Lemon curd, lemon cheese

[Margaret Pilkington]

Katex, what do you mean......no good at it?
Why ever not?
Pastry is as easy as.......well, pie I suppose.
Just keep everything cold, handle as little as possible,let it rest for an hour in the fridge, bake at the right temperature.......and voila.
Delicious concoctions that melt in the mouth and cost little to make.

[katex]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Katex, what do you mean......no good at it?
Why ever not?
Pastry is as easy as.......well, pie I suppose.
Just keep everything cold, handle as little as possible,let it rest for an hour in the fridge, bake at the right temperature.......and voila.
Delicious concoctions that melt in the mouth and cost little to make.

I know Margaret ... have read your posts on this (and seen those plate meat pies on your blog), and will certainly refer when I need to cook things with pastry, just not on my diet list at the moment, not that I am on a diet or anything, have got used to not eating much of it over the years.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Well, I believe in everything in moderation.
I make pastry for the family......and I always have a little bit of whatever I have cooked.
Shop bought pastry gives me indigestion, but my home made stuff hardly ever does.
There is never anything left over anyway.

[MargaretR]

When you have trimmed a pie, the small amount of pastry left over can be re-rolled as 'sad cake' - lovely with lemon cheese

[Margaret Pilkington]

I don't bother with the cuttings Margaret.
I never measure any of my ingredients, but know exactly (just by looking) how much pastry I need to cover my usual plates and pie dishes.......there is never enough left to do much with.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I like rice cakes as snacks - with peanut or cashew nut butter.
They are a bit like tasty polystyrene tiles .
A warning - on my last shopping delivery they sent me 'Savoury' version which are vile - saturated with Marmite - but the plain ones would not mar the flavour of your gorgeous home made preserve

When Joan was first diagnosed coeliac, she used to get rice cakes, the smell was enough to put me off never mind the taste, she hasn't had them for years now

[planetsusie]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Katex, you could put some of it in some ice cream....a bit like raspberry ripple, but better.
I am not a big eater of bread either, but I would certainly make some curd tarts with it.........and I would make the pastry a little bit special by grating some lemon zest into sweet shortcrust pastry......nicely baked with a dollop of fresh cream and perhaps a few raspberries for garnish.......mmm, lovely.

haha! There isn't any left!!!!!!!!!!!

[Margaret Pilkington]

I felt sure it would all have been gobbled up by now.......Never mind Sue, these are things to try next time Lemon cheese is on the menu.........(not much problem with keeping it fresh then is there)