Borrowing from cuisines around the world, Nicole Routhier presents dishes with fruits for every course. There are fruit and fruit-influenced starters: steamed shrimp with roasted pepper and apple dip and fruity bruschetta. Soups: Mexican lime soup, cream of fennel and pear soup. Salads: sicilian orange salad, tropical lobster salad. Entrees: pepper steak with plum ketchup, braised cranberry pork chops, lemon chicken. And, of course, desserts: sour cherry pie, blackberry-lime parfaits, best raspberry brownies. In addition, there are beverages, preserves and chutneys. There is also advice on how to buy and store fresh fruits.
EVERYTHING TASTES BETTER WITH FRUIT
Adding her imaginative twist to dishes from cuisines around the world, Nicole Routhier uses apples, peaches, bananas, blueberries, carambolas, grapes, mangos, papayas-all kinds of fruit, sweet or tart-to bring an unexpected depth of flavor, a lighter, fresher, taste, and a sensuous appeal to over 400 recipes. Includes: Cream of Fennel and Pear Soup. Wild Mushroom Risotto with Apples. Fruity Bruschetta. Lemon-Lime Spaghetti. Figgy Quail. Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Pears. Braised Cranberry Pork Chops. Tuscan Grape Bread. Heavenly Raspberry Brownies. Chilled Cherimoya Custar.
"A brilliant book on cooking with the most interesting, intense, and healthful flavors available from nature: fruit."
--Mark Miller, chef/author of Coyote Caf, and The Great Salsa Cookbook
"A wealth of luscious recipes that reveal the wonderful role fruit can play in cooking of every kind."
--John Willoughby and Chris Schlesinger, co-authors of The Thrill of the Grill and Big Flavors of the Hot Sun