Short & Sweet Sophisticated Desserts in No Time at All

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Product Description The James Beard Award-winning columnist for Bon Appe+a7tit introduces a collection of simple and sophisticated dessert recipes that can be prepared in less than half an hour, including such treats as Peanut Butter Mousse, Hot Fudge Pudding Cake, Raspberry-White Chocolate Souffle+a7, and more. Amazon.com Review Melanie Barnard is the smartest cookie on the block. If cookbooks were rated based on innovative techniques and ideas, Short & Sweet might rank number 1. With Barnard's guidance, in 30 minutes or less and using seven ingredients or fewer, you can enjoy cupcake-size cream cheese cakes, virtually fool-proof soufflés, even an espresso-flavored Baked Alaska. For everyday options, Barnard offers Roasted Strawberries, gloriously glazed with butter and sugar, among other fresh fruit recipes. Her Easiest-Ever Dessert Sorbet requires only the genius of freezing a can of apricots, then pureeing them, along with their syrup, in the food processor. Bittersweet Chocolate Drops are a cookie treat to make using Barnard's "melt-add-stir" technique, which produces cookie dough almost instantly. You need one pot, one baking pan, and no bowl. While Barnard believes in timesaving ingredients, from precut fresh fruit to frozen puff pastry, she also proves you can make good-as-grandma's Double Chocolate Pudding, from scratch, in a few minutes. Short & Sweet's 150 recipes include something for everyone, from elegant, sophisticated Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse (which calls for marshmallow fluff) and a custardy Cherry Clafoutis any French chef would enjoy, to Classic Quick Fudge made with condensed milk. (This shortcut guarantees silky results, while it eliminates cooking the sugar to just the correct point and beating the fudge to make it creamy.) Thanks to this book, even the most novice cook or time-pressed hostess can serve up the same scrumptious, creative homemade desserts shown in Short and Sweet's eight mouthwatering color photos every day. --Dana Jacobi Review "Melanie Barnard is the smartest cookie on the block. If cookbooks were rated based on innovative techniques and ideas, SHORT & SWEET might rank number 1. With Barnard's guidance, in 30 minutes or less and using seven ingredients or fewer, you can enjoy cupcake-size cream cheese cakes, virtually fool-proof soufflés, even an espresso-flavored Baked Alaska...." -- Review About the Author MELANIE BARNARD has written or cowritten thirteen cookbooks, including the James Beard Award–winning American Medical Association Family Cookbook and 365 More Ways to Cook Chicken. She is the restaurant critic for the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Times Connecticut daily newspapers and appears often on local and national television. She is a former Bon Appétit columnist. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Celebrate spring with strawberries Strawberries in Balsamic Pepper Syrup A sophisticated way to serve one of spring's favorite fruits. Paired with sliced banana and bathed in tangy syrup the strawberries become an easy and elegant finish to any warm-weather meal. 6 servings 5 tablespoons honey 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper 1 pint strawberries, hulled and halved 1 large, firm banana, peeled and sliced In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the honey and vinegar until well blended. Stir in the pepper. Add the strawberries and stir gently to coat with the syrup. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes at room temperature. Stir in the banana. Serve the fruit and syrup in shallow dessert bowls or stemmed goblets. Roasted Strawberries A sweet luxury that requires little effort. Whole berries are roasted to an intense berry flavor, splashed with almond liqueur and lowered into a cloud of cool, softly whipped cream. 4 servings 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 16 large, perfect strawberries, preferably with stems 1 cup heavy cream, chilled 2 tables