Posts Tagged ‘dessert’

• 

  Sweet Fregola Sarda Arancini with Spiced Blackberry Coulis

  December 4th, 2011 | Desserts, Featured, Impressive Dishes, Recipes | Angela G. | 22 Comments

  I’m not going to lie – this recipe is a little banana cakes. My brain got to working on making fregola sarda into a dessert and did a lily pad leaping move from rice pudding to beignets to arancini to a coulis in lieu of marinara. Wait, what? No, stay with me. These bites of majesty are like rice pudding in fried form, a delicacy well-worth your attention.

  Read More

• 

  Toffee Macadamia Nut Bars

  November 27th, 2011 | Baked Goods, Desserts, Easy to Prepare, Recipes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments

  I’ve always been partial to blondies, but these bars are just ridiculous. Adding buttery macadamia nuts and sweet toffee chips to the batter is luxe and a half. Top the whole thing off with salty coconut and I am in dream land.

  Read More

• 

  Lemon Pound Cake with Fresh Berries

  May 12th, 2011 | Desserts, Easy to Prepare, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments

  So what do I do, non-baker that I am? Create a yummy lemon glaze for a Sara Lee pound cake, top with seasonal berries and garnish with whipped cream and lemon zest. Let me tell you, it was sexy through and through, all the while saving me precious time to deal with the other courses of the meal I was preparing. So maybe I should call this the gift cake. I mean, it did manage to give me precious minutes of my life back.

  Read More

• 

  Strawberries with Elderflower and Mint

  May 9th, 2011 | Desserts, Easy to Prepare, Lighten Up, Vegan Dishes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments

  Over the years, I’ve tweaked the recipe, if you even want to call it a recipe as it is so simple to prepare. I add chopped fresh mint for color and a few tablespoons of the wickedly floral liqueur St. Germain to bring out the lush flavor of ripe fruit. Let the little troublemakers hang out, and in a matter of minutes, you have the most perfect dessert.

  Read More

• 

  Apple Crumble Ice Cream

  April 29th, 2011 | Desserts, Featured, Ice Cream and Sorbet, Recipes | Angela G. | 2 Comments

  The secret to making this recipe well is getting all of the components good and cold before putting them in the ice cream maker. Make sure to leave plenty of time to stage all of the ingredients and know that when you are done, you’ll be rewarded with a quart of loveliness that will last you for a goodly while.

  Read More

• 

  White Chocolate Cherry Bread Pudding

  April 25th, 2011 | Baked Goods, Desserts, Egg Dishes, Recipes | Angela G. | No Comments

  Bread pudding is the dessert of my dreams – unlike anything else in baking which requires precision and accuracy, bread pudding is forgiving and versatile. This particular bread pudding is the perfect celebration of flavors and textures – the creamy white chocolate melts into the custard and the cherries stud the spongy bread with tart sweetness.

  Read More

• 

  Simple Gingerbread Cookies

  January 2nd, 2011 | Baked Goods, Desserts, Friends Recipes and Hacks, Holiday Dishes, Recipes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments

  I found this recipe of hot mess Sandra Lee’s in passing while getting together my list of Christmas goodies to bake, and to my horror, the one that seemed like some majesty was hers. With a few tweaks made by my expert baker of a sister, this recipe absolutely goes into the pantheon of keepers for all time – chewy, spicy goodness that’s perfect for the holidays.

  Read More

• 

  Lemon Curd Muffins

  January 2nd, 2011 | Baked Goods, Breakfast and Brunch, Desserts, Friends Recipes and Hacks, Recipes | Angela G. | 5 Comments

  Using sugar cookie dough out of the Pillsbury tube, I pressed out mini tarts into a muffin pan and topped them with the lemon curd. A short bake later, and we were all treated to chewy, lemony goodness with a snowy topping of powdered sugar. Here’s to the little victories in life, to include my ability to actually bake something awesome.

  Read More

• 

  Cannoli Ice Cream

  November 7th, 2010 | Desserts, Ice Cream and Sorbet, Recipes | Angela G. | No Comments

  This recipe was born of a request from Dennis to whip up some pistachio ice cream without the actual whole nuts in it – just smooth pistachio goodness. As my brained churned with thoughts of embellishments and goodies to add to the ice cream, I thought, why not a cannoli? Ricotta, chocolate, pistachios and crispy fried pieces of dough all swirled together into some frozen majesty.

  Read More

• 

  Watermelon Sorbet

  June 10th, 2010 | Desserts, Ice Cream and Sorbet, Lighten Up, Recipes, Vegan Dishes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments

  This sorbet is an absolute delight that celebrates the joy of the season – fresh watermelon. The sticky pulp is heightened by zesty limes, with just a bit of grenadine and cherry to enhance its bright pink color.

  Read More

• 

  Berry Lemonade Sorbet

  June 8th, 2010 | Desserts, Ice Cream and Sorbet, Lighten Up, Recipes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | 1 Comment

  I make this treat in an ice cream maker so as to give it lightness and creaminess, but if you’d like to enjoy it in a little more icy format (or if you don’t have an ice cream maker), you can absolutely make it as a granita.

  Read More

• 

  Açai Blueberry Frozen Yogurt

  June 1st, 2010 | Desserts, Ice Cream and Sorbet, Recipes, Vegetarian Dishes | Angela G. | No Comments

  I love this recipe because it’s such a short list of ingredients that begets something so wholesome and lovely – not to mention that you could absolutely, positively never get this in the store.

  Read More

Previous Posts