We can’t believe how nice the weather has been this month. Suddenly we are getting warm, beautiful sunny days on weekends, and rain and clouds during the working week. It’s too good to be true. We are bracing ourselves for the warm days to be over anytime soon. To make the most of the sunshine and our beautiful Dee Why location, we had a lovely beachside brunch with good friends on a lazy Sunday.
On the menu was a blueberry and plum yoghurt muffin, and prosciutto and bocconcini toasties. The muffins were made with our homemade yoghurt of course. We used the recipe for this muffin from cuisine.com.au here. It’s very rare that we’d follow a recipe exactly, but these muffins turned out so well; it was very impressive. It was a risk using plums because they are still rather sour, but the end result was super moist, fluffy muffins with just the right hint of tartness. It really did taste as good as it looks!
As for the toasties, the ciabatta was buttered on both sides before being toasted in the cafe press with proscuitto and bocconcini slices inside…and a bit of leftover avocado.
The standard of coffee is very high on The Strand at Dee Why. Of the 1.5 years we’ve lived here, the coffee has always being pretty consistent. All in all, warm Autumn sun, strong coffee, homemade food, and great friends made it a beachside brunch to remember.
