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From: lucevic< >
Subject: Re: Guernsey Gache
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 19:36:00

At 08:36 1997/09/29 +0000, you wrote:
>On Sun 28 Sep, Stephen Foote wrote:
>> Gloria
>> >> Guernsey Gache is one of those things that everyone's grandmother has their
>> own closely-guarded recipe...but they all turn out pretty much the same.
>> >> Here's one my Mum gave me :-
>> >> Ingredients (imperial measurements only I'm afraid)
>> 1 lb plain flour
>> 8 oz butter or margarine
>> 8 oz sultanas
>> 2 oz dried mixed peel

What is dried mixed peel (orange or lemon ?)
and were do you found this..make your own ? How?
>>
Thanks for the recipe and the answer...
Victor

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1/2 oz fresh yeast
>> 1 teaspoon sugar
>> approx 1/2 pint warm water
>> >> Sieve together the flour and salt, stand bowl in warm place. Cream yeast &
>> sugar, add a little of the water and leave to stand in a warm place for a
>> few minutes. Rub fat into flour, make a well in the centre, add yeast
>> mixture and rest of water gradually. (Makes a very soft dough) Lastly fold
>> in fruit. Cover and leave to prove in a warm place for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
>> Bake for 30 mins at gas mark 7 / 425 oF / 220 oC, then lower to gas mark 6
>> / 400 oF / 200 oC for a further 30 mins. Bake in a well-greased 9" x 7"
>> tin.
>> >> I hope it turns out OK for you !!
>> >> Stephen Foote
>> >> >Good god! This is what my grandmother used to make. I think she called it
>Jersey cake or bread though.
>>Don V. Weston.
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