May was interesting, to say the least. We were supposed to leave for Italy and Switzerland on May 21. Instead, just days beforehand, I was told I was to have emergency eye surgery (Ahmed Valve - implant) and so there went the trip. We postponed until early July. Not only was I out of commission for a little while, I wasn't exactly in the mood for being disciplined or creative. Once I recuperated it was yet again with all the trip preparations for the early July trip. We spent two delightful (but very hot, in Italy) weeks abroad - and I'm still pining for Switzerland... Now I'm back and this weekend I'll have two new things.
Today was a productive day, food wise. I hit up the famer's market in Leesburg and dropped 85 bucks just like that (50 was on 3 bottles of wine - but still, ouch). The raspberries are thus very local. Various baked goods, some more fruit, and heavenly honey-yogurt from a local dairy. Additionally I later bought ramekins, a spring form round cake pan, and a whisk. I have never had a whisk nor ramekins before. I'm moving up in the world.
Lime Posset isn't exactly a meal? Well sod it all, I don't care. It has heavy cream (dairy), it has lime juice and raspberries (fruit). I would say this dessert is well on its way to covering the food triangle. The lime juice will prevent scurvy, too, so that's good.
Many thanks to Mym for introducing this new word to my vocabulary. I had never heard of this before. She gave me the recipe but I also found it online and adapted it a little bit because her recipe uses the metric system.
Roughly:
1.5 cups heavy whipping cream
.5 cups sugar
3 T lime juice
Raspberries for garnish.
Bring cream and cup sugar to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly, adjusting heat as needed to prevent mixture from boiling over. Remove from heat. Stir in lime juice and cool 10 minutes. Stir mixture again and divide among four ramekins. Cover and chill possets until set, at least 4 hours or overnight. Garnish with raspberries. A sprig of mint is a nice touch as well.
Verdict: sinful. I may have used a little more sugar than is needed so the next time I will be a little less liberal with the sugar.
Even the ramekins are lime green!
(NUMBER SEVENTEEN in 2010)
