Summer Fruit Recipes Continued...

Here are some of the other recipes I promised :) and a great way to celebrate summer!



Raspberry Quick Jam
(This is different then my Jar Jam)

1 Pint of fresh raspberry's
Juice of 1/2 lemon (Myers if you have it)
1 Tble of Raw Sugar
2 tsp of corn starch

serves 4-8 that depends on you :)


Cook it down until it is thick & sticky
will last for about 1 week in fridge

Blackberry Tart

2 Pints of Blackberry's
1/4 C. water
1/2 Juice from Lemon
1 Tble of corn starch
Pinch of sea salt
1/4 C of Honey (clover or honeysuckle)
1/4 C Crystallized Ginger
1 egg white

1 Frozen Puff Pastry

First thaw your puff pastry on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Mix Water & Corn Starch in a shaker and shake until all lumps are gone.
Mix into a cooking pot Honey, Lemon Juice and Salt, mix, add your starch mix.
Set your temp. at a low/med heat,
Add Blackberry's and stir being careful not to mash bring to a boil and reduce to 1/2 the liquid.
Mix egg white with 1 Tble spoon of water or milk and brush around the outside of the pastry as if you were making a frame for the Blackberry's
Pop in the oven for 3-5 min., sprinkle with ginger inside the egg wash, top with blackberry mixture and bake another 15-20 minutes, until pastry puffs and edges are goldenlicious!

*You can use butter but I find puff pastry is already loaded with it and not needed, you most likely will have soggy pastries.

serves 6-8

Preheat and Bake at 400 degrees for apx. 20 min.

Blackberry Mojito

I Love Mojitos because they are refreshing and this is a great drink that does not even need alcohol, of course where's the fun in that?

Place 6-8 Blackberry's in a glass,add less then a tablespoon of raw sugar, add 3-6 leaves of fresh mint and a squeeze of 1/2 lime. Top with crushed ice 1/2 way up the glass.
(if you have a wooden pestle use that if not use a wooden spoon)
Muddle, meaning to smash it all into a mushy mess
now add more crushed ice to the top, add a jigger or two of plain rum(clear)
top off the glass with soda water, sparkling water (plain or lime)
Sprig of mint to garnish

serves one


Strawberry Yogurt Dessert

6 oz of Greek yogurt (plain non fat)
5 oz sliced strawberry's
Drizzle of your favorite Honey across the top
sprinkle with lavender flowers and shave some dark chocolate with a micro planer

serves one



These recipes are created by Ms. Foodie H.Valentine
unless other wise noted.