Turkish Delight and Strawberries

    The flavours of strawberry and Turkish delight go really well together. It’s even better with a bit of chocolate! So I used Walkers of London Chocolate covered Turkish Delights, which are squares of thin Turkish delight, encased in a crisp shell of chocolate. I halved these squares from corner to corner to create […]

Strawberry Santa Christmas Pavlova

    Placing these Santa’s on a pavlova is a great idea for Christmas and this one was made by my Aunt for dessert on Christmas Day. It wouldn’t be a proper Kiwi Christmas without the Pav!   The Strawberry Santas have a filling of cream cheese and this was a nice taste combination with […]

Turkish Delight Strawberries

  I made these with turkish delight from a local Turkish cuisine restaurant, Anatolia’s. Anatolia’s make beautiful tasting turkish delight in the flavours of – rose, mint, lemon, and orange.   This idea came about after a short conversation at work about the classic combination of rose turkish delight and strawberry. At the time the […]

Strawberries, Raspberries, and Blueberries in Elderflower Cordial

Strawberries, Raspberries, and Blueberries in Elderflower Cordial     Cut strawberries in half (or use whole strawberries). The raspberries were added from frozen as they stay together longer before breaking apart in the liquid. The blueberries are a nice addition, but their skins do not allow the elderflower cordial to soak into them. Add a […]

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 : […]