So bad I threw my pillow away

[sushidog]

Gruh and argh

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[nalsa]

Oh! Recipe for chinois, plz? Or, if it's not on tinterwebs, just a reference will do :)

[sushidog]

I adapted it from one that appeared on bakebakebake, so this is what I did

[nalsa]

Oh! Thank you :)

I tried to make pasteis de nata at the weekend, and the recipe I had was rubbish; the custard filling split during baking, so that's the last time I use that recipe.

[sushidog]

What did your custard recipe involve?

And a bonus question; I have one egg white. What shall I do with it?

[nalsa]

4 egg yolks, 350ml milk, 150ml double cream, vanilla, lemon peel and cinnamon sticks (fished out before being added to the cases), 3tbsp sugar and - this is where it went wrong - 2tbsp plain flour. The custard needed cooking before adding to the cases, which was fine, and then into the oven to cook the cases and the custard got too hot, the flour started to cook, and it all went a bit pete tong.

Oh, and if you have one egg white, make a fruit syrup, whisk the egg white up with a teaspoon of icing sugar and a pinch of cream of tartar, fold the white into the cooled syrup and freeze it. Voila: sorbet.

[sushidog]

Might cornflour work better than normal flour?

Hm, sorbet is an interesting thought, I've never made it before!