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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

A QUICK AND EASY DESSERT: Baked Strawberries and Bananas

StrawberryImage via Wikipedia

This is a no-brainer! Baked strawberries and bananas in a pretty pyrex dish: stick in the oven until the fruit is nice and soft and serve!

Ah, but there's a couple of tricks to make it really special. Here they are:

Ingredients
1 cup strawberries chopped in small pieces
2 to 3 bananas (one per person) peeled and sliced longitudinally
3 taplespoons of Mascarpone or very thick cream
1 tablespoon of White Martini wine (sweet)
juice from 1/2 lemon
Brown sugar to taste

Method

- Heat the oven to 200° or mark 6

- In a small saucepan melt the mascarpone, add the wine, strawberries, lemon juice and sugar.

- Set your banana slices in a pretty dish that goes in the oven and can be served as is at the table.

-Pour the mascarpone mix all over, making sure it also goes underneath the banana slice (if they break, don't worry, it doesn't matter)

- Put in overn about 15 minutes, until the fruit is done (the bananas must be soft)

Et voilà! Easy right? And you'll see how people LOVE it!
Bananas white backgroundImage via Wikipedia

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Pear and Figs Compote: an unusual mix of fresh and dried fruit!

The Pear, Oregon's state fruit.Image via Wikipedia


How about an unusual combination of cooked fruits? Pears (fresh, peeled and quartered) complement wonderfully figs (the simple, sun-dried variety), with an appetizing bittersweet result. Cooked in wine, the figs become big and soft, and are beautifully set off by the pears.

 How to do it? Super simple:

Ingredients for 4 people:
3 to 4 pears, peeled and quartered
A dozen sun-dried figs or more - snip off the tail, it's too hard to cook, but leave them whole
One small glass of Sweet Martini White Wine (or any sweet wine will do)
1 to 2 tablespoons of Brown Sugar (the quantity depends on how sweet your pears are)

Method
Put everything in a pot and cover. Cook on a low fire until the pears are soft but haven't come undone (about 10 minutes)

Enjoy! It's best lukewarm...

Btw, pears are a wonderful addition in the kitchen, often making for unusual tastes. Check out the recipe below and you'll see what I mean:
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