Rustic Fruit Desserts

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments – x

Introduction – 1


Spring

Apple and Rhubarb Pandowdy 16

Rhubarb Fool – 18

Rhubarb Compote Two Ways – 21

Rhubarb and Bing Cherry Brown Betty – 22

Sour Cherry Cobbler – 23

Rhubarb Cream Cheese Pie with Fresh Strawberries – 26

Rhubarb Buckle with Ginger Crumb – 27

Fresh Strawberry and Ricotta Tart – 28

Rhubarb, Oat, and Pecan Crumble – 30

Boozy Dried Cherry, Chocolate, and Hazelnut Bread Pudding – 31

Upside-Down Sweet Cherry Cake – 32

Lemon Buttermilk Rhubarb Bundt Cake – 36

Cherry Almond Bars – 37

Strawberry Shortcake – 38


Summer

Raspberry Red Currant Cobbler – 46

Double-Crusted Pluot Crisp – 49

Raspberry Cream Brown Betty – 50

Stone Fruit Tea Cake – 52

Apricot Raspberry Cobbler – 53

Nectarine, Boysenberry, and Almond Crisp – 55

Lemon Blueberry Buckle – 58

Vanilla-Spiked Plum Galette – 61

Marionberry Pie – 62

Blueberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuit – 63

Gingered Peach and Blackberry Pandowdy – 64

Stone Fruit Slump – 66

Raspberry Fool – 69

Caramel Peach Grunt – 70

Stone Fruit Upside-Down Cornmeal Cake – 72

Summer Fruit Trifle – 74

Tayberry Oat Buckle – 77


Fall

Apple Blackberry Pie – 84

Maple Apple Dumpling – 86

Gingered Pear and Raspberry Pandowdy – 88

Grape Galette – 91

Apple and Black Currant Brown Betty – 92

Huckleberry Buckle with Vanilla Drizzle – 93

Quince and Apple Brown Butter Tart – 94

Fig and Mixed-Color Raspberry Crumble – 96

Pumpkin Custard with Cookie Crumb Crust – 98

Pear Cobbler with Shingled Hazelnut Biscuits – 100

Upside-Down Pear Chocolate Cake – 102

Caramel Apple Steamed Pudding with Ginger – 105

Fig and Honey Cream Galette – 107


Winter

Pear Sauce – 115

Pear Sauce Bundt Cake with Pear Brandy Butter Glaze – 116

Cranberry Buckle with Vanilla Crumb – 118

Cranberry Upside-Down Almond Cake – 120

Apple Cranberry Oat Crumble – 122

Apple Custard Pie with Orange – 123

Mimi’s German Apple Cake – 124

Apple Cobbler with Cheddar Cheese Biscuit – 126

Deep-Dish Winter Fruit Pie with Walnut Crumb – 128

Stewed Fruit and Chantilly Cream with Vanilla Bean Shortbread – 131

Olive Oil Citrus Cake – 132

Lemon Sponge Tart – 135

Caramelized Pear Bread Pudding – 136

Apple Crisp with Brandy-Soaked Currants – 138

Apple Pandowdy – 140

Grandma Freeman’s Jam Cake with Brown Sugar Rum Glaze – 142


Pantry

Chantilly Cream – 145

Crème Fraîche – 146

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream – 146

Berry Ice Cream – 147

Basic Jam – 148

Vanilla Sauce – 149

Vanilla Crumb – 149

All-Butter Pie Pastry – 151

Short Dough – 152

Galette Dough – 153

Vanilla Bean Shortbread – 155

Vanilla Chiffon Cake – 156


Sources – 158

Index – 159