Great British Bake Off week 7- pastry

Week seven of great British bake off and its getting intense as bakers tackle perfect pastry bakes. This weeks signature challenge was a suet pastry bake. Having never made suet pastry i was very intrigued to see how it went. Ruby opted for a plum jam  rolly polly with ginger ice cream ,Christine went for a simple spotted dick, Kimberly used her unique skills and opted for a twist on original spotted dick,Glens prune and aromatic pudding with a boozy sauce,Francis fig rolly polly,Beccas spring lamb suet pudding. All these suet puddings went down well with Paul and Mary surprise surprise. Suet success.

This weeks technical challenge was one of  Marry Berrys recipes, "la religieuse" which is in English called a nun. I've had one of these when in France and there yummy.There like two profiteroles on top of each other.
Unfortunately there are always a few disaster bakes. Christine did not rise, Glens creme patisserie was too thin and a few others.
order of place in this challenge:

1. Becca- evenly baked and neat piping
2. Ruby -all round good
3. Glen-too runny
4. Kimberly- range of sizes
5. Francis - too runny
6. Christine- burnt

This weeks showstopper was 3 types puff pastry treats. One batched needed to be iced, one needed to be filled and the last was left up to the contestants. The bakers did not disappoint with a range of different bakes .While 5 of the contestants opted for the traditional method of puff pastry. Glen thought he would try something different by using the 'inverted buff pastry'. All i can say is Paul looked "intrigued" from the start. however Francis really proved that its not all about the design by coming up with a music theme and delicious puff pastry's which i thought was a brilliant idea. 

Star baker this week was Francis. However someone has to leave and this week it was Glen. I have to say i am going to miss him on the show as he always made me laugh.now 5 women remain.



goodbye Glen :(