Recently I discovered the delightful blog of Megan Fizell in Sydney, titled Feasting On Art. Megan combines her academic background in art with her other great loves of food and photography.
To celebrate her first year of blogging at Feasting on Art, Megan has requested we create an original recipe using the ingredients in the Renoir painting, Strawberries.
I've taken the sweet path with my recipe for Lemon Delicious. Everyone should have a Lemon Delicious recipe in their repertoire. Quick and easy to make, when served with berry puree and pouring cream, it becomes an elegant dessert for any dinner party.
LEMON DELICIOUS PUDDING3 lemons
60 g butter
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs separated
3 tablespoons self raising flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Preheat oven to 180C and butter a 1 litre oven proof dish.
Zest and juice the lemons.
In a medium bowl cream butter, sugar, lemon zest and egg yolks.
Add flour and milk alternately to make a smooth batter.
Mix in lemon juice.
Whisk egg whites until firm and fold gently into mixture.
Pour mixture into prepared dish.
Stand dish in baking pan and pour hot water to come half way up sides of dish.
Bake for 45 minutes in fan oven or 50 minutes in regular oven.
Leave to stand on the bench for 10 minutes, then serve with berry puree and pouring cream.
BERRY PUREE
Place a cupful of berries ( I used a combination of strawberries,blueberries and blackberries), a couple of spoons of sugar and a slug of port into a saucepan, Cook until berries are soft, then puree and sieve to remove seeds.
