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Knickerbocker Glory |
Rich food at no great expense
As some of our top politicians prove that there really is such thing as a free meal, Clare Latimer offers up some treats that get her vote
What with all the shenanigans going on with our honourable members in the Houses of Parliament and the tall stories that are coming out like the government giving you £2,000 if you trade in a used car and then you find out that actually they are giving £1,000 and the garage has to pay the rest, it’s quite hard to trust anything that you hear.
Therefore, I am going to join in the fun and give you recipes this week that are not what they seem.
We have all heard of Toad in the Hole – not a toad in sight. And then there’s Spotted Dick, but that’s enough about honourable members!
Here are two totally misleading recipes to compete with the present fiasco.
Poor man’s caviar
Ingredients
2 aubergine
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 red onion peeled and finely chopped
1 red pepper, cored, deseeded and chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
1 handful fresh parsley, chopped
1 desp caster sugar
1 tbsp tomato paste
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Few fresh basil leaves
1 tin crushed tomatoes, undrained.
Method
Preheat oven 200C/400F/gas 6.
Pierce the aubergines with a fork and place on a baking tray. Bake for 45 minutes or until soft. Leave to cool slightly and then peel and finely chop them.
Put the oil, onion, pepper, and garlic into a non-stick pan and cook over a medium heat for about five minutes or until soft.
Stir in the aubergine and remaining ingredients. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally.
Serve “caviar” warm or chilled with toast or cheese-type biscuits.
Knickerbocker glory
My neighbour, Andrew, came up with this idea. Not a pair of knickers in sight but still one of the best summer puddings!
You can just make it with bought ice cream and fruit coulis along with squirty cream and grated chocolate, but this one is a crowning glory with some Eton Mess thrown in and, of course, it is not really a mess from Eton.
If you want to make it really boozy add some cassis into the raspberry coulis and leave out the red wine.
For children just leave out all the booze and they will love this.
Also, you could use ice cream instead of the meringue, cream mix for a quicker and more traditional version.
Ingredients
Serves 4
6fl oz double cream
125g fresh raspberries
4 small meringues, homemade or bought
20g block bitter dark chocolate,
1 tbsp red wine
1 desp runny honey
½ lemon, juice only
Grated rind of ½ orange
1 desp icing sugar
Small splash Cointreau or Grand Marnier, optional.
Method
Whip the cream until it is holding its shape.
Crush the meringues into smallish pieces and fold into half the cream with half the raspberries. Grate in the chocolate and stir gently to mix well. Spoon into glasses and chill in the fridge.
To make the coulis, place the remaining raspberries along with the wine, honey and lemon juice into a food blender and whizz until smooth. Set aside.
To make the orange cream, add the orange rind, icing sugar, Cointreau if using, and fold in well.
Now to make up the knickerbocker, pour the coulis over the cream in the glasses and then spoon over the orange cream. Garnish with the whole raspberries and then serve. |
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