Pour l’été, voici 4 délicieux desserts fruités, faciles à réaliser ! Des recettes tout en anglais du magazine I Love English (12-15 ans), avec une traduction des mots difficiles, pour enrichir son vocabulaire et améliorer sa compréhension de la langue… en se régalant.
Mango surprise
Ingredients (for 10 portions)
• 10 popsicle moulds*
• 3 fresh mangoes (or frozen* mango pieces)
• 275ml coconut cream
• 2 tablespoons* honey*
• A little lime* juice and zest
• 1 teaspoon* vanilla extract
Method*
1• Peel* and chop* the mangoes.
2• Put all the ingredients in a blender* and blend* until* the mixture* is smooth*.
3• Pour* the mixture into the popsicle moulds and put in the freezer* for four to six hours.
4• To take the popsicles out of the moulds, you can put them under warm water for ten seconds.
Banana ice cream sandwiches
Ingredients
• 3 bananas
• 200g peanut* butter
• 175g sugar
• 1 egg
• 75g chocolate chips*
• 2 tablespoons* double* cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
Method*
1• Peel* and slice* the bananas. Place them in a container and put them in the freezer* for 2 hours.
2• Preheat* the oven to 180°C. Line* a baking* tray with baking* paper.
3• For the cookies, put the peanut butter in a bowl with the sugar and the egg. Mix* well to make a dough*. Stir* in the chocolate chips.
4• Form small balls of dough and put them on the baking paper. Press* them down with a fork.
5• Bake* the cookies in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes Leave them to cool* completely.
6• For the ice cream, put the frozen* bananas, cream and vanilla extract in a blender*. Blend* well.
7• Make sandwiches with the cookies and ice cream. Wrap* each cookie in plastic film. Put the ice cream sandwiches in the freezer until* the ice cream is frozen.
Blueberry bread
Ingredients
• 250g flour*
• 2 teaspoons* baking* powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice and zest
• 120g melted* butter
• 150g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 80ml milk
• 60g sour* cream (or Greek yoghurt)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups blueberries
• For the icing*: 60g icing* sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Method*
1• Preheat* the oven to 180°C. Grease* a loaf* tin and line* it with baking* paper.
2• In a bowl, mix* the flour, baking powder and salt.
3• In another bowl, mix the lemon zest and juice, melted butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla extract and sour cream. Mix until* smooth*.
4• Pour* the liquid mixture over the flour mixture. Stir*, then add three quarters of the blueberries.
5• Pour the mixture into the loaf tin. Bake* for 60 to 70 minutes.
6• Make the icing* : whisk* the icing sugar with the lemon juice.
7• When the bread is cool*, pour over the icing. Decorate with a few blueberries.
Raspberry fools
Ingredients (for 4 portions)
• 225g fresh or frozen* raspberries
• 1 tablespoon* lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons icing* sugar
• 300ml double* cream
• Fresh raspberries to decorate
Method*
1• Put the raspberries in a saucepan* with the lemon juice and icing sugar. Crush* the mixture with a spoon and heat* it slowly.
2• When the mixture* starts to simmer*, turn off the heat. Push* the raspberries and juice through a sieve to obtain a puree. Discard* the seeds and leave the puree to cool*.
3• Whisk* the cream until* it is thick*. Then add the cooled* raspberry puree and whisk again.
4• Pour* the mixture into four glasses.
5• Chill* and decorate with fresh raspberries.
****** Vocabulaire anglais ******
bake: enfourner
baking paper: papier cuisson
baking powder: levure chimique
baking tray: plaque de cuisson
blend (well): (bien) mixer
blender: robot mixeur
chill: réfrigérer
chip: pépite
chop: hacher
cool (ed): refroidir, refroidi
crush: écraser
discard the seeds: jeter les graines
double cream: crème épaisse entière
dough: pâte
flour: farine
freezer: congélateur
frozen: gelé, en surgelé
grease: beurrer
heat slowly: chauffer doucement
honey: miel
icing: nappage
icing sugar: sucre glace
lime juice: jus de citron vert
line: tapisser
loaf tin: moule à gâteau
melted butter: beurre fondu
mix (well): (bien) mélanger
mixture: préparation
mould: moule (à sucette)
peanut butter: beurre de cacahuète
peel: éplucher
pour (over): verser (par-dessus)
preheat: préchauffer le four
press down: tasser
push through (a sieve): passer à travers un chinois
put back: remettre
saucepan: casserole
simmer: frémir
slice (n, v): tranche, trancher
smooth: lisse
sour cream: crème fraîche
stir (in): incorporer
tablespoon: cuillère à soupe
take out: sortir
teaspoon: petite cuillère
thick: épais
until: jusqu’à ce que
whisk: fouetter
wrap: emballer
“Cool summer desserts”, I Love English n°308, juillet 2022. Texte : Lesley Ormal-Grenon. Photo : Roy/RomixImage/AdobeStock – A_Lein/AdobeStock – irina2511/Iryna Tatskova/AdobeStock – Romario Ien/AdobeStock.
