Hi everyone and welcome to the blog. This week’s blog is dedicated to the annual British spectacular better known asThe Wimbledon Championships. The recipes this week celebrate this event with all things strawberry, they are Eton Mess, Strawberry & Orange Cheesecake and Strawberry Flan.
The Wimbledon Championships, or simply Wimbledon (25 June – 8 July in 2012), is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors being the Australian Open, French Open and US Open. Wimbledon is the only Major still played on grass, the game's original surface, which gave the game of lawn tennis its name.
The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Each year, five major events are contested, as well as four junior events and three invitational events.
The hard court (Plexicushion) Australian Open and clay court French Open precede Wimbledon in the calendar year. The hard court (DecoTurf) US Open follows. For men, the grass court Queen's Club Championships, also in London, as well as the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, serve as warm-up events. For women, the AEGON Classic in Birmingham and 2 joint events, the UNICEF Open in S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands and the Eastbourne International serve as warm-up events to Wimbledon.
Wimbledon traditions include a strict dress code for competitors, the eating of strawberries and cream by the spectators, and Royal patronage. The tournament is also notable for the absence of sponsor advertising around the courts. In 2009, Wimbledon's Centre Court was fitted with a retractable roof to prevent rain delaying and interrupting Centre Court matches during the tournament.
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My first recipe is Eton Mess,Recipe courtesy of Olive magazine, May 2012.
Serves 4, Ready in 15 mins
150ml x Whipping Cream
150ml x 0% Fat Greek Yogurt
1 tsp x Vanilla Extract
2 tbsp x Icing Sugar
300g x Small Strawberries
50g x Ready-Made Meringues, crushed
150ml x 0% Fat Greek Yogurt
1 tsp x Vanilla Extract
2 tbsp x Icing Sugar
300g x Small Strawberries
50g x Ready-Made Meringues, crushed
Whip the cream and yoghurt with the vanilla and 1 tbsp of the icing sugar. Put half the strawberries in a food processor with the other tbsp icing sugar and whizz to a purée. Quarter the rest of the strawberries. Layer up the cream mix, crushed meringue, strawberries and purée in glasses, ending with some strawberries and purée.
My next recipe is Strawberry & Orange Cheesecake, Recipe courtesy of Slimming World
Serves: 4, Prep time: 20 mins, plus chilling
8 x Ginger Nut Biscuits
28g x Low-Fat Spread
142g x Strawberries, plus a few to decorate
250g x Quark
A Few Drops of Vanilla Essence
1 x Medium Orange
Artificial Sweetener, to taste
2 x Sachets Gelatine
Mint leaves, to decorate
28g x Low-Fat Spread
142g x Strawberries, plus a few to decorate
250g x Quark
A Few Drops of Vanilla Essence
1 x Medium Orange
Artificial Sweetener, to taste
2 x Sachets Gelatine
Mint leaves, to decorate
Crush the biscuits into fine crumbs and place in a bowl. Place the low-fat spread in a small pan and heat until melted. Mix into the biscuit crumb, spoon into 4 x 3in/8cm pastry rings on a baking sheet, press evenly over the base and chill.
Place 3½oz/100g of the strawberries in a food processor along with the quark and vanilla essence and blend until smooth. Chop the remaining strawberries and half of the orange into small pieces. Add to the mixture, along with the artificial sweetener, and mix well.
Dissolve the gelatine in 4 tbsp water in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Cool, then fold into the strawberry mixture. Spoon over the bases and chill until set.
To serve, run a sharp knife around the inside of each ring and remove the cheesecakes. Place on individual serving plates and serve garnished with the remaining strawberries, orange segments and mint leaves.
Tip: Agar agar can be used instead of gelatine if preferred.
My final recipe is Strawberry Flan Recipe courtesy of www.goodtoknow.co.uk
Serves: 4, Prep time: 15 mins, Cooking time: 10 mins + chilling time.
350ml x Milk
1 x Vanilla Pod, split in half
4 x Egg yolks
70g x Caster Sugar
20g x Flour
22cm x Cooked Pastry Case
500g x Strawberries
3tbsp x Apricot Glaze (or sifted apricot jam), warmed
Extra Fresh Fruit, to decorate
1 x Vanilla Pod, split in half
4 x Egg yolks
70g x Caster Sugar
20g x Flour
22cm x Cooked Pastry Case
500g x Strawberries
3tbsp x Apricot Glaze (or sifted apricot jam), warmed
Extra Fresh Fruit, to decorate
Heat the milk in a pan with the vanilla pod, then remove from the heat. Beat the egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl, add the flour and a little warm milk and mix well. Add this mixture to the rest of the warm milk in the pan and whisk over the heat for 3-4 mins or until thickened and smooth. Remove from the heat and leave to cool. Fill the cooked pastry case with the custard.
Wash, hull (remove the green bit) and slice the strawberries and arrange on top of the custard. Brush with the warm apricot glaze. Decorate with extra fresh fruit and glaze again. Chill before serving.
'If' by Rudyard Kipling.
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
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