Coconut Pumpkin Pie

This recipe is a twist on the traditional, autumn pie.

 

400g plain flour

200g butter

1/2 a pumpkin

Can of coconut milk

3 tbsp dark brown sugar

1 tbsp mixed spice

1 tbsp cinnamon

2 eggs

4 tbsp toasted desiccated coconut

Cube the pumpkin and cut off the skin. Roast in the oven at 200C/Gas 6 for 25 minutes until soft. 

For the pastry, pulse the butter and flour together in a food processor until it comes together, you may need to add a dash of milk. Leave to chill for a while then roll out and line a pie tin. Bake blind at 200C/Gas 6 for twenty minutes.

 

Purée the roasted pumpkin in a food processor. 

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs then add the remaining pie ingredients, including the puréed pumpkin. 

Pour into the pastry case. Bake at 180C/Gas 4 for 40 minutes until set but still slightly wobbly. Then sprinkle on the coconut.

Jamie Oliver's Orange Curd Tart

Really tasty recipe by Jamie Oliver. The recipe uses a lot of eggs though, so it's a bit indulgent. I've altered it slightly, just to fit round what ingredients I had.

6 egg yolks

200g caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Zest and juice of 3 oranges

Lime juice (to make the orange juice up to 230ml)

4 eggs

250g butter

 

For the pastry,

100g icing sugar

250g plain flour

125g butter

Zest of 1 orange

1 egg

Splash of milk

 

Pulse the pastry ingredients in a food processor until it forms a dough and chill. Preheat oven to 180C/gas 4.

In a saucepan on a low heat, whisk all the filling ingredients apart from the butter. Keep whisking for 5 minutes until it starts to thicken. Add the butter in chunks and keep whisking for about 15 minutes until thick.

Roll out the dough and line the pastry into a 25cm tart tin. Bake blind for 15 minutes, then remove the baking beans and cook for a further 10-15 minutes until golden brown.

Fill the tart when still warm.

 

Definitely worth making.

 



Sausage Rolls at Christmas

 

I got taught how to make sausage rolls by a close family friend when I was young, and making them is now a Christmas tradition.

 

I use ready rolled shop bought puff pastry and good quality sausage meat.

Lie three long sausage strips across the pastry and cut along the pasty, leaving room either side of the sausage.

Brush egg along one side and fold the pastry strip over the sausage. Use a fork to crimp along the edge to seal the pastry.

Then cut into individual rolls and make a slit in the top of each roll.

Brush the tops with egg and transfer onto a lined baking tray.

Bake for approximately 10 minutes in a hot oven.