February 2, 2010 at 6:17 am
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What is it, and do we need it?
I feel I need sleep, but nature thinks otherwise.
I have tried
- reading
- listening to the radio
- getting up and making a warm drink
- doing chores
None of this seems to help so I have resigned myself to just resting in the dark. No way will I go down the road of sleeping pills. I have enough trouble with the medication that I need to keep me going.
So, tell me, do you sleep?
What tricks do you employ to aid a good night of uninterrupted slumber.
6.18am, I think I’ll try and catch forty winks now…. zzzzz!
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February 1, 2010 at 6:01 am
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Pear & Hazelnut Tart
Preheat the oven to 190ºC
Filo Pastry to line flan tin
3 large pears of equal ripeness, peeled cored & halved
Apple juice or water
70g hazelnuts, finely ground *
60g caster sugar
50g butter, softened, but not melted
1 large egg
Put the pears in a saucepan and cover with the apple juice or water. Bring to the boil and simmer very gently until the pears are just tender. This can take 12-40 mins, depending on the variety and ripeness of the fruit.
Line flan tin with 4 or 5 sheets of filo pastry overlapping the sheets. Mix together the hazelnuts, sugar, egg & butter to form a smooth paste and spread over the pastry base.
When the pears have cooled a little slice in 5mm slices and arrange on top of the nut mixture. Bake for 25-30 minutes and ideally, serve immediately with whipped cream or ice cream.
* I like to use roughly crushed pecan nuts to ring the changes in this recipe.
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