Mmmm, berry season. Blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries. I love them all. And looking over the list of recent recipes, it occurred to me that I don’t have one single dessert recipe other than the banana cake, so it is high time I passed along one that is easy and seasonal and good and good for you, right?
While I am pretty vigilant about having a home-cooked meal on the table most nights, when it comes to dessert I usually let the troops fend for themselves. There is usually a plate or jar of homemade something on the counter that either The teenageror I have made (Emma is getting to be an accomplished chocolate chip cookie-maker), and there is always ice cream in the freezer, but unless it is a special occasion I don’t usually make a special dessert. But every once in a while I get inspired by either some seasonal ingredient or a particular recipe – or in this case, both!
First of all, Fairway had a stack of these gorgeous berries piled up right by the door, and look at them — how could I resist? And then I remembered this recipe from Everyday Food that I torn out (mainly because of the name) and it was short and sweet enough that I was able to recall the needed ingredients right on the spot, which are: the berries, heavy cream, and a package of those meringue cookies — you know, the little round ones that come in the plastic tub. This is the brand I usually find:
And all you do is this: Whip up the heavy cream, crumble the cookies into chunks and fold the cookie chunks and some of the raspberries into the cream, puree the rest of the raspberries with a little sugar until they are liquified into a sauce and drizzle that on top with a few extra raspberries for garnish. Takes no time at all, it it comes out looking like THIS!
I mean, I ask you: where can you find a dessert that is more dramatically beautiful AND so easy to make? And it tastes every bit as good as it looks, I promise.
If you want to try this little number for yourself, here is the link to the recipe. My only adjustment was to add about 1/4 cup of sugar to the cream as it was whipping, otherwise I find it to be a little bit too plain. Aside from that, it is pretty close to being the perfect summertime dessert, if you are a raspberry fan like me!
Hey, this would make a great camping dessert. Of course, we would need redi-whip, but what kid hasn’t had the fun of squirting the stuff directly in his mouth? I will try it when we go camping at Lake George this month. Tonight’s camping dessert is already done, vanilla pudding in waffle bowls with sliced fresh fruit on top. YUM!
Yummy…anything with rasberries is terrific! Love your banner picture, what fun! Kim