Some like it hot, some like it cold...
... and I like it either way! (Just not nine days old.)
I've been craving a milky dessert for a while now. A few times I caught myself looking longingly at the Baskin Robbins store nearby - and that almost never happens! Then I thought it was time to ... just do it. So I did.
Custards are my fun (and relatively healthy) way to get my sweet fix. I just use the Brown and Polson custard powder (all it contains is cornstarch, vanilla essence and a teeny little bit of salt to taste) -with their custard recipe (calling for milk and sugar). I add an entire bunch of fruits to it - apples, oranges, pears, grapes - and it tastes delicious. I usually like it at room temperature or a little lower but not cold. But I was wondering about "summer and winter" custard desserts that can be eaten hot or really cold, and came up with these two.
The one on the left was with a cold custard. I took a large handful of frozen berries (strawberry, raspberry, mulberry, blueberry) and crushed them to the consistency of a slush in the mixer along with a tablespoon of honey. You can then put it together with the cold custard. It tastes like slightly melted ice-cream, but better! The honey really holds the slush together.
The one on the right was a warm custard, made fresh. I chopped up a peach with the skin. I then heated up a few tablespoons of water with a little jaggery (guud) until the water was sizzling and the jaggery had dissolved. I stewed the peaches in this water till they were soft. (You don't want to put too much water because you don't want to throw away the water or all the nutrients from the peach will be lost.) The warm peach tastes fabulous with the custard, giving it just the right amount of tartness and sweetness.
Mmmmmm...!!
I've been craving a milky dessert for a while now. A few times I caught myself looking longingly at the Baskin Robbins store nearby - and that almost never happens! Then I thought it was time to ... just do it. So I did.
Custards are my fun (and relatively healthy) way to get my sweet fix. I just use the Brown and Polson custard powder (all it contains is cornstarch, vanilla essence and a teeny little bit of salt to taste) -with their custard recipe (calling for milk and sugar). I add an entire bunch of fruits to it - apples, oranges, pears, grapes - and it tastes delicious. I usually like it at room temperature or a little lower but not cold. But I was wondering about "summer and winter" custard desserts that can be eaten hot or really cold, and came up with these two.
The one on the left was with a cold custard. I took a large handful of frozen berries (strawberry, raspberry, mulberry, blueberry) and crushed them to the consistency of a slush in the mixer along with a tablespoon of honey. You can then put it together with the cold custard. It tastes like slightly melted ice-cream, but better! The honey really holds the slush together.
The one on the right was a warm custard, made fresh. I chopped up a peach with the skin. I then heated up a few tablespoons of water with a little jaggery (guud) until the water was sizzling and the jaggery had dissolved. I stewed the peaches in this water till they were soft. (You don't want to put too much water because you don't want to throw away the water or all the nutrients from the peach will be lost.) The warm peach tastes fabulous with the custard, giving it just the right amount of tartness and sweetness.
Mmmmmm...!!
posted by Summer Showers at
2:15 PM
2 Comments:
Wow! Sounds delicious! I waant too!
By
ananymous, at Saturday, June 12, 2010 7:57:00 PM
Oh if you're interested, we can make it together when we're at your place next month. (I think that will be a more "fun" activity than shredding paper!) Check if any of the Indian food stores in your area have Brown and Polson's Custard powder (Vanilla). If you don't find it there, I'll get some of mine.
P.S. I giggle every time I have a vision of me getting all my old letters and documents all the way by air to shred at your place, 800 miles away!
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Summer Showers, at Sunday, June 13, 2010 7:03:00 PM
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