Recreated from La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman When my parents visit, I always offer to cook something special for them – “anything you can imagine!” – but from now on, there’s no need for me to ask. Instead I’ll just be referring to Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage, where their favourites form the culinary backdrop to Malcolm Polstead’s life. Malcolm is surrounded by an abundance of stewed apples, baked apples, apple crumbles and apple pies, plum pies, rhubarb pies, shepherd’s pies and steak and kidney pies, sausage rolls and jam rolls, Yorkshire puddings and rice pudding and other hearty staples. This is the food that imprinted itself onto post-war English national consciousness via the bellies of hungry 1950s schoolchildren to become the epitome of home-cooking for following generations. Its appeal is easy to understand (being fatty, filling and unfussy in a way that would satisfy any little Malcolm) and evidently enduring – Philip Pullman is still writing about it over sixty years later and my parents are ever happy to revisit any school pudding with custard on top. Here are three options for you to try out that all have merits beyond fond memories. Each one can be taken from page to plate in 30 minutes or less, leaving plenty of time to read on. For even more reading time, skip cooking altogether and go to The Tome and Tankard Inn for a Stewed Apples and Custard cocktail. Jam RollThe hall was where the dinner ladies set out the tables for school dinner, whose aroma hung around it all afternoon. That day boiled swede had featured prominently on the menu, and not even the jam roll which had come after it did anything to dispel the heavy atmosphere. Ingredients
*Jam and coconut sponge was my favourite school cake so I've taken the liberty of incorporating desiccated coconut. You could leave it out or add your own favourites. I'm rather tempted by the idea of whipped cream. Special equipment: Baking tray appr. 42cm x 27 cm x 2.5 cm H, foil lined baking parchment, damp tea towel
Baked Apple and Custard'Would you like your pudding now, gentleman?' 'What is it?' 'Baked apples and custard. Apples from the priory orchard.' 'Well, we can't pass up a chance to try those,' said the scholarly man. Ingredients (serves 4)
Special equipment: apple corer
ChocolatlShe mixed the cocoa powder with a little sugar and poured on the hot milk, making some for herself as well. The boy knew so much already that she had to trust him. There was little choice. Barely more complicated but far more luxurious, here's a recipe for the chocolatl of Lyra's Oxford as I dream of it. Ingredients
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5/2/2020 06:46:49 am
In times like this, this is the kind of book that I want to read. I want to know more dessert recipes so I can have more choices to prepare for my family. They told me that they are done with my cakes, so I need to reinvent and find new batch of recipes that will spark joy in their tummies. I realized that I need to know how to make a jam; though I know in myself that I've done it before back when I was taking home economics. I will Mae sure to follow all instructions that you gave us!
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