Delightful brandy snap baskets with vanilla ice-cream and strawberries

Okay, the title says it all this time, there's not much to add to that. It's July and it's time to enjoy fresh local berries with ice-cream. As you may know, I'm generally not very great with desserts and somehow over the years my sweet tooth has basically left me. However in the summer it's so nice to have ice-cream with fresh berries and now I even have my own strawberries to taste. I also found these brandy snap baskets, which are quite cute and tasty as well, so they were perfect to be used in these desserts.

What are your favourite summer desserts?

Your VegHog

Omenahyve – Finnish apple crumble

Omenahyve (omena = apple, hyve = virtue, goodness) is a Finnish style apple crumble. It's very easy and effortless to make and it's a filling and sweet dessert.

Omenahyve is usually made in the late summer and in the autumn when new apple crops are being harvested. This dessert also fondly reminds me of carefree summers at my grandparent's place.

This recipe will make enough crumble for four people. I used Pink Lady apples but also some more bitter ones are suitable as the topping is quite sweet.

Ingredients

4 Apples

50g Butter

2dl Oat flakes

1dl Sugar

Vanilla ice-cream on the side

Method

Peel the apples and cut them to thin slices. Grease an oven dish and place the apples there overlapping.

Melt the butter and mix it with the oats and sugar. Spread the mix on the apples.

Bake at 200C for about 30 minutes until the apples are cooked soft and the oat crumble is crispy.

Serve it while the crumble is still hot with some vanilla ice-cream on the side. The contrast between hot and cold is amazing.

Try it, it would make a good dessert for a Sunday dinner!

Your VegHog