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Ingredients
2 kg of very ripe tomatoes, 1 large onion, 6 cloves, 4 allspice berries, 6 peppercones, 1 fresh rosemary sprig,25 grams of ginger (sliced), 1 celery heart, 30 ml brown sugar, 65 ml raspberry vinegar, 3 cloves peeled garlic, 1 tsp salt
Method
Soak tomatoes in boiling water for 1 minute, drain and peel tomatoes hten set aside in a large pan. Peel the onion and stud it with cloves.
Put onion, allspice, peppercone, rosemary and ginger into double layer of muslin and tie it up. Add it into the pan together with sugar, vinegar, garlic and salt.
Bring mixture to a boil with occasional stiring, reduce to low heat and simmer for another 2 hours, stir regularly until mixture reduce by half.
Blend the mixture with a food processor and return to pan. Bring to a boil and off the heat.
Leave it to cool completely and bottle it in clean sterillized jars and store in refrigerator.
Use within 2 weeks.
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Ingredients(Pastry)
3 cups plain flour, 185g lard, 5 tablespoons hot water, pinch of salt
Ingredients (Custard)
2 eggs, ½ cup sugar, 1½ cup milk, few drops of yellow food coloring
Method
To make the pastry, sift flour and salt into bowl. Rub lard into the flour until mixture resembles fine bread-crumbs.
Mix in hot water to make a firm dough. Knead gently on thinly floured surface.
Roll out to about 3mm thickness, cut out with an 8cm fluted cutter then put it into greased patty tins.
Beat eggs and sugar together, add milk gradually and mix in the food coloring. Pour custard carefully into the pastry cases and bake in hot oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to moderate and bake further for another 12 minurtes until custard is set.
Note: oven temperature – 250-260ºC (hot) 220-230º(moderate)
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The color of button mushrooms should be white, or blone for swiss brown. Avoid those with spots and bruises. The mushrooms should be closed tight and the grills not visible.
Supermarket-bought mushrooms usually need no cleaning, or just a quick dusting with a damp paper towel. If necessary, rinse mushrooms under running water and drain in a colander. It is not true that the mushrooms will absorb water. Trim the base of the stem and sprinkle lemon juice over to prevent discoloration. It is unnecessary to peel button mushrooms.How to cook?
The white button mushrooms is one of the few mushrooms that can be eaten raw. Use it raw in salad or blanch in water with squeeze of lemon. Over cooking button mushrooms can change its flavor. It is best to saute in butter or oil, in a single layer and over high heat and use the remaining pan juice for sauce.

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Place tomatoes in a big heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and leave it to stand for 1 minute. Drain hot water and fill bowl with cold water to cover the tomatoes. Soak tomatoes in cold water for another minute, then drain. You can slip off the skin easily and remove seeds for further use.

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