We have had a few Foodie Fridays now. We had fruit crumble (recipe below) and cake decorated SPECTACULARLY with lots of fresh fruit. The cake was from a cake mix so no recipe will be posted here, but there are lots of photos to look at and drool over :).
Pear and Plum Crumble
Ingredients:
- 2lbs (900g) or so fresh or frozen fruit. We used apples, pears, blueberries and lots of others that I forget now.
- 1/4 fine sugar
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 stick butter
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 cup white sugar
Method:
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Put the fruit in an oven-proof dish. Sprinkle the superfine sugar over top.
- Put the flour and salt in a bowl.
- Rub or cut in the butter.
- Stir in the oats, ginger and sugar.
- Sprinkle the topping on the fruit.
- Cook for 40 to 45 minutes.
- Serve hot, warm or cold. Tastes great any way!
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… and Ms. Montgomery’s personal favourite, tortilla chips, salsa and guacamole!
Guacamole
Ingredients:
- 1 fresh tomato, chopped into small pieces
- Juice from ½ lime
- 3 ripe avocadoes
- ¼ chopped jalapeno pepper
- 1 clove garlic, pressed or chopped small
- ¼ red onion, chopped small
- Chopped fresh cilantro to taste
- Pinch salt and pepper
Method:
- Cut each avocado in half lengthways around the stone. Scoop the stone out of the middle with a spoon and scope the avocado flesh (green part) into a bowl.
- Mash the avocado into a smooth paste with a fork.
- Mix all the other ingredients into the mashed avocado and stir until smooth and creamy.
- Serve chilled with tortilla chips and salsa.
- *If you need to wait a while before serving, put an avocado stone back in the mixture. This will help to keep it from going brown.
- **Adding seeds from the jalapeno pepper will make your guacamole spicier, so be careful!
Tomato Salsa
Ingredients:
- 6 ripe tomatoes
- ¼ small red onion
- ½ bunch fresh cilantro, or to taste
- ¼ chopped jalapeno pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 1 clove garlic
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method:
- Chop all ingredients and mix together in a bowl.
- Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- The more time the salsa has to “rest” before serving, the more flavourful it becomes.
- Serve with tortilla chips and guacamole.
- *See note above about seeds from the jalapeno pepper!