Not all our cookery turns out to plan. Glut of strawberries = strawberry jam, an afternoon activity for Poppy = baking scones, and Kirsten offered to buy some cream while she was out. Yum! Cream tea to look forward to!
The jam didn’t set, something wierd happened to the scones (Matt swears it was because we’d run out of milk so he used water instead), and the cream simply refused to whip. Kirsten’s face says it all:
bloody shame, never mind, keep trying, use the disgusting spray cream
well, they weren’t that bad cos we all still managed to eat two each! why is it that portuguese cream won’t whip? grrr.
The only success I´ve ever had with whipping portuguese cream is getting everything, including bowl and whip, very, very cold, plus the addition of a couple of spoonfuls of sugar.
My mother-in-law had a sign in her kitchen “Despite presentation all food is edible”..looks live this fits well to the scones..tip for Strawberry jam, add some quince pulp (not too much as it affects taste but has masses of pectin to help setting).
lol, brilliant sign! i normally use some quince but for some reason thought we didn’t have any – then andy reminded me (after i’d made the jam) that we’ve got jars and jars of it in the adega – doh!