This is delicious over a baked cheesecake, poured over a pavlova, or served over ice cream. Ingredients 1 cup water 2 cups white sugar 1 cup passionfruit juice of 2 lemons Directions Boil water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add passionfruit and lemon juice and boil for a further [...]
This can be made a day ahead and kept in the fridge until needed. Beautiful served just out of the oven with a bit of cream or icecream. Ingredients 150g chopped dark chocolate (the best you can afford) 3 egg yolks 3 tbs caster sugar 2 tbs very hot water 1 tbs brandy 3 egg [...]
I came up with this idea last night and although it is pretty simple, it was really delicious. I haven’t mastered making perfect little pastry cups though, guess that comes with practice! Ingredients shortcrust pastry (use the bought stuff) cream or chocolate sauce or yoghurt strawberries or fruit salad or mango or tinned fruits lemon [...]
In the mornings, I place my oats and milk in the microwave with dried apple and cook for the suggested time (obviously depends on the type of your oats!) and then drizzle with honey. The apple plumps up in the warm milk and tastes just delicious. I would imagine that you could use any dried [...]
Ingredients 80g butter, melted 1 frozen sheet puff pastry, thawed 2 Jonathan aples, cored and halved 2/3 cup caster sugar 1 cup whipping cream, whipped Directions Preheat oven to 250C. Brush 4 9.5cm diameter rammikins with a little melted butter. Cut out 4 pastry disks the same size as the rammekins and place on a [...]
Ingredients 3/4 cup thickened cream, at room temperature 200g good quality dark chocolate, broken into squares 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar Directions Quarter fill a medium saucepan with water and place a large heatproof bowl over the top. Make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Remove the bowl and [...]
Ingredients 5 egg whites 1/2 cup caster sugar 600ml thickened cream, whipped 300g fresh raspberries Directions Whisk egg whites in a clean bowl until stiff peaks form. While beating, gradually add sugar until disolved. Remove plate from microwave and place a piece of baking paper on it. Spread meringue into a rectangular shape on the [...]
Ingredients 125g almond meal 124 sweet plain biscuits, crushed 100g butter, melted 125g cream cheese 125g fresh ricotta 1 cup caster sugar 4 eggs, beaten 1 tbs cornflour mixed with 2 tsp water 350ml sour cream 250g raspberries, fresh or frozen Directions Preheat oven to 150C. Grease and line a 25cm springform cake tin. Combine [...]
Ingredients 720g fresh or preserved cherries, pits removed 3/4 cup plain flour 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1/3 cup caster sugar 1 cup milk 1/4 cup double cream 50g butter, melted Directions Preheat the oven to 180C and ligtly grease a 1.5L oven proof dish with melted butter. Sift the flour into a bowl, add the [...]
This is a variation on the other recipe I have posted. The ginger and orange are a lovely combination. Ingredients 850g rhubarb, cut into 2.5cm lengths 1 1/4 cups (150g) blackberries, raspberries or blue berries zest from 1 orange 1 cup caster sugar 1 cup plain flour 1 cup ground almonds 1 tsp ground ginger [...]