Thursday, January 15, 2015

EASY PUDDING LIKE PIE

EASY PUDDING LIKE PIE
This is a very light non sweet dessert.  I love it and my hubby loves it.  You can use tangerines, oranges, lemon, tangelos or any type of fresh fruit juice.
You will need a sprayed tart pan for this recipe.
INGREDIENTS: 
1 stick of butter Chilled for dough.
Milk (a tablespoon at a time.)
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups of flour
2 oz of butter or a half of a stick.  Diced and melted in a pan over low. Remove from heat so it won't burn.
Powdered sugar
Flour
About one cup or more of juice.
Add more sugar if you feel you need to this is not a very sweet dessert.  Very mild.
A cup of dried beans (uncooked) for Blind baking.
7oz of Wax paper ( Just kidding )    But you will need wax paper.

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

FIRST:  MAKING THE DOUGH
Pour the flour into a large mixing bowl and mix in baking powder. Now take chilled butter and squish it into the flour until it looks like a fine meal and their is no huge piece.  Add a table spoon of milk one at a time and mix in until the dough starts to hold together.   The dough should not be wet, but it can be slightly moist.  If it is wet add more flour. If too dry add a tablespoon of milk.   Next on a floured cutting board roll out the dough to fit the tart pan the best you can. And if you have to use your fingers to stretch it into shape.
Note: Because of the baking powder this crust is very soft and will rise.  If you feel that this is not what you like leave the baking powder out to make it your own.  

SECOND: BLIND BAKING

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  Next cover dough with wax paper and pour bean evenly over the surface. Bake for 15 minutes.  Keep an eye one it, because all stoves are not a like.   After it is done remove and cool.  Peel off the wax paper, a little bit will stick, that okay.

THIRD: MAKING THE FILLING
In a little pot add the juice and heat gently, do not boil or simmer. Melt the butter in another pot on low, when it is fully melted  add one teaspoon of flour and then powdered sugar at a time and whisk into melted butter.   Keep adding one of each until all the liquid is absorbed and you have little clumps of dough or dough starting to form. Either way is okay.  Next turn the heat up to med low and add a ladle full of juice to the dough mixture.   NOTE: Keep whisking away until the liquid is incorporated, then add the next ladle full.  It might take a bit.  At first it might seem not to thicken up, but it will.

FOURTH: PUT IT TOGETHER
Now pour the filling evenly over the soft crust and spread out with a spatula.  If you want you can add cut strawberries, blue berries or cut bananas to your creation.   CHILL in refrigerator for an hour.

ENJOY

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