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Desserts
Creme Brulee Recipe and History
Creme Brulee is a classic dish of smooth custard, with a caramelized sugar topping. Creme Brulee is highly contested on the actual origin of this delectable dish. I am looking back over my notes taken while attending a French Culinary school. The dish that I have cooked many times, are of course, the so... »
Low Fat Tiramisu Recipe
Tiramisu is an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate. This version is lighter than its traditional recipe, substituting a reduced fat cream filling for much of the mascarpone.To make the cream filling:1 Cup 2% milk1/4 Teaspoon... »
Decadent Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies Recipe by Chef Shelley Pogue
1 cup butter or margarine, softened1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened2 cups granulated sugar3 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 cup all-purpose flour sifted3/4 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa1/4 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt3/4 cup chopped walnutsHeat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom of 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.You will cream the butter, cream cheese and... »
Low Fat Tiramisu Recipe
Tiramisu is an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate. This version is lighter than its traditional recipe, substituting a reduced fat cream filling for much of the mascarpone.To make the cream filling:1 Cup 2% milk1/4 Teaspoon... »
Tantalizing Cherry Cobbler Recipe
Ingredients you will need for the Fruit Filling:2 Pounds of fresh pitted cherries if they are in season, or use2- 16 ounce cans of cherry pie filling if they are not.1 Cup of sugar only to be used if you are using the fresh pitted cherries.** If you are not using the fresh cherries... »
Italian Dessert Cannoli Recipe
Sicilians are supposed to have created this great dessert recipe, and I think that they are just delicious. I hope that this recipe is fairly easy to follow. You will need some type of dowel or metal tube that you will use to form out your cannoli shells. If you have a 3 ½... »
Key Lime Margarita Pie Recipe
I have made this pie with regular lime juice and it is great. I have found another trick to make this recipe even better, by using key limes. You can find them at most grocery stores year round depending on which state you live in. However, if they are not available year round you... »
Strawberries Romanoff From Chef Judi Gallagher in Sarasota
I finally live in a warm climate where fields of sweet, farm fresh strawberries are ripe for picking basket fulls in the early Spring.This recipe is from Sarasota, Florida, chef, Judi Gallagher. Judy also hails from New England. We are both thrilled to find several local U-pick farms open while the snowbirds and visitors... »
Finding a Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Recipe
Sooner or later, everyone who’s made a New York cheesecake starts getting bored with the same old perfection every time. They start looking for variations, and frequently that’s where they start to go horribly wrong. The chocolate chip cheesecake recipe is one of the first most people try, and it’s one that can be... »
Quick Napoleon Dessert Recipes
A traditional Napoleon is a French dessert made from layers of puff pastry spread with a vanilla pastry cream. The top of the rectangle or triangular shaped sweet is drizzled with chocolate and or dusted with powdered sugar. Historians say that the Napoleon was created by a Danish royal chef in honor of a... »

