Lime and blueberry pavlova

I am not a big dessert person and I rarely make one unless I am entertaining and sometimes not even then.  But I had some lime curd left over from making the coconut lime cake last week and it seemed a pity to see it go to waste.  Cooking for an appreciative audience is always a pleasure and I knew if I made a meringue based dessert I would have an appreciative audience in Nancy who loves meringues and pavlovas.

And so a dessert is born

4 egg whites
1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Lime or lemon curd, you could buy this if you did not want to make it.

1 small carton of whipping cream whipped

Preheat oven to 250. Place the egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until stiff peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, when it has all been added beat for 5 minutes until the mixture is thick and glossy. 

You could just dollop this on to a parchment paper covered cookie sheet, or, as I did pipe it into two equally sized oblongs. I had marked out shapes on the paper and then turned it over.

Instant Strawberry ice cream

We saw this idea on a cooking show one morning, and both Jacky and I were intrigued by this very simple way to make ice cream. We both thought that this was well worth a try, because if it worked it would be a great desert to have in your back pocket.  I have made a similar ice cream using frozen bananas and skim milk, which makes a delicious decedent tasting treat with very little calories.  So it seemed definitely worth a try though this one was definitely not low in calories, but it might be worth a try using regular milk to see if it works.

Very bad photograph of strawberry ice cream with rhubarb meringue pie

I punnet of fresh English strawberries (or strawberries from where ever you are)
2 tablespoons of icing sugar
1 carton of clotted cream or marscapone or whipping cream or Greek yogurt

Wash and cut the strawberries in half, then lay in a single layer on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer, until they are frozen solid.

Place these along with the icing sugar and clotted cream in a food processor.