With the ingredients nectarines, cornmeal, almonds and green tea for this month’s Paper Chef, I immediately thought of an upside-down cake that I used to make — every summer it seems — but forgot about in the last couple of years. I’ve made it with both plums and nectarines. Nectarines are in full season now, [...]
Archive for the ‘Berries’ Category
Paper Chef: Nectarine Upside-Down Cake with Green Tea Ice Cream
Posted in Berries, Cake, Paper Chef, Sorbet, Stone fruit on September 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Blueberry Jam with Lemon Basil
Posted in Berries, Preserving, tagged Blueberry basil jam on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The seasons for local summer fruit where I live are so fleeting that one could miss them within a couple of days. Cherries and apricots are often gone within a week’s time. Because local blueberries are so prevalent, it’s easy to become complacent, thinking they’ll be there to pick – or buy at the farmers [...]
Summer Bread Pudding with Berries
Posted in Apple, Berries, Bread pudding, tagged Summer Bread Pudding on July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I found a bowlful of cubed bread on the kitchen counter this morning, a not-so-subtle hint about Sunday breakfast. So I whipped up a summer bread pudding with the first apples of the season and organic blackberries that I picked at our CSA farm. As I’ve said before, I make bread pudding based on proportions [...]
Blueberry Basil Sorbet
Posted in Berries, Herbs, Sorbet, tagged Blueberry basil sorbet on July 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We wandered into our amazing local ice cream parlor the other day and sampled delicious and perfectly seasonal blueberry basil sorbet. This particular shop, known for unusual combinations of ingredients, always has something so completely right for the moment in addition to its usual fare, which is anything but standard. I’ve been planning on making [...]
Peach and Raspberry Sorbet
Posted in Berries, Sorbet, Stone fruit, tagged Peach melba sorbet on July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is like the famous dessert Peach Melba but without the ice cream. “Peach Melba” was invented by Auguste Escoffier in Paris and named after a singer named Nellie Melba. It typically consists of a peach and raspberry sauce served over vanilla ice cream. The first white peaches of the summer and the first red [...]
Blueberry Pie for the Fourth of July
Posted in Berries, Pie, tagged Raw and cooked blueberry pie filling on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Festive blueberry tarts decorated with star cutouts and red berries are irresistible for a Fourth of July picnic. As blueberries are very plentiful in July, we make all kinds of excuses to serve them. I am not a great fan of most cooked fruit fillings – too gooey – so this technique solves the problem. [...]
July: It’s the Berries
Posted in Berries, Stone fruits, tagged It's the berries, Plums of New York on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Using a historical slang phrase that means the same thing as “the bee’s knees” (not sure I get that one), or simply “the best,” we say, “it’s the berries,” to portray an enjoyable and joyous experience. Just we are about to have, quite literally, joy from our local berries. We have wild and domesticated berries [...]
Sour Cherry Jam
Posted in Berries, Preserving, tagged Sour cherry jam on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our local organic orchard grows about a dozen types of cherries that all ripen at once, typically around Fathers’ Day. It’s shocking that over 300 cherry trees laden with thousands of pounds of fruit can be picked out over one weekend, but it’s true. Blink and you miss it, as I have many times. As [...]
Chocolate Bread Pudding with Lime Custard and Strawberries
Posted in Berries, Bread pudding, Chocolate, Citrus fruit, Paper Chef, tagged Chocolate bread pudding, Lime cream on June 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Paper Chef is back! I’ve been following and sometimes participating in Paper Chef for years. It has been the longest running monthly blog challenge, but recently took a break to re-group. The challenge takes place over the first weekend of each month. Four randomly chosen ingredients are posted on Wednesday and due a week later. [...]
