| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Eggs, Dairy |
English |
English, Pies/pastry |
4 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 8 |
oz |
Shortcrust pastry |
| 1 |
lb |
Greengages, washed halved |
|
|
And stoned |
| 1 |
ds |
Sugar, optional |
| 2 |
|
Eggs, beaten |
| 1 |
pt |
Single cream |
INSTRUCTIONS
Set oven to 400/F or Mark 6. Line a 7 inch flan dish with the pastry
and bake blind for l0 minutes. Arrange the greengages, cut side down,
in the pastry case, and 5prinkle with the sugar, if desired. Beat the
eggs and cream together, and strain over the greengages. Cook for 30
to 35 minutes or until the filling is golden and puffed up. Serve
wazrm with extra cream, if desired. In the 18th century, Sir William
Gage planted some unknown plum trees in the orchard of his estate near
Bury Saint Edmunds. They produced delicious yellow green fruit that
became known as Green Gages plums, later corrupted to Greengage.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #270 by "ray.watson"
<ray.watson@ukonline.co.uk> on Tue, 1 Oct 1996.
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