QCWA Country Kitchens’ Summer Recipes

Dragon Fruit Summer Pudding

Serves: 12

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes + overnight chill time

Ingredients:

1 loaf sliced wholemeal bread

2 cups frozen pink dragon fruit chunks

1 cup strawberries

1 cup blueberries

1 can white dragon fruit chunks in syrup

Reduced fat yoghurt, to serve

Method:

LINE a bowl or pudding tin with plastic wrap.

REMOVE crusts from bread and cut into triangles.

ADD fruit to saucepan, gently simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

DIP bread triangles in fruit mixture until lightly coated.

LINE the inside of the bowl with bread.

FILL with fruit mixture and top with remaining bread triangles.

PLACE saucer on top of the bowl and weigh down with a tin or can.

REFRIGERATE overnight.

TIP the pudding out of the bowl when set. Serve with low fat vanilla or Greek yogurt.

Festive Spritz

Serves: 8

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 0 minutes

Ingredients:

1 granny smith apple, chopped

1 cup fresh cherries, halved

OR 1 cup bottled cherries, drained

3 sprigs of rosemary

1L apple juice, no added sugar

1L sparkling water

Ice

Method:

COMBINE the apple, cherries, rosemary and apple juice in a 3 litre jug and stand for 10 minutes.

STIR in the sparkling water and ice then pour into serving glasses.