If you want to order this in NZ you have to ask for Custard Square. It has to be made with Edmunds custard powder 😇😇 as The Edmunds cookbook was the only goto cook book in New Zealand. Every family had one. Brilliant.
I've got tremendous respect for cooks like you, who can do pastries as well as real food. My legs go aquiver and my stomach gives a shiver whenever I "attempt" a cake or whatever. I know pastry cooking shouldn't be rocket science, but a voice is always in my head saying "you're doing wrong again, stupid".
Delicious! We have them every week and have done so for many years. Where I grew up local bakery made them and the taste was divine plus they were quite large and had a lovely layer of icing on top. The fun is trying to eat them without the custard dropping out.
My mouth is watering! That looks absolutely marvellous! I do love a good custard. Such fun to see Mrs KC's reaction too. Thank you for another enjoyable video!
This looks amazing! I’ll be sure to make it! I’m with you Keef! I always wonder why vanilla despite being amazing and the second most expensive spice by weight gets a bad rap being used colloquially to mean boring or plain.
Hang about, New Zealand/Australian? I was brought up in West Yorkshire and I now live in North Yorkshire and I’m currently in the south of Portugal and I can say, with absolute conviction, that I’ve never been in a bakery that didn’t have a vanilla slice for sale.
That’s weird you’ve not seen them Keef, they’re in every bakery shop I’ve ever been in, vanilla slice or custard slice they’re usually called. Greggs do em lol
Wow that totally reminded me of living in South Yorkshire very similar but a little different. It was a lady who used to make them and I used to buy them from her it was puff pastry on the bottom then a layer of custard , another piece of puff pastry then whipped cream another piece of puff pastry and then the top of the puff pastry was covered in a soft sweet sticky icing. It was a triple decker and I’ve never seen it anywhere else but God I love those things. There was no way to really eat it in one go you had to kind of break it up and eat it in sections if you tried to bite into it I think it would’ve went everywhere.
@@Keefcooks Vanilla slice is one of my favourites .. I’m certainly going to give this a go! Now I’m going to look back at your excellent meat & potato pie 🥧 video, I bought one from a high street bakery the other day and all I can say is 😝.. barely any filling too. Never again! All the best to you and Mrs Keefcooks! 🤗
Yeah, a vanilla slice should always have icing on top. Some have a thin layer of jam inside too, but to me a vanilla slice is the pastry, custard, pastry, icing on top
Look up Napoleons that’s what they are called here in the USA. Mum used to make individual cream slices with jacobs cream crackers with custard in the middle then icing on the top then left them till they got soggy/crisp in the fridge. I haven’t had a custard slice in years and what a wonderful messy treat they are. Thanks for the memory and very elegant desert 👍🏼❤️
Wow! I was so surprised to see that you are making what in central Europe is called kremówka (literally cream pie), very common here :) And after reading all the comments I can see it's well known all around the world. I'm not a culinary historian but I'm pretty sure that this kind of dessert was popular even in XIXth century in the territory of Habsburg Empire (seen similar receipe in ca 1900 Polish cookbook) and I've eaten it in Austria and Slovakia, as far as I remember :) I just wonder - maybe the migrants made the recipe popular outside Europe? Nevermind - pretty easy and so good! Thanks for reminding this wonderful taste!
Arrrhhhh - the Snot Block! The best ones come from country bakeries along the Murray River; the very best I ever had was from Euston NSW. Two criticisms, Keef. Firstly the Snot Block has to have passionfruit icing rather than sugar, and secondly a shot of Cointreau or Grand Marnier helps the custard enormously; adding another layer of complexity. In 75 years of New Zealand counter claims and general whingeing, I have never heard them claim the Snot Block is a NZ creation, the real battle of creation is between NSW and Victoria. Finally, in Australia they are eaten as finger food as Mrs Keef Cooks suggests, and never with a fork.
Passion fruit topping is for the traditional cheesecake Not for custard square. Cheeky aussie pulling your leg. Nz and Aussie have always competed about everything. Usually this competition is friendly. Now Lamingtons are known as Aussie food. Yum yum.
The Australians try to claim a lot of things they never invented like Pavlova. The downunderians can't claim to have invented this however as it is a variation of Mille Feuille, a French thing aka Napolian Cake. 'thousand slices'. We in NZ know it as custard Square and it normally has tangy lemon icing on it. We uncouth people eat it by squeezing the top and bottom together and eat the custard first as it oozes out the edges. Then when the two pastry bits are narrower they get bitten and swallowed.
