Its Valentine's Day today, really apt for me to be posting about another dessert that I made a while ago. It was really easy, almost ridiculously easy.
Cost me about 11 pounds, enough for 6 Wineglasses and another small bowl.
Ingredients:
400g blueberries
6 Tablespoons of Caster Sugar
500g tub Mascarpone Cheese
7 Tablespoons Icing Sugar
10 Tablespoons of Double Cream
10 Milk Chocolate Digestive Biscuits
50g butter
Wine Glasses etc. Posh containers for serving.
So, start with the base. Crush the digestive biscuits and microwave the butter to melt it. Be careful not to burn the butter. Mix them together nicely and line the base with the layer of the mixture just about 1cm thick. Make sure that there's no air pockets within the biscuits. Leave the biscuit base into the fridge for about an hour to let it set. This ensures that it would break out and float up to the top when you add other things in later.
An hour later, take the glasses out of the fridge. Start to mix the mascarpone, double cream and icing sugar together in a big bowl, and keep on mixing them until it comes to a nice smooth consistency. Then put the mixture into the cups, and form another layer. Once again, make sure there are no air pockets in the layer. Also, remember to leave a bit of space for the blueberry topping. Leave it in the fridge for half a day.
Once again, remove the glass from the fridge and prepare to make the layer on top.
To a small pan on medium heat, add the sugar and blueberries.
Heat it up until the sugar melts and the blueberries have released their juice onto the sugar, forming a deep purple colour. This should take about 3 minutes and take care. DO NOT BURN THE SUGAR. Your parents will kill you.
Let the sugar cool a while, and then spoon it over the top of the glass.
Chuck it into the fridge for about 2 hours, and voila! Easy dessert. Happy Valentine's Everyone.
Cost me about 11 pounds, enough for 6 Wineglasses and another small bowl.
Ingredients:
400g blueberries
6 Tablespoons of Caster Sugar
500g tub Mascarpone Cheese
7 Tablespoons Icing Sugar
10 Tablespoons of Double Cream
10 Milk Chocolate Digestive Biscuits
50g butter
Wine Glasses etc. Posh containers for serving.
So, start with the base. Crush the digestive biscuits and microwave the butter to melt it. Be careful not to burn the butter. Mix them together nicely and line the base with the layer of the mixture just about 1cm thick. Make sure that there's no air pockets within the biscuits. Leave the biscuit base into the fridge for about an hour to let it set. This ensures that it would break out and float up to the top when you add other things in later.
An hour later, take the glasses out of the fridge. Start to mix the mascarpone, double cream and icing sugar together in a big bowl, and keep on mixing them until it comes to a nice smooth consistency. Then put the mixture into the cups, and form another layer. Once again, make sure there are no air pockets in the layer. Also, remember to leave a bit of space for the blueberry topping. Leave it in the fridge for half a day.
Once again, remove the glass from the fridge and prepare to make the layer on top.
To a small pan on medium heat, add the sugar and blueberries.
Heat it up until the sugar melts and the blueberries have released their juice onto the sugar, forming a deep purple colour. This should take about 3 minutes and take care. DO NOT BURN THE SUGAR. Your parents will kill you.
Let the sugar cool a while, and then spoon it over the top of the glass.
Chuck it into the fridge for about 2 hours, and voila! Easy dessert. Happy Valentine's Everyone.
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