I love Summer Food

Hello, Joy here.

 I am full of excitement as I have just broken up from school for the summer holidays. 6 weeks stretch in front of me and I am full of ideas of things to do. Most of them ideas from this site.  I have a basket of wool and a drawer full of fabric ripe for creating. After a fruitless search for a camera bag I actually think my first project will be to try and create one. If I am successful I will share here.

My contribution for today is a summer recipe.  I like filling the fridge and the freezer with summer food. Things that you can just throw together into a simple meal. Tomatoes, basil & mozarella cheese. Olives, sun dried tomatoes, grapes.....oh I should really have been born in the Mediterranean as that is my favourite type of food. I could happily picnic every day.  I have a favourite Summer Pudding - Lemon Bombe.

Lemon Bombe

• 500ml whipping Cream
• 1 jar lemon curd
• 6 meringue shells
• 1 bag frozen fruits of the forest
• icing sugar

method

1. Line a pudding bowl with cling film.
2. Whip the cream until in stiff peaks.
3. Fold in lemon curd.
4. Crush meringue shells and fold in.
5. Pour mixture into pudding bowl.
6. Cover with cling film and freeze.

To serve

1. Defrost fruits of the forest.
2. Add icing sugar to taste.
3. Tip out bombe.
4. Pour over the sweetened fruit.
5. Allow to slightly soften before serving.

you can also use orange or strawberry curd and substitute suitable fruits for the topping.

A quick update on the gardening competition, that I wrote about last time. We received the Mayor's Special Award, The Best Portfolio & a Silver Gilt Award.  The children were delighted. We will go to a ceremony, in September, in the Town Hall.

I hope the sun is shining in your part of the world and you are enjoying the summer.  xxxxx

Comments

[Debbie Roberts]

Lovely recipe. Have three more days here and counting! Enjoy your crafting. I would love to have a go at making a camera bag, so any inspiration would be very welcome.

Debbie x

[Suzanne]

Sounds delicious (gluten free too - yay!).

[Carmen]

Oh Joy this looks absolutely yummy. Make sure and share all your creations ;) I can't wait for the girls to break up from school. Tomorrow, tomorrow it's only a daaaaaay aWAAAAAY!

[Eleanor]

LOL at Carmen, it's today now, hurrah.

Scrumptious sounding dessert, have everything bar the cream, so off to Tesco we go.
Congrats on the Mayoral award, well deserved.
E
xx