Pukekohe Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/2 inch slices.
• Arrange in an 8 inch greased casserole dish.
• Sprinkle the onion and garlic over the potatoes in layers with the salt, butter and thyme.
• Pour melted butter over the top.
• Bake in a moderate oven 180 deg C for 1 hour.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl combine crushed vanilla wafers, cinnamon, and melted butter or margarine. Press into a 9 inch pie plate to form a firm, even crust. Chill the crust for 1 hour.
• In the meantime, in a small saucepan soften gelatin in cold water, then cook and stir over medium heat until gelatin is dissolved. Cool completely.
• In a large bowl, beat together yogurt, sugar, and lemon juice; stir in the cooled gelatin mixture. Chill until partially set.
• Beat the first 1/2 cup of whipping cream until soft peaks forms and then fold it into the gelatin mixture. Chill till mixture mounds when spooned. Turn into chilled crust. Cover and chill several hours or till set.
• Just before serving, arrange kiwi around the edges of the pie. Beat the second 1/2 cup of whipping cream until soft peaks form and spoon into the center of the pie; garnish with remaining kiwi slices.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl. Mix in butter until crumbly (use clean hands). Add sugar, raisins, and marmalade; mix well (with spoon). Add in egg. Batter should be stiff and "rocky".
• The mixture must be stiff, or it will lose shape when baking. Pull off golf ball size chunks of dough and drop on cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake in oven for 15 minutes until lightly browned. Turn bottom side up to cool. Serve with milk or tea.

Steps:

• To prepare Sweet Potatoes:.
• With the oil cover the sweet potatoe skin with the oil 1 teaspoon =1 sweet potatoe.
• Poke holes in the sweet potatoe on all sides with a fork.
• Place on a cookie sheet and bake @ 375 degrees for about an hour or until the sweet potaotes are mushy to touch.
• Take them out of the oven and let cool. Once cooled the skin has to be peeled. It will peel off very easily to be careful not to tear up the sweet potatoe.
• Once they are all peeled put in a big bowl and with an electrical mixer start blending the sweet potatoes.
• Blend all wet ingredients together except the egg whites.
• Blend all dry ingredients together. The potatoes will be a little heavier than pudding consistency.
• Once all blended taste to adjust sugar sweetness to your liking.
• Next beat egg whites until you have high peaks.
• Fold in egg whites . Potoaotes will fluff up with air. ( Don't mix the potatoes will flatten).
• Pour potatoes into pie crusts and bake @ 350 degrees for 45 minuets. You'll start to see dark brown areas on the top of the pies.
• Take out let it cool.
• Once cool serve with cool whip. Yummy!