{"id":7054,"date":"2019-10-27T17:59:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T21:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2019-10-27T18:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T22:04:06","slug":"flies-in-the-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/27\/flies-in-the-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"flies in the cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fruitslice2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fruitslice2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fruitslice2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/fruitslice2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the Pastry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>300&nbsp;g&nbsp;Plain Flour<\/li><li>150&nbsp;g&nbsp;Butter&nbsp;(chilled)<\/li><li>50&nbsp;g&nbsp;Icing Sugar<\/li><li>1&nbsp;Egg<\/li><li>2-3&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;Cold Water<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the Filling<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>200&nbsp;g&nbsp;Currants<\/li><li>75&nbsp;g&nbsp;Sugar<\/li><li>50&nbsp;g&nbsp;Butter&nbsp;(softened)<\/li><li>1&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;Mixed Spice<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pre-heat your oven to 180\u00b0c (or 160\u00b0c for a fan assisted oven or Gas Mark 4) and grease a 20cm by 28cm baking tray with a little butter. Set aside.<\/li><li>In a large bowl, using your fingers, rub the flour and butter together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir through the sugar before adding the egg. Mix until combined, adding a teaspoon of cold water as required and knead into a soft pastry dough.<\/li><li>Wrap the dough in cling film and place in the fridge to cool and firm up, whilst preparing the filling.<\/li><li>In a bowl mix the currants, sugar, butter and mixed spice until combined.\u00a0<\/li><li>Remove the pastry from the fridge and roll to 0.5cm thickness and cut into two large rectangles, about the size of your tray. Place on pastry rectangle onto your pre-greased tray.<\/li><li>Spoon the currant mixture evenly onto the pastry on the baking tray, leaving a small gap around the edges. Wet the edges with a little water. Place the other sheet of pastry on top of the currants and gently press the edges together with your fingers, before finishing with a fork.<\/li><li>Brush the top pastry with a little milk or beaten egg, before pricking a few holes on the top of the pastry<\/li><li>Bake for 25-30 minutes until a light golden brown colour.<\/li><li>Remove from the oven and sprinkle a little sugar on top to finish. Once completely cool, cut into squares or slices of your desired size.<\/li><li>video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TFIgc57VuOo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TFIgc57VuOo<\/a><\/li><li>from scottish blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakingwithgranny.co.uk\/recipe\/fruit-slice-fly-cemetery\/\">https:\/\/bakingwithgranny.co.uk\/recipe\/fruit-slice-fly-cemetery\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Pastry 300&nbsp;g&nbsp;Plain Flour 150&nbsp;g&nbsp;Butter&nbsp;(chilled) 50&nbsp;g&nbsp;Icing Sugar 1&nbsp;Egg 2-3&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;Cold Water For the Filling 200&nbsp;g&nbsp;Currants 75&nbsp;g&nbsp;Sugar 50&nbsp;g&nbsp;Butter&nbsp;(softened) 1&nbsp;tsp&nbsp;Mixed Spice Pre-heat your oven to 180\u00b0c (or 160\u00b0c for a fan assisted oven or Gas Mark 4) and grease a 20cm by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/27\/flies-in-the-cemetery\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[162,534,285,971,970,518],"class_list":["post-7054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-butter","tag-cookies","tag-currants","tag-scottish","tag-short-crust","tag-sweets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7054"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7060,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions\/7060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}