New Cookbook & Blueberry Tarts....

My beautiful daughter gave me this gorgeous cookbook...
(Yet another one of her frequent random acts of kindness!)
'The Ladies Book of Baking'
A Collection of Elegant recipes.
And oh my... 
it is full of simply delicious recipes...
The first one I baked was:
Blueberry Tarts. 
YUM - Baked morsels of berry delight!
Served with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream...
They were very easy to make,
(because you cheat by using ready-rolled pastry!)
and
VERY scrumptious to eat!
Here's the recipe:

Blueberry Tarts
Heat oven to 190 Celsius
Grease a muffin tray or 6 small pie/tart dishes.
Ingredients:
300 grams blueberries (I used frozen)
2 teaspoon cornflour
55 grams caster sugar
4 teaspoons water
55 grams plain flour
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
40 grams diced butter
ready made sweet shortcrust pastry

Make filling:
In a small saucepan put the water, half the blueberries, the cornflour and half the sugar.
Cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes.
Take pan off the heat and add rest of the blueberries.

Make Struesel:
Put the flour, lemon rind, butter and rest of sugar in a bowl 
and combine until like fine crumbs.

Then:
Line muffin tray or dishes with pastry.
Spoon blueberry filling into each case.
Sprinkle tops with struesel mixture.
Bake for 15 minutes until topping is pale gold.
When warm, remove from tins,
plate, and add a dollop of vanilla ice-cream.

EAT!



Dutch Irises...

The colour of this Dutch Iris is AMAZING!
Every year it pops up in 'Mia Bella Gardens'...
With incredible purple blue blooms...
with a bold yellow stripe!

Dutch Iris Information:

Flowering period: June - July
Average plant height: 60 cm
Planting depth to base of bulb: 15 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 10
Light requirement: full sun
Landscape uses: beds, borders and as cut flowers
Dutch irises have never grown wild in the Netherlands. Instead, they are the product of hybridisation carried out by a Dutch plant breeding firm by the name of Tubergen. 

They are easy to grow but need a rich, well-drained soil. 
The flowers are 10 cm in diameter, and are fabulous to use as cut flowers. 

Here are some names for Dutch Iris in the blue/purple and white colour range:
‘Blue Diamond’: blue
‘Blue Magic’: deep purple-blue
‘Blue Ribbon’: (‘Professor Blaauw’): deep blue
‘Casablanca’: white
‘Hildegarde’: light blue
‘Ideal’: sky blue
‘Madonna’: white
‘Purple Sensation’: deep purple
‘Telstar’: deep blue
‘White Bridge’: pure white
‘White van Vliet’: pure white
‘White Wedgwood’: pure white




Colour, roses and a Parisian cushion...

 Colour...
What is your favourite?
I couldn't say...
for I LOVE them all!
 This is a beautiful and colourful selection of flowers
freshly picked from 'Mia Bella Gardens'.
 Canna lilies in the brightest orange...
 With the softest pastel roses...
 Don't you adore 'David Austin' roses?
They must be my most favourite roses variety.
Delicate noisettes of heaven scent.
 A vase full of flowers...
A perfect décor accent 
for my newest Parisian themed bird cushion!




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