Black Buns
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 180 minutes to make
- Serves 24
From Scotland's Enchanted Kingdom comes this recipe for Black Buns. Used for all major holidays and some not so major ones, thet are super delicious and when cool may be kept in a closed tin.
Ingredients
- Pastry Case: shopping list
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- 8oz plain flour 4oz butter shopping list
- Half teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- Cold water shopping list
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- Filling: shopping list
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- 2lb seedless raisins shopping list
- 3lb washed currants shopping list
- 8oz chopped, blanched almonds shopping list
- 12oz plain flour shopping list
- 8oz soft brown sugar shopping list
- 2 tbs ground allspice shopping list
- 1 tsp each of ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking powder and black pepper shopping list
- 1 level tsp cream of tartar shopping list
- 2 tbs brandy shopping list
- 5 fl oz milk shopping list
- 1 large, beaten egg shopping list
How to make it
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- Grease an 8" loaf tin.
- Rub the fats into the flour.
- Add Baking powder and a little water to make a stiff dough.
- Roll out on a floured board to a thin sheet.
- Line the loaf tin with the dough, leaving enough for the top.
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- Filling
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- Mix all the ingredients together except the milk.
- Add enough milk just to moisten the mixture.
- Mix thoroughly
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- Fill the pastry case with the mixture.
- Add the remaining pastry to the top.
- Brush with beaten egg or milk on top.
- Prick with a fork, brushing with more egg/milk.
- Bake for around 3 hours a cool oven 225 degrees F
People Who Like This Dish 4
- mumtazcatering Gauteng, ZA
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First time to see such interresting one Joymarie..The spice in the filling are really great.Thanks for sharing.
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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Another interesting and unusual one ,hon
love the addition of the black pepper,i will replace the brandy with orange juice
have a blessed day,JOYMARIE
MUMTAZ
mumtazcatering
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This is great!
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