For my return to the forum I thought I would pass on this recipe for a Raspberry & Coconut Frittata
http://www.domesticsluttery.com/2014/07/raspberry-.....ttata.html
You can use other fruits too........it's delicious......a quick & easy dessert to keep OHs happy !!
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from Les Miserables
As some of have more rhubarb and soft fruits than we know what to do with thought this would be a good start.As I mentioned elsewhere, I make lots of jam but also make lots of bottled fruit. I just cook the fruit with sugar and put it in sterilised jars. This gives us puds over winter. I puree lots of apple too. I make up jars of apple and blackberry ready to go into a crumble. I often put the fruit in the bottom of a pyrex dish then add a sponge mixture. To serve I turn it upside down so the fruit runs over the sponge and serve warm with creme fraiche.
Another way with bottled fruit is to put it inside a crepe and warm through. Again lovely with creme fraiche....I cannot get a decent cream here!
Is this a good one to start again? It would be good to see Hattie too!
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Yes, it is a good one to start, Aly. Also good ideas.
I do something similar, but a little more boozy!
Without cooking the fruit - mostly raspberries, cherries , peaches and apricots - I sprinkle sugar over them in the jar, then top up with alcohol - with cherries, it's kirsch; but mostly it will be cognac. I have several jars in the fridge at the moment - fruit has all gone, so no fruit, just a little alcoholic toddy!!
Do you two ladies use a water bath (you know, like the Americans do) when bottling your fruit, or do you just simply use sterilised jars as we would for jam?
I confess I'd never thought of bottling fruit, I just cook and freeze it. I do like the idea of bottling some, though - how long does it last? I guess sugar/alcohol would preserve it.
We're very soon going to have lots of soft fruit.....we already have tons of rhubarb, strawbs are ripening now, blackcurrants are turning colour, blueberries will be colouring up soon. And then we have autumn raspberries, the canes are really flourishing. I don't make loads of jam as we're not big eaters of it.
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