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June 12, 2016June 29, 2016

Sautéed Pears with Mascarpone

The other night while watching TV I came across a Jacques Pepin show and in it he made this rather simple dessert. His take was to put whipped cream cheese on top, I thought that the mascarpone would be a great substitution.

Ingredients for Sautéed Pears with Mascarpone

1 can of pears packed in juice
1½-2 Tbsps butter
2-3 Tbsps Apricot preserves
Mascarpone

Directions for Sautéed Pears with Mascarpone

In a sauté pan large enough to hold the pears in a single layer place about ½ the juice from the can of pears with the butter and apricot preserves, bring up to a medium to medium high heat.

Place the pears flat side up into the pan and sauté for about 5 minutes. Occasionally stir the sauce to combine all the ingredients as they melt. Turn the pears over and cook for another 5 minutes until they are tender and sauce is quite thick.

Remove from the heat, you can either allow to cool slightly and serve or chill and serve later.

To serve place the pears on a plate carefully spoon the mascarpone into the pear center and spoon the sauce over the top.

Here are a few items to help make this recipe:
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Not too bad, sweet pears are sort of like apples and the cheese was quite good. 5 paws

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Sautéed Pears & Mascarpone

Ingredients

1 can of pears packed in juice
1½-2 Tbsps butter
2-3 Tbsps Apricot preserves
Mascarpone

Instructions

In a sauté pan large enough to hold the pears in a single layer place about ½ the juice from the can of pears with the butter and apricot preserves, bring up to a medium to medium high heat.
Place the pears flat side up into the pan and sauté for about 5 minutes. occasionally stir the sauce to combine all the ingredients as they melt. Turn the pears over and cook for another 5 minutes until they are tender and sauce is quite thick.
Remove from the heat, you can either allow to cool slightly and serve or chill and serve later.
To serve place the pears on a plate carefully spoon the mascarpone into the pear center and spoon the sauce over the top.

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July 29, 2015March 8, 2021

Fresh Blueberry Scones

Blueberries are probably my favorite breakfast fruit, sorry bananas. When blueberries are in season Fresh blueberry scones are my #1 go to breakfast biscuit.

Ingredients for Fresh Blueberry Scones

½-¾ pint of fresh blueberries
¾ cup whole or buttermilk
1 egg – beaten
2 cups all purpose flour – sifted
2 Tbs granulated sugar
1 Tbs baking powder
½ tsp salt
1/3 cup butter = 5 1/3 Tbs- cut in small cubes & chilled

Directions for Fresh Blueberry Scones

Preheat oven to 425°.

In a large bowl combined the flour, sugar,baking powder and salt. Add the butter and with a pastry cutter cut the butter into the flour until you have a mixture that resembles cornmeal.

You can also come into the 21st century and use a food processor for these first steps. Simply add the dry ingredients to the bowl of the processor and add the butter and with the blade attachment pulse until you have the desired consistency, then place into a bowl and continue.

Add the blueberries and gently stir to distribute the berries throughout the mixture.

Add the milk and beaten egg and very gently stir to combine all the ingredients into a dough.

Scrape out of the bowl onto a lightly floured surface and very gently knead 5-10 times.

Cut the dough in half and form each half into a flattened round and cut each round into 6 pie shape pieces.

Place the scones onto an ungreased baking sheet, leaving space between each.

Bake for 7 minutes then turn scones over and continue to bake for an additional 5-8 minutes until done and cooked through.

Serve warm with butter.

Here are few items to help make this recipe:
OXO Good Grips Dough Blender with Blades
Nordic Ware Natural Aluminum Commercial Baker’s Half Sheet

You can’t beat scones and butter in the morning, not so sure about those round things but they were sweet. 5 paws

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Fresh Blueberry Scones

Ingredients

½-¾ pint of fresh blueberries
¾ cup whole or buttermilk
1 egg - beaten
2 cups all purpose flour - sifted
2 Tbs granulated sugar
1 Tbs baking powder
½ tsp salt
1/3 cup butter = 5 1/3 Tbs- cut in small cubes & chilled

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425°.
In a large bowl combined the flour, sugar,baking powder and salt. Add the butter and with a pastry cutter cut the butter into the flour until you have a mixture that resembles cornmeal. Add the blueberries and gently stir to distribute the berries throughout the mixture.
Add the milk and beaten egg and very gently stir to combine all the ingredients into a dough.
Scrape out of the bowl onto a lightly floured surface and very gently knead 5-10 times.
Cut the dough in half and form each half into a flattened round and cut each round into 6 pie shape pieces.
Place the scones onto an ungreased baking sheet, leaving space between each.
Bake for 7 minutes then turn scones over and continue to bake for an additonal 5-8 minutes until done and cooked through.
Serve warm with butter.

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July 16, 2015July 16, 2015

Easy as Pie – Apple Cake

Easy Apple Cake

Quite a while ago while surfing through the vast world-wide web for an apple cake recipe , I found a couple of recipes for cakes with pie filling that were very simple. I had my reservations about the outcome, but today being out of brown sugar for crumble topping and Nabisco wafer and heavy cream for a birthday cake, my options were diminishing quickly so I thought it was a good time to try.

This recipe is just about fool-proof and probably works best in a bundt pan but the possibilities are endless with so many variations of fruit and cake batter.

For this recipe I used two 8″ cake pans and a little buttercream frosting to glue the two together with powdered sugar on top so that it looked more like a birthday layer cake, but it will work fine in a 9 X 13 , bundt or angel food pan as well. Just watch the cake for timing.

Ingredients for “Easy as Pie” Apple Cake

1 box Cake mix- for this recipe white or yellow
1 can Pie filling-for this recipe Apple
3 large eggs

Directions for “Easy as Pie” Apple Cake

Preheat oven to 350º.

Grease and flour cake pan.

In a large bowl combine the cake mix, pie filling and eggs and fold the mixture together until all the ingredients are combined and a moist batter is formed.

Pour into cake pan and set in the center of the oven for approximately 30 minutes. Cake will be done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Remove to a wire rack to cool slightly, then turn the cake carefully out of the pan.

Here are a few items to help make this recipe:
Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Original 10- to 15-Cup Bundt Pan
Kaiser Bakeware Kaisercast 9-1/2-Inch Classic Bundtform Pan
Wallace Hotel Pie Server and Cake Knife Set

Apples, sweet cake, a little frosting how can you possibly go wrong 5 paws.

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Easy as Pie Apple Cake

Ingredients

1 box Cake mix- for this recipe white or yellow
1 can Pie filling-for this recipe Apple
3 large eggs

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350º.
Grease and flour cake pan.
In a large bowl combine the cake mix, pie filling and eggs and fold the mixture together until all the ingredients are combined and a moist batter is formed.
Pour into cake pan and set in the center of the oven for approximatley 30 minutes. Cake will be done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove to a wire rack to cool slightly, then turn the cake carefully out of the pan.

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