One of my favourite fillings for crumble is strawberries and rhubarb – both the strawberries and rhubarb were picked from my garden and so it was more or less a free pudding. The downside of this filling is that it looks more than a bit of a mess when it’s served up and I think…
I love strawberries dipped in chocolate, I also love looking at them sitting on a cloud of meringue and cream. Sunshine, the odd glass of bubbly, a BBQ and the perfect dessert to end a meal……happy:) For the meringue:4 large egg whites¼ tsp cream of tartar225g caster sugar2 tsp cornflour1 tbsp white wine vinegar For…
The cream filling is softly whipped double cream mixed with natural yogurt – this lightens the cream and also gives a subtle tang. The fruit is a pack of good quality frozen summer berries mixed with a few frozen redcurrants from my garden. Tip the frozen berries, with the exception of the raspberries, into a…
I love a good homely crumble and every now and again I like to use individual ramekins instead of making one large pud. This is a very quick pudding – the crumble mix is stashed away in the freezer, the same for the berries, which are fruits from my garden. I used a mixture of…
Raspberry Tiramisu is always delicious and very easy to make. A handful of raspberries are sprinkled over the coffee and brandy soaked sponge fingers and then hidden under a blanket of mascarpone cheese. It’s always best to make a Tiramisu the day before because it gives the flavours a chance to blend and get to…
Bramley apples are perfect for baking and if you take them out of the oven at exactly the right time the apple within will be lovely and fluffy. They are filled with layers of butter, brown sugar and dried fruits, it’s as simple as that. Cinnamon mixed in with the layers would be good too….
Friands are popular in Australia and New Zealand, unfortunately you won’t see them in many coffee shops here in the UK. Kaffeine in Fitzrovia, London sell the best strawberry friands and it is well worth making a trip to their coffee shop for these alone, better still, if accompanied by a fabulous coffee. Friands are…
Today we have had glorious weather and it’s looking like we are going to get some more late summer sunshine. Hubby happily cooked a barbecue and I made these lovely fresh pineapple tart tatin for dessert. They are delicious served with ice cream for that lovely hot/cold dessert which always works so well. Sometimes caramel…
I made this smoothie a couple of weeks ago when the sun was shining non stop here in the West Midlands, unfortunately this last week it’s been rain, sunshine, rain, sunshine. Redcurrants from my garden, a mixture of cherries and blueberries from the freezer and the last orange from the fruit bowl all make a…
I didn’t buy into the expensive pink rhubarb at the beginning of the season, we’ve got a perfectly good rhubarb patch at the end of the garden and if you pick the stalks that are streaked with pink and resist peeling them you’ll end up with some pink fruit juices. Whilst I lingered over the…
