How to Cook Cherry Tea Braised Pork Loin + Video
This Cherry Tea Braised Pork Loin Roast is such a treat to your senses. Braising meats really keeps everything moist and juicy as they roast. First, the meat is seared on a high temperature, then is placed in a braising liquid of sorts and finished off in the oven with that moist heat. Pork roasts tend to shrink considerably, especially when cooking with only dry heat methods. Using the braising method really retains a lot of that...
How to Make Brandied Cherries
What could sound more delicious than some warm Brandied Cherries served over some vanilla ice cream? How about sipping on some cherry brandy for an after dinner liqueur? How to Brandy Cherries: Making Brandied Cherries is quite a bit quicker to do than when using peaches or apricots. The cherries don’t need to be processed with a canner to preserve them. You simply skip that step and go straight to aging the jar of cherries....
How to Cook Brandied Apricots
Brandied Apricots will warm you heart & soul this Winter season. Brandied fruit, and its subsequent flavored brandy is marvelous, especially around the Holidays. A great way to flambé fruit, enjoy the fruit by itself, the flavored brandy by itself, or together on top of ice cream. How to Brandy Apricots: Brandy & apricots is such a nice combination to enjoy. You may also use this recipe for apricots, but replace the brandy...
How to Cook Prunes Stewed in Orange Juice
Stewed Prunes in Orange Juice is on the menu tonight for dessert over ice cream. How to Stew Prunes in Orange Juice: The flavor of prunes ripens nicely when stewed in tea, and we will take advantage of that fact along with the orange juice to impart amazing flavor into the prunes, as well as leaving you with a flavorful fruit cordial & tea blend to enjoy afterwards. Type: Stew Recipe Serve with: ice cream, whipped cream, yogurt or...
How to Bake Plum & Apple Cobbler
Fruit cobblers are great options for a freshly baked dessert in under 1 hour. This version made with plums & apples from our own fruit trees make for a lovely combination. Cobbler is an American Southern-style recipe that is marvelous with peaches, cherries or any fruit I’ve tried it with. Served over ice cream, this sweet treat will be something the whole family will love, Summer or Winter. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve with:...
How to Cook Stewed Prunes
Stewed Prunes are an old, classic fruit stew, and most think it to be for “old people,” but the fact remains, it’s tasty! Yes, it’s a known fact that prunes, well, make you regular, if you catch my drift. However, they are chock full of vitamins, minerals & even protein. A healthy snack that’s ever-so-tasty made this way…stewed. How to Cook Stewed Prunes: We are quite fond of stewed prunes in...
How to Brandy Peaches: National Brandied Fruit Day
National Brandied Fruit Day is October 20th, and we are celebrating with a Brandied Peaches recipe that will perfect for your Holiday entertaining. Fruits preserved in spirits or brandy prevent the fruit from breaking down or decaying, something like vinegar does. Brandied fruit is most commonly served over ice cream, puddings, cakes or compotes. The syrup is strained into a bottle or seal-able carafe, and can be used to impart flavor...
2 Prune Recipes for Four Prunes Day
Four Prunes Day, it is, and below you’ll find a 2 great recipes made with prunes that you’ll love. Simple & delicious. Prune Facts: Prunes are freestone, purplish black plums, great for eating or cooking, and delicious dried for snacking. When dried, their sugar content is bumped up. This keeps them from molding or decaying. Storage is easy, and refrigeration is probably best, if you are keeping them for a prolonged...
National Cherries Jubilee Day Deserves a Flambéed Recipe
Cherries Jubilee is one of the most beautiful & decadent desserts that I know of… Juicy cherries flambéed with Kirsch, a cherry liqueur, this tempting dessert is then scooped over ice cream of the vanilla variety. However, variations on this recipe change the fruit, the liqueur and what it goes on top of, but the premise is simple. A tasty liquor with some gorgeous fruit. Flambé it all and pour it over something else...
How to Make Guapa Guacamole
The best part, to me, about Mexican food is the guacamole! There may always be enough rice & beans, but there’s never enough guacamole! ~ Ingrid Turner This recipe for my Guapa Guacamole is very simple to make, is extremely tasty and works with your taste preferences. “Guapa” in Spanish means “lovely”, and this is surely just that… Lovely with warm tortilla chips straight from the oven or the...
Olé, it’s National Guacamole Day: How to Make Guapa Guacamole
If you’re a lover of Mexican cuisine, then National Guacamole Day will make you say, “Olé!” Made with cream avocado, personally, I love them in any form, and as often as possible. Guacamole is the perfect dip for tortilla chips, raw veggies, as a taco filling or a topping for meat, fish or any savory Mexican delight. Besides being delicious, avocados are beautiful to the eye. I even like guacamole on eggs, toast,...
How to Cook Pluma Moos in Stoneware Ramekins + Video
Pluma Moos is an Eastern European recipe of fruit stew, perfect made & enjoyed in cooler weather. Either using fresh, seasonal fruit, or fruit you’ve frozen to save for a cold day, moos is a great way to get an easy dessert out of what you have with simple ingredients, and comfort food goodness. There are a wide variety of Moos Recipes on the site, if you look around. A larger family portion of moos can be made in a large...
How to Bake Date Nut Bread: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 8th is National Date Nut Bread Day, and this Date Nut Bread recipe will soothe your senses & your taste buds. Quick breads like date nut bread are delightfully tasty. Made with nuts & fruit, they remain moist & store well. If keeping them for more than 1 day or 2, it’s best refrigerated or frozen. How to Bake Date Nut Bread: The addition of different types of nuts, and even fresh apple chunks, makes this an...
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