AMERICAN

                             APPLE PIE

                                                   

                                                                              serves 8

      ingredients:

half cup of sugar (extra sugar for topping)

half cup of brown sugar

3 tablespoons of plain flour

1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 

quarter teaspoon of ground ginger

quarter teaspoon of ground nutmeg

7 cups of peeled and thinly sliced cooking apples

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

pastry for a double crust pie 

1 tablespoon butter

1 egg white

In a small bowl, mix the dry ingredients; set aside. In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice.

Line a 9-inch pie plate with the pastry; trim pastry even with edge. Fill with apple mixture; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry to top the pie. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry.

Beat egg white until foamy; brush over pastry. Sprinkle with sugar. Cover edges loosely with foil.

Bake at 375° for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake 20-25 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

this recipe was taken from: http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/apple-pie#ixzz3LbKo1zf7

Apple pie is a fruit tart, contrary to modern thinking, American Apple pie was brought to Britain by the British, Dutch, and Swedish during the 17th and 18th century.

The united states began using such sayings as 'American as apple pie' which means ,typically American' throughout the 19th century American pie symbolized national pride in America.

ITALY

pizza!

        INGREDIENTS

To make the base:

• 300 grams of bread flour
• 1 teaspoon of instant yeast
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil

To make the tomato sauce

• 1oo ml  of passata
• 1 handful of fresh basil 
• 1 garlic clove 

For the topping

• 125 gram ball of mozzarella
• one handful of grated parmesan
• one handful of cherry tomatoes, halved 
• handful of basil leaves to top (optional)

                                                                                       METHOD

1. To make the base: put all of the dry ingredients into a large bowl and stir together. make a well in the centre and the olive oil and 200 ml of warm water, use a wooden spoon to mix until you are left with a soft and wet dough. lighty flour a dry and even surface and knead the dough for 5 minutes until smooth. cover the dough with a tea towel and set aside.
2. To make the sauce: mix together the passata, basil,and garlic (crushed). Leave at room temperature until ready to use.
3. Knead the dough and split into two balls. roll out each ball on a floured surface into a large circle. The dough will rise in the oven so keep the base thin.lift them onto floured baking sheets.
4. Preheat the oven to 240 degrees celsius. pour the sauce on the top of the base and cover with sliced mozzarella drizzle with olive oil and add any toppings. Put the pizza on a tray and bake for 8-10 minutes. Top with basil leaves. 

SPAIN

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        Churros             con                                     

         chocolate:

• approximately 25 mins

       

                                      Ingredients:

                                                                           churros

•  90 grams of caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon
• 125 grams of plain flour
• 125 grams of self raising-flour
• a pinch of sea salt 
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• sunflower oil for frying

                                                                          chocolate  

                                                                              sauce

• 200 grams of dark chocolate
• 50 grams of mil chocolate
• 2 tablespoons of golden syrup
• 300 ml of double cream 

                                                                                                method: 

                                                                                       

• mix together the cinnamon and the sugar.
• to make the chocolate sauce melt the chocolate in a heavy bottomed tin with the cream and golden syrup,be careful to keep your sauce from burning. keep stirring the mixture.
• sift the plain and self raising flour with a pinch of salt in a heatproof bowl.
• in another bowl mix the olive oil and 450ml of boiling water. pour this into the other bowl with the flours after making a well in the centre.
• to remove lumps, beat the mixture with a fork, the dough should be soft and sticky, allow it rest for 10 minutes.
• fill a saucepan with one litre of sunflower oil and heat to 170 C. 
• put the dough into a piping bag and pipe the dough into the saucepan in a sausage shape (use a star shaped nozzle), cut the dough to the length you want/
• fry for 3-4 minutes until the churros are golden brown in colour. drain the oil out of the churros by covering it in kitchen paper. 

reheat the chocolate and pour it into small bowls or cups and enjoy! (this recipe was taken from http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/churros-y-chocolate-4819)

Churros are a traditional spanish dessert usually served with a chocolate sauce. it was developed be shepherds centuries ago. Churros were originally around the size of a breadstick and were rolled in cinnamon sugar or eaten plain. Churros are currently very popular for breakfast, lunch or dessert in Spain. It didnt take long before churros had traveled to South Africa, North America, and other Hispanic countries. Soon after moving to different countries the were prepared in different ways, there were chocolate filled churros, jumbo churros, churros and fruit and so on.

Introduction

Hello my name is Emily. Welcome to my blog on the Geography of Food!I will be writing about foods from different cultures and I will give recipes in each case. I chose to write my blog on the Geography of Food because I enjoy cooking and tasting foods from different places in the world.I hope you enjoy my blog! :)