Freeze Dried Raspberries

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Raspberry Pavlova With Peaches and Cream
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Raspberry Pavlova With Peaches and Cream

This Pavlova’s meringue foundation has freeze-dried raspberry powder shot through it, tinting it pink and giving it a fruity, candy-like flavor. But if you can’t get the freeze-dried berries, just leave them out. The meringue will still bake up with a shatteringly crisp shell and a marshmallow-like interior that makes an edible bowl for the whipped cream and fruit. If it’s not humid out, the meringue shell can be baked up to a day ahead. Otherwise, it’s best made the day you plan to serve it.

2h 30m10 to 12 servings
Pierre Hermé’s Ispahan Sablés
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Pierre Hermé’s Ispahan Sablés

Pierre Hermé, France’s most celebrated pastry chef, has created a family of desserts called Ispahan, named for the ancient city in Persia that was famous for roses. Each of the almost 40 members of the clan include the flavors of roses and raspberries and many include lychees, too. They’re all memorably aromatic and their flavors are haunting. This sablé, a French shortbread, might be the simplest sweet in the family, but its textures and tastes are no less sophisticated – or irresistible – for being easy slice-and-bakes. The cookies get both their flavor and fragrance from freeze-dried raspberries and rose extract. I’ve been using Star Kay White extract. If you choose a different one, start with just a little and then decide if you’d like more. Floral flavorings can be tricky – a little is lovely, just a smidge more than that can be too much.

1h 45mAbout 60 cookies.