Eggless Tea Time recipes

Choux pastry, or pâte à choux, is a light past... 
If you have always had to painfully  decline cake because you would not eat egg , these recipes are specially for you. Although they are not rich in flavor as the egg-filled confections but they undoubtedly do taste good.They are also recommended for people who should not eat egg for health reasons.
Vegetarian Pie
Filling:
  • Potatoes:500g (boiled and diced)
  • mixed vegetables: 150g (peas, carrot, corn, etc)
  • shallots: 50g (sliced)
  • butter:60g
  • flour: 3 tbsp(mixed in 150ml water)
  • slat and white pepper powder:1 tsp (each)
Method:
1. Heat the butter and saute the shallots until light brown.
2. Grease a pie tin, or several small pie tins.
3. Rub butter into flour until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
4. Add enough water to make a pastry.
5. Divide pastry into two.
6. Roll out pastry to fit the pie dish.
7. Lay pastry in the dish and prick all over with a fork. Spoon the filling  into it.
8. Roll out the remaining dough and cover the filling.
9. Trim edges and flutes with a fork. Decorate with leftover pastry.
10. Brush pastry with milk. Cut a cross on the top of the  pastry to allow steam to escape.
11. Bake pie for 1 hour or until golden brown.


Coffee Streusel Slices
Base:
  • butter: 125g
  • caster sugar: 40g
  • plain flour: 140g
  • self-raising flour: 60g
Method:


1. Preheat oven to gas mark4.
2. Sift the two flours together.
3. Grease and line a lamington tin.
4. Press dough firmly into the prepared tin.Bake for 15 minutes.
Filling:


  • condensed milk: 1 can
  • butter: 30g
  • golden syrup: 2tbsp
  • coffee powder: 3tsp(instant)
  • walnuts or any other nuts: 200g(chopped)
Method:
1. Put all ingredients into a saucepan.
2. Cook over gentle heat, stirring all the while until the butter has melted and the fudge thickened.
3. Spread this topping over the baked pastry base.
Topping:
  • flour: 160g
  • cinnamon: 2tsp
  • brown sugar: 60g
  • butter: 125g(cold)
Method:


1. Rub butter into flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and knead to from a stiff dough.
3. Grate this dough evenly over the filling.
4. Bake for 20 minutes.
5. Cool slightly before slicing into squares or bars.


Banana Snow cake
Ingredients:
  • self-raising flour: 300g
  • butter: 180g
  • vanilla essence: 1tsp
  • caster sugar: 80g
  • condensed milk: 3tbsp
  • milk: 250ml
  • brown coloring: 1tsp
Method:
1. Preheat an oven to gas mark 4.
2. Grease and line a 20cm round tin.
3. Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
4. Add essence and brown coloring and beat well.
5. Fold in a little flour and milk alternately until both are used up.
6. Pour cake batter into prepared cake tin and smoothen top.
7. Bake for 50 minutes. Cool thoroughly before halving cake.
Topping:
  • flour: 150g
  • caster sugar: 340g
  • coconut milk: 7 1/2 cups (thick)
  • vanilla essence: 1tsp
  • bananas:7  (sliced)
  • salt:1/4 tsp
Method:
1. Blend the flour with some of the coconut milk until smooth.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and cook over gentle heat until thick.
3. Pour a little of the cooked mixture into a cake tin 2cm larger than the cake.
4. Place one half of the cut cake on it. pour some topping over it.
5. Place the other cake half on it and pour the remaining topping. Smoothen the top.
6. Leave the cake in the refrigerator for topping to set.


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