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Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Ingredients: (4 people)
2 cups Marscapone Cheese
1 cup Strawberries>BR> 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
3 tbsp. Milk
2 tsp. Balsamic Vinegar
2 tbsp. Honey
1 Lemon
How to Make It:
1. In a bowl, stir the marscapone, sugar, and milk together.
2. Shred a little bit of the lemon rind, and stir it into the marscapone mixture.
3. Cut strawberries into quarters. Mix together the honey and vinegar.
4. In individual serving dishes or glasses, layer alternately the marscapone followed by a layer of strawberries. Repeat until finished. Then pour a little honey and vinegar sauce over the top.
Voilà!
Variations:
You can use any other berries along with the strawberries, or any other fruit.
You can also replace the honey/vinegar sauce (it may sound a little strange, but really it's delicious!) with any other fruit sauce you choose.
Serving Ideas:
Even though this dessert can be made in about 10 minutes, do not underestimate its elegance... so, it's definitely the moment for crystal or glass serving dishes which will show off the beautiful layers of creamy marscapone and strawberries! After all, who ever said that quick easy dessert recipes have to look quick and easy?!
Of course, you can also prepare this dessert in one large serving dish.
Fact:
Marscapone cheese is of course Italian, but is more and more commonly used in French desserts.
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Peach, Apricot, and Strawberry Shish Kebab!
Brochettes de Pêches, Abricots et Fraises… Yes, you can make this dessert on the BBQ, but you certainly don't have to. Succulent and original... guaranteed to please all!!!
Preparation Time: 5 Minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients: (6 people)
4 Peaches
4 Apricots
18 Strawberries
2 oz. Melted Butter
2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
Vanilla Ice Cream (optional)
How to Make It:
1. Preheat Grill or a large saucepan (with low sides, or big enough for skewers to fit inside). If you are using a grill, cover it with a large sheet of aluminum foil.
2. Cut the peaches and apricots into slices. Place fruits, alternately, onto six skewers.
3. Coat each skewer with melted butter and the roll in granulated sugar. Place on grill or in saucepan and let cook for five minutes on each side.
4. Serve warm, and if you want, with ice cream.
Voilà!
Variations:
Feel free to experiment with other fruits!
Serving Ideas:
This is a wonderful dessert that is fast and fun to make. I find that it makes an especially nice end to a summer BBQ!
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Exotic Fruit Sauté with Ginger and Honey!
Fruits Exotiques au Gingemebre et au Miel… This tangy, sweet delight is very quick to make and absolutely delightful to eat!!! Yet another one of those French quick easy dessert recipes that just doesn't look quick or easy! Son enjoy!
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients: (4 people)
1 Mango
1 Banana
1 cup Seedless Grapes
1/2 Papaya
4 Dried Apricots
1 Lime
1 Vanilla Bean, Seeds Scraped (or 1 tsp. extract)
4 tbsp. Honey
2 tbsp. Butter
3 inches Fresh Ginger
Dark Rum (optional)
Ginger or Mango Sorbet (optional)
How to Make It:
1. Mix the small vanilla seeds (cut bean in half lengthwise, and scrape out seeds with the tip of a knife) with the honey.
2. Peel and cut mango, papaya, and banana. Cut lime (with skin on) into very thin slices. Peel and slice ginger into thin sticks.
3. Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add all fruits and ginger. Cook for about 5 minutes on a high flame. Then, lower flame, and add the vanilla honey. Stir delicately. If you want, you can flambé with rum. Serve right away, if you'd like, with sorbet.
Voilà!
Variations:
Of course, feel free to change the fruits around, if you'd like to! I particularly like this combination because of the contrast in taste and also because the fruits don't take much time to peel and cut!
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