Doryn's Dish

Nicole's Recipes From Tuesdays Show

Trio of Fresh Berries in warm pastry cup with fresh whipped cream

• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Raspberries
• 2 TBS sugar - if strawberries are not sweet
• Frozen Puff Pastry Cups (Pepperidge Farm)
• Whipped Cream

The berries can be kept in one airtight container, and washed the night before.  In the following order, wash and thinly slice strawberries. Sprinkle the sugar atop the strawberries.  Rinse and dry blueberries, then add atop strawberries.  Blackberries /raspberries should be washed and placed as the top layer of the berry bowl.  Bake puff pastry cups as per instructions on box. The puff pastry cups can be prepared 3-4 hours in advance and kept at room temperature uncovered.  Before serving, mix together berries.  When ready to serve, spoon berry mixture into puff pastry cups, let some overflow and add a dollop of whipped cream on top.

Banana Bread:

1 cup flour
 2/3 cup sugar
 2 tsp. baking powder
 1/2 tsp. baking soda
 1/4 tsp. salt
 1 cup mashed ripe banana
 1/3 cup softened butter
 2 Tablespoons milk
 2 eggs
 1/2 cup mini choc. chips

 mix together 1 cup of the flour and the remaining dry
 ingredients. add banana and butter and mix to
 incorporate. stir in milk and eggs, mix in choc. chips, if wanted.

 bake at 350 for 1 hr.

Nutella and Lemon Curd tartlets:

Lemon curd tartlets with blueberries

• 1 Jar of lemon curd
• 1 Pint of fresh blueberries
• 1 package of mini tart shells or phyllo shell
• Confectioners sugar (option)
• Fresh mint sprigs (optional) 

Add a teaspoon (or enough to just fill the tart shell) of lemon curd to the tart shell.  Bake tartlets on a cookie sheet at 300 for 5-6 minutes.  These should be baked a day ahead of time and allowed to set in the refrigerator overnight.  Serve at room temperature, garnish with 2-3 blueberries and shake confectioners sugar over tartlets before serving.  A small mint leaf can also be placed atop tartlet before serving.

Nutella tartlet with shaved chocolate

·      1 Jar of Nutella
·      1 package mini tart shells or phyllo shells
·      1 Bar of dark chocolate
·      1 cup chopped toasted hazelnuts (optional)

Add a teaspoon (or enough to just fill the tart shell) of Nutella to the tart shell.  Bake tartlets on a cookie sheet at 300 for 5-6 minutes.  These should be baked a day ahead of time and allowed to set in the refrigerator overnight.  Serve at room temperature.  With a vegetable peeler, make chocolate shavings and garnish tops of tarts.  These tartlets can also be garnished with chopped toasted hazelnuts.   Serve with a scoop of vanilla, coffee or dulce de leche ice cream.

Product Of The Week and Last Nights Show

Nicole was amazing last night and you can listen to the show by clicking on the player on the top right hand side of the screen. She gave some GREAT tips as usual. I will post her recipes and tips within the week. I did mention my product of the week so here is the review:

Product Of The Week: The Breville Juice Fountain Elite

Let me start by saying I have owned every juicer on the market. I started "juicing" many years ago after a small health issue and realized how amazing I felt every day drinking my fruits and vegetables that I rarely had time to get in on a daily business. I've realized since my daughter has been born I have been depriving myself a lot of proper nutrition and really wanted to get back in to juicing. I researched A TON and came across the Breville Juice Fountain Elite. It is INCREDIBLE. It's not cheap but it's completely worth the cost, you get what you pay for when it comes to juicing. Not only is it easy to clean and all parts go in dishwasher but you can put in a whole piece of fruit which is key for me. In the morning I throw in 3 apples, some carrots and pears and I have juice in one minute. The pulp is really dry which is a good sign of getting the full amount of juice. I also love the pitcher the juice pours in to. It's specially designed so that you can eliminate froth. I am about to do a cleanse some time in the next few months, one a friend created that allows you to eat food and drink juice so once I've done it, I am going to have her on Doryn's Dish LIVE! That should be interesting since I am not good at keeping these things but I will do it for all of you!