Good lemon curd is at once sweet, buttery, tangy, and thoroughly lemony. It makes an super fast dessert – Lemon Tart – and tastes delightful on a fresh baked scone. But the best part? it’s really easy to make from scratch, and tastes much better than jarred lemon curd. The key to success with this…
Category: Fruit
Summer Fruit Butter Cake
Simple, sweet, and packed with ripe fruit — a cake that tastes like summer. I developed this cake in an effort to make the best of a friend’s blackberry patch and the luscious peaches on my counter. The cake is buttery and tender but just dense enough to support the ripe stone fruit and…
Hot Milk Sponge Cake
Here’s a light, tasty, easy-to-make sponge cake. It stays moist and fluffy for a couple days, and the texture is perfect. Top it with some vanilla frosting or whipped cream and strawberries & bananas and you have a solid gold dessert. The 1950 Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book is my go-to recipe source for basic…
Buttermilk panna cotta with Strawberries, Port, and Black Pepper
I recently published a panna cotta recipe, but feel the need to share this new edition. The reason? Strawberries. That, and some sort of flavor magic happened in my mouth when I tasted it. I believe that there are some flavor combinations that are greater than the sum of their parts. And this was one…
Sunny Citrus Platter
One of the great gifts of winter at the produce market is citrus. Just when the days are short and the skies are often gray we get a POW of flavor and energy in the citrus aisle. Not only do we get a jolt of flavor and color from our citrus, but we also get…
Salt-preserved citrus
I have a beautiful Persian lime tree in my back yard, and a good friend has a super productive Meyer lemon. Two months ago my lime tree was covered with fruit, and my friend brought over a grocery bag filled with lemons. So, instead of lemonade, I made salt-preserved lemons and limes. This is an…
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