Blueberry Crepes with Strawberry Mousse Filling

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 cup of flour
• a glass of whipping cream (around 120mls)
  
• 2/3 cup of blueberries
  
• a little milk (sufficient)
• 4 soup spoons of oil
  
• 1 egg
• 1 soup spoon of sugar
  
• 10 strawberries (finely chopped + a soup spoon of powdered sugar if these aren't too sweet)
  
• a dash of vanilla essence
  
• vanilla flavoured powdered sugar (or normal)
  

These are two combined desserts. Crepes + strawberry mousse.

To make these, put in a bowl, the flour, make a well in the centre and place the oil + the egg there, start mixing in the centre with a whisk, once it starts getting thick add the blueberries (these ones previously crushed + mixed with the sugar and heated for around 1 minute to release their colour), continue whisking and as it gets thick again start adding the milk, and whisk and add milk and so on until it becomes liquid with the consistency of double cream.

Now soak a little bit of kitchen paper towel with a little oil and rub this on a non stick frying pan, heat the pan and once hot reduce to med-low heat and pour a couple of serving spoons inside swirl the pan so that it covers the whole bottom, let it cook for around 1-2 minutes you'll see it going golden through the crepe, with a spatula lift the corners and them with your fingers peel it of and turn it upside down, again 1-2 minutes and is done, set it aside on a plate. Then repeat process until all the crepe cream is used. You should get around 6-8 crepes.

let the crepes go cool as they become more malleable and elastic. Whip the cream and add a few drops of vanilla essence, once whipped add and fold in the chopped strawberries also a soup spoon of powdered sugar if the strawberries are not very sweet, once done refrigerate this will harden mousse further. Finally format the crepes as you like fill them with the mousse and decorate as you will, I used powdered vanilla sugar, than I refrigerated them further ..delicious with a nice hot cup of coffee or tea. cheers ..enjoy

Mascarpone and Strawberry fake Flan

A super easy and delicious recipe all invented by me, your alternative to Jamie Oliver. Lol...

Recipe Ingredients:

• 2 x pkts strawberry Jelly (I used Castello brand 135grs each)
• 1 x pkt of mascarpone (250grs)
• 3 soup spoons of sugar
  
• 1 X punnet of fresh ripe strawberries around 250grs

A very easy to prepare and even easier to eat dessert. Make the two jellies as indicated on the back of the packet. After the jelly dissolved and fully mixed with the water you must let these ones cool until almost cold. While that is happening, wash the strawberries and remove green bits and them chop them into fine slices, place them on a little pan with the sugar and boil them for around 1-2 minutes, set it aside and let it cool completely, (I even put in the fridge to get this done faster as I didn't want the jelly to start solidifying.

Them mix the strawberries with the jelly and whisk them, once well mixed add the mascarpone and whisk come more, until well mixed place in a jelly mould and refrigerate until well solid. To remove run warm water on the sides of the mould until the jelly comes away from the walls then flip it onto a dishing plate ...it tastes great with a little mint.

To get to Know me Better Questionaire

Questionaire passed to me by, Natasha
and I believe I need to pass it to other 4 bloggers:


Now, on to the questionnaire.

Diamonds or pearls?
diamonds.

What is the last film you saw?
X Men Wolvarine Origins

Your favorite series?
SVU

What kind of breakfast do you have usually?
Milky Coffee and a ham and cheese toastie.

Second given name?
Emanuel

Which kind of food can't you stand?
Leeks yuck...

Favorite name (at the moment)?
Rico

Which car do you drive?
Mitsbishi Space Star, Equipe 1.6L.

Which trait or character don't you like?
users, (peole that use others just because they can taking advantage of good will)

Favorite clothes?
Any nice confortable ones, (preferred materials, cotton and linnen)

If you could take the aeroplane to go somewhere, where would you go?
Brazil.

Where would you want to live when you are retired?
Somewhere hot, not sure yet.

Which birthday do you remember the most?
My darling wife and mine.

Your birthday?
27 Dec

If you were a color, which one would you be?
Black

Chocolate or vanilla?
vanilla

Coffee or tea?
Coffee (of course, unless the tea is herbal, but still coffee)

The last person you had on the phone?
sales from India, of some charity firm.

Sweet or savory?
both...can't choose really.

The day of the week you prefer?
Saturday's

I choose:

Donna-FFW
5 Star Foodie
Chef E
Tangled Noodle

Tagliatelli a la Rico

Recipe Ingredients: (enough for 4 or 3 very hungry ones)

• 400grs mixed tagliatelle egg and spinach
  
• 1/2 can of black olives (cut in halves) roughly 120gr +or-
• 12 cherry tomatoes (cut in halves) with skin
  
• 1 courgette (cut in small cubes)
• 4 spring onions (cut in slices)
• 1 garlic clove minced
  
• 1 lid of nice balsamic vinegar
  
• 1/4 fresh cream
  
• 2 soup spoons of grated cheddar cheese
• 1 coriander bunch (finely chopped)
• sufficient, salt, black pepper and olive oil
  

From beginning to end it only took me 15 minutes to complete this meal. Put a pan with boiling water on the stove + a little salt and oil (tip, the oil prevents water from foaming up as well as it keeps pasta separated after cooked, rather than clumping up, I learnt this from the age of 9) in there put the pasta cooking.

Wile the pasta is cooking put a Wok on the stove, and in it add a little olive oil enough to cover the bottom, heat it up and as soon as fumes start coming out of it, add in there the following vegetables, courgette, spring onion and garlic + seasoning (salt and B pepper). Let these ones cook for around 3 minutes, stirring regularly, then add the tomatoes and onion + a the balsamic vinegar, and continue to stir for a further 3 minutes.

To that now you add the fresh cream and the cheese, and stir for a further 2 minutes, add to it now the drained tagliatelli, give it a few more turns, than switch the fire of on the stove and throw in the coriander, giving it a few more turns to mix it in well, then serve and (optional) you can add extra B pepper and or Grated dried parmesan cheese...And have a nice quick healthy cheap meal.