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Rustic Fruit Desserts
An early fall cobbler with blackberries bubbling in their juice beneath a golden cream biscuit. A crunchy oatmeal crisp made with mid-summer’s nectarines and raspberries. Or a comforting pear bread pudding to soften a harsh winter’s day. Simple, scrumptious, cherished–these heritage desserts featuring local fruit are thankfully experiencing a long-due revival.
In Rustic Fru...more
In Rustic Fru...more
Hardcover, 144 pages
Published
October 20th 2010
by Ten Speed Press
(first published April 28th 2009)
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This is a wonderful book in many ways. It has all kinds of old-fashioned baked fruit desserts (with awesome names like slump, buckle, pandowdy as well as the more traditional pies, crisps, etc.) I have made two of the recipes so far. One -- nectarine, boysenberry, and almond crisp -- is in the oven right now, and the other, stone fruit tea cake, I have made twice, to enthusiastic and concentrated eating.
I like the fact that you don't even need to roll out a crust for many of these....more
I like the fact that you don't even need to roll out a crust for many of these....more
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Sandra
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All cooks who like making desserts using fruits
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My first dessert did not turn out well (Grandma Freeman's Jam Cake with Brown Sugar Icing), but I will admit to baking errors. The first was over baking. It should be very moist when removed from the oven. Thus, it was just a little on the dry side. The other error was putting the hot icing on a cold cake. The icing recipe called for rum. But our liquor store is closed on Mondays, thus I stored the cake in the fridge till Tuesday, thus hot boiled icing on a cold cake, equals cracked, hard i...more
I would give this cookbook a 3.5 rating. Not because there is anything really wrong with the recipes, but because it is not an overly practical book. Most of the recipes use fruits specific to the Northwestern US that are hard to find elsewhere. (Really, how much rhubarb do you think we grow in the South?) This is especially difficult for those of us who are trying to support local farmers by buying locally and seasonally. The two recipes I've tried were good, but nothing special. The mark...more
8/24/09 update: I made the lemon blueberry buckle. A tasty merger of sweet and tart, it has 3 layers: a cake layer, a crumbly topping, and then a lemon syrup poured over the top as it comes out of the oven. Everyone else liked it, but I thought I might try it without the syrup next time. I thought the lemon overpowered the blueberries a bit. Still tasty though.
I love so many things about this book... It includes a chart of baking pan equivalents and a glossary of dessert types (...more
I love so many things about this book... It includes a chart of baking pan equivalents and a glossary of dessert types (...more
Could have used more pictures of the finished recipes (I like to "know" what I'm making) although the techniques and fruit information are very helpful. The patterns weren't real my style but basic concepts are good. I liked how there was regional anecdotes for most of the recipes, really makes me want to see the Pacific Northwest!
A lot of tasty and fairly simple fruit desserts which focus on in-season fruit and strongly recommend you use locally grown when possible, which I agree with heartily.
My favorites were the Lemon Buttermilk Rhubarb Bundt Cake, Cherry Almond Bars, Raspberry Red Currant Cobbler, Grape Galette, and Lemon Blueberry Buckle.
My favorites were the Lemon Buttermilk Rhubarb Bundt Cake, Cherry Almond Bars, Raspberry Red Currant Cobbler, Grape Galette, and Lemon Blueberry Buckle.
I love this book. After I bought it, I ran home and made the upside-down pear chocolate cake. It was amazing. Perfectly moist the pears ended up looking like an abstract rose on the top. The pictures are amazing and the recipes simple and straight forward. Definitely one I will be using a lot in the future.
Awesome cookbook organized by seasons to accomodate what's available in the NW. I made a delicious crumble that was a hit at a dinner party--I borrowed this from the library and will now buy it so I can use it every season.
I want to gorge myself on every recipe in here. So far everything I've made has been delicious. The recipes are simple and easy to follow. Love that it's broken up by season.
The pie/cobber is my favorite dessert and this book brings them together by season. Beautiful fruit desserts plus a great reference guide to the different types of pies.
Fantastic. Everything I've made from this book has been bakery-quality level. Delicious - a must for fruit dessert lovers.
The book is really aesthetically pleasing, with beautiful photos, heavy paper stock, and warm colors. And the recipes look really, really good. Unfortunately, there's very little in the way of what I would consider to be everyday recipes. These are desserts you'll want to have plenty of time to prepare and a gathering of friends to show off to.
Can't wait until berry season to make these recipes. But great year round recipes too.
Chelsea Whitney
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Fantastic! I love that the recipes are layed out by season.
This book terrified me, I'm afraid of fruit cake.
I loved this book that broke down basic desserts by the season. These are simple recipes you can incorporate into your meals and have your kids help you make them. Some recipes are more complex than others, but there is easily something for everyone. I've put every single one of these recipes into my meal plans for this year...every single one!
This one is for real.
new favorite book
A beautiful book. I could not get my head around how to make tarts even with this book. So I started baking school to understand. This is not a beginners baking book. A truly inspiring book! I also love the fact that the desserts are presented by the season.
I've only made the stone fruit tea bread so far (which was amazing). While all of the recipes are rustic fruit desserts, there's still great variety. Not all of it is syrupy fruit and golden crust though; there are a couple of other fruit based desserts thrown in. It is sorted by seasons, which I like.
Really wonderful baking book with lots of unique takes on traditional fruit desserts. Loved learning about all the different types of fruit desserts (crumble, crisp, grunt, betty, etc.) and would love to use again at autumn.
Good stuff. Made the apple pandowdy and copied the recipe for the cranberry bread to be made another time. Yum.
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