Summer Pudding

Serves 4

Summer pudding is a delicious easy dessert that makes the most of summer berries. If you take a trip to the countryside and pick your own berries or have a few raspberries and strawberries growing in your back garden then this is a very cheap dessert to make, the main ingredients are berries and bread.

This is a wonderful family dessert, perfect after a BBQ when the whole family are round and great to cool down with on a hot summer’s day.

Ingredients

• 900g soft fruit
• 200g sugar
• 2 tbsp water
• 8 slices of bread

Method

1. Place the fruit in a pan, pour in the sugar and add the water.
2. Place the pan over a moderate heat and bring to the boil. Allow to simmer until juices begin to run.
3. Line a pudding basin with slices of bread.
4. Pour the fruit and some juice into the bread lined basin, then cover the top with bread. Pour the remaining juice over the top.
5. Place a sauce pan on top of the bread and add weights into the pan, leave to cool then refrigerate overnight.
6. When ready to serve remove the weights and carefully sliced a knife around the edge of the pudding basin, turn out on to a serving dish.