I
seriously think I’m onto something about the Saturday food shopping. I
definitely think the supermarkets could go a step further and not only deliver
the shopping to your door but come on in and put the shopping away for me too.
Yeah, that’s definitely the way to go. Yes, they can come in to my kitchen and
while I’m busy doing one of the many household chores that are synonymous with
the weekend, they can busy themselves unpacking the food and putting it away.
Wait. Hang on. How are they going to know where everything goes? Ah, I’m going
to have to show them. It’s all very simple. Isn't it?! Any dry food items/tinned stuff goes on
the pantry shelves; most of the vegetables go into Fridge No.2; the everyday
items go in Fridge No.1; the ice-cream doesn’t go into either fridge freezer in
the kitchen, it goes in the smaller chest freezer in the utility room; the
biscuits go into the press high up in the kitchen but anything special needs to
be hidden in my many hiding places in the kitchen – right so, I’ll have to tell
them where the secret hiding places are; the planted herbs go into the utility but don’t forget to
water them; going back to the vegetables that have to go into the fridge, I’m going to
have to show them exactly the way I pack my fridge so that nothing gets
squished and the food that goes out of date the quickest is put to the front
and not forgotten about. Awwww, you know what?! Forget about it. I’ll just keep
doing it myself. There goes that idea…
Anyway,
getting back to the Challenge, I mentioned last night that I had started on one
dessert and then abandoned it because the recipe (once made) was going to take
hours to chill?! Yes, well, it was Lemon
posset. Do you ever take on a task because it will save you time only to
find that if you had stuck to your original plan, you actually would have saved
time?! It’s like when I’m stuck in heavy traffic in an unknown area, I suddenly
decide I’m going to ‘take a shortcut’ because I’d rather be driving than
sitting still only to get lost and arrive at my destination four phone calls
later and a lot of u-turns. And yes, I am the sort of person who does get lost even with a Sat Nav. Well,
I got a bit lost on my Challenge last night and the Lemon posset was going to
get me back on track – 2 minutes preparation; 5 minutes cooling. Perfect! What
could go wrong?! Well, the fact that I didn’t fully read the recipe initially.
In one way though, it was a blessing as I had most of this recipe made last night and
just had a few things to do finish it off for the post-Saturday night dinner.
Here’s how I made it…
In
a saucepan, I added double cream and caster sugar. I put it on a medium heat
and stirred it to dissolve all the sugar until it came up to the boil. I then
let it simmer for 5 minutes before removing it from the heat and set it aside
for 15 minutes. It was then time to add in freshly squeezed lemon juice. I gave
it all a stir and then poured the mixture into four glasses. The desserts then
went into the fridge overnight and, after tonight’s dinner, I added whipped
cream on top and served with some of the Shortbread
biscuits which I made last night and two nice cups of Barry’s tea. Aw, doesn't my wee plate from Interior Dreams look lovely?! :)
The
verdict…
A
very impressive 7 marks out of 10 from Dear Husband. I gave the dessert 5 marks
as it wouldn’t be a dessert I’d go out of my way to order if I was out for
dinner. Give me cake any day. However, the way I ate mine was to take a shortbread
biscuit and add a spoonful of the lemon posset and cream on top. I think that
if you’re big into puddings, you’ll really enjoy this dessert. If, like me, you’re
not, you will probably pass on this recipe. I also found that serving smaller
portions is probably better than the larger four portions which I made. Will I make
it again? Yes but only because Dear Husband liked it so much. It’s just not for
me.
Overall,
it was an extremely easy and simple recipe to make. The longest part is the
chilling part so, if you make this recipe, I highly recommend you make it the
day before you need it. It’s probably a dessert that would be excellent for a
dinner party to get away from serving your usual desserts. That said, if I was
making this for when friends come around for dinner, I would have another
dessert on the menu too. Speaking of cake, I’m definitely beginning to look
forward to digging into Rachel’s new cook book Cake and seeing which of those recipes are my favourites…
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