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A delicious dollop

18/9/2018

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Jan Cheshire swears by this delicious Scandinavian dessert with the intriguing name of Peasant Girls in the Mist.

By Jan Cheshire
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THE title of this recipe always amuses me.  I knew of the dish for quite a while and then found the recipe in a lovely old bookshop in London a few years ago.  This recipe comes from Scandinavia and I can assure you it is worth a try.  It is very easy and very delicious.
 
PEASANT GIRLS IN A MIST
 
Ingredients
2 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
3 tablespoons of caster sugar
25 grams of unsalted butter
100 grams of breadcrumbs (preferably brown ones)
50 grams of soft brown sugar
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
300ml of whipping cream
4 tablespoons of icing sugar
Good squeeze of half a lemon
1½ tablespoons of toasted hazelnuts roughly chopped
 
Method
  1. Cook the apples in a saucepan with the caster sugar and 2 tablespoons of water over a gentle heat until they are very tender.  Stir occasionally and mash the cooked apples lightly.  Put in a bowl to cool.
  2. Melt the butter in a frypan and sauté the breadcrumbs stirring constantly over medium heat until golden, add the cinnamon and continue to cook for 1 minute.  Cool.
  3. Whip the cream and add the icing sugar and lemon.
  4. To serve, layer the apples, then the breadcrumbs and then the whipped cream in a glass bowl and scatter with the hazelnuts.
 
Enjoy!  
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