Dessert
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First time "plain cream" ice cream
Got an ice-cream insert for my mixer--today was my first attempt. My son came up with the idea of starting with the basics, with a request for "plain" ice cream. Not even vanilla, because according to him: "vanilla is a flavor". He's right. Also: Mom's a cheater. Some Notes: With ice cream this unadorned, try to find eggs & dairy as fresh and high quality as possible. Also: I use a 50-50 combination of fine maple sugar and "sugar in the raw". I used 4 egg yolks because that's what I had in the fridge. I imagine the ice cream would be delicious with 7 or 8, and also good with 0 or 1.
Meyer Lemon and Ginger Sorbet
Meyer lemon is so distinctive that it deserves to stand on its own. And it does in this Meyer lemon and ginger sorbet recipe--It's refreshing, tart, & perfect.
Russian Toffee
My sister, brother and I are lucky enough to still have the most wonderful mother, but I must confess, she is not and never was a "cook". She is a WW11 war bride from New Zealand, who after marrying our father in NZ in 1943, arrived in this country with a somewhat short list of British Puddings and sweets! They are all the absolute best and it is from her that we learned to make the ultimate (and original) Pavlova, the best Shortbread, Queen's Pudding and ... tra la, Russian Toffee. Who knows where the name came from? I have never seen it in any cookbook, even by another name. It is magnificently simple and scarily addictive! We never had a candy thermometer so the consistency varied from batch to batch--it never seemed to matter whether it was firm and cleanly sliceable like fudge or gooey and sticky when we sliced it--it always vanished rapidly. This is so sinful that I've never passed it on to my daughters until now!
Chocolate cherry cordials
I wasn't going to enter another one, but I got to thinking about these chocolate cherry cordials, and, well, I couldn't resist. The sugar coating around the cherries liquefies somewhat, but is contained by the hard chocolate shell, if you can stand to wait 24 to 48 hours before eating these. They were a standard in the Christmas goodie baskets Mama always made for all the elderly folk at church.
Pineapple Basil Sorbet
Pineapple Basil Sorbet recipe that's both refreshing and delicious! It's so easy to make, only three ingredients (plus water). The perfect dessert for summer.
Nutella Mocha Frappé
Sconegirl and I created this recipe for her Italian class video project. She and two friends put together a fabulous menu of homemade gnocchi, cannoli and this frappé. The video is so entertaining, and contains a hysterically funny blooper reel at the end (including unplanned pyrotechnics.)
Beer Ice Cream Float
In this Beer Float recipe I paired creamy coffee ice cream with Pipeline Porter, a dark, complex beer made with freshly roasted 100% Hawaiian Kona coffee.
Honey Ricotta Gelato with Honeyed Almonds
I'm obsessed with my ice cream maker. When I saw the challenge for Italian desserts, all I could think was gelato... and since ricotta, nuts, and honey go perfect together, I thought combining them in a gelato would delicious! The ricotta is mild and pairs great with the sweet, orange flavored honey and crunchy almonds. Even a room full of 20-something guys didn't blink at the mention of cheese-ice cream, and practically inhaled it! *Read steps ahead, requires chilling ahead of time, and requires an ice cream maker.*
Granola Bon Bons
For this very easy, no-cook recipe, I like to use my homemade granola, lightly sweetened and chock full of almonds, pecans, and sunflower seeds. If I'm buying granola, my favorite is made by Early Bird Foods, readily available here in Brooklyn and online. This recipe will also work well with the additions/substitutions of almond butter, butterscotch chips, or some chopped dried fruit.
Lemon Posset
This Lemon Posset recipe is a wonder of science. It's the perfect thing for anyone who harbors a weakness for this sort of milky, comforting, nursery-food.
Chocolate Mousse with Cointreau and Chocolate Shards
This cointreau mousse couldn’t be simpler to make, but the results are spectacular. Using good quality chocolate, milk and heavy cream, this recipe is divine.
White Chocolate Snowflakes
This recipe for white chocolate snowflakes is Rice Krispies treats for adults. If you don't like white chocolate or Rice Krispies, experiment with chocolate.
