Summery Sodas & Sundaes!

Summery Sodas & Sundaes are a great way to slurp away the summer..... they make very easy desserts and can be great fun to make with as many variations as you can imagine!!  If you are on a self catering holiday with kids you can have a lot of fun competing for who makes the best sundae. 

Sugar Stock Syrup

480g /1lb sugar

600m/1pt of water

Pop the sugar and water into a large pot, bring to the boil stirring until the sugar has dissolved into the water.  Allow to cool pop into a sterilized jar/bottle and store in the fridge until needed...

Rhubarb & Strawberry Lemonade

3 stalks of rhubarb chopped

6 cups of stock syrup 

5 cups of strawberries, remove stem & crush

½ cup of fresh lemon juice

Bring rhubarb, stock syrup to the boil, remove from the heat and stir in strawberries, cool for about 30 mins.

Press mixture through a fine sieve, pop in the fridge to chill, stir in lemon juice and serve with ice ..

Traditional Lemonade

2 lemons juiced

1 orange juiced

50ml/8floz of Sugar stock syrup

750ml/ 1pint of cold water

10 ice cubes

1. Juice the lemons & limes, pop into a large jug

2. Pour over the water and stock syrup – stir really well

3. Pop in the ice cubes

Variations...

• • Add 6 sprigs of fresh mint – for a Mojito lemonade
• • Add 4 sprigs of lemon balm or verbena
• • Lemon & Lime Lemonade - Substitute the orange for 2 limes and check for taste as you may need a little more stock syrup
• • Pop a scoop of vanilla ice cream into a tall glass and top with lemonade for a light sundae....

This is so refreshing and fun to make....

Knickerbocker Glory 

The quintessential ice cream sundae, that dates back to the 1930’s.

To begin with you need, a tall glass, long spoons and some straws...

Fresh fruit salad

Strawberry coulis

Vanilla Ice cream

Strawberry Ice Cream 

1 tbls of fresh cream pp

Ice Cream Wafers

In a tall glass dribble some strawberry coulis and let it run down the side of the glass. Pop a spoon of fresh fruit salad in the bottom, top with 1 scoop of ice cream add another layer of fresh fruit salad and a drizzle of strawberry coulis, continue until you have reached the top of the glass.

Decorate with whipped cream and drizzle of strawberry coulis with wafers.

Eton Mess

Isnt really a sundae, it comes from Eton College in the UK and began about the 1930’s where Mixed strawberries & cream was served in glasses at the annual cricket match, meringues were an addition later.  I’ve made lots of variations of Eton Mess’s over the years, but this is my favourite one.. 

1 punnet of raspberries

1 small carton of cream

1 tub of mascarpone cream

4 meringue nests 

Mix the mascarpone & cream together until smooth, add 2/3rds of raspberries and mix until smoothish, break the meringues into bite sized pieces and combine with the cream mixture.  Pop in the remainder of the raspberries and mix gently. Spoon the mixture into cocktail glasses.

Triple Choc Sundae 

Chocolate Ice cream

Chocolate brownie cut into bite sized pieces

Or mini chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate sauce

Layer the ingredients into a tall glass and enjoy!!

Remember Cola or Orange Floats

2 scoops of vanilla ice cream into a glass

Top up with cola or orange

Add 2 long straws – stir, sip & Enjoy!!