Desserts – Page 3 – Rants Raves and Recipes

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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June 1, 2016June 29, 2016

New York Cheesecake

N.Y. Cheesecake

Hands down New York Cheesecake is my all time favorite dessert. The unique thing about this recipe is that you can with an easy substitution make this two ways. My personal favorite is the thick dense stick to the roof of your mouth cheesecake, a slightly lighter a little less dense and more airy result is a simple substitition of whipped cream cheese for the original version.

I don’t often mention brands, but in this case I did try to make the cheesecake once with a store brand cream cheese and it did not come out as well as Philadelphia brand cream cheese original, but the choice is yours.

The one “Big Tip” for baking here is once the baking time is up turn the oven off but DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN FOR 1 HOUR. This allows the cake to cool slowly and prevents most cracking on the top. Also you will be baking in a springform pan, make sure it is water tight, if not line it on the outside with aluminum foil.

Ingredients for N.Y. Cheesecake

4 – 8oz packages of block cream cheese.
16 oz Sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1½ cups granulated sugar
¼# sweet butter
2 Tbsps corn starch
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
5 eggs
1½ cups crushed graham crackers (=’s 1 sleeve)
6 Tbsps butter melted
¼ cup granulated sugar (optional)

Directions for N.Y. Cheesecake

In a food processor break the graham crackers to a fine crumb. Add the sugar mix throughly and stir in the melted butter until all is combined and moist. Spoon the mixture into the bottom of a 10″ springform pan and using the flat bottom of a glass or some other object press the crumbs down to cover the entire bottom of the pan.

press graham crackers into bottom of spring form pan

Allow the sour cream, butter & cream cheese to stand at room temperature for at least an hour.

In a mixer on slow speed blend all the ingredients except the eggs. Once well blended add the eggs one at a time and add the next egg after first egg is completely incorporated.

Pour into the springform pan, make sure pan is water tight, if in doubt line the outside with aluminum foil.

Place the pan into a larger pan that has room on all sides for the cheesecake and fill with water ½ way up the springform pan. Place into a 375º oven for one hour. After one hour turn oven off do not open oven door and allow the cake to cool in the oven for an additional hour ( this will hopefully prevent the top from cracking).

After the hour remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least 30 more minutes before covering with foil and placing in the refrigerator over night.

Before serving allow to sit out of the refrigerator for at least an hour, run a knife carefully around the inside of the pan loosen and remove the sides.

Here are a few items to help make this recipe:
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A royal dessert for a S.A.P.P. I think I could have this every night! 5 paws!

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New York Cheesecake

Ingredients

4 - 8oz packages of block cream cheese.
16 oz Sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1½ cups granulated sugar
¼# sweet butter
2 Tbsps corn starch
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
5 eggs
1½ cups crushed graham crackers (='s 1 sleeve)
6 Tbsps butter melted
¼ granulated sugar (optional)

Instructions

In a food processor break the graham crackers to a fine crumb. Add the sugar mix throughly and stir in the melted butter until all is combined and moist. Spoon the mixture into the bottom of a 10" spring form pan and using the flat bottom of a glass or some other object press the crumbs down to cover the entire bottom of the pan.
Allow the sour cream, butter & cream cheese to stand at room temperature for at least an hour.
In a mixer on slow speed blend all the ingredients except the eggs. Once well blended add the eggs one at a time and add the next egg after first egg is completely incorporated.
Pour into the spring form pan, make sure pan is water tight, if in doubt line the outside with aluminum foil.
Place the pan into a larger pan that has room on all sides for the cheesecake and fill with water ½ way up the spring form pan. Place into a 375º oven for one hour. After one hour turn oven off do not open oven door and allow the cake to cool in the oven for an additional hour ( this will hopefully prevent the top from cracking).
After the hour remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least 30 more minutes before covering with foil and placing in the refrigerator over night.
Before serving allow to sit out of the refrigerator for at least an hour, run a knife carefully around the inside of the pan loosen and remove the sides.

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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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