Women's Weekly Fast Desserts Brandy Snaps with Strawberries & Cream

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RRP: $19.95.


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Brandy snaps with strawberries and cream

125g packaged cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons icing sugar
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
½ cup (125ml) thickened cream, whipped lightly
6 large strawberries
8 brandy snap biscuits
2 tablespoons passionfruit pulp

1 Beat cream cheese, icing sugar and liqueur in small bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Fold in cream.

2 Slice four of the strawberries and cut remaining two in half.

3 Place one biscuit on each serving plate; divide half of the cream cheese mixture among biscuits, top each with sliced strawberries.

4 Top with remaining biscuits, remaining cream cheese mixture, halved strawberries and passionfruit.

On the table in 10 minutes
Serves 4
Tips you will need two large passionfruit for this recipe. Cointreau can be substituted for Grand Marnier.

Picture by: Alan Benson and Mary Harris