Summer Garden Party Part Four -Summer fruit Pudding

Summer fruit Pudding

The Strawberries came out of my garden, and the raspberries were my mother from last year which she had frozen.

I also used a small bag of berries from the supermarket

But you can use

raspberries,

strawberries,

red and blackcurrants,

damsons and blackberries.

 

all you need is 

2 tbsp water

5oz / 150g sugar

1lb/450g washed, mixed summer fruits as available.

4 - 6oz/100 -150g thin sliced white bread, crusts removed

Whipped cream or custard sauce

 

Stir the water and sugar together and bring to a gentle boil. Add the berries and fruits and stew very gently until softened but still retain their shape.

Line a pudding basin with the bread slices ensuring there are no gaps.

Fill with the stewed fruits and cover the top with more bread slices.

Leave some of the juices to one side (to use before you serve)

Place a saucer with a weight on top

And leave overnight in a cool place.

The next day, before serving, turn the pudding out onto a plate and ensure all the bread has soaked up all of the juices (you don’t want to see any white bits of bread) add some of the saved juices to cover up

Serve with the whipped cream or custard sauce.

Summer Garden Party Part Three -Halloumi in red pepper with chilli

Halloumi  in red pepper with chilli

This is  recipe is great for the veggies at a barbecue but every one will love them.

Because you can make them in advance they are a simple alternative to meat.

 All you will need

Red peppers 

block halloumi cheese , sliced into 4

1 red chilli , finely chopped

Grill or roast the red peppers whole until they begin to soften (do not over cook as they will fall apart) and remove the skin.

Try and keep them whole as it will be so much easier when you add the hallomi

Put a slice of halloumi in to each pepper.Add a little of the finely chopped chilli (add as much as you can  handle)

Add to the grill on the  barbecue.

Barbecue the red peppers on both sides for 5

That’s how simple it is

Cheats

There are many ways to cheat with this 

recipe

You can use a jar of red pepers in brine

Or even use chilli dipping sauce instead of the chilli’s 

If I'm doing them just for me then I also add a few slices of chorizo and so I cook it a little longer to ensure the chorizo is cooked through.