaze.

Turn piece of apple in the glaze to coat the entire surface, then lift out and drop into a bowl containing cold water and ice cubes. The glaze will harden and become brittle almost at once. Lift them out quickly and put on a lightly oiled serving plate.

GLAZE: Put sugar and water into a small saucepan and place over medium high heat. Do not stir at all. Let sugar mixture bubble until it starts to turn faintly golden around the edge of the pan. Stir in sesame seeds and turn heat as low as it will go

Cake for Christmas

Christmas cake

Ingredients
7 eggs
500g castor sugar
250g semolina
375g raw cashews - chopped
2 tbsp rose water
2 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp lemon rind grated
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 tsp almond essence

DIRECTIONS
Grease and line a 20cm (8 inch) square tin with 2 thicknesses of greaseproof Paper. Brush inner paper with melted butter.

Beat the egg yolks and caster sugar until light and creamy. Stir in a semolina, cashews, rose water, honey, lemon rind, spices and almond essence. Beat egg whites until they hold firm peaks and fold into the mixture, turn into prepare tin and bake in moderately slow oven until cake is evenly golden brows on top and feels firm to the touch. if cake starts to brown too quickly, cover top with paper or foil.

When cooked the centre of the cake should still be somewhat moist so the skewer test is not recommended.

Remove from the oven and leave in the tin to get quite cold before cutting. Do not attempt to turn out this cake. Cut into small squares and lift each one separately on to serving plate

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