recipes from Adrienne Asher
Apricot Tart
Serves 6-8
1 sheet frozen all-butter puff pastry, thawed
10 apricots, halved and pitted
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon orange liqueur
1/2 cup (5 oz./155 g) thick apricot preserves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 tablespoons honey
Preheat an oven to 400°F (200°C). Have ready a 10-inch (25-cm) square tart pan with a removable bottom.… Read more
The streusel lends itself to a bit of improv—try more orange zest or lemon, instead. Leave the coffee out or add powdered cocoa. Play around with a mix of your favorite spices. Use walnuts instead of pecans…you get the idea.
Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Streusel
Makes one 10-cup bundt cake or a 4”x11” loaf cake
STREUSEL
1-1/3 cups (about … Read more
This recipe is based on Bon Appetit’s “Best Carrot Cake” (and it is), though I’ve added citrus zest, cloves, and cardamon to this version. They make it as a two-layer round cake, and I make it as a sheet cake. But I agree with their assessment that “this is the only carrot cake recipe you’ll ever need.”
Carrot Cake
Makes
This is a King Arthur Flour recipe that I’ve tweaked only a tiny bit. It makes the most splendid, fluffy, lightly-spiced, buns.
* Breads yield a much better result if you weigh the ingredients, rather than using measuring cups, which is what you’ll find here.
* To make the buns a day or two ahead, try the tangzhong technique, … Read more
These tiny-but-delicious chocolate cheesecakes offer a rich and silky end to special -occasion dinners.
Individual Chocolate Cheesecakes
Yield: 12 servings / each serving = 281 calories, 3 net carbs
(not counting a dollop of whipped cream as a garnish)
16 ounces organic cream cheese, room temperature
2 large organic eggs, room temperature
26g Scharffen Berger unsweetened 99% cacao baking chocolate, … Read more
Tropical flavors blend into creamy little individual cheesecakes. “You put the lime in the coconut…”
Individual Key Lime Cheesecakes
Yield: 12 servings / each serving = 254 calories, 5g net carbs
16 ounces organic cream cheese, room temperature
2 large organic eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup organic sour cream
1/4 C. Swerve + 1/2 tsp. liquid stevia
1/4 teaspoon sea … Read more