My sister Annie is throwing a party to celebrate her fortieth brithday this weekend, so I offered to make a summer pudding - her favourite dessert at this time of year. I'm afraid we've eaten all the raspberries from the garden. The blackberries in Nonsuch Park aren't quite ripe, and those on the border of the allotment too few, so I had to buy soft fruit in the supermarket, adding in ripe cherries and strawberries left over from earlier this week. But I did make the white loaf to line the bowl!
The fruit smelled delicious as it was poaching this evening in a few tablespoons of brandy and sugar, with the juice of half a lemon to sharpen it and keep the colours of the fruit bright. Teh purple red juice soaked into the bread in no time, and I pressed it down in the bowl with a close fitting lid, to help it all conglomerate together. When we eat it with cream tomorrow evening, it really will feel as if summer is here - no matter what the weather!
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Sounds lovely but what a shame you had to buy some fruit. i expect you like us have eaten most of our soft fruit now although i do freeze rasperries for later in the year.
Hmmmm ice cream .. anytime, anywhere, anyweather!!
~ bangchik
Mmmmmmm - nice too with brioche instead of
bread :)
Sounds delicious.
It was good - my boys said so:-)
and every morsel disappeared. I wonder if anyone else ate any of it?
I hope you all enjoy that yummy sounding pudding. I saw that recipe in one of my cook books but have never tried it.
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