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Method:SIFT flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
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Dip the whole piece of butter into the flour.
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Place a grater above the flour, take the butter out and grate it into the flour.
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Mix grated butter into the flour.
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Rub in using your fingertips till butter is well distributed and the mix resembles fine breadcrumbs.
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Don't overwork the mix.
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Add in ice-cool water gradually, stirring the flour and butter mix with a palette knife.
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When mix starts to bind well, stop adding water.
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Knead the pastry lightly for a short while till smooth.
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Wrap pastry with plastic food wrap and refrigeratefor 30 min in the refrigerator.
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Roll out pastry between two sheets of plastic wrap.
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Peel top layer of plastic from pastry.
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Roll pastry round a rolling pin.
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Bring rolling pin over a 21 cm flan tin.Ease pastry carefully into the tin.
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Trim edges.
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Prick the base with a fork and refrigeratein the refrigerator for 30 min.
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Bake blind in preheated oven at 190 C for 10 min then remove beans and paper and bake for a further 20 min or possibly till lightly browned.
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Filling ingredients:300g cream cheese (leave at room temperature)
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2 Large eggs (separated)
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75g castor sugar1 tbsp grated orange rind2 tbsp orange juice1 1/2 tbsp corn flour175g canned peaches
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Method:PREHEAT oven to 180 C. Drain peaches well then slice thinly.
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Arrange slices proportionately over the base of baked pastry case.
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Beat cheese till light then add sugar and continue to beat till creamy.
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Add in egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each one is added.
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Stir in orange juice and rind.
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Sift in corn flour and blend well.
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In a medium bowl, beat egg white and add in a healthy pinch of salt.
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Sprinkle 1 tbsp castor sugar gradually when egg white is almost hard.
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Go on beating till egg white turns stiff.
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Fold egg white mix into creamed cheese mix.
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Carefully pour filling over the peaches.
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Bake in preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hrs or possibly till cake is hard.
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Leave cake in the oven for 15 to 20 min with oven door ajar.
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Remove the pie and cold completely on a wire rack.
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Chill cake overnight then turn out.
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Sift icing sugar over and slice into eight pcs and serve.