Hi Keefcooks We spoke a while ago about a new recipe book, I have 1 and 2, could be a Christmas prezzy from the kids. Also, I'm buggered if can find the oven gloves you were selling, how can I get a pair. Brilliant videos. Alan
They look lovely but if you think there good try a Baverian slice now they are the king of Kings! I used to work in a shop that sold Greenhalgh's of Bolton pies and cakes and the Baverian slice sold far more and was beautiful and I got fat !! Haha ..i am currently making your hot water pastry for a pie so will more than likely get fat again since discovering your channel ! 😀 I will become a patreon as soon as the finances allows! Much love to Mrs keef cooks she's great ! and must be the best fed women on the planet !! 😄
In the mid-to-late 80s, we lived near Bolton and Mrs KC actually had a part-time job as a cleaner at Greenhalgh's head office. I remember their pies being really good but I was pretending not to have a sweet tooth in those days so I avoided cakes etc. Glad you like the channel!
@@Keefcooks yay !! Me and Mrs cooks have something in common! The greenhalghs pies are great miss them 😢 ..I will make my own now I found you though ! 🙂
I was unaware of such a product as "vanilla paste." It's always humbling to be dazzled by one's own ignorance. Best of all, it can be acquired in the US if one has the sort of relationship with Jeff Bezos as I. Don't know how I missed this when it first hit, but this looks ravishing.
Keef, I am sure you were aware that the picture quality wasn't at its best today (certainly in the first 2 to 3 minutes) it did improve a little but still wasn't, for me at least, as sharp as usual.
@@Keefcooks hmmm, well, to be sure, I have watched it on 3 separate occasions, on TV, phone and tablet, and on all 3 it was the same! It wasn't unwatchable of course, but did look a little less sharp.. no biggie, will keep quiet lol
Used to get these in the 1950s in County Durham. In most of Europe they exist under various names too. Aussies make me laugh - we have Aussie friends who are amazed that we have iPhones here in the USA like they have in Australia. I suppose it’s the problem of living on an island with awful tv.
We have these in Canada as well, fancy that, they're foreign?😉 They must be like Canadian Nanaimo bars. Everybody claims to have invented them and innumerable arguments about recipes. Never mind, if they taste good who cares. 🍁😊 🇨🇦
Hello keef #keefcook me and my work friend have requested about cups now we gonna get one for work we love your videos we watch every Friday.. Jamie and spencer from sergants mess at kendrew barracks big shout out please 🙏
Many thanks for this. Some Australia surfing mates turned me on to these after a good surf and a cuppa strong Indian. Cheers.
If you want to order this in NZ you have to ask for Custard Square. It has to be made with Edmunds custard powder 😇😇 as The Edmunds cookbook was the only goto cook book in New Zealand. Every family had one. Brilliant.
"If there's no video next week, it's because we've - died!" 🤣
Possibly not the neatest? What are you talking about? Those look perfect and SOOO delicious!
Thank you!
its called a custaed square in nz
THANK YOU FOR THIS>>>>>>I ENJOED IT IN AUSTRALIA AND I WILL ENJOY USING YOUR RECIPE>>>>THANKS AWFULLY AND LOVE TOTHE MRS>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've got tremendous respect for cooks like you, who can do pastries as well as real food. My legs go aquiver and my stomach gives a shiver whenever I "attempt" a cake or whatever. I know pastry cooking shouldn't be rocket science, but a voice is always in my head saying "you're doing wrong again, stupid".
Most delightful and delicious content on TH-cam! I love the chemistry between you two and the recipe has me drooling.
Thank you!
Awwwww That was so wonderful seeing the love you and your wife have for each other. What a sweet ending to a cooking video. Thank you!!!!!!!!!
Delicious! We have them every week and have done so for many years. Where I grew up local bakery made them and the taste was divine plus they were quite large and had a lovely layer of icing on top. The fun is trying to eat them without the custard dropping out.
Honestly my favourite cooking show
Thank you!
Hey Keef I was watching a Captain Cook documentary when you uploaded. Britain!
I'm not cheap I'm resourceful!
It appears simple enough that even I could make it.
My mouth is watering! That looks absolutely marvellous! I do love a good custard. Such fun to see Mrs KC's reaction too. Thank you for another enjoyable video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video. This is what TH-cam should be about, entertaining, educational and humorous 🤣🤣🤣👍👍
Many thanks Wee Jim!
