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Sunday, 30th September 2007

Big Cook, Little Cook present toffee pears

Hello, today I’d like to tell you how to make toffee pears.

OK, first heat 450g demerara sugar, 50g butter, 1 tbsp of golden syrup, 1 tbsp of lemon juice and 150ml water until the mix reaches 143 degrees celcius.

Give it a good stir, yeh, that’s good … a little bit more … STOP!

At this point, ask a grown up to heat the mixture up because remember, the oven is hot! hot! hot!  My lovely assistant is undertaking this task for me today.  Smile please mummy.

Now, allow to cool for 1 minute, that’s 1 minute, no more, no less.  Then, after 1 minute.  I should add that that’s the same minute I was referring to a minute ago, not a new minute.  Oh no, it’s all going wrong.  Right, don’t panic.  If you’re still with me then now poor the hot molten mixture over the pears.  Lovely.

Voila!  Toffee pears to die for.  Allow to cool.

Finally, take 1 hammer and 1 chisel and hit with all your might.  Unfortunately, when we went to eat the stupid things the following day we discovered that our dish was too small and the toffee had hardened so strong that it took all of my daddy’s strength (no comments please) to prise them out.  Mummy had the final word in declaring that “it seemed like a good idea at the time”.

 

Posted by Isaac @ 7:20 PM  

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