Fresh Peach Cake

Surprise, surprise, another Ina Garten recipe!   I made this a few weeks back when we received peaches from our CSA, but I’m just getting around to posting it now.  The peach cake was delicious! The recipe can be found on food network at the link below: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/fresh-peach-cake-recipe/index.html I used walnuts instead of pecans since I …

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Limoncello

Gabriele Corcos Limoncello Stage 1: Ingredients: 14 lemons 1.5 liters Everclear grain alcohol Directions: Peel the lemons using a potato peeler.  Only separate the yellow part of the peel and not the white, bitter part.  Place the peels in a large, glass jar (ideally big enough for all the ingredients in the recipe) and pour the Everclear …

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Peach and Blueberry Crumble

Ina Garten’s Peach and Blueberry Crumble is one of my favorite desserts!  I have made this the last few summers when I can get nice, fresh peaches and blueberries. This can probably be made a little healthier…I’m sure using 1/2 stick of butter instead of a full stick would still taste great.  And, you can always cut back a tad on the …

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Basil Lemonade

A friend served a version of this basil lemonade at a party.  It was a hot day and the lemonade was really refreshing and the basil flavor was a nice surprise.  I found a random recipe online and tried it. Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 6 cups water2 cups fresh lemon juice (about 10 lemons)1/2 cup fresh …

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Angel Food Cake

I am reading Michael Ruhlman’s Ratio which breaks down various recipes into basic ratios.  His basic ratio for angel food cake is 3 parts egg white, 3 parts sugar and 1 part flour.  Simple, right? I received a dozen eggs last week as part of the Fresh Fork CSA program, so this seemed like a wonderful use of …

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