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Desserts With A Difference: Carrot Cake, Fennel Tart, and Other Surprising and Delicious Vegetable Desserts
Desserts With A Difference Carrot Cake Fennel Tart and Other Surprising and Delicious Vegetable Desserts Author:Martin Stone From the award-winning authors of "The Brilliant Bean" and "The Essential Root Vegetable Cookbook" comes the year's most captivating new food idea--vegetable desserts. Improving on standards like pumpkin pie and zucchini bread, the Stones have taken the concept to innovative new heights, using the natural goodness of vegetables to enhance flavor... more » and texture, prolong shelf life, add moistness, and bolster the nutrition of a variety of tempting treats.
Taking the inherent sweetness of many vegetables as their cue, the Stones have created more than 100 excitingly different recipes, many of which re-create favorite flavor combinations in an entirely new way. Parsnips, potatos, acorn squash, tomatoes(both fresh and sun-dried), chickpeas, and zucchini are all found in a host of tempting cakes, pies, frozen desserts and confections. If you like espresso flavored with anisette, then Espresso Fennel Cheesecake could become your newest addiction. Black Beanies use bean puree to create a uniquely fudgy and satisfying brownie, while the "Stones' Fresh Beet and Orange Jam" gives classic Linzer Torte a sophisticated new taste.
For any cook who loves vegetables--and even those who don't!--Desserts With A Difference offers dozens of delightful new ways to use the garden's bounty.« less