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Strawberry Tart
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, unbleached 1/2 cup finely ground almonds 1/3 cup organic sugar 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) organic butter, cut into pieces 1 egg, free-range and organic 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup seedless strawberry jam 1 teaspoon lemon juice 2 pints organic strawberries, hulled…
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Chocolate S’mores Ice Cream
One of my family’s fondest summer memories is of roasting marshmallows on an open fire. My husband had built a fire pit behind our cabin in Maine, just a few steps away from the lake shore. There was a pile of kindling next to the fire pit, most of it for building the fire; some,…
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Strawberry Ice Cream Premium Recipe
I recently tried this premium recipe for Strawberry Ice Cream from The Ciao Bella Book of Gelato and Sorbetto: Bold, Fresh Flavors to Make at Home. It’s a lot more complicated than the simple Strawberry Ice Cream recipe I previously posted but it’s so much richer and yields a lot more. Here is my version…
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Blackberry Sorbet
We just got several pints of sweet juicy blackberries. We ate the first pint the day the berries were picked. The rest of them went into Blackberry Sorbet that will last us for as long as it’s in the freezer. We love it so much; I doubt it will be in there too long. Here…
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Apricot Sorbet
A few days ago I was visiting my aunt and found her apricot tree heavy with fruit. My daughter and I helped ourselves to the ripest ones. “If you touch it and it just gives itself to you, then it’s ready.” We came home with a shopping bag full of ripe apricots. Here’s what I…
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Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
July is National Ice Cream Month! I’m going to start things off with the simplest and surprisingly most popular ice cream flavor in the world, Vanilla. Here’s the recipe: Ingredients: 2 cups of raw milk 1 cup of raw cream 4 egg yolks 3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Combine milk and cream in…
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Lemon Sorbette
What do you do with an abundance of lemons in the summer? Lemon Sorbette! I tried this recipe from The Ciao Bella Book of Gelato and Sorbetto: Bold, Fresh Flavors to Make at Home. Here’s my version: Ingredients: 2 cups water 2 cups organic sugar 1 cup freshly squeezed organic lemon juice (from about 6…
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Strawberry Sorbet
I love strawberries! This year we live close to strawberry farm gardens and we’re able to buy several quarts of sweet strawberries harvested on the same day. In my house, that means ice cream and sorbet! I’ve posted my recipe for Strawberry Ice Cream before. Today I’m posting my recipe for Strawberry Sorbet. Sweet! Ingredients:…
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Halo Halo Ice Cream
Ingredients: 1 cup whole milk 1/2 cup sugar 1 jar Halo Halo 16 oz (Mixed Sweet Beans from Asian stores) 2 cups heavy cream, chilled 1 tsp vanilla extract Follow manufacturer’s instructions on how to prepare your ice cream maker. 1. Heat whole milk in a medium saucepan until it bubbles around the edges. 2.…
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Strawberry Ice Cream
I consider myself lucky because my local farmers market has an abundance of the sweetest organic strawberries I’ve ever tasted. Harvested on the same day, these strawberries are ripe when I buy them. Much of the berries are eaten same day by my voracious family, but when there’s still at least a pint left, I…