Caramel Snaps

Spoil your friends and family with these treats fresh from the oven.

Ingredients:

50g Butter (Cubed)
1/4 Cup each: Sugar, Golden Syrup
1/3 Cup Flour
1/2 Tsp Ground Ginger
Freshly Whipped Cream to serve

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius. Line 2-3 baking trays with baking paper.

2. Place the butter, sugar, golden syrup into a small saucepan and stir over a low heat until all the ingredients are combined (do not boil). Remove from the heat and stir in the flour and ginger.

3. Place three heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto one of the prepared baking trays, leaving plenty of room for spreading. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until they are bubbling and a dark golden colour.

4. Leave to cool for 2-3 minutes until they are firm enough to handle. Quickly roll each each brandy snap around the handle of a wooden spoon or similar. Leave them until they have completely hardened.

5. Repeat with the remaining mixture. Once cooled, fill the brandy snaps with freshly whipped cream and serve immediately.

Umm Ali: Egyptian Bread Pudding

The story of Umm 'Ali is that it was invented during the reign of the Ottoman Turks. One day while hunting in the Nile delta, the sultan developed a ravenous appetite and stopped in a small village. The peasants wished to please the sultan, so the best cook of the village, Umm 'Ali , pulled out a special pan and filled it with the only ingredients she had around: some dried wheat flakes (perhaps stale broken pieces of gullash, a phyllo-like pastry or bread), sultanas, nuts, and coconut. She covered it with sugar and milk and put it into the village's oven. It was so good that the sultan asked for Umm 'Ali 's dessert the next time he visited.

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