Meringue Roulade or Moulin Rouge as I like to call it!

Nom! Nom! Nom!








The nicest desert on the planet! It has to be Raspberry Roulade though as the bitterness of the berries and the sweetness of the cream is such a heavenly mix!





It is that desert that fills up your second tummy nicely without leaving you feeling overstuffed.

I've never attempted to make it as the café I frequent do such a fab job that I'd never do it justice. I have however come across a recipe from the Waitrose website that I may just give a go!

Ingredients
5 large egg whites, 150g caster sugar, 2tsp cornflour, sieved Icing sugar to dust, 1 x 284ml pot Waitrose Double Cream, 250g raspberries

Method
1. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then gradually whisk in the caster sugar, a little at a time, until the meringue mixture is stiff and glossy. Whisk in the cornflour.

2. Turn the mixture into the prepared Swiss roll tin using a palette knife or spatula and spread it evenly to the edges. Cook for 1 hour, then cool in the tin.

3. Turn the meringue out onto a sheet of greaseproof paper sprinkled with sieved icing sugar and peel off the baking paper.

4. Lightly whip the cream to soft peaks and spread over the meringue, leaving a border of about 2.5cm on the long side farthest away from you.

5. Scatter the raspberries evenly over the cream, then carefully roll up. Place the roulade on a serving plate, join-side down.

6. Serve sliced, with extra fruit arranged around it or a raspberry sauce.

What I like about this recipe is that there are variations on the site to chop and change the flavours!

http://www.waitrose.com/recipe/Raspberry_Meringue_Roulade.aspx

I shall attempt and post pics asap!

Adrian Mole wannabe!

I've always toyed with the idea of writing in a diary but I've always been too bloody lazy to do so. Also it would be along the lines of "dear diary, woke up this morning. Got out of bed, went into kitchen and set the toaster on 3. I like the middle setting as I find the toasted golden brown in colour but not over done by any means." Do you see where I'm coming from?!

However in my recent culture shock (not really) trip to the Tate Modern in London baby, I had my ususual perusal of the museum bookshop* and I came across this..............

This diary has questions in it that you answer such as;

"What made you happy today?"

Answers are kept short and sweet. Each page has short questions and statements. You are also asked to sketch objects! How cool is that!!

* hem hem, The Tate modern museum bookshop is the largest Art Book shop in London. Fact!