Showing posts with label Fruits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fruits. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

My gourmet mango crumble

I won't hold the suspense any longer. Here is the recipe of my gourmet mango crumble!
For this absolute pleasure, you'll need butter cookies or shortbread cookies (see recipe here), vanilla ice-cream (see recipe here), salted caramel sauce (see recipe below) and of course fresh mangoes!
If you don't have the time to make all these elements yourself, you can easily use shortened biscuits, ice-cream and caramel sauce from the supermarket, but let's be frank: it will be much nicer home-made, and you can prepare all the elements in advance so that you just need to prepare the roasted mangoes before you serve. Don't be afraid by these elements; they are all super-easy to make!




Mango crumble (6 servings)

Ingredients

- 2 fresh mangoes, diced into very small pieces
- 1 knob of natural butter
- 1 tsp raw sugar
- 6 butter cookies or shortbread cookies - see recipe here
- 1 or 2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream per serving - see recipe here
- a generous dash of salted caramel sauce - see recipe at the end of this post

Saturday, 3 August 2013

Apple, plum and blueberry puree/compote

I know, plums are not in this season. But since the beginning of winter, I could see plums sold in the fruit stores. While I'm usually not keen on using fruits and veggies when not in the season, I thought that my 9 months-old may appreciate a little bit of novelty, after the repetitive (almost boring) apple/pear, apple/banana, apple/pineapple, apple/orange, apple/mandarin, apple/mango compotes and other mix of those fruits. I could have chosen kiwi fruits instead but I've been a bit reluctant at introducing kiwi fruits - probably another (mis)belief related to my background. You kiwi should probably think I'm wrong; especially because it would be cooked anyway!
I prefer to say I am extra-cautious. Anyway, I decided to buy those plums, which by the way were quite sweet and juicy. And I added the blueberries mostly to enhance the colour.
Guess what? Baby dino loves it!
The quantities recommended in the recipe gave me two jars like the one on the picture.


Ingredients (~ 10 servings)

- 1 kg Braeburn apples
- 5 red plums
- 3 tbsp blueberries (can or fresh)

Instructions

1. Peel and slice the apples.
2. Pit and chop the plums.
3. Cook all the fruits together for about 30 mins or until soft.
4. Blend together, let cool down and serve!