British

Recipe#6419

Title: Spratley Cake Or Fly Pie (English)

From: "ray.watson" 

Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 19:19:50 +0000


Spratley Cake Or Fly Pie (English)

      Yield: 4 servings

4 oz Shortcrust pastry

FILLING

4 oz Currants

2 oz Butter

2 oz Suga (brown or white)

1/2 ts Cinnamon or mixed spice

1/2 ts Fresh mint, chopped

Set oven to 375/F or Mark 5. Roll out the pastry on a floured

surface to a rectangle about half as long as it is wide. Mix the

cun~ants butter, sugar and spice in a basin and spread down the

centre of the pastry. Sprinkle on the fresh mint. Fold over the

edges of the pastry to meet in the middle and seal the edges. Turn

the pastry over and roll out until the currants show through. Place

on a greased baking tray, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake for 20 minutes. The currants are meant to look Iike sprats or

flies.

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