Sour Cream Pastry Crust Peach Pie – this easy to make pastry is ideal for fruit pies like peach or cherry. I make a couple of different versions of peach pie but I do particularly like this simple one, made with sour cream pastry. This is a must-have dessert at our house at least a …
Old Fashioned Peach Crumble. Dessert couldn’t be simpler, easier or tastier than this fresh peach crumble with a buttery oatmeal crumble topping.
Bakeapple White Chocolate Shortcake. Bakeapples, or cloud berries are a Newfoundland favourite but this recipe can be adapted to use any simple fruit compote or jam like raspberry, strawberry or peach.
Bakeapples have nothing to do with apples. They are what we call cloudberries here in Newfoundland and these exotic tasting little berries make the most delicious jam. This simple recipe turns frozen store bought puff pastry into an elegant dessert with very little effort using that delicious jam or any favourite berry jam of your …
Rum Marinated Grilled Peaches. A wonderfully flavourful but incredibly easy summer dessert idea from the backyard grill. Great served with ice cream & cake. These grilled peaches make for a very simple but incredibly delicious dessert right from the back yard grill… and the rum marinade is wonderful drizzled over ice cream to serve with …
Lime Bundt Cake. An old fashioned bundt cake with the bright citrus flavour of limes baked right in. Delicious with raspberry compote and whipped cream.
Easy Peach Shortcakes Unable to find fresh peaches to grill one day this past week, I resorted to an old standby recipe using canned peaches. Another great barbeque dessert that will have to do until some good peaches show up in the local markets. Shortcake Biscuits: In a food processor, combine: 1 ¾ cups flour …
Strawberry Orange Shortcake with Cointreau. Fresh strawberries get marinated in orange zest and Cointreau liqueur then served on homemade sweet biscuits with vanilla whipped cream. Forget the crocuses, when I start making these individual Strawberry-Orange Shortcakes, barbecue weather must be upon us! This is my favourite summer barbecue dessert and easy to make too. I’ve …
Plum Tart. Simple is almost always best & this plum tart is a prime example. A few simple ingredients atop a sour cream crust. What could be better?
Vanilla Gelato. An easy to make, homemade version of the classic, creamy Italian ice cream. Perfect on it’s own or with fresh seasonal berries.