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- From: Susan Getgood <sgetgood@bilbo.iii.net>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Eccles Cakes
- Date: 8 Jun 1995 13:27:30 +0100
- Message-ID: <199506070249.WAA12393@nic.iii.net>
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- Susan's Eccles Cakes
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- *Fruit filling*
- 1 cooking apple,peeled, cored and finely chopped (1 cup)
- 2/3 cup apple juice
- 2-1/2 cups currants or raisins or any combination thereof
- 3 TBSP granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp. ground mace
- 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
- 1 TBSP cornstarch
- 2 TBSP cold water
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- Pastry
- 1 17-1/4 ounce package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
- 1 large egg
- Granulated or confectioners9 sugar (for sprinkling)
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- Fruit filling: In medium saucepan, bring apple and apple juice to boiling.
- Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes until tender. Stir in currants/raisins,
- granulated sugar and spice. Bring to boiling, stirring often. Boil 1
- minute.
- In small bowl, mix cornstarch and cold water until smooth. Stir into fruit
- mixture. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils. Cool
- to room temperature. Cover and let stand 8 hours or overnight.
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- Preheat oven to 400F. Beat egg to blend in small bowl.
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- Roll 1 pastry sheet according to package directions and cut into 3- or 4-
- inch rounds. Spoon raisin/currant filling into center of each round. Brush
- border of filled pastry with beaten egg. Top with a second pastry round,
- pressing edges together firmly to seal. Crimp edges decoratively. Brush
- pastry with beaten egg. Cut vent hole in center. Using tip of small sharp
- knife, score half circles in top of pastry, beginning at vent and ending
- at crimped edge (like the petals of a flower). Don9t cut through to
- filling. Sprinkle top with sugar.
-
- Continue rolling pastry and assembling Eccles cakes until you9ve used up
- all the pastry. Chill each baking sheet of cakes for 15-20 minutes before
- baking Bake pastry until puffed and golden brown and sugar has melted on
- top, about 10-15 minutes. (If sugar has not melted by the time gbteau is
- cooked, broil briefly until shiny.) Cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet.
- Transfer pastry to platter. Serve at room temperature.
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