Recipes from a Normal Mum (9781849495684) by Bell Holly

Author:Bell, Holly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Perseus Book Group
Published: 2014-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Serves 12

For the pastry:

250g plain flour, plus extra

for dusting

50g icing sugar

125g cold butter,

cut into 1cm cubes

1 large egg, beaten

For the filling:

2 x 300g tins of gooseberries

(drained weight 290g)

3 tbsp elderflower cordial

1 tbsp icing sugar

For the frangipane:

150g butter, softened

150g caster sugar

3 large eggs, at room

temperature

150g ground almonds

For the icing:

25ml elderflower cordial

50g icing sugar

120 Food for the great outdoors

Baking has held my hand through life – from childhood

days stamping out pastry for jam tarts to student

brownies baked in less than spotless kitchens. My 20s

were stressful, it was all work and a lot of play, burning

the candle at both ends and so I found solace in pie and

biscuit making on rare weekend downtime. Ah, and then

the Mummy years began and now baking is an assisted

sport voted more fun than Play Doh in our house.

Baking isn’t often necessary. You don’t need to make

treacle tart in order for the family to survive, so by the

nature of it being a non-essential activity, it immediately

denotes itself as a pleasure. An added extra to the normal

daily menu, sprinkling joy wherever the results are

shared. I try never to rush baking for fear that one day

a hobby I love might become a chore.

Switching into baking mode begins with some music

being carefully chosen, the switch and turn of the oven

dial and the bubbling of the boiling kettle. Give me tea,

a good recipe and some music to dance to whilst the

treats bake and I’m a very happy woman.

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