Category: Fruits

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BlackBerry Cobbler for Two

Summer Simple. Fresh blackberries baked with a buttery-cobbler topping-all basic pantry ingredients you have on hand. – No. 654 Blackberry Cobbler for Two.

BLACKBERRY COBBLER

Blackberries fresh from the Farmers Market inspire a simple cobbler for two. Just one cup of berries is required, topped with a simple, quick topping and voilà – fresh summer cobbler. Easier than pie.

COOKING FOR TWO

Sometimes you just need a couple of servings for dessert, this recipe is perfect as it just serves two or can be doubled for 4 servings, easy. The ingredients and directions are for making a two-serving cobbler.
Just increase ingedients it according to how many servings you are planning to make. Of course, adjust the baking dish size to accomodate the fruit.

SUMMER FRUITBlackBerry Cobbler for Two |Bijouxs Little Jewels

This cobbler recipe keeps the fruit still in tack, they are not all mushy. Another great thing about the recipe is you can substitute your favorite berries for fruit in the cobbler. Combine as you please. Just adjust the cooking time and use fruit at room temperature or thawed.

Blackberry Cobbler | Bijouxs Litle Jewels

BlackBerry Cobbler for Two | Bijouxs Little Jewels

BlackBerry Cobbler for Two | Bijouxs Little Jewels

 

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Baked Rhubarb with Labne Yogurt

Baked Rhubarb with Labne Yogurt | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Every Spring the rhubarb shows up at the famers markets, the early harvest is the best. The taste is very tart and mostly rhubarb is used for pies, tart, and jams, or baked here with a sprinkling of sugar. No. 652 Baked Rhubarb with Labne Yogurt in the Membership Collection.

RHUBARB

Not the first spring vegetable you think of, but Rhubarb’ tart stalks are wonderful when baked or cooked until soft and sweetness with sugar. Most people have tried Strawberry Rhubarb pie, which one of my Grandmother’s regular pies. She baked a pie every Friday to have on the ready for weekend guests. We grew rhubarb in her tiny LA garden which made it fun as a child to head out to the garden and cut some stakes. Of course, I did take a taste, wow was it bitter!

Baked Rhubarb with Labne Yogurt

Baked Rhubarb with Labne Yogurt | Bijouxs Little Jewels

SIMPLE RHUBARD RECIPE

This baked rhubarb recipe is one of the easiest introductions for rhubarb. The stalks are mixed with sugar, vanilla bean paste with lemon rind strips. Just pop it in the oven for about 20 minutes until tender. Do not over-bake, the rhubarb will get mushy.

Serve with labne yogurt lightened with some whipped cream. The original recipe called for chopped pistachios on top, but I sprinkled a little cinnamon sugar instead. If you find the rhubarb still to tart place a dollop of strawberry preserves on top as well.

Baked Rhubarb with Labne Yogurt | Bijouxs Little Jewels

 

 

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Summer Fruit Gazpacho

Summer Fruit Gazpacho | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Best of summer beautiful fruits-watermelon, tomatoes, and strawberries create this cool refreshing bowl for the summer table. No. 447 Summer Fruit Gazpacho in the Collection Membership.

SUMMER FRUIT

This beautiful chilled soup is a refreshing bowl for the summer table. A soup so simple to create and a great take-along on your summer outings. Tomatoes, watermelon chunks and fresh strawberries are quickly blended and chilled. Serve with diced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, strawberries and edible flowers from the garden.

Summer Fruit Gazpacho | Bijouxs Little Jewels

CHILLED GAZPACHO

Typically Gazpacho is a vegetable based cold soup, with tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. But Summer Gazpacho brings together all of the favorite fruits of summer, blended and chilled for a just slightly sweet soup. The tomatoes and jalapeño balance the sweetness of the watermelon and strawberries. I used a combination of tomatoes and colorful yellow and gold cherry tomatoes which gives the soup the lovely orange hue.

Summer Fruit Gazpacho \Bijouxs Little Jewels

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Nantucket Cranberry Pie

Nantucket Cranberry Pie | Little Jewels from the Kitchen

Cranberries are always on the holiday table. Of course cranberry relish is a must for Thanksgiving, but cranberries are great baked into this Nantucket Cranberry Pie No. 622 in the Membership Collection.

SWEET-TART CRANBERRIES

My Collection #200 Cranberry & Pomegranate Relish has become a no-cooking Bijouxs favorite, using both raw cranberries & pomegranate seeds, so easy.
Next up is this Nantucket Cranberry Pie, wow is this good. When I say pie, well there is no crust in this, just a soft and buttery layer of cake bursting with cranberries

Nantucket Cranberry Pie | Bijouxs Little Jewels

UP-SIDE DOWN PIE

As you can see the pie has been inverted after baking, very much an upside-down cranberry cake. The best thing is how simple it is to prepare, and your guests will love it, not missing a Pumpkin Pie.

The ingredients are simple. Fresh cranberries, chopped walnuts and sugar are spread into a 10-inch pan (see notes). Next comes the topping, a simple vanilla batter, poured over the cranberries. Bake at 325°, for about 40-45 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out with moist crumbs.

Remove from oven run a knife around the inside edge to loosen the pie. Place a large round serving plate on top of cake and flip the pie upside down. The pie will release easily, but if some of the filling is stuck to the pan, remove and pat back into place. No worries a dusting of confectioners sugar after the pie has cooled will hide any imperfections.

Nantucket Cranberry Pie | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Serve at room temperature with a dollop of Crème Fraîche or whipped cream.

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Blueberry Crisp

Blueberry Crisp | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Blueberries–dark, mysterious little glistening jewels, precious and sweet–dare I say, perfect for Blueberry Crisp, a simple jewel from the Bijouxs kitchen.

FOOD MEMORIES

It’s funny how cravings happen. A simple thought, conversation, or image can return you to a meal, a taste, a time and a place. Our beautiful Pacific Northwest is a place I have traveled to and enjoyed for many years–eating my fill of huckleberries, wild salmon and peaches to die for, and also…

Blueberry Crisp | Bijouxs Little Jewels from the Kitchen

COASTAL SUMMER

When people California imagine summertime on the Central Coast, they’re probably thinking of blue skies and ocean breezes with perfect surfing waves. In fact, it’s usually about 60+ degrees here and the ocean is a little gnarly, the fog clouds hang like dark stubble out off the coast. But every afternoon we get a prevailing sea breeze and the sun usually shines.

LOCAL BLUEBERRIES

I have been able to pickup nice blueberries grown just north of me along the coast. I’m lucky to be North of LA and nestled in some of best fruit and vegetable agricultural growers. Baskets of bluberries are found at my Farmer’s Markets.

The memory of blueberries baked into a crisp in the Pacific Northwest. I recreated this lovely treat at home and it’s easy to do. Living in the dry, arid environs of Los Angeles area has precluded me from picking up fresh wild blueberries from the market, but I have found solace in the intense natural flavor from local berries, they make a bright, quick crisp.

Blueberry Crisp | Bijouxs Little Jewels

 

BLUEBERRY CRISP

This recipe is one of the best I have ever encountered, no joke. It came from an vintage Saveur Magazine Numer 51, The California Road Trip. I am so happy I have kept all my Saveur copies for many years I subscribed. My many road trips north to Seattle area have lead me to the most amazing blueberries. This crisp recipe from the Trnindad area is like no other. So simple but the crispy-sweet crust is the winning part of the recipe.

Blueberry Crisp | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Blueberry Crisp | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Just a bite of this crisp takes me back, it hopefully will evoke a memory of your own, a comforting time now easily recreated in a dish. Enjoy!

 

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