388 sherry recipes

Tropical ice punch blends mashed bananas, crushed pineapple, orange juice, and maraschino cherries into a frozen base. Add ginger ale and white wine to serve.

Citrus soup frappe: a chilled, lightly jellied dessert soup of orange, raspberry, and lemon juices laced with red wine, Sauterne, and kirsch. A vintage Continental starter or palate-cleansing finale.

Traditional Swiss Basel Leckerli: honey-spice cookie bars with cinnamon, cloves, candied peels, kirsch, and almonds under a crackly sugar glaze. Makes 50 to 60 bars that keep for weeks.

Santa's white fudge made with sour cream, corn syrup, and sugar cooked to soft-ball stage, then loaded with candied cherries and pecans. Creamy holiday candy in an 8x8 pan.

Too much fruit salad is a big-batch medley of pineapple, melon, citrus, peaches, kiwi, and banana bathed in apricot nectar and chilled overnight so the flavors meld. A bright, make-ahead crowd salad.

A chilled Scandinavian-style fruit soup simmered with prunes, raisins, apples, cherries, and citrus, thickened with tapioca and finished with grape juice. Serve cold as a refreshing starter or light dessert.

Roasted Cornish hens stuffed with cherry tomatoes, fennel, fresh basil, and garlic, served with butter-soft French roasted garlic bulbs.

Old-fashioned Christmas fudge packed with candied pineapple, candied cherries, almonds, and pecans. Creamy, fruity, and nutty in every square, this holiday candy makes 80 pieces for gifting.

Three tomato salad with red, yellow pear, and cherry tomatoes plus mushrooms in a balsamic-mustard vinaigrette with fresh basil. A colorful, low-fat summer side.

Old-fashioned white holiday fudge loaded with brazil nuts, pecans, walnuts, candied cherries, and pineapple. A cooked cream fudge that chills overnight and makes over 100 pieces for holiday gift giving.

Old-world pickled cherry tomatoes with dill seed, garlic, and peppercorns, packed with grape leaves for crisp texture. Russian-Ukrainian fermentation tradition in canning jars.

Sweet and spicy candied pickle sticks made from dill pickles soaked in sugar with cherry peppers, celery seed, and mustard seed. No cooking, just patience. Addictively crunchy.

A delicious fruit dessert made with juicy grapefruits, mandarin oranges, bananas and pineapple chunks.

Chinese hot orange soup made with fresh-squeezed orange juice, rock sugar, and preserved ginger, lightly thickened with cornstarch. Served warm with citrus slices and cream wafers.

Elegant broccoli terrine with basil, Parmesan, and lemon baked in a water bath until silky smooth. Served chilled and sliced, this low-calorie vegetable showstopper is a stunning appetizer or light lunch.

Many-fruited mustard combines sharp prepared mustard with diced dried apricots, peaches, figs, cherries, and raisins in a white wine vinegar and sugar syrup. Sweet-spicy condiment for cheese boards and ham.