Raspberry Eton Mess with Vanilla Cream

Just a quick post to share with you this tasty raspberry Eton mess I made today, which I enjoyed whilst watching the Wimbledon tennis final. A big congrats to Andy Murray for his win today - well deserved! 

I currently have an abundance of raspberries that I’ve been picking from the raspberry bush in our garden. I normally just snack on them plain, or use them in my homemade smoothies - but today I decided that I’d use some of them to make a summery dessert. And what’s more appropriate to enjoy whilst watching Wimbledon than an Eton mess?!

I found a recipe on the BBC website for an Eton mess with vanilla cream and mint (check out the link here) – it sounded lovely, exactly what I was looking for. However I did end up making a few adaptations from the original recipe. 

Firstly, the recipe calls for mixing whipped double cream, caster sugar, vanilla essence and broken meringue nest pieces. However I decided to make the vanilla cream first, and then mix it with the meringue. I also used icing sugar in place of caster sugar. So to make the vanilla cream I added the vanilla essence and icing sugar to the double cream, and whipped it all together with a hand whisk until it formed soft peaks. I then mixed the meringue pieces into the vanilla cream.

Additionally, once I’d made the raspberry coulis I decided that I wouldn’t bother straining it, as I don’t mind eating raspberry seeds. But this was personal preference - the coulis could be strained if desired.  I also added a little torn fresh mint into the coulis, just because I LOVE mint! But again, it’s personal preference.

I finished the dessert off with a few whole raspberries and some small mint leaves. And look at this tasty dessert… 

Tucking in...

This is definitely my idea of the perfect summer dessert.

Lisa x

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Homemade Oreo Cookie Ice Cream

For christmas a couple of years ago my uncle bought me a Kenwood IM200 ice cream maker, and since this week started with some nice sunny weather I decided to get it out for the first time this year and make some ice cream. When I first got the machine I wasn't particularly adventureous, mostly making fruity frozen yogurts, but after finding a recipe for Oreo ice cream online I wanted to give it a try. I'm a massive lover of Haggen-Dazs Cookies & Cream, and this was just as good!

I followed the recipe provided by 'The Purple Foodie', which can be found here:
http://purplefoodie.com/oreo-cookie-ice-cream/

The idea is to make a good quality vanilla custard to churn into ice cream, adding in some chopped up Oreos at the very end.

Making my vanilla custard...

The churning process...

My chopped Oreos (I used 8 cookies)... 

The end result...

 

Lisa x
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