Best steak and kidney pud since the 70s

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subaqua

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Leytonstone
Can't remember the last time I had a decent Snake and Pygmy pud. I still say there's no substitute for making them yourself, bit of a fag steaming it for two hours but the results are sublime! That one looks pretty good though.
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Cycleops

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Accra, Ghana
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I think out local Supermarket had some but I'll have to check again. I can certainly get the steak and kidney. Can get most of the stuff you would find in an average sized Tesco's.
 

rich p

ridiculous old lush
Location
Brighton
OK more pastry porn - sugar-glazed mince pies today at Gany Towers.
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Ready to go in the freezer for Christmas. Two batches, so they might not all make it as far as the freezer....
I'm a pastry novice Ganymede, so I need to ask you a question.

Will they be okay when thawed and reheated? Microwave or oven? Will the pastry be as 'crisp'?
Could you freeze them uncooked and then thaw and cook on or nearer the day for a better result?
 
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Ganymede

Ganymede

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I'm a pastry novice Ganymede, so I need to ask you a question.

Will they be okay when thawed and reheated? Microwave or oven? Will the pastry be as 'crisp'?
Could you freeze them uncooked and then thaw and cook on or nearer the day for a better result?
OK, here's the lowdown:

You can freeze them uncooked, sitting in the tin, then take them out of the tin and bag them - on the day put them back in the tin and either bake from frozen or once thawed (20mins at 180C for the latter - most recipes say 200C but I find that makes them bubble over). I've never baked them from frozen so I can't advise on that. I would wait to glaze them until they come out of the freezer and go in the oven. My glaze: 1 tsp granulated sugar mixed quickly with about 1tsp milk - use a brush, scrubbing around in the glaze to get the not-yet-dissolved grains of sugar on the brush. Comes out crispy but light!

With my cooked ones I will thaw them and heat them in whatever oven I've got running - probably around 150 - 180 C for about 10 minutes. They are small so will heat through quickly and you must keep an eye so the glaze doesn't burn. They're fine like this. They are also edible simply defrosted without re-cooking, like a cake would be, though I imagine less crispy. And then of course they're edible when they cool down again too!

Hope that helps.

Oh, ps, I don't have a microwave but I'm sure they would microwave ok - just be careful how hot the filling gets as you can get that volcanic-pop-tart effect and scald the bejaysus out of your guests' mouths.
 

Leedsbusdriver

Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Location
West Yorkshire
OK, here's the lowdown:

You can freeze them uncooked, sitting in the tin, then take them out of the tin and bag them - on the day put them back in the tin and either bake from frozen or once thawed (20mins at 180C for the latter - most recipes say 200C but I find that makes them bubble over). I've never baked them from frozen so I can't advise on that. I would wait to glaze them until they come out of the freezer and go in the oven. My glaze: 1 tsp granulated sugar mixed quickly with about 1tsp milk - use a brush, scrubbing around in the glaze to get the not-yet-dissolved grains of sugar on the brush. Comes out crispy but light!

With my cooked ones I will thaw them and heat them in whatever oven I've got running - probably around 150 - 180 C for about 10 minutes. They are small so will heat through quickly and you must keep an eye so the glaze doesn't burn. They're fine like this. They are also edible simply defrosted without re-cooking, like a cake would be, though I imagine less crispy. And then of course they're edible when they cool down again too!

Hope that helps.

Oh, ps, I don't have a microwave but I'm sure they would microwave ok - just be careful how hot the filling gets as you can get that volcanic-pop-tart effect and scald the bejaysus out of your guests' mouths.
Or just buy a pack and save the faff.
 
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Ganymede

Ganymede

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Location
Rural Kent
Or just buy a pack and save the faff.
With acknowledgements to Mort:

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Ganymede

Ganymede

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really it works and keeps flavours in rather than letting them waft out in the steam . trust me i ain't a doctor but have , now i am getting close to middle age , been experimenting with the pressure cooker. lime and lemon marmalade is quite good from it.

best with stainless though i don't like the ally ones.

Tell you what also - made one of last year's Christmas puds in the slow cooker. It just needs to sit there bubbling away after all. It was great - indistinguishable from the one I'd done in a saucepan. I did think at the time I should have got a pressure cooker. I did both puds in saucepans this year as I've given the slow cooker to my Ma.
 
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