Berriness (Recipe 23)

Summer has the best fruits and veggies. Strawberries are still on sale. And this week all the blackberry bushes in the forest around us have burst into bloom. I went out Monday morning and picked over three cups full of blackberries. My legs look like I went through a war zone (thorns are vicious!) but it was worth it. 

Blackerries don't last very long, and I knew I wanted to make some sort of berry dessert with strawberries and blackberries. I googled away and came up empty handed. I was already coming up with my own recipe for dinner (fish tacos) and I figured, why not go all the way and have dessert be a made up recipe too. And that is exactly what I proceeded to do. 

The Recipe: 

• Blackberries
• Strawberries
• Apple
• Sugar
• Lemon Juice
• Sour Cream
• Marie Cookies (or Graham Crackers)
• Butter

I'm terrible at measuring when I'm just making something up off the top of my head. So, bear with me. I first mixed together some Marie Cookies (they only sell them in Europe and Africa... I think Graham Crackers would be the closest substitute in America) with butter, vanilla, and cinnamon until it was a good crust consistency. I then smushed that mixture into the bottoms of greased muffin tins. 

Next, I mixed together enough blackberries and strawberries as well as one apple. I then poured in a little bit of sugar (probably 1/2 a cup) and some lemon juice. I also am still on a sour cream roll, so I put in a dollop of sour cream as well. 

I then put them in the over for about 25 minutes on 350ºF. 

When they came out, I let them cool for a while. As they cooled I whipped up a concoction for the top. I basically grabbed everything white in our fridge and whipped it together. 

The Recipe: 

• Whip Cream
• Cream Cheese
• Sour Cream
• Vanilla Yogurt
• Vanilla
• Powdered Sugar

I mixed enough together to get the consistency and flavour that I wanted. Again, so sorry, but I don't know how much of everything I put in. Oops. 

When the berry things were cooled I put on some of the whipped topping and dusted the topping with a bit of Lime Zest. 

And Vwala. The nameless dessert that was probably terribly difficult to follow. It was good though and had the flavour of Summer fruit. Mmm. If you can come up with a name for it, I would love to hear it!