Peanut Butter Blossoms
For as long as anyone can remember, wedding receptions in Pittsburgh have featured cookie tables, laden with dozens of homemade old-fashioned offerings like lady locks, pizzelles and buckeyes. For weeks ahead, sometimes months, mothers and aunts and grandmas and in-laws hunker down in the kitchen baking and freezing. These peanut butter and chocolate cookies were part of the spread at Laura Gerrero and Luke Wiehagen's wedding in 2009. Though peanut blossoms were popularized by Freda Smith in a 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off competition, this version of the now-classic cookie came from the bride's family.
Chocolate Italian Wedding Cookies
No one knows how or why the cookie table became a wedding tradition in Pittsburgh. Some believe the Italians started it, others the Europeans and many theorize it began during the Depression when wedding cakes weren't as common; Guests contributed cookies so the expense of an elaborate cake didn't fall on one family. Regardless of the provenance, for as long as anyone there can remember, wedding receptions have featured the tables, laden with dozens of homemade old-fashioned offerings like lady locks, pizzelles and buckeyes. These lightly-spiced chocolate-walnut cookies, part of the spread at Laura Gerrero and Luke Wiehagen's Steeltown wedding in 2009, are topped with a simple confectioners' sugar glaze and chocolate sprinkles.
Easy Chocolate Ginger Truffles
I love making truffles for gifts. They can be made ahead of time and look festive in decorative wrappers. This ginger truffle balls recipe is easy and delicious!
Fruit Lollipops
I perfected this recipe for sweet Homemade Lollipops With Real Fruit. I love making candy during the holidays using natural fruits extracts. Try it!
Cosy Wrapped Walnuts in Dry Fruits
Christmas makes me think of dryied fruits and I make different kind of gifts with them. These are colourful and filled with fresh walnuts from my tree. Thanks to my husband's patience, I get the walnuts all open and split in halves. To prevent the walnuts from going rancid I always keep them in the freezer, they defrost very quickly and loose no flavour. As for the dried fruits I prefer dry figs, dry peaches or apricots, dry dates. To offer them as gifts I put them in celophane bags with a nice bow, the different fruit colours make a beautiful gift.
Almond and Fig Daisies
At home we always have dryied fruits for Christmas and sometimes I pair them with almonds or walnuts. These almond and fig daisies are one of our family favourites and I find that they look so nice on the Christmas table. I also make them as Christmas gifts and fill celophane bags which I close with a pretty bow and a tag.
Sour Candied Citrus Peels
I love making trash into treasure. Culinarily, this means using things like citrus rinds instead of throwing them out. Try this Sour Candied Citrus Peels recipe.
Little Apricot Confections
These little cookies were first given to my mother as a holiday gift back in the late 1960's. She and I loved them so much, and once we got the recipe from her friend David's mother, Mom and I made these together. A very intense apricot flavor and tart and sweet all at the same time. Insanely easy and so not your usual holiday cookie.
Sweet Potato, Leek & Ricotta Souffle
I’ve been really inspired by leftovers lately. That whole idea of waste not, want not, makes a big difference on the weekly grocery bill too. This past Rosh Hashanah, I was “winging” it for the side dish. I knew it would be something with sweet potatoes, since I’d picked them up at the farmer’s market, but I didn’t really have a plan. That is until I saw the leeks at the market too. I started thinking about mashed sweet potatoes paired with some sautéed leeks. Then that morphed into a soufflé. When I got home and started unloading ingredients, and spied some leftover homemade ricotta I’d made earlier in the week, my side dish was finally complete—a sweet potato, leek and ricotta soufflé.
Lazy Mary's Lemon Tart
This is a great dessert to make at the last minute. This lazy Mary's lemon tart recipe is delicious.
Roasted figs in a red wine cardamom-infused reduction with vanilla ice cream
We just brought home a large crate of figs this weekend as well as a pint of organic vanilla ice cream. In my humble opinion, figs should be prepared in a way which doesn't mask their shape and fresh tenderness. This dish brings together three of my favourite things- figs, red wine and cardamom. The succulent sweetness of the figs swimming in a pool of milky, creamy whiteness, lacqeured with red wine reduction is all you need for a meal sometimes. Skip the main course, go straight for dessert. (Note: use a medium-bodied dry red so it can soak up the flavour of the cardamom pods).
