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Ricotta with Pear Pie

It’s hard to believe Christmas is only a week and a half away. The only baking I’ve done with Christmas in mind is my family’s traditional fruit cake. I made that last weekend and since it was baked so close to Christmas, revised the recipe a little in hopes it takes on all those wonderful important flavors (thinking….brandy, rum,….). Cookies? I’ve made cookies but not holiday tradition cookies. I could do that this weekend but I’m not sure which ones I want to make and also, what kind of time I’ll have to make them. If anything gets baked, it [...]

By Joanne|2013-12-13T14:27:37-05:00December 13, 2013|Baking|2 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Custard Pie

On page 208 of our book A Taste of Utica is the delicious recipe for custard pie from Marie Carbone and posted by Rainie Piccione. Thanks for sharing ladies! The first recipe is the original from our book. The second recipe was my own creation baked as an after thought. I made an easy graham cracker crumb crust and since I didn’t have milk, I used sour cream and mascarpone cheese. Since fruit is a major part of my diet, I even added an over ripe banana. The original custard pie from A Taste of Utica Preheat the oven to [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-10T18:03:43-04:00April 10, 2013|Taste of Utica|Comments Off

Strawberry Jam Custard with Reverse Chocolate Wafer Crust

Let me first confess, I was multi-tasking when making this recipe. I made some mistakes but worked with them just to see what the result would be. Surprise! Surprise! Who knew you could turn a mistake inside out and create a perfection. Either make this recipe as written, complete with errors, or try a different version and let me know the results. In the Foodbuzz world, we celebrate the strawberry in the month of May. In Utica, the strawberry is picked and celebrated in June, but we’re always a little late around here so we will celebrate and feature the [...]