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Honey Pumpkin Creme Brulee

Mel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:58:26 +0000

Yes, I’m obsessed with Pumpkin. This looks delightful! I believe I need to buy a kitchen torch.

Honey Pumpkin Créme Brúlée
makes 6 servings

1 cup cream
1 cup whole milk or half/half
1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
2 tablespoons light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
Zest of 1/2 lemon
3 whole eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander, preferably freshly ground
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
Fine white sugar

Heat the oven to 325°F. Prepare a baking pan, filling it halfway up with hot water. Set 6 ramekins or baking cups in the pan.

Whisk cream, milk, pumpkin, sugar, honey, vanilla and zest together in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk the eggs with the spices and salt in a separate bowl. Add a little of the warmed cream to the eggs and whisk together, then add it all back into the pan. Heat over medium-low, stirring constantly, until the custard reaches coats the back of a spoon. Do not let it boil or it will curdle the eggs.

Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl and pour into the ramekins. Carefully set the pan in the oven. Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes. They will still be a little jiggly when you pull them out. As long as they are firm to the touch and don’t have liquid sloshing out of the cups, they are done. They will firm up as they chill. Let cool then put in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.

When ready to serve, sprinkle a thin layer of fine white sugar on top of each ramekin, spread as evenly as you can, then brown with a kitchen blowtorch or under the broiler.

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/recipe-honey-pumpkin-crme-brle-013903

Stove-top “insert whatever fruit you like” dumplings

Mel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:46:11 +0000

2000s Recipes + Menus: Gourmet.com

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I’ve made this a few times, and it’s always been received well. I’ve just used whatever frozen or fresh fruit I had on hand. Goes great with some sort of ice cream!

Strawberry Dumpling

Serves 6

Active time:15 min
Start to finish:40 min

Test kitchen director Ruth Cousineau learned how to make this stovetop dessert from her husband’s family, who would throw it together it after picking pounds of strawberries to freeze for the winter. And it couldn’t be easier: Simply stir an easy biscuit dough into the boiling fruit, cover, and cook until the dough bakes up into a fluffy, cakelike dumpling dripping with sweet, juicy strawberries. All you need to add is a drizzle of heavy cream.

1 qt strawberries, trimmed and thickly sliced (about 4 cups)
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2/3 cup whole milk

Stir together strawberries and sugar in a 4-qt heavy saucepan and let stand, stirring occasionally, until juicy, about 15 minutes. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Blend in butter using a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Stir in milk until just blended, then add mixture to boiling berries and stir once or twice. Tightly cover saucepan and reduce heat to low. Cook, undisturbed, until dumpling looks dry on top, 15 to 18 minutes. Let stand off heat, uncovered, 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe by Ruth Cousineau

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies w/ Marshmallow Cream Filling

Mel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:50:55 +0000

In the Magazine: bonappetit.com

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Ingredients

FILLING

1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 7-ounce jar marshmallow creme
2 teaspoons maple extract

CAKE

3 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 15-ounce can pure pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
Nonstick vegetable oil spray

Preparation

FILLING

Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add marshmallow creme and maple extract; beat until blended and smooth. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.

CAKE

Sift first 7 ingredients into large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and both sugars in another large bowl until blended. Gradually beat in oil. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating to blend between additions. Beat in pumpkin. Add dry ingredients in 2 additions alternately with milk in 1 addition, beating to blend between additions and occasionally scraping down sides of bowl. Cover and chill batter 1 hour.
Arrange 1 rack in bottom third of oven and 1 rack in top third of oven; preheat to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment; spray lightly with nonstick spray. Spoon batter onto baking sheet to form cakes (about 3 level tablespoons each; about 12 per baking sheet), spacing apart. Let stand 10 minutes.
Bake cakes until tester inserted into centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through baking. Cool cakes completely on baking sheets on rack. Using metal spatula, remove cakes from parchment.
Line cooled baking sheets with clean parchment; spray with nonstick spray, and repeat baking with remaining batter.
Spoon about 2 tablespoons filling on flat side of 1 cake. Top with another cake, flat side down. Repeat with remaining cakes and filling. DO AHEAD Can be made 8 hours ahead. Store in single layer in airtight container at room temperature.

Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie w/ Chocolate-Almond Bark & Toffee Sauce

Mel — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:29:17 +0000

In the Magazine: bonappetit.com

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Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie with Chocolate-Almond Bark and Toffee Sauce

This just looks sooooo yummy, and seems like it could come together really easily. Clearly, you don’t have to make your own pie crust, and the bark can be simplified if you’re in a time crunch.

This whimsical pie comes topped with crunchy chocolate-almond bark. Purchased vanilla ice cream, pumpkin, and four different spices make up the delicious pie filling.

8 servings

By Sarah Patterson Scott

Photograph by Tim Morris

Ingredients

crust

12 whole graham crackers (about 7 ounces)
1/4 cup sugar
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

filling

1 cup canned pure pumpkin
3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 quarts premium vanilla ice cream

Bark, sauce, and topping

Nonstick vegetable oil spray
6 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted, coarsely chopped
1 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar

Preparation

crust

Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely grind graham crackers in processor. Mix in sugar. Add butter; mix to blend. Press onto bottom and up sides of 10-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Bake until light brown around edges, about 12 minutes. Cool completely.

filling

Whisk first 9 ingredients in medium bowl. Slightly soften ice cream in microwave in 10-second intervals. Measure 1 cup ice cream; cover and freeze (reserve for another use). Spoon remaining ice cream into large bowl. Working quickly, add pumpkin mixture and fold just until swirled into ice cream (do not blend completely). If ice cream begins to melt, freeze until almost firm. Spoon ice cream filling into cooled crust, cover with plastic, and freeze until firm, at least 6 hours. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep frozen.

bark, sauce, and topping

Line baking sheet with parchment paper; spray with nonstick spray. Stir chocolate in bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Pour onto baking sheet. Using offset spatula, spread chocolate in even layer into 12×9-inch rectangle. Sprinkle with nuts. Place in freezer until hard, at least 30 minutes. Invert onto work surface. Peel off paper. Coarsely chop. Place bark in medium container, cover, and freeze. DO AHEAD Chocolate-almond bark can be made 2 days ahead. Keep frozen.
Bring brown sugar, corn syrup, 3 tablespoons water, and butter to boil in heavy medium saucepan, stirring until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium and boil until dark brown, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Carefully stir in 1/2 cup cream, vanilla, and salt (mixture will bubble vigorously). Boil 1 minute longer. Cool slightly. DO AHEAD Sauce can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm before serving.
Using electric mixer, beat 1 1/2 cups cream and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl until peaks form. Spoon decoratively over pie. Sprinkle chocolate-almond bark over. Cut pie into wedges and serve, passing warm sauce alongside.