Passionfruit and coconut slice

I should probably get the hang of taking better photos of my food. "No, really, I swear it was better looking than this!"






Pastry:
125 g (4 oz) butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/2 cup plain (all purpose) flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt

Filling:
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup shredded coconut
1/3 cup plain (all-purpose) flour
1 1 /2 cup (12 fl oz) cream
160 ml (5 1/2 fl oz) coconut milk
juice and zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup (4 fl oz) passionfruit pulp


Preheat the oven to 180C (350F). To make the pastry, place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until light and creamy. Add egg and vanilla essence and beat well.

Add sifted flour, baking powder and salt, and stir until combined and the mixture forms a sticky dough. Flour hands and press pastry evenly into the base of a greased and baking paper-lined tin. Bake pastry base in the oven for 15 minutes.

To make filling, place eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale. Add coconut, flour, cream, coconut milk, lemon juice, zest and passionfruit pulp, and stir to combine.

Pour filling over pastry base in the tin. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden (mine took about an hour). Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the tin.

When cool, slice into squares. Makes 20 squares.


From a recipe by Bill Granger

Potato Salad with Apples and Bacon

Ingredients
5 thick strips bacon
1 large red or yellow onion, chopped
Salt
2 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and cut in 1/2-inch dice
1.3kg waxy potatoes, diced
4 shallots, thinly sliced
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
1 1/2 teaspoons pepper


Combine the potatoes and enough cold water to cover by a couple of inches in a large saucepan. Add a generous pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and cover the pan. Simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork. Drain well.

While the potatoes are cooking, cook the bacon over medium heat. Once cooked, remove the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels. Reserve the bacon fat in the pan. Once the bacon is cool, chop it.

Cook the onion in the fat in the pan on medium heat, until softened and just starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Remove the onion from the pan to a large bowl and set aside. Add the chopped apple to the bowl.

Add the potatoes and chopped bacon to the onions and apple. Add the green onions, olive oil, vinegar, mustard, and thyme. Salt and pepper to taste.

Can be served warm, room temperature, or cold. Serves 8.

From Simply Recipes