Raspberry and Peach Instant Ice-cream (also known as “Trifle” or “Peach Melba Ice-cream”)

  Incorporating ingredients of raspberry, peach, cream, and custard, this ice-cream can be known as either “Trifle Ice-cream”, or “Peach Melba Ice-cream”. The ice-cream in the photo above has a topping of extra Raspberry Sauce.   This ice-cream is really easy to make – just gather the ingredients together and pop them in the freezer, […]

Posted by Admin on February 22nd, 2015 | No Comments Posted in Desserts and Puddings

Peach Melba (and variations on a theme)

The Peach Melba was created for the Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba in the 1890s by French chef Auguste Escoffier, at the Savoy Hotel in London. His first version of what became the Peach Melba was fresh peaches and vanilla icecream (including a swan carved out of ice). Several years later he changed this […]

Posted by Admin on February 18th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Desserts and Puddings, Fruits

Summer Fruits Breakfast Bowl

    Most mornings Mum and I have a bowl of chopped fruit with various toppings.   On this particular summer morning we decided to keep to just Summer Fruits. The chopped fruits in the bowl included : Apricot Nectarine Plum Peach Strawberries Blueberries Raspberries (we picked ourselves)   Plus other fruit flavours of : […]

Posted by Admin on January 5th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Breakfasts, Fruits

Christmas Trifle 2013 Recipe

  On Christmas Day morning Mum and I prepared “The 2013 Trifle”.   2 packets of raspberry jelly, (made with ¾ cup less water than the directions stated, so it is not so watery) Sponge cake Raspberry jam Packet of vanilla custard Canned peaches Raspberries   For the topping : Whipped cream Chopped walnuts Grated […]

Posted by Admin on January 5th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Christmas, Desserts and Puddings