Balsamic Strawberries with Mascarpone Whipped Cream
1 Quart Farm Stand strawberries, washed, hulled and cut lengthwise into two or three sections (see instructions below)
1 tablespoon superfine sugar
For syrup:
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
½ teaspoon lemon juice
Pinch cayenne
Pinch salt
For Mascarpone whipped cream:
½ cup Mascarpone cheese (available at almost any grocery store now, or your local [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Strawberry Time
Posted in Recipes, tagged balsamic, mascarpone, Strawberries on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cream puff recipe
Posted in Recipes, entertaining, tagged cream, puffs on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I did not include the recipe for cream puffs below. Here it is! Just make sure to overbake them until the form is baked fully and there is no chance for collapse. These shells offer endless opportunities in a sweet or savory preparation. When I finally get my hands on the in-season berries, perhaps as [...]
Berry ceezon
Posted in Home and Kitchen, Recipes, entertaining, food, tagged mascarpone, Strawberries on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Strawberry season is officially here. From Mother’s Day to Father’s Day we’ll be able to pick these glorious orbs of sweetness from our local farms. Look for a recipe this weekend. Strawberry Shortcake with Balsamic macerated berries and whipped mascarpone. Faabulous!
Patty shoe
Posted in Recipes, entertaining, tagged cream, puffs on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pate a choux is, I would say, the most versatile of the French patisserie line up–and the easiest. Shaped into eclairs or cream puffs, sweet or savory, this simplest of doughs can be stirred together in the time that the oven barely has a chance to preheat. Split open and filled with pure vanilla ice cream, then decadently [...]
Pizza Party
Posted in Events, entertaining, food on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Up above? Meatloaf and Mashed potato pizza. To the right? An assortment from Margherita to…Chocolate and Pepperoni. The fire was HOT last night! Pizza for 11, 6 bottles of red wine and laughs for days……..
And it works with beef too!
Posted in Home and Kitchen, Recipes, entertaining, food, tagged beef, pasticcio, stew on May 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My partner Randall refuses to eat lamb. So…wanting to please his taste buds too, I substituted 3 pounds of beef short ribs in the recipe (the extra pound was to compensate for the bones in the ribs), and proceeded as usual. The meat, as you can imagine it would after 2.5 hours of stewing, shredded [...]
