MAINLY ABOUT FOOD

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 15 March 1935, Page 52

MAINLY ABOUT

FOOD

Fruit Pie Trio Wins 10/6

A Tauranga reader, Mrs. O. A. Brisco,, wins this week's half guinea "prize. for her published trio of unusual fruit pies-prune, passion fruit and banana-which are. served cold and made with varied pastries. These pies are seasonal all the year round, and a change for discriminating housewives for tempting the family appetite just: at this time. : Cinnamon Prune Pie ALB. flour, {lb.. butter, 4-cup , sugar, "~ heaped teaspoon . cinnamon, 1: teaspoon baking powder, 1 egg and’ milk to bind. Roll out and line deep plate and press into pastry 4-cup finely chopped walnuts, fill with cooked stoned prunes, flavoured with cinnamon. Cover with a meringue made with two egg whites and a little castor Sugar. Bake half hour and serve cold. Passion Fruit Tart OZ. flour, 40z. cornflour, 1 egg, loz. sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 40z, butter, pinch salt. Rub butter into flour and cornflour, add salt and bakking powder, then beaten egg mixed with a little milk. Roll to quarter inch -thickness, line a deep plate with half and cook ten minutes. When cool fill with following mixture:-Stew 3 apples with very little water till tender, strain and add sugar and pulp of 3 passion fruit. Cover with remainder of pastry and bake 15 minutes.’ ‘When cool make a thin .passion ‘fruit. icinz and’ pour over tart. . Serve with cream or custard. ~ . . ‘ Banana Tart ANANA Tart, with Coconut Pastry : 3-cup sugar, 4b. flour, Hb, butter, 1 teaspoon’ baking powder, 1 cup desiecated cocoanut, 1 egg, little . milk -to bind. Roll ont and line sandwich, tia and bake a light brown © Then spread with raspberry jam, slice 3 bananas on this and juice and grated rind of lemon. ‘Pour over this a custard made with 1 egg, 1 cup milk, pinch of salt and nutmeg, ‘dessertspoon sugar and bake till custard sets Serve with cream.--Mrs, OA.B. (Tauranga). The following recipes. were also sent by readers from all parts of New Zea-. land :- Afternoon Tea Biscuits SIrt eight ounces flour with half a teaspoon of baking powder, rub in three ounces of butter and ‘add two ounces of sugar, on€é ounce of crystallised cherriés chopped finely and a little powdered cinnamon. Mix to a stiff paste with a beaten egg; roll out thinly, cut into rounds and bake in mode-ate oven for twenty minutes, These biscuits are quite nice eater hot,

Or when cold can tbe made into choice sandwiches of sharp flavoured jam between and the tops iced, For icing mix 38 onnees icine sucar to a nastea with

juice of a lemon.

Mrs_

J.

W.

(Frank-

ton Junction):

Passion Fruit Sponge pour pulp of a dozen passion fruit (first rubbed through a sieve) inte a basin with loz. of sugar for fifteen minutes. Boil a. large cup of water, 4 ozs, sugar and juice of + a lemon quickly for 5 minutes. Pour this on to the beaten whites of 3 eggs and beat well. When nearly cold. add the puip with toz. of gelatine dissolved in it.

Beat till stiff and ‘set in mould.

Mrs.

D.

M.

‘Tahuna, Morinsville).

Mushroom Steak 1 LB. STEAK, 2 potatoes, salt. and pepper, 2 smal: onions, 3 tomatoes or mushrooms, many as liked: grated cheese; Put a little butter dripping or water in a baking dish. Haye it very hot. Lay in the steak which should be about 1 inch thick. Bake rather slowly for about 15 minutes. basting well and seasoning with pepper and salt. Slice the onions very thin. cover the meat in an even layer. Bake these till the onions are tender. Then place over a layer of thin slices of potato; cover

with the tomatoes or mushrooms. Grate cheese on ton. let it all brown and

serve.

~Miss

M.

W.

(Takapuna) :

Date Cake "TAKE 2.cups flour, 1 cup sugar and } ‘Ib. butter (or half dripping and butter does very well), 1 cup dates, stoned and cut up, 1 cup walnuts too (or may be left out), 2 teaspoons cocoa worked into butter, 2 teaspoons vinegar added last of. all, 1 cup milk warmed and dissolve in it 2 level teaspoons carbonate of -soda. . Have a meat tin papered ready and pour mixture in-and bake 1 hour in a moderate

oven.

M.M.

L.

(Christchurch).

Maori Kisses HEAPED tablespoons butter, $ cup Shelled walnuts. 4 tablespoons sugar, 1 cup chopped dates, 1 cup flour>: 1 tablespoon cocoa, } teaspoon essence vanilla, 2 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon baking powder. Melt ‘butter and sugar, add cocoa, essence, and milk. Sift the flour and .baking powder well together, . Add the walnuts and dates, then work into the butter and sugar. Place in teaspoon lots on a cold greased tray and: bake in moderate oven 10. to 15 minutes. . When eold join together. with a thick flavoured butter

Half-a-Guinea Waiting for that Recipe of Yours!

