Berries, Goat Cheese and Cream

[vfem]

I made a lovely dessert last night because I hit the grocery store and they had large angel food cakes on sale for $3. So I had 4 lb of blackberries, 12 lbs of blueberries and 2 lbs of strawberries in the fridge. I cooked down 2 cups of each until all the juice was bubbling in the pot.

I strained out the berries and put those in the fridge to chill, then added 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup red wine. I cooked this down by 1/2 into a syrup.

In the food processor I mixed 6 oz cold goat cheese and 3/4 cup of whipping cream with 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla. Put in the fridge to chill too,

When the syrup was ready I let it sit and thicken to room temp.

I served this after dinner on the deck with glasses of wine for the company. Berries and syrup over a slice of angel food cake and then topped with the whipped goat cheese topping!!! Mmmmm

 

[Greenthumb18]

I made a lovely dessert last night because I hit the grocery store and they had large angel food cakes on sale for $3. So I had 4 lb of blackberries, 12 lbs of blueberries and 2 lbs of strawberries in the fridge. I cooked down 2 cups of each until all the juice was bubbling in the pot.

I strained out the berries and put those in the fridge to chill, then added 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup red wine. I cooked this down by 1/2 into a syrup.

In the food processor I mixed 6 oz cold goat cheese and 3/4 cup of whipping cream with 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla. Put in the fridge to chill too,

When the syrup was ready I let it sit and thicken to room temp.

I served this after dinner on the deck with glasses of wine for the company. Berries and syrup over a slice of angel food cake and then topped with the whipped goat cheese topping!!! Mmmmm

Oh vfem, that sounds amazing!! I'm guessing fresh berries from the garden right. It sounds so good i must make some.

 

[vfem]

The strawberries are mine, the blackberries were from a neighbor, the blueberries are from a pick your own outside of town. Even the wine was from a local winery.

Not a bad dessert to entice our friends to come over and help pick with us and plant when needed.

 

[vfem]

forgot to add picture:

 

[Holachicka]

Shoot, I'll come help you pick and plant if you serve that to me!!

 

[lesa]

That looks and sounds wonderful! If you have never made an angel food cake from scratch- I highly recommend it. I had never done it and DD requested it for her bday. It was a little like a science experiment (compared to regular baking), but my goodness it was so tasty and beautiful. Decorated with borage flowers, I was quite proud of myself! Wonder how it would be with duck eggs???

 

[ninnymary]

Gosh Vfem...how I wished I lived close to you and was one of your close friends! Darn...just reading it made my mouth water...and then I saw the picture...with a glass of wine and good friends...what more could you want?

Mary

 

[cwhit590]

mmmm......num num sticks! (As my friends' kids would say )