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11 years ago
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before submitting a dish please read our club rules and TOS on the main page IN AUSTRALIA IT'S THE EASTER LONG WEEKEND COMING UP AND ON THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND THERE IS ANOTHER HOLIDAY FOR ANZAC DAY
Just a quick note wishing you all a happy holiday and Easter celebrations.
We would love here how and if you celebrate Easter, any special traditions you may have and what you might be cooking up.
*hugs* from mod Yelleena
Yelleena: Although I'm not big on Easter there are a few family traditions that I still follow even though we don't have much family left. We enjoy hot cross buns for the time they are available and I give my daughter a candied Easter Egg rather than a chocolate one. My mother did this for me every year as did her mother for her and I continue the tradition for my daughter. I have to admit though that candied Easter eggs are getting harder to source every year and there are less people making them. *hugs*
Please note: Candied Easter Eggs are sometimes called Sugar Easter Eggs, Fondant Easter Eggs or Gum Paste Easter Eggs. They are very hard once set. Recipe added below...
This recipe is as close as I can find to one my mother used to use.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/recipes.....12/2185600.htm
Ingredients
Eggs:
3lb (720g) pure icing sugar
3 1/2 oz. (100g) liquid glucose
4oz (110ml) water
4 teaspoons gelatine
flavours - peppermint, lime, strawberry, banana, musk
colours
mould
plain flour
Royal Icing:
8oz (220g) pure icing sugar
1 egg white beaten with a pinch of cream of tartar. Add the icing sugar gradually to the beaten egg white.
Method
Sift the icing sugar. Place gelatine in a basin and add the water. Add the liquid glucose.
Place the basin on a saucepan of water and heat it to dissolve all the ingredients. Make sure it is fairly hot as it will make the icing mix easier to work with.
Make a well in the icing sugar, add the liquid into it and mix until well combined. Using a little cornflour knead the mixture on the bench until soft and smooth.
Divide the mixture into sections to make different colours and flavours. Be careful to be gentle with the peppermint and the musk as these are quite strong.
Wrap each piece in glad wrap and leave stand until the next day in and airtight container.
Next day - flour the moulds with cornflour. Roll out the mixture as if it is pastry. Line the mixture into the mould as if lining a pie.
Fill the lined mould with plain flour and tip it out onto a piece of cardboard as if you are making a sandcastle.
Continue doing this until you have used up all your icing mix. Cover with a tea towel. Leave for 36 hours.
After 36 hours brush the surplus flour off the half eggs, add lollies and stick together with the royal icing, which you make up as above.
Makes about 11-12 depending on the thickness.
Image links: Highly decorated version of Sugar/Candied Easter Eggs -
https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6......317520157.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423.....b52342133b.jpg
http://images02.olx-st.com/ui/11/50.....sachusetts.jpg
http://pittsworthconfectionery.com......64497720d0.jpg
http://bonniescakesandkandies.com.a.....lia-Gympie.jpg
Just a quick note wishing you all a happy holiday and Easter celebrations.
We would love here how and if you celebrate Easter, any special traditions you may have and what you might be cooking up.
*hugs* from mod Yelleena
Yelleena: Although I'm not big on Easter there are a few family traditions that I still follow even though we don't have much family left. We enjoy hot cross buns for the time they are available and I give my daughter a candied Easter Egg rather than a chocolate one. My mother did this for me every year as did her mother for her and I continue the tradition for my daughter. I have to admit though that candied Easter eggs are getting harder to source every year and there are less people making them. *hugs*
Please note: Candied Easter Eggs are sometimes called Sugar Easter Eggs, Fondant Easter Eggs or Gum Paste Easter Eggs. They are very hard once set. Recipe added below...
This recipe is as close as I can find to one my mother used to use.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/recipes.....12/2185600.htm
Ingredients
Eggs:
3lb (720g) pure icing sugar
3 1/2 oz. (100g) liquid glucose
4oz (110ml) water
4 teaspoons gelatine
flavours - peppermint, lime, strawberry, banana, musk
colours
mould
plain flour
Royal Icing:
8oz (220g) pure icing sugar
1 egg white beaten with a pinch of cream of tartar. Add the icing sugar gradually to the beaten egg white.
Method
Sift the icing sugar. Place gelatine in a basin and add the water. Add the liquid glucose.
Place the basin on a saucepan of water and heat it to dissolve all the ingredients. Make sure it is fairly hot as it will make the icing mix easier to work with.
Make a well in the icing sugar, add the liquid into it and mix until well combined. Using a little cornflour knead the mixture on the bench until soft and smooth.
Divide the mixture into sections to make different colours and flavours. Be careful to be gentle with the peppermint and the musk as these are quite strong.
Wrap each piece in glad wrap and leave stand until the next day in and airtight container.
Next day - flour the moulds with cornflour. Roll out the mixture as if it is pastry. Line the mixture into the mould as if lining a pie.
Fill the lined mould with plain flour and tip it out onto a piece of cardboard as if you are making a sandcastle.
Continue doing this until you have used up all your icing mix. Cover with a tea towel. Leave for 36 hours.
After 36 hours brush the surplus flour off the half eggs, add lollies and stick together with the royal icing, which you make up as above.
Makes about 11-12 depending on the thickness.
Image links: Highly decorated version of Sugar/Candied Easter Eggs -
https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6......317520157.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423.....b52342133b.jpg
http://images02.olx-st.com/ui/11/50.....sachusetts.jpg
http://pittsworthconfectionery.com......64497720d0.jpg
http://bonniescakesandkandies.com.a.....lia-Gympie.jpg
My partner
I've never heard of a candied easter egg, I don't think! Unless you mean the little malt-ball eggs? They sound delicious, though. I'm very much not a fan of chocolates (I was born the day after St. Valentine's Day... aka Discount Chocolate day...), but candy can be fun.
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