SOMEONE must win the half-guinea recipe prize every week-and why shouldn’t it be you? The "Radio Record’s" recipe pages are now eagerly look for in thousands of homes all over New Zealand, and, in each home.is a housewife who has a pet recipe. Well, now’s an opportunity to make money with it. Write it out and send it along to "Chef," care of the "Radio Record," G.P.O. Box 1680, Wellington, and try your luck for the prize. A seasonable recipe stands the best chance of being the

prize-winner. And remember that, although a recipe which contains caviare and old brandy may be very, very nice, it’s as well to bear in mind that economical recipes are likely to be the most popular. Send that recipe in to-day.

icing. Will. keep well in an airtight

tin,-

-Mrs,

L.

S.

(Masterton).

Marmalade Scones. 2 BREAFAST: cups flour ; . 5 :tablespoons butter ; of baking powder, mixed ‘to: .ratheér' stiff. "dough with milk and water, roll..out’ fairly thinly and cut. Paint with milk then puta small spoonful of mariialade. on one round, and put another ‘round on top, Don’t cut too big as the scones, rise considerably, These. are. delicious for

moning tea.

~Mrs;

M.W.

B.

Dunedin)

‘Preserved Figs. a) LBS. figs, 6lbs. sugar, 1 cup vinegar, 7lb. preserved ginger, 8 cups water, hoz. root ginger, . Make syrup with vinegar water and sugar, prick figs and tail them. Cut up preserved ginger; add root ginger in muslin bag. Simmer figs slowly in syrup for 4

hours, then bottle while hot

Mrv:

W.

J.

(Hamilton).

Tomato Filling THIS tomato: sandwich filling is delicious for picnic fare. Simmer six large skinned tomatoes‘and a sniall finely-chopped onion in a pan with 2 piece of butter until cooked, Then add a beaten egg, four teaspoonfuls of breadcrumbs, two tablespoonfuls _ of grated cheese, ‘and seasoning: Pound well, then press into small glass jars and pour melted butter. over the top.-

J.A.

T.

(Frankton Junction).

Candied Prunes ONE lb. prunes, 1 cupful water, 2 ‘sliced’ lemons, 1lbs. sugar, nut meut. Wash the prunes and remoye the stones, making a lengthwise slit und then running. the tip of .a very sharp knife down on both sides. Fill the cavity with nut‘meat and,press the sides together. Drop: into @ ‘syrup made of the sugar and water, add the slices of lemon and simmer very, gently until the prunes are tender and well glazed ‘and the juice: almost entirely absorbed. Drain and serve as 2a party

sweetmeat

-Mrs.

F.

H.

(Tauranga )

Spicy Ginger Cake. (TAKE & cup brown sugat,.} cup melt: ; ‘ ed butter or dripping; } cup treacle, 2 eggs, 24 cups flour, 1 cup. boiling .water, 2.teaspoons baking soda, 2 teaspoons ground ginger, 14 teaspoons cinnamon, 1. teaspoon grated nutmeg, 1 teaspoon ground cloves. Beat eggs well. Add sugar, melted, shortening and treacle. Mix well, together, then add flour, soda and spices, sifted together, and lastly boiling water. Bake in a greased flat tin in a moderate oven, When cold split and fill with whipped cream and dredge with icing

sugar

-Mrs,

J.M.

B.

(Timaru). .

Apricot Gateau QNE thick sponge cake with ‘centre cut out or cooked in a "ring" tin, : 2 cups stewed apricots, apricot juice, ponge finger (wafer. biscuits) or savoy iscuits, whipped cream,’ almonds, 1 up sieved icing sugar, 1 teaspoon oringe juice or apricot juice for icing, ater to moisten. Prepare water icing by mixing icing sugar to 4 smooth paste with the orange juice and-water, Ice the sides of the cake. Place sponge

fingerg. in .a vertical position. round cake, Tie with string until icing sets. Remove string; soak sponge with apricot juice, Fill centre with apricots.Pile whipped cream on top of. fruit.

Decorate with almonds

Miss

M.

E.

Te Awamutu. Oriental Shortcake. UB Toz, butter isto $b. flour, 30z. sugar, 1-:level teaspoon baking powder,- pinch :of salt, and mix to:a atiff paste with one well beaten egg and a little milk, if: necessary. Roll out fo about half-inch in thickness; cut in ,two.and.spread. one-half, with toz, stoned chopped dates, 30z. raisins, 20z. sultanas, loz. peel, loz pressed ginger and 1 grated apple. Cover with the other half of shortcake mixture anil bake in a moderate oven. When cold. ice with white icing and cut into

squares or fingers.

-Mrs,

C.

(Dune-

ain).

Walnut Sandwiches PRINKLE thin pieces of bread and butter with a little curry powder, pepper and salt. Add finely chopped

walnuts.-

E.F.

K.

(St. Albans).