lemon creme
Dessert last night, mostly from things around the house:
Puddle of cold half-and-half in the bottom of a prep saucer. Drizzle Grand Marnier into that. Drop a scoop of lemon sorbet in. Sprinkle with dried lavender buds. (I have not yet made that lavender-caraway shortbread I keep wanting to poke at.) Serve with chilled muscat in cute little sake cups, if you have either of those, which I didn't.
It needed more milk and proportionally more Grand Marnier and fewer lavender buds, as they are kind of powerful. This was inspired by the delicious lemon curd/pine-nut/rosemary tart that bethieee had on Saturday. Variation: take the crust on that tart (shortening and buckwheat flour, I think), crumble that with lavender, sprinkle *that* on top. It'd be like a wd~50 creation, except with 50% more food.
I told dymaxion this over breakfast, but I really want to have reason to make awesome desserts. I'm sure I don't have time for any kind of commitment to it, alas.
ETA: garpu's post last week about PBJ reminds me that I really want to make a sort of graham-crackery PBJ filled cookie to keep as a snack food. I really hate Fig Newtons (the bready stuff has always freaked me out a bit) and God forbid I find the stuff I want, more savory than sweet, as convenience food...
Puddle of cold half-and-half in the bottom of a prep saucer. Drizzle Grand Marnier into that. Drop a scoop of lemon sorbet in. Sprinkle with dried lavender buds. (I have not yet made that lavender-caraway shortbread I keep wanting to poke at.) Serve with chilled muscat in cute little sake cups, if you have either of those, which I didn't.
It needed more milk and proportionally more Grand Marnier and fewer lavender buds, as they are kind of powerful. This was inspired by the delicious lemon curd/pine-nut/rosemary tart that bethieee had on Saturday. Variation: take the crust on that tart (shortening and buckwheat flour, I think), crumble that with lavender, sprinkle *that* on top. It'd be like a wd~50 creation, except with 50% more food.
I told dymaxion this over breakfast, but I really want to have reason to make awesome desserts. I'm sure I don't have time for any kind of commitment to it, alas.
ETA: garpu's post last week about PBJ reminds me that I really want to make a sort of graham-crackery PBJ filled cookie to keep as a snack food. I really hate Fig Newtons (the bready stuff has always freaked me out a bit) and God forbid I find the stuff I want, more savory than sweet, as convenience food...