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Yummy dessert Strawberry pie
Its that time of the year again for warm memories and rich, gooey food. But these sweet temptations are not so high on the calorie scale. So set the holiday spirit with these great recipes and eat, drink and be merry.
Christmas Plum Cake
Ingredients
Maida: 100 gm
Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp
Mixed fruit (candied citrus peel, candied green papaya, candied cherries, broken cashew nuts, raisins) cut in pieces: 260 gm in total
Nutralite margarine: 100g
Eggs: 2 large
Sugar Free: 20 tsp
Vanilla essence: 5 ml
Spice powder: 1/4 tsp
Caramel colour: 5 ml
Warm/hot milk: 30 ml
Method
Add baking powder to the flour and sieve. To this add the cut mixed fruit and mix well.
Mix the Nutralite margarine and the egg yolk, till a well blended emulsion is formed. Gradually add the slightly beaten egg white and continue mixing.
Add the vanilla essence, the spice powder and the caramel colour. Add the milk.
If the batter shows signs of curdling, then the milk should be hot instead of just warm. This will raise the temperature of the batter and reverse the curdling effect.
Add the fruit/flour mixture to the batter and fold in gently. Pour into a prepared baking pan and bake at 325º C.
Strawberry Pie
Ingredients
For Crust
Marie biscuit crumbs: 1 1/3 cups
Nutralite margarine: 2 tbsp
Sugar Free: 2 tbsp
Zero calorie cooking spray
For Filling
Strawberries, sliced: 2 cups
Balsamic vinegar: 2 tbsp
Sugar Free: 1/4 cup
Water: 2 tbsp
Corn flour: 2 tbsp
Lemon juice: 1 tbsp
Small strawberries: 6 cups
For Topping
Marie biscuit crumbs: 3 tbsp
Hazelnuts chopped: 1 tbsp
Sugar Free: 1 1/2 tsp
Melted Nutralite margarine: 1 1/2 tsp
Low fat whipped cream: 1/2 cup
Method
Preheat oven to 350º C. Combine the first three ingredients in a bowl.
Coat a pie dish with the cooking spray and press the mix in the dish. Bake for 15 minutes.
For the filling combine the first two ingredients in a pan. Place over medium heat and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Mix in the Sugar Free. Combine the corn flour and the water and add to the mix. Bring to a boil and cook for a minute. Remove and stir in the lemon juice. Let it cool.Arrange whole strawberries stem side down on the baked pie crust. Pour the cooked mix over it. Chill for 4 hours. For the topping combine the biscuit crumbs, hazelnuts, Sugar Free and margarine in a pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle over cooled pie. Serve with whipped cream.
BUNTY MAHAJAN
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