Tomatoes are coming in thick and fast now from the garden. Fantastic in a mixed lettuce salad from the garden! Now all I need is a goat so I can make some decent goats cheese to go with that. Later today I’m putting up an owl box in the large bramler tree outside. They a huge help with keeping rat numbers down which have exploded with no real predators about. Will post some pics later.
Tag: food
The dessert I made for lunch today, yum! INGREDIENTS 1X 360g tin of caramel (or make your own with condense milk, I prefer this) 500ml cream, chilled. (Cornish clotted cream if you can) 100g of mint chocolate (if in SA, Peppermint Crisp is a good one) 200g of choc biscuits of any kind really METHOD Soften the caramel if it’s from a tin (just stir it up a bit) Whip the cream till stiff Fold the caramel into the cream Crush the chocolate and biscuits and mix together Use wine…
Gorgeous dessert. Made this for lunch yesterday. Enjoy! Ingredients 2 vanilla pods 300ml double cream 200ml whole milk 8 large free-range or organic egg yolks 75g sugar a bunch of lavender, flowers picked (optional, I’ve not added this yet, waiting for some fresh lavender – B) 4 tablespoons caster sugar Method Preheat the oven to 140°C/275°F/gas 1. Score the vanilla pods lengthways and scrape out the vanilla seeds with a knife or a teaspoon. Place the seeds into a saucepan, add the pods, cream and milk and slowly bring to the boil. Remove from…
One of my favourites and a great “hot” dessert for when it’s cold outside. Ingredients 6 small to med eggs or 4 large 500 ml of milk 60 ml (4T) caster sugar 5 ml (1t) ground cinnamon 80 g butter 125 ml apricot jam 16 10 slices of white bread (I found about 10 to be right, but just put in as many as your mixture/bowl allows) Preparation Preheat oven to 180 °C Whisk eggs, sugar, milk and ground cinnamon together Spread bread slices generously with butter and jam Cut bread into halves Place…