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Demerara

the. a river in Guyana, rising in the central forest area and flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown. Length: 346 km (215 miles)
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Demerara

 

a river in Guyana, South America. Length, about 350 km; basin area, 6,000 sq km. It flows northward in a valley of tropical rainforest and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. It floods in the summer. It is navigable up to 160 km from its mouth. The port of Georgetown is located at its mouth. The valley of the Demerara has bauxite deposits.

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Whitworth's white sugar pyramids and demerara sugar pyramids are available now from Napier Brown, tel:020 8858 5771.
4 Scatter the crumble topping over the fruit, and sprinkle the crumble with the demerara sugar. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until the crumble is lightly golden and bubbling at the edges.
Melt the butter in a pan and add the demerara sugar and cream.
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Add a blob of butter to the top of each and sprinkle over the demerara sugar.
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For the filling you will need 900g damsons, 175g Demerara sugar, 1 tsp ground cinnamon.
For the crispy oat scrunch: 75g plain or brown flour 75g whole rolled oats 50g unsalted butter 50g demerara sugar
Put the demerara sugar in a small frying pan; heat gently until melted.
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INGREDIENTS: 175g unsalted butter, cut into cubes 2 tbsp honey 100g demerara sugar 250g medium porridge oats Pinch of sea salt 1 cup of sultanas Cinnamon to taste 2 apples, peeled and chopped METHOD: Preheat the oven to 180degC/Gas Mark 4.
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