There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Ingredients: 1x Rectangular sheet of puff pastry 1x Egg 2x Mozzarella balls (approx 125g ea) dried and grated 60g Parmesan cheese grated 500g Chicken breast diced into approx 2.5cm cubes ~24 Dried apricots ~10 Rashers of streaky bacon Salt
Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 180c 2. Lay the pastry out on a bench with one of the short ends closest to you and sprinkle the Parmesan evenly over the sheet 3. Lay the bacon rashers on top of the Paremsan starting around 2.5cm from the edge closest to you, a 2cm gap of pastry at either side and around 5cm clear at the end furthest from you 4. Place the chicken pieces and dried apricots evenly on the bacon (try to leave space between the apricots) 5. Sprinkle the mozzarella evenly on top of the chicken and apricots 6. Roll the whole thing up starting at the end closest to you. It helps to roll a section at a time and make sure the filling doesn't shift during the roll. Fold the sides in a bit as you. Don't roll it too tight. (Remember to remove the plastic sheet from the pastry as you go as well) 9. Place the rolled surprise into a baking dish lined with baking paper (make sure the seam is at the bottom) and poke some small holes across the top with a fork 10. Separate the egg white from the yolk, beat the white a bit with a fork and then baste the pastry with it (obviously don't worry about the bottom) 11. Sprinkle a bit of salt onto the pastry (or not, I'm easy) and then chuck it in the oven 12. Pull it out when the pastry is evenly cooked and golden brown (~1 hour 45 mins) 13. Let it cool for 10 minutes then cut 2cm slices