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Cook's Corner
Your fortnightly recipe to
tantalise your taste buds |
SHERRY TRIFLE TRAY-BAKE
For the shortbread base:
6oz plain flour
4oz butter or margarine
2oz caster sugar
For the filling:
8oz bought Madeira cake
4 level tablespoons raspberry jam
4 tablespoons orange juice
Half oz caster sugar
4 tablespoons sweet sherry
For the topping;
8oz packet ready-to-roll icing
Few drops pink food colouring
Set the oven to moderate, gas mark 4 or 350 f /180c. Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in
the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and knead together
to a stiff dough. Press into the base of tin (7x11x 1 inch tin, greased, and bake towards
the top of the oven for 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove and allow to cool.
To make the filling; Cut the Madeira cake into half inch slices and sandwich together in
pairs with jam. Cut into half-inch squares and arrange on the base with a jam side facing
upwards. Heat the orange juice and sugar together, stir in the sherry and sprinkle over
the sponge. Leave to soak in for 10 minutes. For the topping; Colour the ready-to-roll
icing pink and roll out to a rectangle the size of the tin, and place over the sponge.
Score lines on the top of the icing with a knife. Cut into squares. Makes 20.
TOFFEE APPLE TRIANGLES.
For the base;
4oz plain flour
Half-level teaspoon ground cinnamon
6oz rolled oats
2oz soft brown sugar
3oz butter or margarine
2 level tablespoons golden syrup
1 medium eating apple, peeled, cored and grated
For the topping:
4oz butter
1oz caster sugar
2 level tablespoons golden syrup
5 fl oz condensed milk
7x7x1-inch tin, base-lined and greased.
Set the oven to moderate gas mark 4 or 350 f / 180c.
To make the base: Mix together the flour, cinnamon, oats and sugar. Rub in the butter or
margarine. Add syrup and stir in apple. Mix thoroughly. Press into the prepared tin and
bake towards top of oven for 30 minutes or until golden and firm.
To make the topping: Put all topping ingredients in a heavy-based saucepan. Stir over a
low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil and simmer for 8-10 minutes until
golden. Cool for 2 minutes then stir well before pouring over the base, spreading mixture
evenly. Leave to set before cutting into triangles. |
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Burglary
now seen as ‘risk free’
in North Norfolk |
Iain Dale: New Government report reveals
criminals not scared of being caught. Iain Dale expressed grave concern this weekend
at a new report from the Government admitting that burglars now regard robbing
people’s homes as a ‘virtually risk free’ activity. The report,
compiled by the Home Office, investigated the attitudes of convicted house burglars. Even
amongst those who have been caught: Only 10 per cent of burglars think there is a
‘high likelihood’ of being caught during a burglary or while in possession of
stolen property. Almost two-thirds of burglars returned to a property they had
previously burgled. “Few considered it to be risky at any stage…
Residential burglary… was regarded as virtually risk free. The threat of detection
during the course of a burglary or after disposal of goods was considered an insufficient
deterrent”. Burglars’ main motivation for committing their crimes was the
need to fund drug use. The most effective way of deterring burglars was targeted and
repeated police enforcement activity. Iain Dale remarked, “Tony Blair
promised to be ‘tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime’. All talk. This
report exposes the fact that under this Government, crime is out of control and sentences
are too lenient. We already knew that the clear-up rate of burglary in North Norfolk was
under 20%, meaning 4 out of 5 burglars are never brought to justice. No wonder that
burglars now regard breaking into people’s homes as ‘risk free’.
“This research backs up Conservatives’ Timetable for Action to fight crime:
Tougher sentences – such as abolishing Labour’s early release scheme, so
burglars serve their full sentence and do not dismiss the threat of prison. Cutting
political correctness and police paperwork, getting police out onto the beat, and funding
457 more police officers for Norfolk. 20,000 extra drug rehabilitation places to
reduce the hard drug use that fuels crime. “It is time we ensured burglars
faced the consequences of their crimes. Labour are all talk, while Liberal Democrats
don’t believe in jailing burglars. Only Conservatives will restore respect,
discipline and decent values in our society.” |
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