FRUIT DESSERT
Spiced Baked Prunes
(10-12 servings)
1 box (about 12 oz.) dried prunes
1 inch cinnamon stick
3 cups orange juice
5 whole cloves (optional)
1/4 cup brown sugar
5 whole allspice (optional)
1 tablespoon comstarch
1/4 cup claret, port or sherry
1 piece lemon peel
Mix sugar with cornstarch; add orange juice. Put prunes in a casserole; pour orange juice mixture over them, add spices, cover. Bake at 350" F. for 35-45 minutes. When cooked add wine. Serve hot or cold as dessert or as accompaniment to poultry or pork.
Broiled Peaches
(4 servings)
4 ripe, large peaches
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon margarine
Drop peaches, one by one into boiling water. Remove them from water after about one minute. Slip off the skin. Halve and pit the peaches. Place them, hollow side up in a shallow pan. Sprinkle them with sugar, lemon juice and dot with margarine. Broil for 5-10 minutes until tender and browned on top. Serve hot.
Fresh Strawberries with Wine
(6 servings)
1 quart fresh strawberries
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup Marsala or sauterne
Wash, hull and chill strawberries. Chill wine and pour over berries. Just before serving sprinkle with sugar.
Oranges With Kirsch or Plum Brandy
Allow 1 eating orange per person
1/2 teaspoon sugar per orange
1/2 teaspoon Kirsch per orange
Peel oranges, slice them, remove any seeds. In a bowl arrange the orange slices in layers. Sprinkle each layer with sugar and kirsch. Chill.
Baked Ginger Pears
(4 servings)
4 ripe pears
1 inch piece of fresh ginger, sliced (or 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar (white or brown)
1/4 cup white or red wine
Peel, halve and core the pears. Place them in a baking dish; sprinkle them with sugar and lemon juice. Add enough wine to barely cover bottom of the dish; add the ginger. Cover the dish and bake at 350° F. for about 30 minutes or until tender. Serve hot or chilled.
Bananas Broiled With Honey and Sesame Seeds
(4 servings)
Use all ripe (all yellow) bananas.
4 firm bananas
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
Peel bananas, brush with oil, then with lemon juice. Place them in oiled baking pan. Drizzle honey over them; sprinkle with sesame seeds. Broil them for about 5-7 minutes until heated through, browned and the sesame seeds toasted.