British Mint-Pea Soup

How to Make British Mint-Pea Soup

Hi, I'm Taylor with About.com and today I'll be showing you how to prepare a tastefully British mint-pea soup.

Ingredients for British Mint-Pea Soup

You will need:

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 stick or butter
• 1 medium red onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
• 5 cups fresh peas
• 1 cup mint leaves, roughly chopped
• 1 liter of vegetable stock
• sea salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (this is optional)

You will also need a large saucepan and a food processor.

Start the British Mint-Pea Soup

Gently heat your oil and butter in a large saucepan for about 10 minutes and add your onion to the oil and butter mix. Cook until soft, but not brown. Peel and mince the garlic and add it into the mix. Cook for about 3 minutes. Add about 3/4 of your 5 cups of peas, 1 cup of mint, and about 3/4 of your 1 liter of vegetable stock. Cover with a tight fitting lid and continue cooking on a medium boil for 10 minutes.

Finish Cooking the British Mint-Pea Soup

Blend the soup in a food processor so it will be thick and creamy. Pour the mixture back into the pan, along with salt or ground black pepper to taste. Add the additional peas and vegetable stock and cook over medium heat for about 5 more minutes. It's a soothing soup when warm or a refreshing soup when cold. This soup serves about 4 people and tastes lovely with a little bit of Parmesan cheese on top.

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 from http://video.about.com/britishfood/How-to-Make-British-Mint-Pea-Soup.htm

Cornish Pie

Cornish Pasty

Pastry Ingredients

You'll need:

• 4 oz/110g all purpose/plain flour
• pinch of salt
• 2oz/ 55g butter, cubed
• 2-3 tbsp cold water

Make the Pasty Pastry

To make pastry use all purpose or plain flour, butter a little salt and some cold water. First sieve the flour into a large glass bowl, add the butter and a pinch of salt. Working quickly, rub the butter into the flour until it looks like coarse sand and there are no large lumps of butter left. Then add the water one tablespoon at a time. As soon as the water is absorbed, using your fingers bring the pastry together into a ball.

Cornish Pasty Filling

For the pasty filling:

• 1/4 cup/50g onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup /110g potato, cut into 1/4 inch /5 mm dice
• 4oz /110g rump steak, cut into small cubes
• salt and pepper
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

Cook the Cornish Pasties

Into a glass bowl add the beef, potato, chopped onion and salt and pepper. Mix these together really well. Lay the filling down the center of the pastry circle. Using a beaten egg and a pastry brush, dampen the edges of the pastry circle. Draw the edges of the pastry together and press well to seal the pasty. Brush all over with beaten egg to create a golden brown pasty when cooked.

Cook in a very hot oven, 425F/220C/Gas 7 for 45 minutes.

from http://video.about.com/britishfood/How-to-Make-Cornish-Pasties.htm

蘋果派

蘋果派  

派皮：低筋麵粉152g、白油108g、奶油33g、冰水65g、鹽4g、糖9g。

做法：先把鹽、糖一起加入冰水中攪拌，這樣烤起來會有層次感，再來把低筋麵粉、白油、奶油加在一起，再用切麵刀用切的方式讓低筋麵粉、白油、奶油混和一起，這樣混合起來就會呈現小塊狀，不要用揉的方式做出來會不穌鬆沒層次感，再來把之前調好的鹽糖水加入再用按壓方式混合成團即可，再用塑膠袋包起靜置１０分鐘，取出後切２份後準備塑膠袋平舖，灑上一點麵粉把１份麵團放上再壓平一下，灑點粉後塑膠袋蓋上用桿麵棍用推的推成派盤大小即可，再用桿麵棍捲起麵皮放上派盤上即可。

  蘋果餡

蘋果89g、水108g、細砂糖40g
檸檬汁11g、水27g、玉米粉24g、細砂糖54g
蘋果181g、肉桂2g、奶油13g

先準備鍋子把奶油放入溶化，取一部分蘋果丁放入鍋中，再放入砂糖、水一起煮，煮到糖溶化後收汁即可關火，再來把玉米粉、水、砂糖、檸檬汁一起混合攪拌均勻，之後再倒入鍋中開火煮，煮到呈現濃稠後再加入另一部分蘋果和肉桂粉，攪拌均勻後就完成蘋果內餡。
再 來把蘋果內餡放到之前的蘋果派皮，再把另一片派皮蓋上，可準備模型工具來修飾派皮這樣會比較好看，再用切刀把派皮週邊修飾切圓一下，派皮上塗一層蛋液再用 叉子於派皮上面插洞讓裡面的蒸發氣體能釋出，才不會破掉再送入２２０度烤箱中烤２５分鐘即可完成，可檢查派皮邊與派模是分開的且烤的時候沒有油的泡泡這樣 就成功了，這樣完成好吃的蘋果派。

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