Blackberries In Mint Syrup With Caramelised Brioche

It should fill us with joy, that infinite wisdom guides the affairs of the world. Many of its events are shrouded in darkness and mystery, and inextricable confusion sometimes seems to reign. Often wickedness prevails, and God seems to have forgotten the creatures that He has made. Our own path through life is dark and devious, and beset with difficulties and dangers. How full of consolation is the doctrine, that infinite wisdom directs every event, brings order out of confusion, and light out of darkness, and, to those who love God, causes all things, whatever be their present aspect and apparent tendency, to work together for good.

J.L. Dagg

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains			4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

300		Water, 1/2 pint
300		Caster sugar measure by
		volume 1/2 pint
1/2		Lemon, Juice of
1		Strip lemon zest
1		Handful fresh mint leaves
450	g	Fresh blackberries, 1lb
6		Brioche
6	T	Caster sugar use as much
		as you need
150		Creme fraiche, 1/4 pint
		Seeds of 1/2 vanilla pod
1	t	Icing sugar
		Finely grated zest of 1/2
		lemon

INSTRUCTIONS

You will need a very hot grill or a blowtorch to caramelise the
brioche.  Mix the creme fraiche with the lemon zest, icing sugar and
vanilla  seeds and chill well.  Dissolve the sugar in the water until
clear. Add the juice and zest  of the lemon. Boil hard to reduce to a
thickish syrup. Cool and then  chill until use.  Toast the slices of
brioche on both sides. Sprinkle with sugar and  then caramelise under a
grill or with the blowtorch. The sugar should  form a crisp sheet on
the bread. Repeat with the second side.  Cut the pieces in half. Chop
the mint and add to the syrup. Add a  squeeze more of lemon if needed
to liven up the flavour.  Put the berries in a bowl and sprinkle with
the mint syrup, tossing  them gently to coat. Pile the berries on the
brioche on a serving  plate. Top with a dollop of creme fraiche and
drizzle a little mint  syrup around.  Converted by MC_Buster.  Per
serving: 109 Calories (kcal); 11g Total Fat; (85% calories from  fat);
1g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 34mg Cholesterol; 19mg Sodium Food
Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 2 Fat;
0 Other Carbohydrates  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 124 Calories From Fat: 17 Total Fat: 1.9g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 645.3mg Potassium: 497.7mg Carbohydrates: 24g Fiber: 7.5g Sugar: 14.1g Protein: 6.4g

Consider the irony. At a certain point in time the One who was creator, would actually become part of His creation. The sustainer of the world would be killed by the hands He was sustaining. The One who was loved by the Father, would be predetermined to be rejected by the Father. The One who knew no sin, would become sin. And the One predestined to die for sinners, would be predestined before there ever was sin. First Peter 1:20, says He “has appeared in these last times for the sake of you.” The One who needs nothing, would come to the aid of those who hated Him and purchase a people for Himself.

Randy Smith