Showing posts with label bird's custard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bird's custard. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 May 2012

ORANGES AND LEMONS

Oranges And Lemons  say the bells of St Clements.

Did you know this is a line from an old English nursery rhyme and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the city of London? To see the full version of the rhyme take a look at Wikipedia
To me it refers to what i did with a box of fruit i was given today from the farm shop which was not good enough to be displayed on the shelf any more!
Oranges and Lemons


It was a very, very hot day and i remembered a recipe i had used once before to make old fashioned traditional lemonade and thought it would work just as well combining oranges and lemons to make a very refreshing St Clements drink.

INGREDIENTS
1 Cup Water
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Freshly Squeezed Orange And Lemon Juice
3-4 Cups Cold Water

METHOD
Put 1 cup of water with the sugar in a pan and boil until all the sugar is dissolved and a syrup is formed. Add the juice and carry on boiling for a few minutes. Take the pan off the stove and add 3-4 cups of cold water, depending on how strong a flavour you prefer. Refridgerate until cold. Add lots of ice when serving for a very tasty refreshing fruit drink. Perfect for the extremely hot weather we are experiencing at the moment!

Skylark Homemade Orange And Lemon "St Clements" Drink
I obviously made this in a much larger quantity for the cafe. All in all we have sold 8 jugs of juice this weekend and lots of people have commented on how tasty it was, so go on give it a go!

This week i'm entering this post in Handmade Monday which can be found at Handmade Harbour and is organised by Wendy of 1st Unique Gifts in the hope that a few of you may be tempted to give the recipe a try.
I'm off there now to see what has been happening in the world of handmade this week.

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Homemade Custard


Ok, hands up who has a jar of Bird's Custard in their store cupboard??
I must confess, up until i started working at Skylark Farm i had only ever made Bird's Custard or worse just bought a tin!!!



But now that i work on a free range egg farm it is imperative that i use our fresh eggs in as many dishes as possible.

And i cant believe how easy fresh custard actually is to make!
You will need:
1 Pint Hot Milk
2floz Single Cream
1tsp Vanilla Extract
4 Egg Yolks
1oz Caster Sugar
2 tsp Cornflour
Method
Place the egg yolks,caster sugar,cornflour and vanilla in a pan and mix to a paste.
Whisk in your hot milk.
Put your pan on the stove and bring to boil, whisking continuously. Simmer for 1 minute and remove from heat.
Stir in your cream.

Serve hot or cold.
Hope you found this recipe interesting and dont forget to keep your egg whites and use them to make the meringues in my Strawberry Meringue stack recipe http://chefatskylarkfarmhousecafe.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/strawberry-chocolate-and-cream-meringue.html
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