Fruit Desserts
Fruit gives these desserts their flavor, moisture, or contrasting texture. Blueberry squares, cherry cream squares, and apple crisp offer different ways to bring fruit into a sweet serving.
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Lemon-Vanilla Tart
This luscious tart is topped with easy-to-make candied lemons. A sizeable shot of vanilla brings out the sweet, flowery side of the typically tart fruit. 1 recipe Tart…
Caramel-Spiced Apples
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves 5 medium red-skinned cooking apples (such as Rome or Jonathan), cored, and halved ½ cup apple juice or apple cider…
Vanilla Tart with Nutmeg Crust and Spiced Pears
Pour creamy vanilla custard over a tender cookie crust and top with brandy-soaked pears. “Tahitian vanilla adds cherry flavor notes to this tart, making it a natural to…
Chocolate-Covered Figs
For a small-bite dessert, dip figs in melted chocolate. Green, Calimyrna, and black mission figs are in season now, but dried figs work, too. Sprinkled with salt, they’re…
Minted Strawberries with White Wine
6 cups strawberries 1 cup sugar 2 bunches fresh mint (1½ oz.) 2 to 3 cups dry white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc Fresh mint sprigs Halve large…
Pastry Cream with Black-Pepper Strawberries
Ingredients 1/2 cup sugar 2 Tablespoons cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups half-and-half or light cream 1/2 a vanilla bean, split lengthwise, or ½ teaspoon vanilla 4 beaten egg…
Fig Pecan Puffs
22 California dried figs; stewed; drained 5 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¾ cups granulated sugar ½ cup pecan pieces Sweetened whipped cream or top milk Preheat…
Pecan Cheese Salad
2 tablespoon Knox gelatin ¼ cup cold water 1 large pineapple in chunks; drained (reserve ½ cup juice) 1 cup celery; sliced thin 1 cup pecan pieces 2…
