10 Things I Want to Make This August Before Summer Is Over:
My Easy Roasted Blender Marinara Sauce - this recipe roasts and blends tomatoes, onions, garlic, olive oil and a few sprigs of fresh basil and tastes fabulous!
Grilled Shrimp Tacos - we have become huge "street taco" fans over the past year and I think this recipe will fit the bill for satiating that craving for "street tacos".
Zucchini Crust Pizza - I have friends who swear by the cauliflower crust pizzas and with the surplus of zucchinis, I think this will be a fun kitchen experiment.
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Outrageous Eskimo Bars from Mel's Kitchen Cafe - I can't wait to try this recipe that has been in my to "taste" list forever! Who doesn't love Eskimo Bars dipped in the caramel sauce? Mel's recipe looks divine and takes ice cream bars to the next level of sheer bliss!
Bon Appetit's Sour Cherry Pie - I am a huge sucker for cherries and Bon Appetit usually nail it with their tested recipes.
Hand-held Peach Fruit Pies - I am looking for a recipe that I have been dreaming about for a while now. I spied a recipe for Strawberry Hand-held Fruit Pies a few months ago but did not save it. Any of you have a good hand-held fruit pie recipe?
Cherry Garcia Cheesecake with no-bake filling. Oh, my.
Here are the recipe ingredients transposed for a U.S. kitchen:
Ingredients:
2 cups of crushed graham crackers
1 tablespoon sugar
4 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2-2/3 cup cherries (fresh or frozen), pitted and diced
1 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tablespoon cornstarch, plus 2 teaspoons cold water
3/4 cup mini dark chocolate chips
12-ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar, (powdered sugar) sifted
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 pint heavy cream
Ganache
1/4-pint whipping cream
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Fresh cherries to decorate
Instructions:
1. For the crust. Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a rectangular loaf pan (or a leak-proof spring-form pan). Line the base and two long sides of the loaf pan with baking paper, leaving some extra paper hanging over the edges. This will make allow you to lift the cheesecake out of the pan later
Fresh Basil Pesto with plenty to freeze into ice cube trays to savor all year long. I missed doing this the past few years and ended up spending a fortune on the store-bought prepared pesto that just never tastes quite as good as homemade versions.
Fruit Leather and Beef Jerky in the dehydrator. I had great success making beef jerky out of flank steak that I marinated in Teriyaki sauce one year, so I want to experiment with some other cuts of meat and different marinades.
Homemade Fruit Sorbet - I'm flirting with trying Alton Baker's recipe for Summer Sorbet, or I want to take Serious Eats' Max Falkowitz's ratio of fruit to sugar and experiment and taste test until I get the right combo. That's a great excuse to make many versions, right? Max's versions include a Pear, Riesling and Ginger Sorbet; a Raspberry-Campari Sorbet; a Spicy Pineapple and Tequila Sorbet; and a Sour Cherry and Lavender Sorbet - so gourmet!
Do you have special recipes you make each summer?
