Salted caramel semifreddo

This indulgent Italianstyle ice cream dessert is simplicity to make and keeps well in the freezer for at least a month.

Serves 8

Preparation time 35 minutes

Freeze 6+ hours

Ingredients

• Oil, for greasing

• 4 large free-range eggs, separated

• 100g caster sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 300ml double cream

• 6 tbsp salted caramel sauce (or dulce de leche), plus extra for drizzling

For the almond praline

• 100g caster sugar

• 50g toasted whole blanched almonds

Method

1. Lightly oil a 1 litre loaf tin and line with cling film.

2. Beat the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla together with a hand-held whisk until thick and a trail is left when you lift the beaters.

3. Beat the egg whites in a clean dry bowl until they form stiff peaks. In a separate bowl, beat the cream until it holds its shape and forms soft peaks.

4. Gently fold the cream into the egg yolk mixture and then fold in the eggs whites with a metal spoon in a figure-of-eight motion. Gently swirl the salted caramel throughout the mixture and transfer to the lined tin. Level the top, cover with cling film and freeze for 6 hours or until solid.

5. Meanwhile, make the praline. Line a baking tray with foil and brush lightly with oil.

NOTE: Raw eggs are used to make the semifreddo, so pregnant women, older people and anyone with a severely weakened immune system should check before eating this.

6. Put the sugar in a heavy-based pan set over a low heat. Swirl the pan occasionally until the sugar melts. As soon as it darkens to a deep amber and starts to caramelise, remove from the heat and stir in the almonds. Spoon onto the lined baking tray and leave to cool and set hard, then smash into shards.

7. When you’re ready to serve, remove the semifreddo from the freezer and unwrap. Turn out onto a serving platter and top with the praline shards. Cut into slices and serve drizzled with extra salted caramel sauce.

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Arts Trail comes to Oswestry

An exciting opportunity to visit local artists’ studios through an arts trail will be taking place in and around Oswestry across two weekends in June.

The Borderland Visual Arts (BVA) will be running the event 10-11 June and 17-18 June 10am – 5pm. There are 27 artists taking part in 13 different locations in Oswestry and the surrounding villages such as West Felton, Cefn-Mawr, Llanfyllin and Weston-Rhyn to name a few.

Alison Holt, a BVA Committee Member says, “This year the BVA is really excited to offer all visitors the chance to win £100 to spend on any BVA Member’s artwork! This is a great opportunity for the winner to own some original art from their favourite local artist.”

“We hold this open studio event every year and it is always a great success, with visitors coming from all over the country. It is a wonderful opportunity for people to meet our artists, explore their creative spaces and see their work. All art is for sale but there is no obligation to buy.”

To showcase the work of the BVA artists taking part, the Willow Gallery will be holding a Group Show between 6 May – 24 June. There will also be a Private View evening on Friday 19 May 6pm-8pm, which is a great opportunity to meet the artists and be the first to see their work. If you would like to attend, please email alison@alisonholt.com.

Emma Sherry, one of the artists who will be opening her studio for the event, says, “The Arts Trail is such a wonderful opportunity for us, as artists, to meet new people, give them a glimpse into our creative process and to showcase our work.”

Visit www.borderlandvisualarts.com for more information.

Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy The Odds

By David Goggins

This book is a great gift for some of the Fathers out there this 18 June. Ok, it’s not for everyone but even if you’re man in mind isn’t into fitness, David Goggins is much more than that.

Published back in 2018, this memoir doesn’t tire. Goggins tells the story of his terrible childhood, through to the point as a young man with no direction, when he faced his faults head on and decided to sort his life out.

It could be argued, David Goggins is most famous for his grueling exercise regimes. But it’s actually about the mental state for him, and that’s what he gets across in the book. For normal folk, he inspires that anything is achievable given the right mindset – not that we all wish to run 100 miles badly injured.

For a thought-provoking read that motivates the mind but without feeling like you need to compete with anyone, David Goggins gives you reasons to feel like mountains can be conquered.

Poetry

My lover’s eyes

By Dave Andrews

My love has eyes just like two gems, or so they seem to me, and in their depth a universe that I alone can see.

And when the troubles of the world seem destined here to stay, her eyes, her hands, her mouth combine to blow them all away.

My love, my love don’t fade away and leave me here alone, this world would be a void to me if I were on my own.

No longer would I have your eyes to watch me lovingly, instead an empty universe alone is all I’d see.