pear and raspberries cake
How is it possible to combine an autumn fruit like the pear with a summer one like the raspberry? Thanks to globalization, that’s what! And I have got to admit I am feeling a bit guilty about it. I am not sure how kosha, or good for the environment, it is to buy raspberries from Argentina in December. I hope readers will forgive me. Candi, do you remember when we were kids and there was none of this luxury of being able to find ANYTHING in the fruit and vegetable world at ANY time of the year? I very much doubt there will be many young people out there who KNOW for sure when certain fruits or vegetables are in season. And another thing: we might be able to find strawberries in the depth of winter but, let’s face it, they are rather tasteless! Anyway, enough rambling! I have made this cake a few times now and it has been a success on every single occasion. I found the recipe (which I slightly adapted) in the Rachel Allen’s book called Bake, which is shortly turning into a Bible for me, as I have made many things out of it already. Continue reading ‘Pear and raspberry cake’
I gave her a jar of it last time I saw her in September (we always give each other presents of an edible nature…or books!) and apparently it was a big success with her family. I confess I was amazed about how good it tasted, considering it was the second time in my life I ever attempted to make chutney. Incidentally the first was the beetroot chutney I have already blogged…equally delicious! See how this blog is pushing me to explore new culinary horizons? I don’t know why I thought making chutney would be a complicated affair. It couldn’t be further from the truth! Anyway, I did take some pics when I made it JUST IN CASE it would turn out well. So here’s the recipe I followed, taken from the Good food website and slightly adapted (I added a green pepper to it). The only nuisance is that you can’t eat it straightaway: you have to wait a few weeks, possibly a month for the flavours to develop. I confess I didn’t last that long before trying it. It goes with my impatient nature. By the way it’s only fair to mention: all the vegetables I used were from my good friend Carmelita’s legendary vegetable patch. In fact we made the chutney together, so she should share in the glory too!
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