TARRAGON & THYME

Tonight when I get home I have a quick pudding to make for tomorrow night's tea; well it is quick in the actual preparation but you do have to wait for the pudding to freeze. I am talking about home made Raspberry Ripple where you just have good ingredients and then a tasty cooling pudding at the end of it.  And with all this hot weather at the moment we do need something to cool us down. You will need: 8oz/250g fresh Raspberries 4oz/125g caster sugar 2 medium eggs separated 1/2 pint/300ml of milk 142ml carton of double cream Few drops of Vanilla Extract 5-6 sprigs of mint for decorating (optional) 2lb loaf tin/1kg size Taking the Raspberries take about 6-8 Raspberries and set them aside in the fridge for topping your dessert prior to serving. Take the rest of the berries and add them to a saucepan with 1oz/30g of the caster sugar.  Heat gently until the fruit is soft.  Sieve the Raspberries to remove the pips so you end up with a soft puree of fruit. Pla...

Well on Saturday managed to get a load of small cherry tomatoes that were at a very good price. Have managed to get 6 2 portion bags plus one mega back of small cherry tomatoes into the freezer. I use them up on pizzas, or to add to a soup base, or in chutneys or as part of a fry in the morning. Or cooked with larger and other varieties in a roasting tray in the oven with balsamic vinegar and brown sugar and then when caramelised served on warm hot toast. They have a multitude of uses if stored in their more natural format as that way you can utilise and get the maximum potential out of them. If you run out of tomato juice at Christms for Bloody Mary's for example just defrost some of the cherry tomatoes and put them through the juicer. So in effect have 6 plus meals taken care of for during the winter months and what better way to perk a meal up than with sweet cherry tomatoes.