Well winter is well and truly here in Australia. I have been very busy but finally got around to pruning the roses (at the very end of the rose pruning season). As I was doing this I decided to keep all of the rosehips to try to make something edible.
For this you need 500 g rosehips, 500 g sugar and 2 litres of boiling water. I tried to crush the rosehips in my coffee grinder (but only succeeded in breaking the coffee grinder) so instead I roughly chopped them. They were then steeped in 1 litre of boiling water for 1/2 hour then strained through a colander lined with a piece of fine cloth. This process is repeated again with the rosehip pulp and the second litre of boiling water. The rosehip infused liquid is then placed into a small saucepan and boiled until it is reduced to about 1/2. Then add the sugar and cook for about 5 minutes. When it cooled, some of the syrup went into a bottle of vodka (which I will taste test in a few months time) and the rest I used to make rosehip syrup cupcakes.
Rosehip Syrup Cupcakes:
Beat 110 g butter with 110g castor sugar until light and fluffy. Add two eggs and 3 teaspoons rosehip syrup and mix well then fold in 110 g SR flour. Mix and spoon into patty pans and cook in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes or until cooked when tested. Ice with a pale pink icing and place a candy flower decoration on each one.
Popular Posts
-
Lilli Pilli is the name of both the native berry and tree that inhabits the rainforests of Queensland and New South Wales. They were one of...
-
Well I got the fruit juicer and have been making fresh orange juice and apple juice. There is quite a bit of fruit pulp left over from this...
-
Welcome to my blog. I have been meaning to do this for quite a while now, but have never got around to it. This is a random set of thoug...
-
On KI I was lucky enough to be given a huge bag of home grown figs. I decided that I would try my hand at making some fig syrup at the sugg...
-
Last Friday night I went to a very special birthday party - a gourmet shop that I pop into from time to time was having its 15th birthday ce...
-
I am still having a love affair with the breakfast smoothie. It is summer time in Australia so this is a refreshing way to start the day an...
-
I have a friend who lived in Texas when she was little. I mentioned to her once before that I have recently discovered the cut of meat know...
-
Well winter is well and truly here in Australia. I have been very busy but finally got around to pruning the roses (at the very end of the ...
-
Well this post really belongs to Himself. About 6 years ago my husband heard about a Turducken and HAD to learn how to cook one. For those...
-
Hello and welcome/welcome back readers! I know you are out there - I can see what country you are in and how many visits this blog has had ...
No comments:
Post a Comment