b'RECIPE CORNERRecipe corner WORDS // JUDY GIFFORDAs this edition will arrive as you are preparing for the holiday/festive season, I am featuring some traditional recipes.CHRISTMAS CAKE500 g (3 cups) raisins 1 cup water250 g (1 cups) sultanas 100 g (1/2 cup firmly 250 g dates/prunes/ packed) brown sugarapricots/cherries, or a110 g (1/2 cup) caster mixture of any of these,sugarchopped coarsely1 level tsp. bicarb soda(basically you need 1 kg4 eggs, lightly beatenof assorted fruit or simply185 g (1 1/4 cups) SR flour SAUSAGE ROLLS (MAKES 50 MINI ROLLS)mixed fruit) 185 g (1 1/4 cups) plainI found this recipe in a cooking column and adapted it Brandy or rum or juiceflour to make mini rolls that are much in demand at family (1/21 cup) Blanched almonds forparties. If you want to make more or not so many, 250 g butter decorating, optional then adapt the amount of pastry and sausage mince. The most tedious part of this recipe is preparing the tin. IAlternately use chicken or pork mince or a vegetable find the recipe a great way to use up leftover dried fruitmixture.in the cupboard. It is so annoying when recipes call forMethoddifferent amounts than standard packet sizes and you700 g sausage mince Seasoning: finely have these bits leftover in jars in the pantry! The good5 puff pastry sheets (ie 1chopped onion or onion thing about this recipe is that apart from a bowl to soakpacket) salt or sweet chili sauce the fruit in overnight, you can prepare the whole mixtureMilkor whatever!in one large saucepan. 1.Heat oven to 200C.Method 2.Season the mince.1.Combine dried fruit in a large bowl, pour over brandy/ 3. Cut each pastry sheet in half.rum/juice, cover and leave overnight. 4. Brush long edges of the pastry with milk.2.Next day, melt butter and water in large saucepan5. Shape mince mixture into a sausage almost the over medium heat. Stir in both sugars. Add the fruitlength of the sheet, but not too fat.and bicarb soda and mix well. Bring to boil. 6. Fold over the edges of the pastry to cover the mixture.3. While the mixture is cooling, line the base and sides of7.Cut each roll into 5 pieces.a deep 22 cm round cake pan or a deep 19 cm square8. Place with the pastry joins underneath onto oven pan with two layers of brown paper and two layerstrays, lined with baking paper.of baking paper, bringing the paper 5 cm above the9. Brush the tops with more milk.edge of the pan. 10. Bake for about 20 minutes until golden and cooked.4. Preheat oven to 140C. 11. Serve with your favourite sauce.5. Stir the eggs and sifted flours into fruit mixture and then spread evenly into prepared pan. Bake in a slow oven for about 3 hours until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Turn off oven and leave cake there for 3060 minutes. CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS6. Place on a cake airer and remove the paper. WrapAcross Downin a large tea towel and leave overnight to cool1.tryptophan 1.expressingcompletely. Place in a cake tin. As the weeks go by,2.August 2.ovarianyou can sprinkle a little more brandy or rum over it, or3. oxytocin 3. weaningsimply eat it!! 4. ardo 4. cup5. koala 5. thyroid38| Essence | Australian Breastfeeding AssociationDecember 2019'