Two Very Nice Things

[dolorous_ett]

1. The prompts for omniocular's second Non-Fiction Fest are now up! There are some really good ones still on offer, so treat yourself! (I've just undertaken to write the Death Eaters' Bi-Monthly Newsletter - what fun!)

2. For those of you who don't care for challenges, a recipe for Dried & Fresh Fruit, Sour Cream and Ginger Fruit Salad. I made it last weekend and it was fantastic.

1 tart apple like Granny Smiths, chopped
175g luxury dried fruit
100g stem ginger in syrup (crystallised will do if you can't find it in syrup, though the syrup tastes great in the sauce)
300ml sour cream
200g assorted fresh fruit (whatever you have to hand. My favourite to date is black grapes)

1. Prepare dried fruit by soaking overnight (an afternoon shoud do it if you don't have time), then simmering in the liquid for 10 minutes until tender and moist. Drain off liquid, but keep it back as you may need it later.
2. Combine fresh and dried fruits in a big bowl.
3. Shred the ginger and add to the fruit.
4. Fold in the sour cream. Adjust taste and consistency by adding juice from the fruit if too dry and stem ginger syrup/sugary bits if you want to make it sweeter.
5. Leave at least half an hour so the tastes start to mingle.

Enjoy!

Comments

[dbassassin.livejournal.com]

That recipe sounds awesome! I'll definitely be trying that one soon. Stem ginger is syprup is one of my culinary addictions.

And I took an omniocular prompt, though I promised myself I wouldn't take any more prompts or challenges until I finished at least two of the multitude of partially-completed babies on my hard drive. *fails at self-discipline in this as in every other way*

But it's the Non-Fiction Challenge, and I love it so! I took Snape's recommendation letter for Harry's application to the Auror program. The real challenge is getting the tone appropriately Snapish but not too snarky. *sigh* I love writing Snape.

[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

I saw you'd taken up a prompt - I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it too!

And the fruit salad really is lovely - and more important for me, almost completely foolproof!

[aerama.livejournal.com]

ohhhhh your Fruit Treat sounds heavenly. I could almost taste it from the page. In fact I AM tasting it from the page *computer glares*.


Oh that is the best prompt, so glad you took that one!

[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

The Fruit Treat is really nice - and pretty flexible as well, once you have the sour cream and ginger.

Glad you approve - I'm now wondering where to start - go for something glossy and rather tacky , or something more like the worst sort of home-made parish magazine? Oh well, I'll think of something before the end of April, I'm sure...