I wanted to make dessert for my husband today as we celebrated our wedding anniversary. Problem is he is not that keen on sweets - crazy I know! On the rare occasion that he does have any dessert he would always lean towards something with a tang. So after thinking about what to make and realising I really did not have a lot spare time to make it with I decided to steal the idea from another recipe I have. There is a summer berry tart that I make called Creamy Lemony Summer Tart that is quick and easy and it's fruity and tangy so it made sense that I'd use the filling from that tart for our dessert tonight.Dessert tonight was quite simple strawberries filled with a tangy lemon curd cream. Hardly any time needed and very little cooking. Here's how to make it.
20 strawberries
4-5 tablespoons cream cheese (softened)
2-3 tablespoons lemon curd (I use store bought)
1/3 cup sugar
4 tablespoons water
1. To core the strawberries simple use a sharp knife and cut a cone shape out from the centre. The more you take out the more you can fill so do take out as much as possible.
*Be careful not to go too deep and make a hole at the bottom*
**I use an egg carton to hold the strawberries in for ease when filling**
*** don't waste the core, it's delicious!!***
2. Mix lemon curd and cream cheese. You want a nice thick consistency.
*if filling is too runny add more cream cheese or too thick ad more lemon curd*
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| store bought is fine |
4. Use a spoon and drizzle toffee on baking paper. You want to make a random pattern of webbing or netting. Have some thin strains and some big thick drops so that you have some crunchy bits and some lovely big chunks. Make it random and it looks quite pretty.
5. When toffee cools remove from paper and simple break shards for garnish.
6. Fill strawberries with lemon curd filling. Garnish with toffee shards.
7. Try to stop eating all of it by yourself!!
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