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HOW
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PIES
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Charlie Cairoli had his method, Mr Pastry had his own , Charlie
Drake used a different recipe, Jack Douglas held his secret tight to
his chest, and Noel Edmonds brought gunge to prime time, But
TISWAS had its own method and its own very distinctive visual style
of ... CUSTARD PIES.
I was a huge TISWAS fan as a young lad, I appeared on the show
twice, my first job while at school was making the slosh for the
legendary clown Charlie Cairoli at the Blackpool Tower Circus,
Charlies method was very different but over the years I learned the
secret of the TISWAS flan recipe. On the following pages I am going
to share with you the exact process of making the pies.
ANDY WALMSLEY
SHOPPING LIST
TO MAKE SIX PIES..
3 CANS 11oz ( 311 g ) SHAVING CREAM/FOAM
( TISWAS USED ' ERASMIC ' THIS IS A MEDICATED
FOAM THAT WILL NOT ( IN THEORY ) STING YOUR
EYES.
6 THICK CARD DEEP DISH PLATES ( NOTE : NOT PAPER
PLATES WITH THE FLUTED RIM , THEY BECOME TOO
SOGGY. )
SEVERAL COLOURS OF FOOD COLOURING, ( NOTE DO
NOT USE 100% ' NATURAL ' THE COLOUR IS MUTED
AND IT DISOLVES THE CREAM
ONE 24 INCH ICING BAG ( WITH 10mm NOZZLE TIP )
ONE 12 INCH PALETTE KNIFE
METHOD
( WEAR SOME OLD CLOTHES..THIS IS GOING TO GET MESSY )
START BY FILLING A LARGE BOWL WITH ONE CAN OF SHAVING CREAM (
NOTE IF YOU ARE MAKING LARGE QUANTITIES OF FLANS THEN FILL A
PLASTIC BUCKET, ALSO NOTE IT IS WORTH CREATING A GADGET USING A
LARGE CLAMP TO ENABLE YOU TO LEAVE THE CAN SELF EMPTYING WHILE
YOU JUMP TO THE NEXT STAGE. EMPTYING THE CANS IS TIME
CONSUMING AND PAINFUL ON THE OLD DIGITS ! ) REMEMBER ONE 11oz
CAN WILL MAKE THREE PIE BASES ( EXCLUDING THE ICING )
NEXT CHOOSE YOUR COLOUR ( YELLOW IS MY FAVORITE ) AND MIX INTO
THE CREAM WITH A WHISK..NOTE USE SOME ELBOW GREASE AND MAKE
SURE THERE IS NO MARBLING..THE CREAM NEEDS TO BE AN EVEN COLOUR
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NOW THE FUN PART...
WHAT REALLY MAKES THE TISWAS PIES VISUALLY UNIQUE IS NOT
THE COLOUR ( CHARLIE DRAKE USED FOOD DYE ) BUT THE ICING.
SPRAY A CAN OF WHITE UN DYED FOAM STRAIGHT INTO YOUR
ICING BAG. A 11oz CAN WILL FILL A 24 INCH BAG AND THAT BAG
WILL DECORATE 8 PIES.
THIS TAKES SOME PRACTICE BUT FIRST START BY SQUEEZING
EQUALLY SIZED BEADS ( ONE INCH DIAMETER ) ALL AROUND THE
PERIMETER OF THE PLATE, NO MATTER WHAT THE DESIGN ALL
TISWAS PIES HAVE THIS OUTER DECORATION.
NOW ITS UP TO YOU WHAT TO DO IN THE MIDDLE AREA, OFTEN
TISWAS PIES WHERE LEFT BLANK WITH NO FURTHER DECORATION,
SOME HAD A SIMPLE BLOB OF CREAM RIGHT IN THE CENTER AND
THE ' HOT CROSS BUN ' DESIGN WAS COMMON. MY PERSONAL
FAVORITE IS THE 3 STRIPE, WITH 3 LINES OF BEADS ACROSS THE
PIE.
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IF YOU CANT FIND ERASMIC MEDICATED CREAM REMEMBER
TO LET YOUR PIES STAND FOR AN HOUR OR SO AS IT HELPS
TAKE THE STING OUT OF THEM.
ALWAYS WEAR OLD CLOTHES AND PIE RESPONSIBLY ! YOUR
FRIEND ( VICTIM ) MAY NOT APPRECIATE YELLOW FOOD
DYED SHAVING CREAM ON HIS WHITE ARMANI SUIT
A NOTE ABOUT THE BUCKETS OF SLOSH ON TISWAS...
SHAVING CREAM DOES NOT EASILY DISSOLVE IN WATER
WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU FILL A BUCKET 1/4 FULL OF
SHAVING CREAM THEN ADD A 1/4 OF WARM WATER AND
GENTLY MIX YOU END UP WITH HALF A BUCKET ( ADDIS
BUCKETS ARE THE BEST ) OF COLOURED RUNNY CUSTARD
LIKE SUBSTANCE..GREAT FOR THROWING AT THE CAGE !
ANDY WALMSLEY