The semi-transparent, orangy-red pulp of the persimmon is deliciously sweet. If you blend it with a small amount of sour cream, honey, and citrus juice, it creates a creamy, apricot colored dressing that will become everyone’s favorite fruit salad topping.
Category: Recipes
Ricotta Cheese Cake (and What is Ricotta Cheese?)
Here is an unusual dessert that combines whipped ricotta cheese with orange zest, cocoa, and cinnamon. It is baked in a cookie crust and served with coffee swizzled with cinnamon sticks. No eggs or sour cream are used.
Cranberry Upside-Down Muffins (and Why You Shouldn’t Over-Mix Your Quick-Breads)
Piquant cranberries dot the appealing sticky coating of these tender raisin muffins. They make a Sunday morning breakfast treat in autumn or winter, with fluffy scrambled eggs and well browned sausage links.
Beef Salad Vinaigrette (What is a Salad?)
This is an excellent way to use any cooked pot roasted beef you might have on hand.
Hot Buttered Seafood Dip
For a special party treat, mix up this dip and keep warm in a fondue pot or on a hot tray. It is excellent with cooked shrimp, crab, or chunks of poached fish.
Deviled Eggs with Ham
Deviled eggs are an appetizer everyone enjoys. This piquant version, flavored with ham, mustard, and capers, is also good for a lunch salad. Or add sliced cold meats and your favorite breads for a buffet supper.
Apple Cheddar Dessert
Phyllo is the type of dough used to make baklava and strudel. These delicate layers can be used to make appetizers and entrees as well as desserts.
Tangy Tuna Cocktail
This tuna salad recipe is good as long as you like eggs. I am not a super big egg person, but as long as I added a bit more lemon and cayenne, it was palatable. Cayenne solves all my problems.
Pork and Water Chestnut Meatballs (American Chinese Food)
Chopped water chestnuts, mixed with ground pork, give these meatballs crunch. You serve them in a sweet-sour sauce with chunk pineapple and green peppers. Keep them hot in a chafing dish; spear them with wooden picks.
Smoked Haddock Paté (or What is a Haddock?)
The most convenient sort of party food is that which can be prepared completely ahead and needs little last minute attention. Here is a tempting example, a creamy smoked fish spread.
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