Desert Ideas needed please.

On Tue, 02 May 2006 16:43:15 GMT, "Sarah" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I'm working nights this week, and the anaesthetist is cooking our main meal
on Wednesday night. He's making a stew type of thing (can't remember the
name) that contains duck, wild boar and chorizo sausage, served with garlic
bread.
I was sort of volunteered for desert, I have some frozen summer berries and
fruit, lots of double cream, and was thinking of doing Barbs rhubarb cake,
but with the summer fruit. (I'd put the fruit in the bottom first as they
tend not to sink ) I would have done rhubarb but it's nut available at the
moment here.
What's peoples opinions on whether it will go with this rich main course,
and have you got any other suggestions, I don't really want to be going to
the shops for lots more ingredients when I get up tomorrow!

The dessert sounds tasty to me. Will everyone sit down and eat
together, or is this a grab a bite when you get the chance kind of
thing? If it's grab and go, I wouldn't worry about the richness of
the dessert. People might like to eat the main dish early in the
shift and then have some dessert later on. Overnight shifts require
lots of food!

Tara

Hmmm, fruit and cream ... we just had a dinner where we had to do dessert
and we did a Berry Lemon Mousse Parfait. You can find it at:

http://dessert.allrecipes.com/az/BrryLmnMssPrfit.asp

The recipe calls for strawberries and blue berries but I'd imagine you could
use what you have.

Bob

It depends on how busy we are whether we get to eat together, or grab
and go, I think I'll put it to everyone, the cake or the parfait, and
go with the majority!
thanks
Sarah

"Sarah" <[email hidden]>
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Quoted message said:

I'm working nights this week, and the anaesthetist is cooking our main
meal on Wednesday night. He's making a stew type of thing (can't
remember the name) that contains duck, wild boar and chorizo sausage,
served with garlic bread.
I was sort of volunteered for desert, I have some frozen summer
berries and fruit, lots of double cream, and was thinking of doing
Barbs rhubarb cake, but with the summer fruit. (I'd put the fruit in
the bottom first as they tend not to sink ) I would have done rhubarb
but it's nut available at the moment here.
What's peoples opinions on whether it will go with this rich main
course, and have you got any other suggestions, I don't really want to
be going to the shops for lots more ingredients when I get up
tomorrow! Thanks
Sarah

I'm telling ya', a simple pound cake (laden with butter in the batter)
topped with fresh fruit and some fresh whipped cream will stand up to
almost anything, rich or poor.

Michael

--
"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

On Tue, 02 May 2006 16:43:15 GMT, "Sarah" <[email hidden]>
rummaged among random neurons and opined:

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Quoted message said:

What's peoples opinions on whether it will go with this rich main course,
and have you got any other suggestions, I don't really want to be going to
the shops for lots more ingredients when I get up tomorrow!

One of the most dead easiest desserts I know (and pretty and light,
besides) is:

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Strawberries With Crisp Wontons

desserts

4 won-ton wrappers
1 tablespoon butter; melted
2 T. + 1 t. sugar
2 pints strawberries; hulled
1 pint heavy cream
pinch five spice powder or cinnamon and
cloves

Preheat oven to 425°F. Brush both sides of won-ton wrappers lightly
with melted butter. Spread 2 tablespoons sugar on a plate and press
skins into sugar to coat evenly on both sides. Place on a nonstick or
buttered baking sheet. Bake for 4 - 5 mins. or until won-tons begin to
turn golden brown. Turn and cook an additional 2 mins. or until evenly
browned. Remove from baking sheets and let cool.

Slice strawberries among four plates. Top with cream and crisp
won-tons and serve.

Yield: 4 servings

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

After a meal like that, I think something wih oranges would be good. But I
suspect summer fruit means red fruits? In which case I'd go heavy on the
fruit and not too heavy on the cream. Maybe I'd do a cobbler type of thing
with not too much, dough maybe a dough that is softer, more cakey than
crumbley or more like a batter. For a lighter feel in the mouth. And serve
it with whipped cream.

Clafoutis woudl be an option, too.

I made this for Easter dinner, and it was quite a hit!!! The original
recipe called for cranberries and 2 cups of sugar, which makes a
wonderful Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert. Freeze in a cold freezer
to keep the ice crystals small.

* Exported from MasterCook *

Frozen Berry Salad

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 pound Berries -- ground
1/2 cup sugar
13 1/2 ounces pineapple -- crushed
2 cups marshmallows -- tiny
1/2 cup nuts -- chopped
1 pint whipping cream -- whipped

Combine cranberries with sugar and let stand for two hours. Whip
cream and fold in cranberry sugar mixture. Add other ingredients and
softly mix. Freeze.

DreamSong