October 2006
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Halloween Tomato Soup with Witches Fingers
For children you can't beat the classic leading brand's 'cream of tomato soup' so this recipe concentrates on decorating it in a spider web fashion and making the witches fingers.
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4 portions |
| Preparation time: |
30 minutes |
| Cooking time: |
15 minutes |
| Oven Temperature |
Preheated at 220°C/200°C Fan/425°F/Gas Mark 7 |
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 Ingredients |
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Soup
- 2 Large cans cream of tomato soup
- 150ml/ 1/4pt Carton single cream
Fingers
- 250g/ 9oz Glutafin Select Fibre Bread Mix
- 50g/ 2oz Ground rice
- 1 x 5ml tsp Dried yeast
- 1 x 5ml tsp Mild paprika
- 175ml/ 6 fl oz Hand hot water
- 1 x 15ml tbsp Mild olive oil
- 50g/ 2oz Mature Cheddar, grated
- 25g/ 1oz Pumpkin seeds for warts
- 25g/ 1oz pecan halves for nails
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 Method |
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Prepare fingers.
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Combine Fibre Mix and ground rice in a medium size bowl. Stir in the yeast, paprika, olive oil and half the cheese.
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Add the warm water and using a fork stir until combined to a stiff batter.
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Spoon mix into a squeezy tomato ketchup bottle with plastic lid or into a piping bag fitted with a plain nozzle.
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Pipe mix out into finger lengths and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Push in pumpkin seed warts randomly and position a pecan nail onto each finger. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
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Cover with oiled cling film and leave to prove for about 40 minutes until slightly risen.
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Remove film and cook until golden.
To serve
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warm up the soup and pour into bowls.
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Pierce foil lid to make a small hole in cream carton.
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Pour cream into concentric rings on top of the soup.
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Drag a knife from the centre of the ring out to the bowl edge at regular intervals to feather the rings to look like a spider web.
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Serve soup accompanied by the witches' fingers.
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