SHAVUOT DAIRY DELIGHTS

SHAVUOT ….FESTIVAL OF FRUITS AND CHEESES, SUMMER BOUNTY

Cheeses  come in a large variety of local and imported kinds. I like to use local cheeses. The variety is enormous and the amazing goats cheese are simply are the best.

Create a few simple dishes with cheese. Cheese cake, scones a pasta dish and a quiche

Just add a bowl of fruit, ice cream  a bottle of wine ,a few wholesome breads and you have a wonderful meal.

CHEESE CAKE RECIPE BY MY FRIEND HANAH.

The Pastry base.

1 cup flour. 1 level teaspoon baking powder.

2 0zs butter/ ¼ cup sugar

I beaten egg.

Rub the butter and flour together, add the butter and sugar and egg.

Roll and place in a baking tin and refrigerate for an hour or two.

The Filling.

500grams 5% Cream cheese

½ cup sugar

2 eggs

¼ pint cream

 I dessertspoon vanilla custard powder, mixed with the cream.

 Mix all well and pour into the base. Bake in a 325 oven for 40 minutes.

Serve with a diced fruit salad, or cut up strawberries or a coulis of granadilla pips.  Enjoy

MOM’S SCONES

. 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons of sugar .1/2 teaspoon of salt.

4 tablespoons butter. 2 eggs

 1/3 cup of cream or milk. You can use soya milk.

Mix the dry ingredients. Work in the butter. Add the beaten eggs. Toss the dough onto a floured board and roll quarter of an inch  in thickness. Cut into squares  or rounds. You can grate in a few teaspoons of cheddar or parmesan cheese.  Bake at 180 degrees or 450,  for fifteen minutes. Serve with butter and ja, whipped cream and blackberries or strawberries.

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QUICK DOUGH FOR PIZZA, QUICHE OR BASE FOR SAVOURY PIES.

1 cup of Self Raising flour

2 tablespoons of butter. A pinch of salt

1 beaten egg  with a little cold water.

Rub the butter with the flour and salt.

 You can add ½ a teaspoon baking powder.

Mix in the water and egg . Roll into a dough on a floured board. Chill the dough for an hour in the fridge.

 Use a lightly oiled baking dish or pizza tray

 And press the dough in. Fill with your choice and bake in an oven of 180 until the dough looks firm and light brown.

SHAVUOT IDEAS THAT ARE QUICK AND EASY.

Serve a cut up fruit salad with ice cream balls and fresh bread and butter.

Yogurt in a bowl, with cut uo fruit of the season, a tablespoon of granola and silan, date mixture or honey. People love this.

For kids. Make a platter of diced cheeses with toothpicks, cut up cucumbers  and cherry tomatoes. Cut thin strips of peeled carrots and leave in iced water for an hour. Serve cut up watermelon and grapes. They love to choose and create their own plate. Have a lovely fruit drink with dizzy looking straws and colorful serviettes

Serve a slice of quiche with grated carrots, diced cucumbers, sliced radishes and kohlrabi. Use cherry tomatoes that have been in a marinade of olive oil, chopped basil and mint leaves. You wash and prick the tomatoes and simply leave them in a marinade for a few hours. Adds color and style to the plate.

Have a relaxed week, enjoy the fun and trips around our glorious land.

LOVE AND LIGHT 

RONA