My friend Charles, of
Five Euro Foods, often posts traditional British recipes, so he was the person I asked about these intriguingly titled tarts which I'd run across in my reading. When he said he hadn't ever heard of them, but they sounded like something worth trying, I decided to finally get off my duff and give them a shot
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I made the 2nd batch because it turned out there was more almond filling than would fit inside the first dozen tarts and more pastry as well. And I didn't want to throw it away so I thought ... why not try the citrus curd inside? I'm glad I did. :)
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Maids of honour is a recipe I see in every British cookery book I have (I have several but somehow rarely use them), but I had no idea what they looked like. By the way, aren't Poor Knights of Windsor the same as French "pain perdu"? Sissi (http://www.withaglass.com)
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I looked up Poor Knights of Windsor as I'd never heard of them. You're right, add jam to eggy bread and your have PKoW. :)
So many similarities in recipes throughout the world.
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It's a long time since I made any pastry dough ... I'm thinking of making several versions of butter tarts next weekend.
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Eva http://kitcheninspirations.wordpress.com
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