Tinned Fruit

weenie

:rolleyes2 Hi all and wondering if you could help me out here.
I have quite a few tins of fruit in the back of my cupboard, mainly peaches and pears.
Do any of you know of any delicious recipes that i could possibly use them in?
I had thought about a pudding of some description, but not quite sure what?
Any ideas would be helpful, as its all goes to clearing out my cupboards!!!!!:money:

[Deleted User]

a very quick special pud
trifle sponges, soak in some juice and cover in drained fruit. Add any liquor (amaretto is nice)
cover with real custard (tesco finest?)
top with whipped cream
sprinkle drinking choc or cocoa or toasted almonds

My relatives thought I had spent ages making it. Took 5 minutes and is absolutely gorgeous

Chipps

Fruit Cobbler

(there are 2 versions floating about here somewhere, but they are both the same, just use different measures)

Found it!

Quick Fruit Cobbler

This is a really cheap & easy pudding recipe from an American recipe book called "More with Less" The measurements are american cups, which is the 8oz mark on any measuring jug.

Quick Fruit Cobbler
Crust begins on the bottom & ends up on the top. Consistency of cobbler varies depending on variety of fruit and amount of juice, but still tastes delicious.
Preheat oven to 180 C
Combine in bowl
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pour into 9x 9 inch greased baking pan
Add
2 cups fruit - fresh, frozen or canned
Bake for 40 minutes

I use self raising flour, & don't bother with the baking powder. Also, I am not too fussy about the size of the pan, in fact usually do it in an oval pyrex dish.
It is not obvious that the ingredients of the cake bit are as simple as they are. I made it recently for dessert using a large tin of fruit salad. It was really nice, served with custard.

saving-grace

You could make an upside-down cake

Grease a cake tin, sprinkle with brown sugar(optional).
Arrange drained fruit on base of tin
Cover with Victoria sandwich mixture(4oz caster sugar, 4oz soft margarine, 4oz SR flour and 2 eggs, beaten together).
Bake at 180 degC for about 25 mins
Turn out and serve with fruit on top, with custard/cream/ice-cream

melt71

I've made 2 cobblers over the past week. They were both delicious and go down well either with custard or with evaporated milk if you eat it cold the next day.

The amounts I used were;

Tin of peaches - drained and poured into an oval ovenproof dish.
Mix;
1 mug of sr flour
1 mug of skimmed milk
1/2 mug of sugar/sweetner (don't use anymore as it doesn't need it)

Pour mixture on top of the fruit and place in a preheated oven (gas mark 4) for about an hour. When the top becomes really golden it's usually done!

Alternative;
Use summer berries (I used raspberries and strawberries) instead of peaches and it was absolutely delicious.


I'm sure I've heard people using pears and it worked out ok.

saving-grace

I've just had some tinned fruit with natural yoghurt after my (late) lunch. Lovely and refreshing. I often have this with a sprinkling of muesli or crunchy cereal (Jordan's Country Crisp) on top.

Another easy idea- tinned fruit with icecream and chocolate sauce. Crumble a couple of Cadbury's Flakes (or use Supercook choc dots or chop up some chocolate) and melt gently in the microwave on medium with a little of the juice or syrup from the fruit.

weenie

Many thanks for your recipe ideas, and lots too try too so i shouldnt have any trouble making space in my cupboard!!:j

The hubby loves tinned fruit, and so im looking forward to trying all your recipes.

BlondeHeadOn

I regularly make a very simple pud using different tins of fruit, which takes about 5 mins to make and my OH loves it! Make up an orange or tangerine (or whatever flavour you like) jelly by first melting the cubes with a small amount of hot water, then add the juice of your chosen tinned fruits to make up the quantilty of liquid required. Then just add the liquid jelly to a selection of the tinned fruits in a big bowl, and put in the fridge until set.

This is great with tinned tropical fruit and mango/apricot slices, but works with just about any tinned fruit. Good with ice-cream/cream too.

thriftlady_2

melt71 wrote:

I'm sure I've heard people using pears and it worked out ok.

I haven't tried it yet,but I think the cobbler would be delicious with pears if you replaced a couple of tablespoons of the flour with cocoa.

My usual use for tinned fruit is to make fruit salad - peaches,pineapple and mandarins are my fave combination, plus a few fresh grapes (red looks best).I don't add sugar or anything else,just the fruit plus the juice.

I also make jellies using the juice from a can of fruit as the liquid plus the fruit.

OberonSH

I use my tinned fruit in muffins to use as an on the run breakfast.

tallulah_beaulah

thriftlady wrote:

I haven't tried it yet,but I think the cobbler would be delicious with pears if you replaced a couple of tablespoons of the flour with cocoa.

That sounds delicious!

I've made this recipe with pears a few times now, and found it's really lovely with a teaspoon or so of ground ginger. Also, cold the next day it's really tasty!