Food - Recipes : Spiced orange cake with plum sauce and Christmas pudding ice cream. How to make the perfect apple pie. When something is described as "as American as apple pie", it simply means that no one remembers exactly which immigrant group brought it with them – and where the apple pie is concerned, those mellow mists of time are more like a fruitful fog, because it's been a staple in the States since before those states existed. Indeed, the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America suggests that the typical American version of this classic dessert descends from "15th-century English pies" and ideas brought over by the earliest colonial settlers. Having looked at a few medieval recipes, many of which involve sugar, sweet spices, and butter, I'd go so far as to suggest that the typical British pie hasn't moved on much either, and with good reason.
If the pie ain't broke, then you may as well eat it. Apples Once upon a time, the pie would have been made with whatever variety of apple you happened to have in the orchard, woods or local market. Pastry Filling and flavourings The perfect apple pie. Food - Recipes : Orange and almond cake. Food - Recipes : Summer red fruits in beer batter. Food - Recipes : Dark cherry and hazelnut biscotti. Readers' recipe swap: nostalgia. Thanks to everyone who sent in family recipes this week – beloved biscuits, great-nan's pickled shallots (currently maturing below the sink) and the kind of simple soup that's so much more than the sum of its humble parts. I loved them all. Indeed, spaghetti and fried eggs might well become a bit of a regular treat when the fridge is bare, but in the end, I was powerless before the magic of Carolyn George's saucy American pudding. It's a delicious dessert and children's entertainer in onesuper-sweet package – adults might well want to add a little tangy creme fraiche ... but then again … The winning recipe: fudge brownie pudding This was a favourite when I was a child growing up in the US in the 1950s.
It was a wickedly delicious science lesson – in that the sauce ended up on the bottom but had started on the top. Carolyn George, Heaton Serves 6 110g plain flour2 tsp baking powder½ tsp salt175g sugar2 tbsp cocoa powder110ml milk1 tsp vanilla essence2 tbsp melted butter or margarine Soba-bolo. Indian apple rice pudding recipe.