RED SKY AT NIGHT SAILORS DELIGHT!
Celebrate summer evenings with beautiful golden red sunsets enjoying abundant fresh fruit with my favorite SUMMER PUDDING!
When I saw red and black currants at the market, I was immediately inspired to make my favourite dessert.  I am not a big fan of desserts in general.  But,  I love my summer pudding!  You can use a combination of almost any berries that are available. There is so much fresh fruit  this time of year.  Our window of opportunity to make this healthy dessert is here now!
Imagine a dessert packed with super foods!

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RECIPE
3/4 cup Raspberries
3/4 cup red currents
3/4 cup blueberries
1 1/2 cups black currents (or red currents)
3/4 cups sweetener (i.e. zylitol, stevia)
1/4 cup of water
8 fairly thick slices of dense white bread, crusts removed
whipping cream (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Remove stems and wash fruit, add with sugar into a pan +plus 1/4 cup of water
2. Cover and cook gently for 5-7 minutes or until currents are tender
3. Drain off the juice and reserve 1/3 cup [ 75 ml.]
4. Line a 1 quart (1 liter pudding basin or Charlotte mold ) container with plastic wrap so that the pudding will be easily removed from the mold.
5. Place some of the bread slices, cutting the slices to fit into basin exactly
6. Spoon in the fruit and packing it in well
7. Pour in the reserved juice
8. Place the remaining bread on top of the fruit
9. Place a plate small enough to rest on the pudding itself
10. Place your heaviest weight or water in a plastic container on the plate
Leave the pudding overnight in the refrigerator or a very cold place.
Serve with whipped cream, custard sauce, or cream if desired.
Serves 4-6 people
VARIATIONS
Alternatively if you cannot find currants substitute strawberries and or raspberries and add lemon juice to get the tangy flavour of currants. Loganberry or blackberry can be substituted for blueberries.

SINGLE SERVINGS
For single servings, make individual portions by using large ramekins. Use the ramekin to cut out the piece(s) of bread.  Place  one circle of bread on the bottom. Fill with the fruit compote  and top the ramekin with another piece of bread if you like (optional).  A fruit sandwich!  You can line a soup tin with saran wrap and make a 3 -layer tall single serving ~super size it!  When you begin, place the bottom of the saran lined tin on a small plate starting with the bread on the bottom. Use whatever you have handy. You do not have to get the exact container that is mentioned in the recipe. The possibilities are endless.

FOOD TIP
Use sourdough bread for this summer pudding. The hypoglycemic index is much lower in sour dough bread than any other white bread. You will not have a hypoglycemic episode after eating sour dough bread. Dense white bread may require more liquid. Keep the extra liquid in the frig. When you unmold the pudding–fill in the missed (white) spots with the juice. I found that additional liquid was needed.
DID YOU KNOW?
Research shows that the common or garden black currant is more nutritious than other fruits ~ from home-grown apples and strawberries to tropical mangoes and bananas.
Black currants also contain the highest levels of health-boosting antioxidants – natural compounds credited with the ability to stave off a range of illnesses from heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. Since the middle ages, herbalists used black currents to treat bladder stones, liver disorders and coughs. A black current cordial was given free to children during the Second World War in Europe.  Black currents are popular in European countries.
SUPER FRUIT
All berries have numerous health benefits but if you can find black currants, you will have the number one super fruit.

DRIED BLACK CURRENTS
You can buy dried black currents and use them in the Summer Sunset Pudding. I found this wonderful site that processed and packaged dried currents in Washington, on the Pacific Coast of U.S.A, Better they are shipped to your door not your store. The flavour is outstanding.  Here is the link–> nwwildfoods.com