Sweet Sunday Nights

For some reason Sunday nights beg for something sweet and delicious. I'm not sure if its that last tip of the hat to the weekend, the end of all things wonderful before entering the week filled with the mundane. As a child, cinnamon pancakes were a staple in our house on a Sunday evening and I know many of my childhood friends would bake cakes on a Sunday after lunch for afternoon tea. It may be something cultural that has wound its way down in our DNA, from where, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to accurately pinpoint.

We quite enjoy the odd cinnamon pancake-filled Sunday night but we're not quite as loyal to the tradition. Danish pastry is by far my favourite of all time so I've decided, after a very long time, to attempt custard danish pastries to mark the end of this weekend. I started the pastry a few days ago, which you can based on several recipes I've researched. I used the Nigella Lawson recipe for the danish pastry from the "How to be a Domestic Goddess" book. Nigella has a way of making the complicated simple.

I have, cooling on the table cooling next to me, six custard danish pastries which may or may not be delicious. They don't look too bad. A cappuccino is what this weekend send-off calls for.

Scrape vanilla seeds from pod

Mix eggs yolks & sugar 

Add cornflour and mix until light

After adding hot milk & thickening, sieve

Fold into 3rds and roll again

Roll pastry to 50cm x 50cm square

Watch the magic!

Refer to "How to be a Domestic Goddess" for the pastry recipe and use your favourite custard recipe with the addition of some cornflour (a.k.a Maizena) to thicken it to get your Sunday night danish fix.

Enjoy!