Ooh missus ❤ Your raction was so cute 🥰
So thats another one to try out! Tho I rarely do eat anything sweet... But i could make one to work
In Aust it is more common to have white glacé icing, sometimes flavoured passion fruit. Dusted vanilla slices are often called French ones.
Love my Cuppa mug! 😎
Hopefully I'll get mine next week!
@@Keefcooks 😁👍
Beautiful! Looks delish!
This looks amazing! I’ll be sure to make it! I’m with you Keef! I always wonder why vanilla despite being amazing and the second most expensive spice by weight gets a bad rap being used colloquially to mean boring or plain.
Hang about, New Zealand/Australian? I was brought up in West Yorkshire and I now live in North Yorkshire and I’m currently in the south of Portugal and I can say, with absolute conviction, that I’ve never been in a bakery that didn’t have a vanilla slice for sale.
That’s weird you’ve not seen them Keef, they’re in every bakery shop I’ve ever been in, vanilla slice or custard slice they’re usually called. Greggs do em lol
I don't actually go looking for cakes in bakeries or supermarkets.
@@Keefcooks you should Keef, it’s highly pleasurable lol
Wow that totally reminded me of living in South Yorkshire very similar but a little different. It was a lady who used to make them and I used to buy them from her it was puff pastry on the bottom then a layer of custard , another piece of puff pastry then whipped cream another piece of puff pastry and then the top of the puff pastry was covered in a soft sweet sticky icing. It was a triple decker and I’ve never seen it anywhere else but God I love those things. There was no way to really eat it in one go you had to kind of break it up and eat it in sections if you tried to bite into it I think it would’ve went everywhere.
Oooh looks delicious!😋 .. I would drizzle icing over the top though. Or get that ready rolled icing.😜
I think the top was so flaky any icing would have fallen off.
@@Keefcooks Vanilla slice is one of my favourites .. I’m certainly going to give this a go! Now I’m going to look back at your excellent meat & potato pie 🥧 video, I bought one from a high street bakery the other day and all I can say is 😝.. barely any filling too. Never again!
All the best to you and Mrs Keefcooks! 🤗
Yeah, a vanilla slice should always have icing on top. Some have a thin layer of jam inside too, but to me a vanilla slice is the pastry, custard, pastry, icing on top
Look up Napoleons that’s what they are called here in the USA. Mum used to make individual cream slices with jacobs cream crackers with custard in the middle then icing on the top then left them till they got soggy/crisp in the fridge. I haven’t had a custard slice in years and what a wonderful messy treat they are. Thanks for the memory and very elegant desert 👍🏼❤️
Looks lovely will be trying these. A layer of white icing might be nice over the top too maybe ?
Yes but the top pastry was too flaky...
Love this video.homemade custard I’m actually going to use your recipe they look absolutely mouthwatering custard tart baked ever👍🏻😀
I live in Australia and always thought they were French
It's very similar to millefeuille, which is French
Look delicious jusf a tip how to cut dip knife in boiling water everytime you slice and wipe knife clean
to keep it smooth without damaging the slice
Wow! I was so surprised to see that you are making what in central Europe is called kremówka (literally cream pie), very common here :) And after reading all the comments I can see it's well known all around the world. I'm not a culinary historian but I'm pretty sure that this kind of dessert was popular even in XIXth century in the territory of Habsburg Empire (seen similar receipe in ca 1900 Polish cookbook) and I've eaten it in Austria and Slovakia, as far as I remember :) I just wonder - maybe the migrants made the recipe popular outside Europe? Nevermind - pretty easy and so good! Thanks for reminding this wonderful taste!
Ooooo I need to try your vanilla slice. We should collab and I can review it
You're in Oztralia, right? Collab not likely!
Look divine!
Arrrhhhh - the Snot Block! The best ones come from country bakeries along the Murray River; the very best I ever had was from Euston NSW. Two criticisms, Keef. Firstly the Snot Block has to have passionfruit icing rather than sugar, and secondly a shot of Cointreau or Grand Marnier helps the custard enormously; adding another layer of complexity.
In 75 years of New Zealand counter claims and general whingeing, I have never heard them claim the Snot Block is a NZ creation, the real battle of creation is between NSW and Victoria.
Finally, in Australia they are eaten as finger food as Mrs Keef Cooks suggests, and never with a fork.
Passionfruit icing... Not easy to get Passionfruit here. Booze, never seen anyone suggesting that, but I can imagine it would be nice.
