Winter desserts
Some not so fresh strawberries in my fridge were begging to be given a second chance – a chance which manifest in Bill Granger’s strawberry souffle found in last week’s good living. I halved the recipe with no trouble at all, and filled the ramekins to the brim – and then some. Seventeen minutes later – woah!! These pink mushroom looking souffles emerged from the oven – so high I’m surprised they didn’t fall over! It was a great recipe – easy peasy – but I realised I don’t like souffle! Oh well. It’s like pavlova but without the crust – but the strawberry flavour was wonderful.
Oh well, onto the second dessert – an apple and rhubarb crumble. I’ve made crumble before, but never cooked with rhubarb due to all those warnings of the leaves being poisonous – I sure didn’t want to kill someone or myself with a dessert! So, mustering my guts, I bought some leaf-less rhubarb, and crossed my fingers and chopped. Hmm. I realised that it wasn’t really necessary to cook the filling on the stove AND the oven because the rhubarb kinda dissolved into the apple. Nevertheless – not bad. I’ll know for next time!
Bills’ souffle recipe can be found on the Sydney Morning Herald website here:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/recipes/ask-bill/2007/07/16/1184438207235.html