jelly belly

Tonight's dinner was unmemorable, quinoa with a vegetable stew, reminiscent of 7 vegetables couscous but lacking any guts or authenticity, so that's not been recorded as it contributes nothing to posterity.

However, we did have a pleasant luncheon dessert; a Summer Fruits Jelly made with morello cherries and blueberries from the garden, simmered in a light syrup made with vanilla sugar and enriched with a few tablespoonfuls of Creme de Cassis. The jelly was set with agar agar, just 2g of the powder was sufficient to set a half litre of compote. Purists will note that agar powder is considered less good than the flakes as it is more heavily processed but it worked well for this recipe.