Lemon and blueberries are a match made in heaven. River City Good Eats has several recipes featuring this couple to pique your interest. This parfait is an ode to their marriage. I offer a completely homemade version and a second quick version, both of which will tickle your palates. Continue reading
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Today’s recipe comes to you courtesy of my dentist. Yes, my dentist. Some years back he shared his foolproof recipe for key lime pie, free of eggs and with only three ingredients. After my initial skepticism I became a fan of his simple version because it is really foolproof and so tasty. Now my summer client menus offer up a key lime tart with shortbread crust and several more ingredients than Dr. Joe uses but with this same simple formula that always, always pleases. Operative word here is simple.
As a kid, I cooked so many desserts that my parents readily gave in to my request for parfait glasses. We purchased them at the Pleasants Hardware in our neighborhood (where all things kitchen reigned alongside tools and snow shovels) and I have them still. They have languished in the buffet drawers until now, when the urge to conjure up a comforting memory dessert made me polish them to a shine and fill them with something akin to what my childhood chef prepared for the family.