Fresh Ideas with Summer Fruit

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Fresh Ideas with Summer Fruit

 

*** Go Ahead, Fill Up on Fruit!

 

Pay a visit to the farmers' market, a roadside stand, or

just the good ol' grocery store and load up your basket.

Here are some fresh new ways to enjoy your favorite fruits.

 

* Tantalizing Tarts. Elegant and enticing,

a fruit tart is a gorgeous display of fresh, ripe fruit.

Bake a pie or tart shell, fill it with vanilla custard,

and top it with several different kinds of fruit with

contrasting colors and shapes, taking the time to arrange

the fruit into beautiful rows on top of the tart.

 

Try nectarine, apricot, plum, or kiwi slices paired

with whole raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries.

To get that glistening finish like the tarts you see

in the bakery, all you need to do is take a great big

spoonful of your favorite fruit jelly and melt it

over low heat.

 

To add a touch of sophistication, pour in a splash

of hazelnut, orange or coffee liqueur.

Brush the melted jelly mixture the fruit with a pastry

brush and garnish with a few sprigs of lush green mint.

 

* Fruit Now, Fruit Later.

Most delectable fresh fruit at the height of its season

is also the most plentiful, and therefore, the cheapest.

 

Lucky, lucky you!

Take the opportunity to gorge yourself silly on

all your fruity favorites, and when you don't

have any more room left, buy some more and freeze

it for the long fall, winter and spring ahead of you.

 

To freeze berries, rinse them if you like,

drain them on paper towels, and then spread them

in a single layer on a baking sheet.

(Peaches and other stone fruits can be frozen like

this as well; remove pits and halve or slice first.)

 

Freeze until solid, and then store in freezer-weight

zip-close plastic bags, squeezing out as much air as

possible. They'll keep for up to six months like this.

Use them right out of the freezer for baking,

beverages, or just topping your breakfast cereal.

 

* Put Your Fruit in New Places.

Try something different with your fruit today.

Put any fresh fruit in a green salad for a

refreshing burst of juicy sweetness.

 

Substitute peaches, mangos, berries, or pineapple

for the tomatoes in your favorite salsa recipe

and serve with tortilla chips or spoon generously

over any grilled entree.

 

For an easy but exotic dessert, cut nectarines,

peaches, or plums in half and grill them until soft

and lightly browned.

 

Concoct a sweet sauce of honey, vanilla, and mint,

or brown sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom;

warm it in a saucepan drizzle it over the fruit.

 

Serve this luscious combination with vanilla

or caramel ice cream.

 

 

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My Special Thought To You:

 

Life Is Not A Race, But A Journey To Be Savored

Each Step Of The Way!!