sprinklefingers

well, hello!

it doesn’t feel like saturday to me. i can’t actually tell you what day it feels like, but certainly not saturday. that said, i do remember i told you yesterday that i’d give you the details on a fruit salad made with the bionic baker’s basil simple syrup today. so that’s what day it is. basil simple syrup fruit salad day. tah-dah!

wait. what? you have no idea what i’m talking about? really. well, first, read yesterday’s post. then come back here and read this post, and you’ll be up to speed.

okay, ready? here goes:

summer fruit salad with basil simple syrup

you need:

• 1 pint blackberries - left whole
• 1 pint strawberries - halved or quartered if large
• 1 cup yellow watermelon - in chunks
• a few splashes basil simple syrup
• 2 t orange zest
• 1/4 t freshly cracked black pepper
• tiny pinch maldon sea salt flakes

make the salad:

1. combine the fruit in a serving bowl.
2. gently pour the basil simple syrup over then sprinkle in the remaining ingredients.
3. fold together gently - gently!
4. cover with plastic wrap (or a large plate - save the planet!) and refrigerate until serving time.
5. upon serving, fold gently a few more times to pull the syrupy juices from the bottom of the bowl up & over the fruit.

if your friends do not LOVE this fruit salad, there is literally something wrong with them.

coming soon on sprinklefingers: canning homemade apple pie filling! end of season strawberry jam! freezer jam!

i’m sitting in my office surrounded by flats of empty canning jars, twenty pounds of apples and a list of posts for this here blog too long to count.

sure i could have finished up my apple butter experiment and made use of the jars and apples - then i could have buckled down and put fingers to keyboard to record my findings for you…but instead: i baked.

i found a tiny treasure trove of chester blackberries today and i immediately turned them into an over-the-top delicious blackberry cobbler. then i drove that cobbler right over to a dear friend who’s having a birthday tomorrow.

i feel overwhelmed with busy, yes. but the look on the birthday boy’s face makes it all better. seeing food make people happy makes me happy. or something like that.

oh! and! speaking of lists - here’s what’s coming up soon at sprinklefingers!

- an extra special peach jam recipe
- adventures in canning homemade apple pie filling
- apple butter gone wild
- blackberry cobbler - ideal for end of summer blowouts!

so much to look forward to…i know!