Posts Tagged ‘BlogherCon 08’

  1. California Salad Cups

    July 17, 2008 by Tarrant Figlio

    Another California recipe, another salad recipe. More grapefruit! In 1942 grapefruit and walnuts must have screamed California! I am amused that it is called salad cups, but served on plates.

    Less than 24 hours until Blogher Conference 08 in San Francisco.

    California Salad Cups

    1 cup diced, membrane-free grapefruit sections
    1 cup diced pineapple
    1 cup diced, membrane-free orange sections
    1 cup sliced banana
    1/2 cup broken walnut meats
    lettuce
    1 pkg. (3 oz.) cream cheese
    1 tbs. liquid honey
    1 tbs. lemon juice
    1/2 cup whipping cream
    4 walnut meat halves

    Combine grapefruit, pineapple, orange, and banana; drain. Add broken nut meats. Arrange lettuce on salad plates; fill with fruit mixture. Mash cream cheese; add honey and lemon juice. Whip cream slightly; add to cream cheese mixture. Mask fruit with cheese mixture. Garnish with nut meat halves. Serves 4.

    Category BlogHer, Recipes, retro food, Salads | Tags: ,, | 1 Comment

  2. California Custard

    July 15, 2008 by Tarrant Figlio

    We are celebrating our move by spending 6 days in our new home followed by a week long trip to California. ;-) Ok, not really celebrating but we are indeed in California. The cookbook I tucked in my suitcase, the Pocket Cook Book, by Elizabeth Woody 1942, has some California recipes. Ok, it has recipes that use the word California in them. I thought that would be a good way to get ready for the Blogher Conference.

    Like the California BBQ recipe that was much reviled by my children, these recipes are not obviously Californian. At least not to me…ok…maybe it is the almonds, prunes, and the oranges in this case. You have to love a recipe that thinks prunes are a good garnish! (For the record, I like prunes but pretty they usually are not.)

    California Custard

    Serves 4

    1/4 cup sugar
    2 tbs. cornstarch
    few grains salt
    1 egg
    1 cup water
    1 cup evaporated milk
    1/2 tsp almond extract
    2 oranges
    8 pitted cooked prunes
    shredded coconut

    Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Beat egg; add with water and milk. Cook over hot water, stirring constantly, until thick. Cool. Add almond extract. Pour into serving dish. Separate oranges into membrane-free sections; use as garnish with prunes and coconut.

    Category Desserts | Tags: ,, | 4 Comments