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wellie · #1 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 08:50 PM

Something else for Hazel at the Hill to do with her acres of rhubarb...!
Serves 2. Prep time 10-15 mins, plus cooling and freezing

350g rhubarb, ends trimmed
50g golden caster sugar
142ml carton double cream
half a 200g carton fromage frais
to serve: shortbread or other crisp biscuit

1. Heat the oven to 200c/fan 180c/gas 6. Trim and rinse the rhubarb - don't dry it. Cut into 5cm pieces. Put on a baking tray, tip on the sugar. Cover with foil, then roast for 10 mins.

2. You then either 'faff about' lining moulds with baking paper etc. or buy yourself some silicone muffin mould trays (Le Creuset do them) which there's no need to line, and they will 'blow your frock up' in comparison.... So..... Remove foil from tray and uncover the rhubarb and roast until tender, 3-5 mins, and the juices are syrupy. Set aside 10 pieces and the syrup, then puree the rest. Add sugar if needed. Leave until cold.

3. Softly whip the cream. Fold in the fromage frais, then the pureed rhubarb, rippling it through the cream. Spoon into the moulds, cover with clingfilm and foil, and freeze for 2 hours.

4. To serve, push the frozen fools out from the moulds onto a nice plate or dish. Top with 2 rhubarb pieces, serve the rest around the fool with some syrup.
And Bob's your Auntie....

Hazel at the Hill · #2 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 08:53 PM

Noooooo! Unfair!!! I have rhubarb JUST COOKED in the kitchen, but no cream or creme fraiche!! It sounds FAB!!

Right - shopping day tomorrow....where's that shopping list....

wellie · #3 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 08:56 PM

Oh, BAD Wellie!

Hazel at the Hill · #4 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 09:03 PM

I'll say - how do I get in that bikini when you're tempting me with creamy yummy sweets - SERVED WITH SHORTBREAD!

And it's no good telling me its fruit so it's good for me!!!!

Alice · #5 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 09:31 PM

Wellie ! I'm not a big sweet fan but that one sounds just great to me.Will definately be added to the repertoire. I have some rhubarb about ready now - so - shortbread here I come. Thank you.

I take it you definatley recommend those silicone type baking dishes. Something about them I haven't been able to convince myself about. Might go with your recommendation there.

wellie · #6 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 09:40 PM

Hi Alice,
Yes, I'm a huge fan of them! I have two of the Muffin sized trays, which are currently freezing some Parsnip, Wild Rice and Potato Rosti's....
I cannot recommend them highly enough. They don't need greasing, don't rust, dishwasher-proof, and just fabulous for making/freezing 'single portions' of sweet or savoury mousses, icecreams, muffins, rosti's, sweet or savoury crumbles - oh, the list is endless......

Hazel at the Hill · #7 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 09:44 PM

*sigh*

where did I put the shopping list........?

and where is the scrummy rosti recipe....?

wellie · #8 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 10:16 PM

Hazel,
I promise I hadn't checked out your updated blog before I posted the fool recipe..... isn't telepathy spooky?!

And yes, will post up the Rosti recipe for you sometime very soon. Promise.

Alice · #9 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 10:30 PM

Thanks Wellie - definately convinced. And yes, what about the rosti recipe. Yes please !

wellie · #10 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 10:57 PM

Oh, and one other benefit of these silicone moulds Alice - particularly if you 'make to freeze' as I do, that once whatever it is that you've made is frozen, you just pop it out of the mould so easily, rather than 'struggling with it' from conventional mould tins. And you just individually wrap it and freeze it then.
Honestly, I'm sure you'll warm to them instantly.
Anyhow. Trousers gone to bed now. Nice music. Glass of wine. I'll go and get the recipe for the rosti....

JennieAtkinson · #11 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 11:38 PM

I'll be out tomorrow trying to convince the rhubarb it needs to grow! I'm a bit behind everyone else in the growing stakes, but when it starts to grow, boy do I have alot. Thanks Wellie, thats a super recipe.

Interested in these moulds too. Any idea where I might get them from. Lakeland?

Hazel at the Hill · #12 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 11:44 PM

I've seen them in the shops, I'm sure, JA, but here's the quality version if you've a cool 20 quid to spare!

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!11361_11360

I've got the right end of the stick, haven't I, Wellie?

wellie · #13 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 11:46 PM

Hi Jennie!
If Lakeland don't sell them, I'd be hugely surprised! I bought mine from a tiny kitchen shop in Chepstow because they were in the sale. Sucker for a bargain, and I'm SO pleased I bought them as they've had endless use...
Try Lakeland website first?

wellie · #14 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 11:48 PM

Haze, they seem a bit pricey. And I'm a Monkey's Uncle if Le Creuset are cheaper, but worth a look?

Hazel at the Hill · #15 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wellie

Haze, they seem a bit pricey. And I'm a Monkey's Uncle if Le Creuset are cheaper, but worth a look?

They do, don;t they - this calls for some research over the weekend!

wellie · #16 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 11:54 PM

OK girls, let's sleep on it, and re-convene over the weekend?

Hazel at the Hill · #17 (**permalink**) 29-03-2007, 11:57 PM

Agreed!

Hazel at the Hill · #18 (**permalink**) 01-04-2007, 08:36 PM

Have had a look at these as promised and using the 6-hole muffin tin as a base, it's a Jamie Oliver range at £16 in Lakeland and House of Fraser BUT HofF do an own brand for £12 AND it was 20% off in the sale = £9.60.

Still more than I'd normally think to pay, but if you're sure on your recommendation of how brill they are, Wells, I'll invest.

wellie · #19 (**permalink**) 01-04-2007, 09:25 PM

Oh, now that puts me on the spot! I use mine 'a lot' and therefore they've been worth every penny to me. If you can see yourself using them even just once a month, then worth investing in I reckons Haze!

Lesley Jay · #20 (**permalink**) 01-04-2007, 09:47 PM

Wellie would these flexible moulds be any good for Yorkshires?

wellie · #21 (**permalink**) 01-04-2007, 10:04 PM

Perfect for Yorkshires Lesley, providing you place the silicone mould tray on a solid tray, for completely obvious reasons !!

Hazel at the Hill · #22 (**permalink**) 01-04-2007, 10:13 PM

Right, that's swung it for me....House of Fraser here we come!

Lesley Jay · #23 (**permalink**) 01-04-2007, 10:16 PM

Thanks Wellie now I shall buy some!