BLACK BUN
_**Editor's note:** The recipe and introductory text below are from Christopher Trotter's book_ **The Scottish Kitchen** _As Trotter mentions, black bun is enjoyed at Hogmanay, which is the name for New Year's in Scotland._. This is a very traditional Scottish sweetmeat and is usually associated by most Scots with Hogmanay when it is eaten with a nip or two of whisky! It differs from most fruit cakes in that it is baked in a pastry case. It should be kept for several weeks to mature.
Provided by Christopher Trotter
Yield Makes about 16 slices
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 1. To make the pastry case, rub the butter into the flour with the baking powder and add enough cold water to mix to a stiff dough. Leave to rest and roll out to a fairly thin sheet. Grease 2 x 20 cm (8-inch) loaf tins and line them with the dough, reserving enough to cover the top.
- 2. Preaheat the oven to 110°C (225°F/ Gas 1/4).
- 3. Make the filling. Mix all the dry ingredients together, then mix in the brandy, egg, and enough milk to moisten the mixture. Put it into the prepared loaf tins and cover with the remaining pastry. Use the remaining milk or an egg wash (1 egg beaten with a splash of milk) to seal the top crust. Prick all over with a fork and brush with egg wash. Bake in the oven for about 3 hours. When it is cool store in an airtight tin.
SCOTTISH BLACK BUN
This has a spicy fruit and nut filling, much like a fruitcake, and is baked in a casing-lined deep cake pan.
Provided by Olha7397
Categories Dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- PASTRY: In medium mixing bowl, blend flour and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles cornmeal. Add just enough cold water to form pastry into ball. On lightly floured board, roll out 2/3 of pastry into a circle large enough to line lightly greased 8 x 8 x 3 inch square cake pan or an 8 x 3 inch round cake pan, allowing enough pastry overhanging edge to seal with top crust. Chill remaining dough for top of bun while making filling.
- FILLING: In large bowl, mix dry ingredients together. Add dried fruit, nuts, eggs, brandy and milk. Stir to mix well. Pack filling into pastry lined pan.
- Roll out remaining pastry to square or circle large enough to cover filling. Moisten edges with water and seal with bottom crust. Prick with fork or make decorative slashes in top of bun. Brush lightly with beaten egg to glaze.
- Bake in 300°F oven for 2 1/2 hours or until pastry is brown and cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Carefully remove to rack to complete cooling.
- Canadian Living.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 8706.2, Fat 266.6, SaturatedFat 77.6, Cholesterol 889.9, Sodium 1631.3, Carbohydrate 1413.9, Fiber 95, Sugar 765.4, Protein 182.2
SCOTTISH BLACK BUN
Make and share this Scottish Black Bun recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Ambervim
Categories Dessert
Time 2h55m
Yield 1 Loaf
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Pastry: Grease an 8-inch loaf tin. Rub the fats into the flour and salt and then mix in enough cold water to make stiff dough Roll out the pastry and cut into five pieces, using the bottom, top and four sides of the tin as a rough guide. Press the bottom and four side pieces into the tin, pressing the overlaps to seal the pastry shell.
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Filling: Mix the raisins, currants, almonds, peel and sugar together.
- Sift in the flour, all the spices and baking powder and bind them together using the brandy and almost all the egg and add enough milk to moisten.
- Pack the filling into the lined tin and add the pastry lid, pinching the edges and using milk or egg to seal really well.
- Lightly prick the surface with a fork and make four holes to the bottom of the tin with a skewer.
- Depress the center slightly (it will rise as it cooks).
- Brush the top with milk or the rest of the egg to create a glaze.
- Bake 2½ to 3 hours.
- Test with a skewer which should come out clean; if not, continue cooking. An uncooked cake sizzles if you listen closely! Cool in the tin and then turn onto a wire rack.
- Cool thoroughly before storing until Hogmanay.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 6600.7, Fat 183, SaturatedFat 92.6, Cholesterol 551.7, Sodium 2119.6, Carbohydrate 1188.4, Fiber 69.8, Sugar 661.9, Protein 106.4
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