Merry Pineapples!

Festive Hospitality: The easy way to entertaining: Christmas, edited by Jackie Cunningham-Craig 1977 London

Spice Island punch

For 10-15 glasses mix together 750ml/30fl oz of fresh orange juice, 250ml/10fl oz of canned pineapple juice, the juice and pared rind of 1 lemon, ½ level tspn each of grated nutmeg and mixed spice and 6 cloves in a big jug. Strain, chill well, and ad 1 litre/40fl oz of ginger ale, putting crushed ice into individual glasses just before serving to your family and friends.

My mother-in-law, Joan, sipping the Spice Island Punch on her 

100th Christmas Eve!!!

The Australian Christmas Book: Decorations, Gift Ideas, Festive Food, Kay Fairfax 1994 Sydney

Christmas Plum Pudding Ice-Cream

Ice-cream: 1 cup white sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 blsp cornflour; 2 cups hot milk; 100g/3 ½ oz dark chocolate; 2 cups thickened cream, whipped; 3 tsp vanilla essence

Filling: 2 cups mixed dried fruits, raisins, currants, sultanas and mixed peel; ½ cup chopped mixed glacé fruit, red and green cherries, apricots and pineapple; ¼ cup rum; ¼ cup slivered almonds, toasted; ½ cup fresh cream

Make the ice-cream: mix the sugar, cornflour and eggs in the top of a double-boiler. Heat the milk and slowly melt the chocolate into it. Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture, stirring constantly. Stir over hot water until the mixture thickens. Strain and set aside to cool. When cool, fold in the whipped cream and vanilla essence and freeze according to your ice-cream machine’s instructions.

Make the filling: combine all the fruit, add the rum, and soak overnight

Mix together the fruits, almonds, cream and 1 litre/35 fl oz of the softened chocolate ice-cream

Pour the mixture into a freezer-proof, bowl shaped container and freeze until set

Immerse in hot water to loosen the ice-cream around the edges, and turn out onto a flat serving plate and decorate with holly

Ella and Rob helped.

No Bake Fruit Cake

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Source: contributed by Shirley Rohrlach in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.33.

16 weetbix, 3/4 cup orange juice (I used pineapple juice instead), 2 tbspn jam, 2 cups mixed fruit (including dried pineapple), 1/2 cup nuts, 4 oz butter or margarine, 1 tspn cinnamon, 1/4 tspn nutmeg, 1 tspn vanilla, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tbspn cocoa.

Method: Combined crushed weetbix with orange juice and jam in large bowl, set aside. Prepare other ingredients. Combined all except butter or margarine and mix thoroughly, add melted butter, mix well and turn into tin lined with paper. Press down firm, leave overnight. Ice if desired, cut into small squares or fingers. Will keep for months in refrigerator.

Merry Christmas from Anne and Ann