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Apricot and Cherry Sponge Cake

A fruit sponge cake makes such a lovely afternoon treat!   Ingredients for 6 people 5 apricots. 12 cherries. 20g butter. 50g sugar. grated zest of 1/2 lemon. for the batter: 130g butter. 100g sugar. 3 whole eggs. 150g flour. 1 tsp vanilla sugar. juice of 1/2 lemon. 1 tsp baking powder. 1 pinch of salt. you'll also need: a 20x20cm square baking pan. butter for greasing the pan. Preparation Wash the apricots, cut them in half, and remove the pits. For the cherries, remove the pits without opening them up. Grease the pan with butter, then add the 50g of sugar and 20g of butter... Arrange the apricot halves and cherries on top, along with the grated lemon zest... Preheat your oven to 180°C, top and bottom heat. In a bowl, cream the butter with the sugar and lemon juice for about 3 or 4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, then the pinch of salt and vanilla sugar. Sift the flour together with the baking powder and fold it...

Baker-Style Potatoes in the Air Fryer

 


Ingredients

  • 3 medium to large potatoes.
  • 8 or 9 garlic cloves, crushed.
  • Two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
  • Plenty of black pepper.
  • Salt.
  • A bowl or dish made of glass, ceramic, aluminum, or something else that can handle the heat and fits inside your air fryer basket.

Preparation

First things first, make sure whatever dish you're using fits comfortably in your air fryer basket.
Start by boiling the potatoes with their skins on in salted water for about 30 minutes, give or take. You want them cooked through but not falling apart. Once they're done, let them cool down.
Peel the potatoes and slice them into rounds, not too thin though.
Now layer them in your bowl, starting with a first layer at the bottom. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, and scatter 4 of the crushed garlic cloves over the potatoes.
Add another layer of potato slices on top of the first, and repeat the whole process with the salt, pepper, olive oil, and the rest of the garlic.
Place the bowl in the air fryer basket, then slide the basket into the fryer.
Set it to 15 minutes at 180°C (about 355°F).
Check on them a few minutes before the timer goes off to make sure they're not getting too brown.
Serve them straight to the table alongside meat, fish, eggs, whatever you like.

Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
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