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Other ideas for Best of Taste Fruit Coulis

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Other ideas for Best of Taste Fruit Coulis Mango and Passion Fruit Coulis Made from a wonderful blend of sun ripened mangoes and the strained juice of passion fruit. Great with any other tropical fruits, bananas especially (fried, barbecued or baked as well as fresh). Great with yoghurts, creme fraiche and ice cream. Blackcurrant Coulis Made from masses of plump, sharp English blackcurrants this is a wonderfully tart flavoured coulis that is rich in Vitamin C. Wonderful with anything rather sweet or bland and excellent for flavouring homemade ices, sorbets or long summer drinks and spritzers. Good with warm water to fight off colds in winter. Also excellent with deep fried Brie or camembert or as a flavouring in sauces with rich, game meats. Black Cherry Coulis with Kirsch The combination of sweet dark cherries and Kirsch has long been a favourite of dessert and pastry chefs around the world. By bringing the two flavours together in a coulis you can now enjoy a really gourmet dessert a...

Raspberry & Elderflower Tart

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Ingredients (Enough to fill an 8 inch/20cm diameter pastry case or 4 - 5 little ones as illustrated) 2 Egg yolks 50g Caster Sugar 20g Cornflour (sieved) 20g Plain Flour (sieved) 30ml full fat Milk 4 tbsp Belvoir Elderflower Cordial 1 punnet of fresh Raspberries Instructions Beat the egg yolks and sugar together while heating the milk in a saucepan. Add the two flours to the egg and sugar mixture. Pour in the milk and stir in the Belvoir Elderflower Cordial. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and heat stirring all the time until the custard thickens. It should have the consistency of whipped double cream. This crème patissière can be used in a fruit tart. Buy a pastry case, or individual pastry cases and fill with the crème Patissière. Cover with fresh raspberries and serve. You can also use it to fill éclairs or smooth it onto a sponge base and cover with fresh fruit to make a quick and delicious pudding. Serves 6. Buy Belvoir products