A couple of weeks ago I went to my friends land south of town. He is developing a very beautiful orchard, King Edward’s. This spring he planted about 50 fruit trees! Lucky for us, he already has a giant pear tree that is loaded with fruit. I like to let my pears ripen off the [...]
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Pears from King Edward’s Orchard
Posted in Baking, Chocolate, Fruit, Jams and Preserves on October 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Preserving fruit, whole.
Posted in Fruit, Jams and Preserves on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I went over to my friend Monica’s house, we put up all kinds of fruit. Peaches, cherries, greengage plums, and apricots! About a week earlier, Monica had a preserving party. She canned peaches as well as making a variety of jams. I had never preserved whole fruits so when Monica and I [...]
Rebekah and David’s wedding cake: the assembly
Posted in Baking, cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruit, Jams and Preserves, meringues and mousse, sweet curd and pastry cream on July 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
For the frosting, we made an Italian meringue. We had thought about making an Italian buttercream but, after a practice run, decided we liked the frosting better before we added the butter. An Italian meringue is really simple to make, though, on such a large-scale and with a hand mixer, it did take a while. [...]
Rebekah and David’s wedding cake: the fillings
Posted in cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Fruit, Jams and Preserves, sweet curd and pastry cream on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last September, Sarah and I picked a lot of red raspberries and made them into jam. We saved a couple of jars to use for the wedding cake. We made a simple vanilla pastry cream.. ..the we lightened with some sour cream. And since it was the beginning of raspberry season, we couldn’t leave out [...]
Strawberry Jam
Posted in Fruit, Jams and Preserves on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
About a week ago, I finally went out and picked some strawberries at a u-pick farm. (When I say some, I mean 16.3 lbs!) I had a few jam projects on my agenda. The first was a classic strawberry jam; 3.5 lbs of berries, 4.5 c of sugar, 6 Tbsp lemon juice, and the seeds [...]
Orange-Rhubarb jam
Posted in Breakfast and Brunch, Fruit, Jams and Preserves on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s canning season again! The other day I sat down with a notebook and started to plan out all of the things I want to make this season, the first being orange-rhubarb jam. I love, love, love rhubarb! This was the first time I have made rhubarb jam so I decided to follow a recipe, [...]
Coconut Passionfruit Cake
Posted in Baking, cakes, Desserts, Jams and Preserves on May 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was my friend Katie‘s birthday (lucky for me, she lives in the same town) so I made her a cake. While I was visiting my family in Iowa, I picked up a jar of “Coco Passion Jam”. This jam is somewhere between a butter and a curd. I thought it would be perfect for [...]
crostata
Posted in Baking, cakes, Desserts, Jams and Preserves, pastry, pies, and tarts on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Erika taught Heli and I how to make crostata in Italy. She showed us how to make it in pretty much the same way her mother (and probably grandmother, etc, etc.) made it. Erika made one exception, she melted the butter. Somehow she was able to pull it off, but when I have tried to [...]
