Simple Recipes to Use Up Leftover Raspberries
This beautifully simple raspberry cake (Rainbow Nourishments) is very easy to make, vegan and wholesome, and contains a tropical flair from coconut flakes.
Delightful for afternoon tea! You can interchange strawberry and raspberry recipes, but use more sugar for tart raspberries and less for sweeter strawberries.
People with sensitivity to pollen may wish to avoid raspberries (and people whose seeds get stuck in their teeth!) Keep fruit seeds/pips away from pets. Read more on food safety for people & pets.
Raspberries are one of England’s favourite fruits, but they do go off quickly, so use them up soon after purchasing (or visiting the PYO farm) or freeze to use later on.
To do this, wash and dry the berries, then freeze in a single layer on a baking tray, then transfer to a silicone freezer bag.
This recipe uses canned coconut milk (choose a brand free from monkey harvesting – Biona and Nature’s Charm are both good, sold in cans). Blending with plant milk stops the cake batter from being too ‘coconutty’.
You can use fresh or frozen (don’t thaw) raspberries for this recipe, ideal if you grow them or went overboard at the PYO farm. And shredded coconut is easy to find. The simple cake batter is a classic (mix wet and dry) and then bake the cake (time differs, depending if your berries are fresh or frozen).
Once cooled, top with more (toasted|) shredded coconut) and serve with tea and optional raspberry jam. You can store any leftover slices in the fridge for a few days, in an airtight container).
Raspberry & Tahini Smoothie Recipe
This raspberry & tahini smoothie recipe (Rainbow Plant Life) is one of several recipes you can try, in a post (with a chart) on how to make the perfect smoothie. Tahini is a jar of calcium-rich sesame seed paste, you can find in all stores.
Nisha says you need some of plant milk to make smoothies, because making them with water is ‘downright sad’. She also explains how to ‘hide’ some vegetables in there including cauliflower (due to its mild taste).
Once you know the basic formulas, you can whizz up something tasty, with whatever ingredients you have to hand. There’s even a chart to help you out:
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If you invest in a good blender to make smoothies, UK law says the shop selling it, has to take back old appliances for recycling.
One comedian says the main brand of smoothies in supermarkets has a cheek to call themselves innocent! The prices charge for what is essentially blended fruit are astronomical.
And the company is now owned by a big American corporation. He says the cheapest way to make a banana smoothie, is simply to put a banana in your mouth – then swish your head around to blend it!
Homemade Raspberry (vegan) Panna Cotta
This raspberry panna cotta (Vibrant Plate) is a super-simple recipe that only needs a few ingredients. Panna Cotta (Italian for ‘cooked cream’) is a popular dessert, but conventional ones are made with gelatine (animal bones).
This recipe subs the gelatine for coconut and agar-agar (a seaweed-based gelatine agent that’s easy to find in stores – also use to make vegan jelly).
Sweetened with maple syrup, this also contains real vanilla for aroma (don’t skimp, as ‘fake vanilla’ is often made from beaver extract, just like some perfumes).
If you want, you can sub with blackberries.
Raspberries are one of England’s favourite fruits, but they do go off quickly, so use them up soon after purchasing (or visiting the PYO farm) or freeze to use later on.
To do this, wash and dry the berries, then freeze in a single layer on a baking tray, then transfer to a silicone freezer bag.
