Dessert

My neighbour has a speciality, she does a fantastic dessert. It's airy, filled with whipped cream and berries of the season. And best is, she gives me leftovers when she had a party. Sometimes she sms's me, saying there is a plate outside my door. Yum!

But I thought I should be able to do this myself, so I tried the other day, using the technique she instructed me to, and voila, it worked! Ok, it may not have looked as nice as the one she creates, but it tasted fabulous made with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. There are two witnesses who can testify if need be (have a nice holiday and yes, I'll try not to kill your plants).

So I thought I'll make another one, making it look as good as my neighbours. But lo and behold, there were no strawberries available so had to settle for figs. Mind you they were fresh, even though they were imported from Turkey. But I must admit the taste (yes I tried) wasn't up to par so had to come up with an idea.

Cognac! Only I didn't have any cognac at home, but found a funny little bottle with Eastern European letters on it, and now the figs are marinating (and possibly getting rid of whatever they held in terms of bacterias before) in that juice.

Keep your fingers crossed it'll turn out if not good, at least edible.