Summer Cake
Summer Cake
INGREDIENTS (4 PORTIONS):
· 2 ripe peaches
· 2-3 slices of melon
· 200 gr. of strawberries
· 400 gr. of flaky pastry
· a handful of un-kernelled cherries
· 4 apricots
· (if possible) 2 figs
· Whipped cream
Cut roughly the peaches, the slices of melon, the strawberries, the apricots, the cherries and the figs.
Cool the fruit in the fridge for a few hours.
Line a baking tin (25 cm. diameter) with a layer of flaky pastry (3 cm. thick), and prick it at the bottom with a fork.
Cook in the oven at moderate heat till golden, then let it cool.
Just before serving fill the baked pastry with the fresh fruit, and cover it with plenty of whipped cream.
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