Over the weekend I found these brandied fruit slices on one of my favourite blogs, Hotly Spiced. Charlie is a mother of three children, two of whom are teenagers and, while cooking delicious recipes, entertains us with stories of her day to day life and sometimes, past life as a mother. And very occasionally further back to her childhood. She is always amusing, taking the trouble and strife of her family in her stride and all the while turning out great food. Do pop on over for her recipe for these slices. You’ll find it here.
The base was a little dry but that will be due to my dumb-ass oven. But my Italian husband likes dry cakes and so this one suited him just fine. I guess Italians like their cakes and desserts dry so they can dunk them into their wine. It’s a good theory anyway.
In a couple of weeks we are going back to visit family in Italy for three weeks and I intend to test all the cakes and their ice cream will get a good seeing to as well. I will take photos to make your mouths water and report all the culinary delights I encounter. And there will be many.
This is not a low Fodmap recipe.
thyme (sarah) says
Italy!! Cannot wait to languish over all your upcoming photos. Oh how dreamy. And…with your Italian husband, you must have so many inside viewpoints. BTW, I’ve been looking into that “subscription” issue. I entered my own yahoo e-mail address to see if I get an e-mail the next time I have an article out. I’ve never tested it before. I never even think anyone is reading my ramblings!! I do know, that I received a confirmation e-mail and I had to “click” on a link to make the subscription “official”. I’ll figure it out! Bon Voyage!
admin says
Italy should be good as long as the weather behaves as it is a volatile season.
I also received a notification and clicked on it in the email but haven’t received anything yet. We’ll see if the last time I tried a few days ago has worked when you publish a new post. Of course people read your ramblings – they are good ramblings and I so love your photography.
Suzanne
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
What a perfect treat to enjoy with coffee or tea (or wine!).
admin says
Yes, they would work well with wine too, Laura.
Suzanne
Hotly Spiced says
Hi Suzanne, I’m so pleased you tried this recipe and thanks so much for the lovely comments. So kind of you! It looks so pretty the way you have photographed it and I love your silver dish. Looking forward to reading your posts from Italy xx
admin says
You’re welcome, Charlie. I always look forward to your posts.
Suzanne
Liz says
I love Charlie’s blog, too…she cracks me up every time! Your brandied fruit slice looks fantastic…and with that fruit topping, I can rationalize that it’s healthy, right? Can’t wait to see what inspiration you bring back from Italy!
admin says
It’s definitely healthy, Liz. LOL. I’m sure I will be snapping photos of anything that looks vaguely like food in Italy.
Suzanne
kitchenriffs says
I’m really looking forward to your Italian posts – they’ll be wonderful, I’m sure. We want many, many photos! Not that we don’t want to read about recipes like this, because we certainly do! Charlie’s blog is great, and these look really nice. A little dunking is a good thing! 😉 Thanks for this.
admin says
I will do my best to supply some suitably amazing photos of our trip and the food we eat.
Suzanne