May 23-24, 2007: Passionfruit Yo-Yos

a slightly dissimilar recipe for yo-yos, in addition to I was reminded of the fruit-free in addition to tooth-achingly sweetness ones that my Mum baked when I was a kid. (I mean value Mum's recipe came from the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union Cookery Book, in addition to I'm pretty sure that she yet makes the occasional batch for my brother.) Then the March edition of Australian Gourmet Traveller got a more bloggers enthusiastically baking passionfruit yo-yos amongst white chocolate in addition to passionfruit ganache. This was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than appealing to me, maintaining the buttery shortbread I dear spell replacing the too-sugary icing amongst i of my virtually favourite foods (and words) inwards the world: ganache. The inclusion of some sour passionfruit juice would sure enough survive the icing on the... erm... biscuit, no?

The best excuse for baking came inwards the aeroplane of an invitation to dinner from my colleague in addition to just-down-the-street neighbour, Mich. Mich isn't a big fan of cocoa in addition to so I plotted a batch of these buttery beauties to accept over for dessert. They didn't have a huge reception on the night: Mich had already prepared a tasty in addition to comforting baked vege casserole amongst dumplings in addition to virtually of her housemates were also sum or also busy to stick to a greater extent than or less for dessert. Of the box of 10 biscuits, 3 were eaten in addition to politely enjoyed (and i of those past times me!). But the adjacent day, when Mich returned the lunchbox to me, she told me that entirely i biscuit had remained inwards the box past times breakfast time! I estimate her housemates regained their appetites overnight.

My starting fourth dimension test at yo-yos wasn't perfect, in addition to at that spot are a few things I'll direct hold to come about adjacent time:

• I similar genuinely crumbly, buttery shortbread in addition to these turned out a teensy flake chalky. Michael genuinely loved the leftover ones he sampled, but I don't mean value my search for the ultimate shortbread stops here. It's possible that I overworked the dough of an first-class recipe, too.
  
• I overcooked the biscuits only a tad, for fright of non cooking them through. They yet gustation awesome when they have going golden, but this powerfulness survive affecting the texture in addition to it certainly doesn't hold back every bit genteel.
• I resorted to canned passionfruit pulp over fresh fruit, due to fourth dimension in addition to shopping constraints. Turns out that canned passionfruit is suspended inwards saccharide syrup, in addition to at best contains 55% fruit. Lame, huh? Consquently at that spot was picayune to no tang inwards these biscuits. That's a short-cutting lesson learned for me.
  

For the recipe, only become in addition to take in Kitchen Wench. Hers is the ship I relied upon.