Recipe for "Sunflower Sweet" Wins Prize.

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 22, 7 December 1934, Page 47

Recipe for "Sunflower Sweet" Wins Prize.

This week H.W.a-Brunswick, wins the half-guinea prize which is offered every week for the best original recipe received from — readers. Her entry for the delicious Sunflower Sweet is printed on this page with a selection from other entries. Recipes for this competition should be addressed "Chef," c/o ‘"'N.Z. Radio Record,’ G.P.O. Box 1680, Wellington. Banana Sponge Dainty. [NGREDIENTS : 6 or 8 bananas. J pint of lemon jelly, 1 gill of whinped cream, sugar to taste, a littie" cochineal, half teaspoon vanilla, few glace cherries. Make a lemon jelly and allow it to set. Peel the bananas and mash them with a fork. until they ure creamy, then beat in the lemon jelly and whisk together... Add cream. sugar and vanilla to taste.- Colour with cochineal and whisk well again. Pile high on a glass dish, and decorate . with a few halved elaece cherries —

Mrs.

L.

al (Maraui).

Jellied Plum Pudding. AKD: 1 packet lemon jelly, + cup chopped peel, 1 pint boiling water, = cup chopped walnuts, pinch of salt, & cup grape-nuts, % cup chopped raisins, 4 teaspoon cinnamon, % cup prune’ pulp, + teaspoon cloves, Dissolve jelly in water and add sal‘. When cold and beginning to thicken.

add remaining ingredients. Pour into mould and leave to set. Unmould and serve with whipped cream, flavoured

with nutmeg.-

M.

(Auckland).

Lemon Mincemeat. "TAKE 3 jlarge lemons, 3 large baked apples, 1b, stoned raisins, 1]1b. currants, 2 tablespoons marmalade, Ib. suet, 2lb.. moist sugar, loz. candied lemon. peel, loz. candied orange peel,. 1: teacup brandy. Squeeze out the . juice and ‘boil: . the lemons till ‘tender enough to. pulp: remove core and skins ‘of apples and chop the suet and peel finely. Mix all, and place in a stone jar. Ready for ‘use

in two weeks.-

~Miss

M.

O.

(Napier).

Cherry Turnovers. AKE 1 large ‘cup of flour, 30zs, butter, 1 cup of water, make some pastry. Knead it a little and then set it. aside ifor two hours. Roll it out and cut it in rounds. Have ready some very fine ripe cherries. Stone and sweeten them and put several in ‘the centre of each round of pastry. Form them into turnovers and fry them in verv -hot fat. Serve either hot or cold

sprinkled with icing sugar.

-Miss

J.

M.

(Napier ).

Strawberry Salad. NGREDIPNTS: lb. strawberries, 1 grapefruit, 1 lettuce, 4 lemon, 2 tomatoes, skinned and sliced. lemon (lvessing, Method: Wipe and ‘slice strawberries. and squeeze a few drops of lemon over them. Peel the grapefruit and cut il into sections, removing white skin. Mix the strawberries and grapefruit together, arrange on a bed of lettuce leaves, garnish with sliced tomatoes and pour the dressing. over. The perfect salad dressing . requires ‘wine. vinegar; if liked, it may be flavoured with itarragon, horse-radish or eschalots. Malt vinegar is unsuitable; use

best olive oil.-

M.

C.

(Auckland).