Just Dessert

Sometimes it's nice when you just have dessert to think about and not the main meal as well. Recently we had a little 'Mum, Dad and 3 kids' family join us for a 'fish n chips' dinner. I decided that since I didn't have to cook dinner as such I would take the time to make a tasty dessert that required a bit of fuss and fiddle. We don't have any kids at home now but I do know that they are always up for a bit of dessert - us adults don't need it but a wee sweetie after a meal is rather nice for us too!

This recipe has been lurking in the depths of my recipe book almost since time began - it's years since I've made it - probably 20 plus years actually but it is a 'keeper'. Got the recipe off some lovely people who had us at their place for a meal and had made this for dessert! That's just how recipes get around isn't it?

Lovely and fresh and lemon-y. The Corn Flakes add a bit of quirky texture - throw a couple of summer strawberries at it and voila - something delicious to delight the children and satisfy the adult sweet tooth as well! Even though we were only having easy old 'fish n chips' for dinner I enjoyed making our guests feel a bit special by whipping up something yum for our dessert.

It fills a reasonable sized dish so it meant we had enough to share with one of our darling girls and her hubby the next night! She remembered us having it more recently than 20 years ago and enjoyed having it all over again!

Frozen Lemon Crunch.

Base -
Melt together 75 gms butter and 1 TBLSPN sugar then add 2 cups of crushed cornflakes and mix together. Press it into a dish and sit in the fridge.

Filling -
3 eggs
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tsp grated lemon rind
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup cream

Lightly whip cream. Separate eggs. Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar, beat until stiff. Beat egg yolks until pale, fold into whites. Mix all carefully with whipped cream, lemon rind and juice. Pile onto base. Sprinkle with Cornflakes. Freeze about 1 hour - maybe a bit more actually! Serves 10.