Vegan Berry Muffins
Berry season is at it’s height now and we still had some blackcurrants from our garden to use. We often enjoy berry muffins for Sunday morning breakfast. You can use any berry for this recipe, they are all wonderful. Yield: 12 muffins Ingredients: 8 ounces AP flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 3 ounces sugar pinch [...]
Carrots with Cassis Mustard and Red Onions
Not only is this side dish very colorful, it tastes wonderful. We are very happy to have blackcurrant bushes in our garden and used them to make our own cassis mustard. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 1 teaspoon vegan margarine 2 cups red onion, cut in rings 3 cups carrot, julienne-cut 2 tablespoons cassis mustard 1 [...]
Deluxe Shortcake Delight
Spicy Shortcake with Spiced Apples, Blackcurrant Sauce and Vanilla Soy Ice Cream This has been an especially good year for black currants. We have been harvesting them all week. One special way to enjoy them was to serve this delicious shortcake. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: for the shortcake: 1 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon cream of [...]
Blackcurrant & Pineapple Smoothie
Our berries are becoming ripe now. We harvested a lot of blackcurrants and were happy to find this recipe. It was easy to adapt to make vegan and makes a colorful and healthy drink, packed with vitamin C. It would probably also make a good ice cream. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 1- 8 ounce can [...]
Apricot Almond Tart with Blackcurrants and Lavender Syrup
We enjoyed this colorful tasty treat with fresh fruit and organic lavender from our garden on a hot summer’s afternoon. It only required a short time in the oven, and was really worth firing up the oven for. License this image Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: for the apricot almond tarts: 4 sheets frozen vegan puff [...]
Fried Cornmeal Mush with Blackcurrant Syrup
Cornmeal mush, also known as polenta is a traditional Southern breakfast. Often served with maple syrup, it is also delicious with fresh berry syrup, like this blackcurrant syrup made from our own blackcurrants. License this image Ingredients: for the cornmeal mush: 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup cold water 3 cups boiling water pinch salt [...]
Uncheesy cassis cakes
The smooth rich taste of blackcurrant cheesecake. This lovely uncheesy cake was very easy to make and the taste was divine. Serving Size: 2 Ingredients: 1 & 1/2 cups plain soy yogurt, drained of water 2 Tbs. cashew butter 1-2 Tbs. powdered sugar 1 cup cassis (blackcurrant) jam 2 tsp. corn starch 20 vegan cookies [...]
Raspberries In Love Ice Cream
Vegan ice cream – sweet and tangy, smooth as velvet and melts in your mouth. What a treat! It’s being a good year for raspberries here, so I’ve been picking every day. Raspberries are very easy to grow, they’ll even grow in a pot on a balcony and nothing tastes better. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: [...]
Very berry fruit parfait
Such a lovely dessert and it couldn’t be easier! Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 3-4 cups mixed berries (strawberries, red- and blackcurrants, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries 1-2 tbs. sugar 2 cups / 500 milliliters vanilla soy pudding 1 & 1/4 cups / 300 milliliters soy whipping cream (e.g. soyatoo) 2 tbs. powdered sugar 1 cap full vanilla [...]
Blackcurrant and tofu whip
Ingredients: 500 grams blackcurrants or blackberries 350 grams tofu, crumbled 3-4 tbs. maple or corn syrup 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 30 grams hazelnuts, toasted and chopped 3-4 tbs. Creme de Cassis (optional) Directions: Wash the berries. Put the berries, tofu, vanilla and syrup in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Roast the [...]
