Rose's Poor Man's Tiramisu: Made in 5 minutes, Serves 6

Rose's Poor Man's Tiramisu - 3 ways

Serves 6      Time: 5 Minutes      Cost: $6 

Ingredients: First Way 

1ltr  Meadow Fresh Vanilla Custard (ready-made)

1 pkt Griffins Gingernut biscuits 

**1 cup espresso ( or strong black coffee) cooled ** Optional

Method:  

I make these in glass tumblers for presentation and it's easier to serve up as individual portions - and because they fit the whole gingernuts in perfectly.





Pour or Spoon Custard into 1/3 of each glass.

Place 2x whole Gingernut Biscuits on top of custard. * dunk each gingernut biscuit in the cooled coffee for about 10 seconds BEFORE placing on top of custard. Make sure coffee is cool otherwise biscuit will melt too quick.

Pour or Spoon Custard on top of Gingernuts to create a layered effect. Leave space at the top of glass for additional custard or crumbs. 

Place 4x Gingernuts into a Snap-Lock bag - bash these with a wooden spoon to create biscuit crumbs.

Sprinkle Gingernut crumbs over custard - Leave the space at the top for whipped cream later 

Place into the fridge - overnight works best, but 4 hours in the fridge will be fine. 

Place generous scoop of Whipped Cream on top then sprinkle with more gingernut crumbs. 

Delicious and couldn't be easier to create - Looks amazing too ! 

Second Way: Serves: 6    Time: 5 minutes  Cost: $6 - 10 

Method as above - but substitute custard for thick and creamy Greek style yoghurt & honey. I make my own using Easio but other yoghurt works too - it's just a little more costly ready made.  

This is super delicious and I actually prefer the yoghurt method now. Kids, however , will always love the custard version... 

Third Way: For the Adults - yes, it does have booze in = YUM!  

Serves: 6    Time: 5 minutes   Cost: $10 

Method = same as above except for two things: 

1. Substitute Coffee for Canterbury Cream or any liqueur that works with well in coffee. Use either custard or yoghurt, both work. 2. Don't use biscuit crumbs - create a whole new topping

Place one whole biscuit on the top layer of custard, carefully pressing it in the centre so the edges are covered by custard - but most of the biscuit centre is showing. Poor the liqueur over the biscuit then place in the fridge over night or for at least 8 hours. This will allow the biscuit to absorb the liqueur and become a delicious caramel, boozy, decadent topping. This is sooo good! 

Tip: 

In hot summer months make these in small glad containers and keep a few in the fridge to take as a refreshing cool lunch time treat. 

Got some unused dry cake left over - use that instead of biscuits. The custard soaks into the cake.

Rose's Spice-it-Up Strawberries - Serves 4-6, Prep time 5 minutes

Rose's Spice-it-Up Strawberries 

Serves: 4-6    Prep time: 5 minutes   Cost: $5-7 

This will work with most fruit, but there is something I love about fresh-in-season Strawberries that screams festive dessert. This is one of the easiest, quick to prepare desserts, I have ever made and it is absolutely delicious! Spicy, syrupy, with hardly any effort at all.

                                               

Ingredients:

3x 250gm Punnets of fresh strawberries 

2 Tablespoons Raw Sugar - the raw sugar give the strawberries more of a caramel flavour

1 Tablespoon Ginger Powder 

1 teaspoon Cocoa Powder or 2 Tablespoons Drinking Chocolate Powder 

1 Tablespoon Honey - melt the honey in the microwave for approx 10 seconds 

Method:  

1.a.  Hull and chop each strawberry - below is the method I use

Place chopped pieces into a 2 ltr capacity container 

A reusable ice cream container is perfect for this

Cut Larger Strawberries across to create smaller pieces 

Mmmm...looks good already - but wait till you add the other ingredients !! 

They turn this into sensational!

2. Add the Raw Sugar to the strawberries and stir through gently with a spoon to coat each piece. The suger helps release the juices that will form the syrup.

3.  Add the Ginger and Chocolate and stir through gently, at this stage it already smells fantastic.

4. Add the Melted Honey and stir that through. 

5. Put the lid on and place container into the fridge overnight. That's it - easy - peasy !! 

 Next day - you will end up with this delicious spicy syrup along with the marinated strawberry pieces.





I have to apologise at the lack of strawberries - this was full last night but before I could photograph it my husband had the munchies while watching sports in the early hours of this morning.
I had best warn you - if you make these, keep your eyes on them because they tend to disappear from the fridge.
If you want this for a special dessert - tell your family DON'T TOUCH!

Serves 4 as is with a dollop of cream 

or will stretch to 6 with a scoop of ice cream

** For a fancy touch - grate some chocolate over the cream or ice cream for effect **  

My family love this dessert - I sincerely hope you will too... Rose

Turn it up a notch with a shot of Liqueur - let's rock this dessert....!