Listen "Brown Sugar Toasted Fruit Loaf, Blackberry Cream, Poached Apples and Blackberries"
Episode Synopsis
Brown sugar toasted fruit loaf4 thick slices fruit loaf or barmbrack
75g soft butter
50g soft brown sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon mixed spiceSet oven to 180°c and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla and spice to a smooth paste.
Spread over both sides of the loaf and place in oven for 20 minutes, turning over half way.Blackberry cream150g blackberries
75g castor sugar
200g mascarpone
250ml double cream Cook the blackberries with the sugar for 5 minutes then blend to a smooth puree and pass through a sieve to remove seeds. Cool.Whisk into the mascarpone and cream until thick.
Poached apples
2 red eating apples
35g castor sugar
100ml water
Juice 1 lemonPlace the sugar, water and lemon in a small pan and simmer until sugar has dissolved.
Quarter, peel and core apples. Slice thinly and place in hot liquid. Cook for 5 minutes then cool.Spoon some of the blackberry cream onto hot toast and add some poached apples and a few blackberries to garnish.
75g soft butter
50g soft brown sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon mixed spiceSet oven to 180°c and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla and spice to a smooth paste.
Spread over both sides of the loaf and place in oven for 20 minutes, turning over half way.Blackberry cream150g blackberries
75g castor sugar
200g mascarpone
250ml double cream Cook the blackberries with the sugar for 5 minutes then blend to a smooth puree and pass through a sieve to remove seeds. Cool.Whisk into the mascarpone and cream until thick.
Poached apples
2 red eating apples
35g castor sugar
100ml water
Juice 1 lemonPlace the sugar, water and lemon in a small pan and simmer until sugar has dissolved.
Quarter, peel and core apples. Slice thinly and place in hot liquid. Cook for 5 minutes then cool.Spoon some of the blackberry cream onto hot toast and add some poached apples and a few blackberries to garnish.
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