One of my favorite ways to enjoy summer berries is to make sorbet. If you’ve never made sorbet, you may be surprised by how easy it is to do at home. You can’t beat the flavor. Nothing in the supermarket even comes close.
Blackberry Sorbet
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Basic Cooking: How to Make a Blueberry Pie
You don’t always need a ton of ingredients to make an absolutely mouthwatering dessert. Blueberry pie is one of my favorite summer treats. A few cups of fabulous, fresh fruit. A little sugar to bring out its flavor. A handful of flour to trap all that luscious juice and thicken it into a syrupy sauce.
Orange Melba Sauce
This is my take on classic Melba sauce, that exquisite raspberry sauce that famed French chef Auguste Escoffier whipped up for his favorite opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba. The original sauce is a heady mixture of raspberries, current jelly, sugar, and cornstarch. In this version, I’ve done away with the current jelly and the cornstarch [...]
Port Wine Macerated Strawberries & A Trip To Wilhelm Farmstand
Recently, my mom and I were driving around in the country, and found ourselves in the northwest corner of Connecticut, in the town of Granby. It’s a sleepy little farm town with a handful of hidden culinary gems. Wilhelm Farm’s roadside stand is one of them. When we passed by, we knew had to stop [...]
Sweet Cherry Jam
I love jam. On toast. In marinades for ribs and glazes for chicken. Warmed up and drizzled over vanilla ice cream. This sweet cherry jam is a fabulous way to enjoy cherries as they come into season. Because this jam has a lot of sugar, I never bother canning it. It will keep just fine in the fridge for a few weeks—if it lasts that long.
Strawberry Brunch Tart with Thyme and Black Pepper
This is not a fancy tart. It’s not one of those gorgeous, fresh-fruit-and-custard puff pastry things that looks like a piece of art. I’ll make you one of those one of these days. Don’t get me wrong: Those are lovely, too. But, this…this is messy and delicious and is the kind of thing that you [...]
Spicy Mango Lime Salsa with Asian Pear
Mmm, mmm, mmmm. The combination of fresh mango, lime, and cilantro just screams summer. Food like this makes me want to kick off my shoes and go run through the sprinkler a few times. (I can’t tell you how glad I am…finally!…for the warmer weather.) This salsa has a really good balance of flavors and [...]
Strawberries & Cream Cake
Spring is coming. Bring on the strawberries! This cake has all the flavors of a classic strawberry shortcake�all in one cake. It’s great by itself, or served with a big dollop of creme chantilly, or scoop or two of good vanilla ice cream. This cake is good with regular, ole supermarket strawberries. For outstanding berry [...]
Pomegranate Molasses
Pomegranate molasses has been popping up in more and more places the last few years. It’s sweet and tangy and is a great way to boost flavor in everything from appetizers to baked goods. Forget shelling out at a fancy food shop. This stuff is easy as can be to make at home. How to [...]
Orange Creamsicle Frozen Yogurt
When I was a kid, one of my favorite things about visiting my grandparents’ house was the ice cream truck they had in their neighborhood. The Good Humor truck just didn’t make it out to my neck of the woods. To this day—in my thirties—people have seen me fly out the door at the sound [...]