Fruits of the Forest Streusel

I saw a Blueberry Crumble recipe on line the other day and wanted to try it. But, I didn't have all the ingredients, blueberries being one of them and the crumble topping seemed a bit weak. So, I decided to make something up. Sort of. I used the filling recipe from the recipe I'd seen ... but substituted for the blueberries and then used the streusel topping from that magnificent apple cheesecake streusel

Here's what I did :

Filling:
1 box frozen Forest Fruits - no, I didn't bother to thaw them, I just used them frozen
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour
a drizzle of lemon juice
a pinch of salt

Mix together ingredients from above and set aside.

Base and Topping:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup butter, softened

Mix together all ingredients. Push 1/2 (or maybe not quite half) of the streusel mix into the bottom of a springform pan, forming a very thin base. Top with berry mixture and then the rest of the streusel mix.

Bake in preheated oven on 180 til fruit is bubbling through the top edges and streusel topping is golden brown. I wasn't sure how long it would take so didn't set a timer and forgot to look at the clock .... but my best guess is that it was between 40 and 50 minutes.

Let set for a bit before trying to remove it from the pan !

Serve with a dollop of freshly whipped cream. (no sugar, just a spot of vanilla needed in the whipping !)

Ice Cream-ish

This is such a simple - healthy - yummy dessert.
I fix it for us often.

All you do is ...
Put frozen berries (or whatever fruit you fancy) into your blender.
Pulse to break them up a bit.
Add a couple scoops of greek yogurt.
Pulse a bit more.
Then blend on high for a little bit til it looks creamy.
Don't blend too long though or it will melt.

I've also done this with mango.

The leftover stuff we don't eat straight away,
I pour into the icy pole molds and put in the freezer ...

ps ... my blender will do this without any liquid,
if yours won't you might need to add a little fruit juice or even water to help it along.

Yummy Baked Berry Treat

This was too easy.
A quick throw together dessert ...

What you need:
1.75 cups flour
.50 cup brown sugar
100g almond meal
200g butter
1.5 tsp cinnamon
1.5 cups frozen fruits (I used mixed berries)

What you do:

Mix flour, sugar, almond meal, cinnamon and butter in food processor. Smush most of the mixture (save enough for the top ... less than 1/2 ... maybe 1/4 of it) into a lined, square cake tin to form the bottom crust - make sure you smush it firmly. Bake for 10 minutes in 180C/350F oven. Add fruit and top with remainder of mixture. Cook til browned ... 20 - 20 minutes.