Passion fruit topping is for the traditional cheesecake Not for custard square. Cheeky aussie pulling your leg. Nz and Aussie have always competed about everything. Usually this competition is friendly. Now Lamingtons are known as Aussie food. Yum yum.
I'm drooling.😋
The Australians try to claim a lot of things they never invented like Pavlova. The downunderians can't claim to have invented this however as it is a variation of Mille Feuille, a French thing aka Napolian Cake. 'thousand slices'. We in NZ know it as custard Square and it normally has tangy lemon icing on it. We uncouth people eat it by squeezing the top and bottom together and eat the custard first as it oozes out the edges. Then when the two pastry bits are narrower they get bitten and swallowed.
Dear Keef and Mrs Keef, this is basically a lazy person's millefeuille. Happy All Hallows' Day!
you just about there icing passionfruit instead of just icing sugar and yes most aussies eat it like a sandwhich
I don't think passionfruit icing happens in Yorkshire!
Hi Keefcooks
We spoke a while ago about a new recipe book, I have 1 and 2, could be a Christmas prezzy from the kids. Also, I'm buggered if can find the oven gloves you were selling, how can I get a pair. Brilliant videos. Alan
I think you have me mixed up with somebody else!
@@Keefcooks oops true, still your recipes are brilliant. Any recipe books in mind. Alan
I am (slowly) writing a book, yes.
They look lovely but if you think there good try a Baverian slice now they are the king of Kings! I used to work in a shop that sold Greenhalgh's of Bolton pies and cakes and the Baverian slice sold far more and was beautiful and I got fat !! Haha ..i am currently making your hot water pastry for a pie so will more than likely get fat again since discovering your channel ! 😀 I will become a patreon as soon as the finances allows! Much love to Mrs keef cooks she's great ! and must be the best fed women on the planet !! 😄
In the mid-to-late 80s, we lived near Bolton and Mrs KC actually had a part-time job as a cleaner at Greenhalgh's head office. I remember their pies being really good but I was pretending not to have a sweet tooth in those days so I avoided cakes etc. Glad you like the channel!
@@Keefcooks yay !! Me and Mrs cooks have something in common! The greenhalghs pies are great miss them 😢 ..I will make my own now I found you though ! 🙂
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Custard is pretty daunting. You did a great job!
Yum!
Theres a really high pitched ringing sound in your latest videos. I'm not sure if there's something wrong with your audio or camera.
Sorry - I'm old and have a diminished dynamic range. I can't hear it so I can't fix it.
I was unaware of such a product as "vanilla paste." It's always humbling to be dazzled by one's own ignorance. Best of all, it can be acquired in the US if one has the sort of relationship with Jeff Bezos as I. Don't know how I missed this when it first hit, but this looks ravishing.
Vanilla bean paste - well, I'd never seen it before, or at least not noticed it.
Arrh the good old snot block
Keef, I am sure you were aware that the picture quality wasn't at its best today (certainly in the first 2 to 3 minutes) it did improve a little but still wasn't, for me at least, as sharp as usual.
It's fine Micky - must be your connection
@@Keefcooks hmmm, well, to be sure, I have watched it on 3 separate occasions, on TV, phone and tablet, and on all 3 it was the same! It wasn't unwatchable of course, but did look a little less sharp.. no biggie, will keep quiet lol
Used to get these in the 1950s in County Durham. In most of Europe they exist under various names too.
Aussies make me laugh - we have Aussie friends who are amazed that we have iPhones here in the USA like they have in Australia. I suppose it’s the problem of living on an island with awful tv.
Hmmm.
We have these in Canada as well, fancy that, they're foreign?😉 They must be like Canadian Nanaimo bars. Everybody claims to have invented them and innumerable arguments about recipes. Never mind, if they taste good who cares. 🍁😊 🇨🇦
More commonly called a "custard square" in New Zealand. And the Australians call them "snot blocks" !!??
Yeah, I'd seen that luscious Aussie name.
Hello keef #keefcook me and my work friend have requested about cups now we gonna get one for work we love your videos we watch every Friday.. Jamie and spencer from sergants mess at kendrew barracks big shout out please 🙏
Turned out perfect Keef 👍 Great job. Have a great evening guys. 🌳 🏡 🌳 ⛈ ⛈ ⛈ ⛈ ⛈ ☁ ☁☁ ☁ ☁ 🌙
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There's no clean way to eat these bad boys.