Fruit Recipes

Seared chicken breasts topped with a buttery white wine sauce loaded with tender pears and juicy blueberries. A 40-minute weeknight dinner that feels like a special occasion.

Jello ice cream pie: a no-bake summer pie made from Jello powder dissolved with vanilla ice cream and frozen fruit, set in a pie shell. Four ingredients, no oven, retro and refreshing.

Pineapple stuffed empanadas. A delicate pastry style dough with a filling of pineapple and apricot jam. Perfect for afternoon tea or healthy snacks for the kids or guests.

Traditionally, poached apples stuffed with prunes (see recipe) are served with the Christmas goose. Red cabbage and carmelized potatoes (see recipes) complete the Christmas menu in Denmark.

Hawaiian pickled mango made with green mangoes, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, and Chinese five spice. A sweet-tart island condiment with serious depth.

No-bake fig and coconut candy balls with ground nuts and bright lemon zest. Naturally sweet, chewy, and rolled in finely chopped coconut for a vintage confection.

Inspired by the fresh peach tart recipe I made a few days ago, yesterday came out this fresh peach and plum tart recipe. This time I used a lot both freshly seasonal peaches and plums, and also made a 11-inch tart to satisfy my fruit tart craving. It came out beautiful and delicious, definitely the kind of dessert that I love to have in summer!

Fruktsoppa is a traditional Swedish fruit soup with dried apricots, prunes, raisins, currants, and fresh apple simmered with cinnamon and thickened with tapioca. Served chilled as a light dessert.

Incredibly refreshing and tasty kiwi tomato salsa that is perfectly paired with Tilapia or any fish.

Raisin puree fat substitute for baking, made with just raisins, water, and vanilla. Replaces butter or oil 1:1 in cookies, cakes, and brownies while keeping baked goods moist and chewy.

*When you buy carambola, also called star fruit, look for ones that are uniformly yellow to orange and have a subtle perfume. If they are green, they aren't ripe and won't yield a great deal of flavor. At their ripest, their flavor is an unmistakably tropical combination of apple, banana and lychee.

No-bake cherry rum balls rolled in powdered sugar, made with vanilla wafer crumbs, coconut, chopped nuts, and sweet cherries. This batch recipe yields 100 bite-sized treats.

Three-ingredient cranberry sauce made the Native American way with maple sugar and birch sap instead of refined sugar and water. A simple, earthy Algonquin-inspired recipe that simmers in one pot.

A famous Scottish style pie or tart. Plums baked in a rich and creamy custard.

Very easy to make, and it came out delicious with great texture. I halved the recipe, used whole wheat flour, half butter and half olive oil, and baked it in 4 individual ramekins. I ate one while it was still warm, very good; later had one after chilled in the fridge, even better. Definitely a keeper.

Crunchy walnuts and hazelnuts get glossy maple syrup coating in this traditional Algonquin candy, studded with chewy prunes for a sweet-nutty treat that honors indigenous maple heritage.