Adapted from a Fine Cooking recipe
Jan had a desire for lemon curd, so she bought some Meyer lemons. I decided I should make it before the lemons went bad. On-line the ingredient lists of the recipes were pretty much the same—butter, eggs, lemon juice, sugar, and lemon zest.
Karl’s Meyer Lemon Curd
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Sauces and Spices, Treats, Vegetarian
Adapted from a Giada de Laurentiis recipe
Jan loves persimmons and she loves pie. As usual, she tied to make it healthier and her own. While this dessert may not have been in keeping with the theme of my Indian feast, who cares? It was a great pie!
Jan’s Persimmon Pumpkin Pie
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Pies & Tarts, Vegetarian
We were planning to have Uncle Tom’s apricot pie for Christmas Eve dinner, but I forgot to defrost it. At the last minute I threw together this desert. I had a few pears and some leftover store-bought pear-caramel sauce from a previous dinner. Pears, butter, a bit of spice and whiskey and voilà.
Karl’s Roasted Pears with Caramel Sauce
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Treats, Vegan, Vegetarian
Adapted from Joy of Cooking
Every year we make several Christmas give-aways—food treats to bring joy to our friends. Recently, I became allergic to tree nuts. Our usual biscotti recipe has almonds in it, so this year I am making a second batch of nut-free, spiced biscotti.
Karl’s Spiced Biscotti
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Holidays, italian, Treats, Vegetarian
Adapted from Joy of Cooking
Every year we make several Christmas give-aways—food treats to bring joy to our friends. It really started to get serious about 15 years ago when we moved a house with orange, lemon and grapefruit trees. I could not stand that the trees produced far more fruit than we could deal with, so I started making marmalade in bulk and giving it away at Christmas.
Karl’s Almond Biscotti
Filed under Desserts & Treats, italian, Treats
Jan was given a large bag of very ripe Mission figs two days ago. It was far too many to eat before they went bad. I had to think of a way to preserve them.
Karl’s Mission Fig Jam
Filed under California Fusion, Treats, Vegan, Vegetarian
I made Jan’s orange custard earlier this week and I decided to add some of my Ultimate Micro Orange Marmalade. While I thought it was perfect, Jan thought it was too sweet—Jan’s custard already had half of the sugar that most of the recipes on-line use. To please her I eliminated the Orange Infused Sugar entirely. This dish does not suffer for having only a small bit of sugar.
Karl’s Orange Custard
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Treats, Vegetarian
Last weekend Eilene’s friends invaded the house for Fanime. This meant peaceful days, but a hungry horde descending upon the house at 10 PM. Eilene asked for fresh crackers as a snack when they arrived. While I was at the farmer’s market I saw some peaches. Peach jam and crackers seemed like just the thing for starving teenagers.
Karl’s Peach Jam
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Sauces and Spices, Treats, Vegan, Vegetarian
Miriam requested my mother’s chocolate mousse for her birthday dinner. Jan has experimented with variations over the years, but Miriam wanted the original “plain” chocolate mousse. Jan chaffed at this restriction, until she thought of using Strauss milk.
Claudia’s Chocolate Mousse 2.0
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Treats
Adapted from a FineCooking.com recipe
I am allergic to walnuts, so I cannot eat regular baklava. Jan decided that she would make pistachio baklava as the desert to go with the Middle Eastern feast I am making for Mother’s day.
Jan’s Apricot Pistachio Baklava
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Treats, Vegetarian
karllueck
Miriam
Jabberwocky Stew 