Dessert
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Summer Pudding Lyn Hall
Matzoh Confection
Matcha Almonds
Matzo Krimsel
Graham Crackers
Sticky Date Pudding
Apple Grape Syrup
Cinnamon Basil Crème Fraîche
Gingered Baked Apples
Craquelin-Topped Cream Puffs
Pâte à choux, aka cream puff dough, is a baker’s putty, the mixture that becomes the cream puff as well as éclairs, beignets, churros, croquembouches, gâteaux St. Honoré and tens more desserts. The dough is cooked before it’s baked, and it's a quick-change artist – a lump when it goes into the oven, it emerges golden, ping-pong-ball light, a couple or three times its size and smelling of warm butter and eggs. It's simple to master, and it lends itself to tweaks and endless embellishments. Here, the puffs are capped with a round of frozen sweet dough called craquelin, which produces a crunchy coating that's a little like streusel. It adds enough texture and sweetness so that filling becomes a choice, not a necessity.
Dragée Pecans
Ermine Icing
This is an old-fashioned icing, also called boiled-milk frosting. The results are as light as whipped cream but with much more character. It was the original icing for red velvet cake. For best results, you may want to double it: A little extra frosting never hurts.
Vanilla Ice Cream
Oops Trifle Parfaits
Spicy Wine-Poached Pears With Hubbardston Blue
Blueberry or Blackberry Compote with Yogurt or Ricotta
Blueberries don’t need much in the way of sweetener (blackberries are more tart, so you might want to use a little more with them), yet this simple compote will transform a plain bowl of yogurt or ricotta cheese into a dessert – or a very nice breakfast. The compote is modeled on Deborah Madison’s recipe in her lovely book, "Seasonal Fruit Desserts." She sweetens her compote with maple syrup or maple sugar, which is also a lovely way to go. The small amount of cinnamon brings out the essential essence of the berries. I like to add a touch of rose water; the floral essence is beautiful with the berries. Don’t simmer for too long, or the compote will become more like jam – though it is also nice as a sort of jam with toast. Ricotta is richer than yogurt, so I serve less of it with the berries.
Brandied Plums
Riz au Lait
Pumpkin Parfait
This no-bake dessert, inspired by an idea from my colleague Suzanne Hamlin, does require a few hours in the freezer. Still, the active working time is about 20 minutes. You start with canned pumpkin purée, stir in cream, milk and spices, and freeze. Several hours (or days) later -- when you're ready for dessert -- you cut up the frozen purée and put it into the food processor, which makes it smooth and creamy. Layer this ingenious creation with lightly whipped cream if you like – or not.
Regina Schrambling’s Shaker Lemon Pie
Strawberry and Pistachio Galette
With a double filling of homemade strawberry compote sitting on top of a layer pistachio frangipane, this elegant galette is a perfect way to showcase ripe summer berries. It is a bit more demanding to make than many other galettes, but you can do it in stages, making the dough, the compote and the frangipane a few days ahead, then bake on the same day as you plan to serve it so the pastry stays delightfully crisp. And if you miss strawberry season, make this with raspberries, blackberries or blueberries, adjusting the sugar in the compote to match the sweetness of the fruit (taste and add more sugar for sour fruit, less sugar for sweeter fruit).
Peaches Poached In Red Wine With Pepper
Lemon Pudding Cake
A moist lemon cake sits atop a delicate custard in this recipe, adapted from Ian Knauer’s book “The Farm.” The magic is in the cooking: Setting a 8-inch baking dish in a roasting pan filled halfway with water allows the custard to form while the top bakes. It’s an excellent party dish, warm and just out of the oven. But it’s equally as good out of the fridge, its flavors melded and mellowed.