Showing posts with label summer fruits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer fruits. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Sauce for Summer Fruits


Summer fruits...part 2. Today I developed a new recipe - a sauce for summer fruits.

Zabaglione, as used in the fruit parfait on my website, is a classic sauce. Made with egg yolks, wine and sugar - like yum! It is cooked and beaten over simmering water until it is light and frothy. Let me clarify - it is light in texture although not light in calories!

Another classic sauce is creme anglaise - the rich custard sauce made with cream and egg yolks. Oh, yes, when I make this, I add orange zest to add nutritive value - LOL.

Today, my goal was to create a really quick and easy sauce that would be low in fat and calories, yet flavorful to compliment the fruit flavors with overpowering them.

Here's my recipe:
Combine 1 cup lowfat (2% milkfat) Greek strained yogurt, 1 cup vanilla pudding (made from a mix is fine) and 1 cup lowfat vanilla flavored yogurt. That's it! I said it was easy.

If you haven't tried Greek yogurt before, give it a try. Last year when I was talking to an Australian chef, working at a private villa on Santorini, Greece, he insisted I try 2% milkfat Greek yogurt. He uses it extensively in his creations. He was right - it's great!

The photo shows fruits with the sauce. Immediately after I took the picture, Steve gave the recipe a final taste test!

Let me know how this recipe works for you! You can email me from my website: www.foodstylist-maryholloway.com

Monday, July 13, 2009

Finnish Fruits




Wow! Don't you love these pictures? Nothing is better than fresh fruit, straight from the farm. These photos were taken in the Helsinki market near the harbor. We were there in June, the perfect time for spring and early summer produce. I know that Steve and I ate our share of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries during our visit there.

In the next blog I'll give you a recipe for using these fruits. In the meantime, just enjoy the fruit eaten out-of-hand or with yogurt or ice cream. In the next blog, I'll give you the recipe for an easy sauce - oh so good.