Surprise!Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver asks: Ever given granny a heart attack on her 90th birthday or knocked down the wall between the living room and kitchen by mistake before the wife gets home? Tell us tales of surprises and their fluffy and/or messy endings.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 4 Apr 2013, 12:10)
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Crumble SurpriseCrumble mix:
250g cold unsalted butter, cut into small chunks
400g plain flour
200g golden caster sugar
pinch salt
Ingredients for filling:
1 large Bramley (cooking) apple, peeled and chopped
1 vanilla pod, split and seeded
250g rhubarb, trimmed and chopped
250g gooseberries, washed and topped and tailed
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Put the crumble mix ingredients into a large bowl and rub together until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Mix the filling ingredients together in a large bowl and spoon into individual ovenproof dishes
Cover with crumble and bake for 30-40 minutes, until tops are golden brown
Forget to put sugar in the filling mix and you'll have real sour pies.
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Wed 10 Apr 2013, 9:27,
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If you do remember the sugar,you can always put a dead frog in one of them, which would maintain the element of surprise for someone.
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