'oh-my-god-this-is-so-seriously-delicious-seriously-though'
The plural of danish
is danishes. Danish which is of course origionally an adjective (Danish) does
not have a plural form . No such thing. When you turn the word 'danish' into a
noun it become ‘danishes’ and this is perfectly correct.
The same does not
apply, in the case of eating a 'chinese' or 'indian' for example. Maybe it’s because no one has the appetite two eat to 'mexicans'. Not true. That’s totally possible.
Obviously it’s because 'koreans' and 'morrocans' are not foods, they’re cuisines.
Something to
think about next time you go for a danish and then fancy another danish.
Ironically the double danish dilemma is not relevant today. This recipe makes one great dane-ish!
Wayhey!
One Great Dane-ish
1 sheet of ready rolled puff pastry
100g pecan (hold a few back for decoration)
3 tablespoons of sugar
3 tablespoons of maple syrup plus extra to glaze
3 tablespoons of soft brown sugar.
6 tablespoons of icing sugar
Bung all of the
ingredients (except the puff pastry) into a blender and blend until, well blended.
Lay out your
sheet of puff pastry and mentally (remember mentally) divide into three lengthways. Then get a knife and cut the outer thirds into strips approximately 1.5cm – 2cm
wide, just like the people who leave their number on notice boards for people
to rip off. (I realise this makes
no sense but I was feeling a bit over
enthused at the prospect of getting all ‘Great British Bakeoff’ on well, my own ass and forgot to take a photo.)
Spread the pecan
mixture onto the central strip which, as long as you haven’t gotten to ‘knife
happy’ should remain intact. Overlap a strip from the left side of the pastry
over a strip from the right side of the pastry (over the pecan mixture) and
repeat until it vaguely ressembles
a plait. Maybe a plait after a night out and morning in bed.
If you fail
miserably at this step, which lets face it is a distinct possibility with yours truly for guidance - it doesn’t matter. When your pecan is all puffed up and beautiful, your friends won't care. When they taste it, it will be in their mouths and then you will
be their favorite person. Hell, I was my
own favorite person for being so clever as to make something so gratifying and eye rollingly 'oh-my-god-this-is-so-seriously-delicious-seriously-though' kind of scrumptious. AND it's a breakfast food for Christ's sake.
Jeez, I was so busy congratulating myself there I nearly forgot to finish the recipe.
Brush the pastry with some milk or ess, whichever you have handy and bake in a preheated oven of 200ºC oven (I learned how to use the degree symbol on a MacBook - more self congratulations is in order I fear) for approximately 30 minutes.
If you can manage, allow it to cool and make yourself up some icing - mix a few tablespoons of icing sugar with a drop of water until you get a dropping consistency. Brush your great dane with the remaining maple syrup and decorate with the reserved pecans. From a height, drizzle with the icing and pat yourself on the back for a job well done .
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