I have added links to the home video's I have made so far in this competition. The rules are to make certain dishes using Philadelphia and produce a video. It has been so fun and you cant imagine the bloopers!! Maybe one day I will include those too!! Hope you enjoy!
Philadelphia Cream Cheese competition
I will be putting the recipes on here later in their original version and the philli version.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
LEMON MAIDS OF HONOR
'A treat for my son and
daughter'
This week started out like any other that I have experienced over the last several years. It started with 'Mum my stomach hurts'. My son has been plagued with stomach problems for years and no-one has been able to find out what is causing it except this week the whole thing took on a new twist. His chest became tight and he found it hard to breathe. Like any self respecting mother I panicked and was convinced he had with Asthma or a chest infection and hiked him off to the doctor. With a roll of eyes and the look that I knew meant 'my god you are back again!!!' the kind doctor told me he was having stress attacks probably caused by a stomach virus. With my tail between my legs I left the surgery vowing to get some brown paper bags for him to blow into and hoping this would solve the problem. It didn't. By the next day his breathing was worse, he was very pale, uncoordinated and dizzy. This time I asked my husband to accompany me (dutch courage of the non-alcoholic kind). The doctor conceded to perform an EKG. He was so confident that it would show nothing that he couldn't help hide his surprise when he read the results. My son's heart rate was only 43 way below the normal. Only serious athletes should have that and believe me he is no athlete, he's not unfit but he has never been able to run very far without getting out of breath.
Within 24 hours we were sitting with a pediatric cardiologist explaining to us that he thinks he has a problem with his Vegus Nerve. This nerve controls his breathing, muscle movement and digestive tract. Wahooo we may be getting somewhere. So I bring him home after many tests and hooked to a heart monitor. Next week we should get news and I am keeping my fingers crossed we get some answers and my child can get some well deserved solution to his problems.
To ease his mind and mine I started to think about cooking him some treats. Last week I had already submitted, for my daughter, these little bites to the Philadelphia Cream Cheese competition and seeing he loves lemon curd with a passion I decided to cook them again for him.
INGREDIENTS
•1/2 Pack frozen Puff Pastry
•8 ounce(s) of Philadelphia Cream Cheese
•1 1/2 ounce(s) of Sugar
•1 1/2 ounce(s) of Ground Almonds
•6 tsp. of Lemon Curd
•2 Eggs
•1 Lemon
METHOD
1.Cut pastry sheet in half and roll each one into about a 9inch square
2.Cut out 12 pastry rounds that will fit into a 12 portion buttered bun tin
3.Next place the Philadelphia cheese into a bowl and add the sugar, ground almonds and the zest of the lemon
4.Beat the Philadelphia and other ingredients together until incorporated
5.In a seperate bowl break one of the eggs and one egg yolk. Mix together
6.Add the eggs to the cream cheese and mix together
7.In the bottom of the pastry case put 1/2 teaspoon of lemon curd
8.Then on top of the lemon curd drop about 1 dessert spoon of the batter
9.Bake in a 400 degree f for 20 -25 minutes until golden
10.Place on a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes
11.Tranfer the tarts to a plate and sprinkle with confectioners sugar
Makes 12 little cakes
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