In any case, I went searching but could only find them filled with truly awful 'mock cream'. As it turned out he couldn't eat it in the end in any case - it was a feed tube for him, unfortunately.
This whole episode got me thinking, though, about how I might be able to make really good lamingtons with real fruit, so out came the pinny. ..
I'd invented some lovely raspberry jelly moulds for a Xmas feature a couple of years ago, so I revisited that recipe and simply used the jelly base to dip squares of bought sponge in - and they turned out to be such a triumph I decided to include them in my new book (for which I just sent the manuscript away last week - Yay!!!). A friend, who's been making them ever since, says her husband literally goes weak at the knees over them, hence the name.
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| Real Berry Jellies and Weak- at- the -Knees Lamingtons |
A photo like this will be in the new book, but as you can see this one is hardly a professional image!, just snapped over Carolyn (Robertson's) shoulder as she was setting up the shot.
Real Berry Jellies and Weak- at- the- Knees Lamingtons
It must be the child in all of us; jellies
never go out of favour, especially when served with fresh berries and boutique
ice cream. Or, dip squares of sponge in the jelly before it sets and roll in
coconut for some frivolous real fruit lamingtons.
Makes 16-18 lamingtons
500g fresh or frozen raspberries (thawed)
½ cup sugar
2½ cups cranberry, pomegranate or
blackcurrant juice
2 Tbsp gelatine
Jelly
moulds
Place the fresh or thawed raspberries with
their juice, the sugar and 2 cups of the cranberry juice in a large saucepan.
Soak the gelatine in the remaining ½ cup of cranberry juice.
Heat the raspberry mixture over a medium
heat and simmer 1-2 minutes. Remove from the heat and immediately strain
through a sieve into a bowl. Discard the seeds.
Whisk in the soaked gelatine and stir until
the gelatine is completely dissolved. Pour into six ½ cup moulds.
Cover and chill for 3-4 hours until set.
Unmould the jellies onto serving plates and
garnish with fresh raspberries or berries of choice and crème fraiche or
homemade ice cream.
Real
Fruit Lamingtons
Grown men have been known to go weak at the
knees when these are produced - honestly!
Berry jelly, as for berry jelly moulds
300g plain sponge, bought or home made
2-3 cups desiccated coconut
200ml softly whipped cream
Make the berry jelly as outlined above, and
set aside to cool. Refrigerate to hasten the process once it has cooled
sufficiently, but don’t allow to set;
try to catch it just as the setting process begins.
Cut the sponge into approximately 5cm
squares, and dip all sides into the cold jelly.
Roll in the coconut, then either slash the
top or halve through the equator of each lamington.
Fill with the softly whipped cream and
serve with or without fresh berries.
