Monday, July 11, 2011

Champagne Crust

fruit
1/2 cup sugar
60g butter
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 cup S.R. flour

Method: Boil enough fruit to half fill medium sized pie dish. Mix together sugar, butter, egg and milk. Stir in 1 cup flour. Pour over fruit which must be boiling. Cook 30 minutes in hot oven 240C.

Source: contributed by D. Craig in The Princess Royal Cookbook compiled by a sub-committee of The Muscular Dystrophy Association of South Australia (Kent Town: Peacock Publications, 1984 reprint of 1981 first edition; ISBN 0909209502), p.69.
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