The mother of all essential desserts

[vinteuil]

it's not a dessert, any more than lardy cake is! Has anyone had that? Probably around 5,000 cals per portion! :

... ah, lardy cake! For a Wiltshire boy like me - kept me alive during my schooldays...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lardy_cake

[salymap]

I got it on the top red this [if you understand], but not the later one. BBC Good Food. The bread pud looks nice.

[subcontrabass]

...perhaps -

http://bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/13355/bread-pudding

That is the link, which should work if you try it again.

[amateur51]

That is the link, which should work if you try it again.

Good solid fare

[subcontrabass]

Surely scb wouldn't concern himself with a common-or-garden receipt, vints

Why not? Living alone I have to cook for myself.

[Anna]

Good solid fare

Solid don't come into it Ammy, lead boots more like. But, I admit, tasty in small doses. Once a year.

[cloughie]

What a load of foodies we have on these boards! Page 7 since lunchtime, only just logged in. Choice of desert Creme Brulee, Treacle Tart (with clotted cream) or Tarte au Citron (with a little creme fraiche). Alternatively if the previous courses have not left too much room, strawberries, not with cream, sugar or anything else - the only thing that goes with strawberries is more strawberries!

Accompanying wine with the puddings sweet muscat Beaumes de Venise, Fronignan, Rivesaltes or Samos. The strawberries however, been unadulterated are matched beautifully with a pinot noir, beaujolais or a viognier or chardonnay.

[amateur51]

Why not? Living alone I have to cook for myself.

I was teasing you, scb - apols if it went awry - I'm in the same position and greatly enjoy cooking for myself and for friends when funds allow

[subcontrabass]

I was teasing you, scb -

I was aware of that.

[Nick Armstrong]

Tarte au Citron (with a little creme fraiche).

I have to admit that the recent "Two Greedy Italians" programme where they made this amid the fresh lemons of Calabria: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/le...tta_tart_44080

had me leaping on the bike and hurtling to Waitrose for ricotta and lemons etc etc. Sometimes, it has to be lemon

[gurnemanz]

Fully agree, SA. A lot of people don't even seem to know what damsons are these days. Contrast how in Southern Germany and Switzerland they cherish their own varieties such as Zwetschgen (a type of plum not too unlike a damson, but sweeter). You used to be able to get them sometimes at Berwick Street market in Soho, but I haven't been there for some years, so don't know if that's still the case. Zwetschgendatschi, a kind of tart you get in Bavaria, is divine with a dash of Zwetschgenwasser schnaps and cream.

In Nürnberg they make them into Zwetschgenmännle (little prune men) which you can buy at the Christmas market.

http://zwetschgenmaennle.de/index.htm

[Anna]

I have to admit that the recent "Two Greedy Italians" programme where they made this amid the fresh lemons of Calabria: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/le...tta_tart_44080
had me leaping on the bike and hurtling to Waitrose for ricotta and lemons etc etc. Sometimes, it has to be lemon

Sorry. Suspension of Belief. You made this tart, from scratch? You didn't just pick up a Tescos Finest Imitation? (Oh, I am cruel) I really liked that Two Greedy Italians programme, very funny and entertaining.

[Nick Armstrong]

Sorry. Suspension of Belief. You made this tart, from scratch? You didn't just pick up a Tescos Finest Imitation? (Oh, I am cruel) I really liked that Two Greedy Italians programme, very funny and entertaining.

A stab, a veritable stab, right to the heart!!!



PS Fantastic series - second series has been just as good.

PS2 Can't believe how this thread has grown in a few hours. Some correlation between puddings and classical music?

[amateur51]

A stab, a veritable stab, right to the heart!!!

They don't call her The Stiletto Sister of Swansea for nothing, y'know

[Anna]

They don't call her The Stiletto Sister of Swansea for nothing, y'know

And, I'm not going to rejoinder with clever quotes from Shakespeare, although, of course, I could. Not sure if you saw my other, re tonight, Seb Coe, withdrawing footie tickets, Twenty-Twelve is rebranding womens football - how can they predict these things in a spoof show recorded months before? Edit: switching off now. Catch you all much later.