This is a beautiful parfait with fresh fruit and berries between layers of light cream. It is wonderful enjoyed in a beautiful garden on a sunny summer day.
Ingredients: Yield, 2 small glasses
Fruit
2 cups strawberries, chopped
2 cups pineapple, chopped
Vanilla cream
1.5 cups cashews, soaked 2 hours
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons agave syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract*
*1 teaspoon vanilla extract or seeds from one vanilla bean.
Preparation
Vanilla Cream: Blend all the ingredients in a blender to a smooth cream.
Add more water if necessary, just a little bit at a time.
Blend half of the cream with some strawberries and the remaining cream
with some pineapple. Add as many berries as you wish to make a delicious
berry cream.
Then the fun begins:
Fill one of the glasses with 2 tablespoons strawberry cream and a layer of
fresh strawberries, and continue with cream and berry layers until the glass
is full. Then, top with a cream dot on the top!
Repeat with the pineapples glass.
Serving Suggestions
This parfait tastes wonderful served fresh and cool.
*It is best to make the parfait an hour ahead and let set it in the fridge.
That makes a perfect delight, especially on warm summer days :-)
*This treat is also suited wonderfully with other berries like raspberries
and morello.
