Saturday 5 November 2011

Rhubarb & Berry Crumbles


In the last school holidays my boys spent lots of time at Mum and dad's farm at Fish Creek (birthplace of the Blog!).  When it was time to go and collect them, I couldn't wait to see what mum had in the garden that I could cook an Annabel recipe with!  So with "The Free Range Cook" in hand I entered the veggie patch to find beautiful rhubarb ready to pick, cook and eat! 
The individual Rhubarb & Berry crumbles were easy to make and really delicious served with vanilla ice-cream.  I made the full recipe of crumble of which you'll only use half of when using it for the crumble.  Mum froze the rest to use at a later date.

I liked the idea of mixing the cornflour and sugar together to sprinkle over the fruit  before adding the crumble.  As is so often the case with Annabel's recipes, it's so simple!  No pre-cooked fruit, just in the ramekin, sprinkle with sugar & cornflour, top with crumble and in the oven!  Couldn't be easier and couldn't be a more perfect flavour!
Catherine

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Corn & Avocado Salad

This Salad is simple and beautiful.  Corn would have to be my favourite vegetable, I love it in anything and the combination of the corn with avocado, and tomato is really good.  I boiled the corn the first time I made this and then barbecued it the second time.  It was equally as nice but the barbecued version gave the salad a lovely smokey flavour. 
I made the Basil Oil and have kept it in the fridge and used it on a number of different salads and it is delicious.  Very fresh and makes it feel like Summer is just around the corner! Catherine