Martha Stewart's Fruit Desserts: 100+ Delicious Ways to Savor the Best of Every Season: A Baking Book

by Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart

Overview

Gorgeous seasonal fruits abound in Martha Stewart's collection of 100+ dependable recipes for crumbles, crisps, pies, buckles, and more.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FOOD NETWORK

From perfectly ripe peaches and plump, tender figs to crisp, honey-sweet apples and bright, juicy citrus, Martha Stewart's Fruit Desserts celebrates easy-to-prepare recipes that highlight the fresh, vibrant flavors of fruit at its peak. In spring and summer, delight in warm-weather desserts such as Red-Fruit Pavlovas, Vanilla-Rhubarb Tart, and Double-Crust Peach Slab Pie. When the days grow shorter and cooler, enjoy cozy comforts including Apple Fritters, Fig and Almond Crostata, Poached Pear and Cranberry Pie, and Polenta-Grape Snacking Cake.

Whether you're in the mood for an old-fashioned countertop classic or a modern treat with an elevated touch, these comforting, delicious desserts will gratify all year long.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593139189
Publisher:	Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Publication date:	10/12/2021
Edition description:	Illustrated
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	437,362
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Martha Stewart Living magazine was first published in 1990. Over the years, more than two dozen books have been published by the magazine's editors.

Martha Stewart is the author of dozens of bestselling books on cooking, entertaining, homekeeping, gardening, weddings, and decorating. She was the host of The Martha Stewart Show, the Emmy-winning daily syndicated television program, and is the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which publishes several magazines, including Martha Stewart Living.

Read an Excerpt

From Martha

One of life’s great pleasures is biting into a perfect apple, a juicy peach, or a sweet-tart plum. Transforming those tender stone fruits, sour lemons, meaty, fragrant pumpkins, or a few cups of ripe berries into a pie or galette, or a delectable cake, is yet another way to enjoy the fruits of America’s extraordinary growers. Over the thirty years we have been creating recipes for our magazine Martha Stewart Living, we have developed, baked, and photographed hundreds of desserts that focus on fruit as a main ingredient. These recipes are consistently readers’ favorites and have been well used by them for many different occasions. We hope you will adore this collection, arranged by season, and add many of the recipes to your personal repertoire.

I have been baking for a long time. In fact, baking is what I most enjoy when preparing food. I like measuring, I like chemistry, I like the mechanics of stand mixers and food processors and use them when I can. I love watching a cake rise in the oven and a piecrust brown to just the perfect golden shade. The addition of fruits like berries and citrus to batters and fillings contributes even more excitement—and that is what this book is all about!

As a child, we grew certain things in our suburban garden—apples, peaches, and lots of berries, even rhubarb. Mom would use every last scrap of each in the myriad pies and desserts we were treated to each day. Our baker neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Maus (they had retired from their own bakery), taught me many baking tricks and tips about mixing, folding, and cutting that few books at the time revealed. Childhood was indeed the best introduction for a home cook like me, who was curious and willing to take the time to make from scratch.

On summer trips to the Jersey shore, we stopped the car at farm stands to purchase quarts of blueberries—in my mind, the best in the nation—or pecks of white peaches for ice cream or tarts. On family outings to Long Island, we bought ripe strawberries in June and pie pumpkins in the fall. At that time, we did not have the farmers’ markets that are now in almost every county but had to look in many places for great fruits to incorporate into our baking.

This book is your guide, your primer, your inspiration for utilizing all the amazing fruits that are at your fingertips, and I hope you and your families will savor every bite.

Martha Stewart

Table of Contents

From Martha 11

Golden Rules 12

Essential Ingredients: Fruit 101 14

Essential Tools 18

Autumn

Pink-Apple Tart 22

Pear Skillet Cake 25

Apple-Bourbon Potpies 26

Red-Grape Cake with Whipped Crème Fraîche 29

Apple Tart with Quince 30

Raspberry and Pecan Buckle 35

Apple Pie with Patchwork Crust 36

Linzer Crumble Pie with Cranberry-Raspberry Jam 39

Apple Fritters 40

Pear and Cranberry Pie 43

Apple and Blackberry Cake 44

Fig and Almond Crostata 47

Pear-and-Frangipane Pastries 48

Apple Weave Pie 52

Sorbets: Cranberry-Port, Concord Grape-Lavender, Pear-Red Wine 56

Apple Crostata with Cheddar Crust 59

Quince Pie 60

Caramel-Apple Bread Pudding 63

Pear and Apple Phyllo Crisp 64

Cranberry Skillet Cake 67

Pear-Cranberry Slab Pie 68

Apple Custard Pie 71

Polenta Grape Snacking Cake 72

Apple-Date Betty 75

Cinnamon-Swirl Apple Slab Pie 76

Quince Cobbler 79

Apple Honey Upside-Dowrn Cake 80

Pear and Fig Pandowdy 83

Ruffled Pumpkin Milk Pie 84

Cranberry Meringue Tartlets 87

Winter

Citrus Flan 91

Key Lime Cream Puffs 92

Banana Cream Pie 95

Deep-Dish Dried-Apple and Cranberry Pie 96

Meyer Lemon Tart 99

Pineapple-Banana Upside-Down Cake 100

Coconut Layer Cake 103

Orange Marmalade Cake with Roasted Oranges 107

Atlantic Beach Tart Bars 108

Granita, Three Ways: Clementine, Lime-Lemon grass, Grapefruit-Cardamom 112

Citrus Bundt 115

Pomegranate-Coconut Trifle 116

Upside-Down Lemon Meringue Pie 119

Passion-Fruit Cheesecake Bars 120

Tropical-Fruit Cones 123

Meyer Lemon Soufflés 124

Tropical Fruit Crepe Cake 127

Whole-Lemon Pound Cake with Pomegranate Glaze 128

Tangerine Chiffon Tart 131

Spring

Giant Strawberry "Shortcake" 134

Mango-Coconut Cream Tart 137

Strawberry-Rhubarb Tart 138

Strawberry-Lemonade Icebox Cake 141

Strawberry Jam Cobbler 142

Strawberry-Banana Pudding 145

Strawberry-Swirl Bundt 146

Vanilla Rhubarb Tart 149

Mango Kulfi 150

Lemon-Rhubarb Bundt 153

Mango-Key Lime Tart 154

Strawberry and Apricot Crisp with Pine-Nut Crumble 157

Strawberry Tartlets with Yogurt Cream 158

Strawberry-Pistachio Semifreddo 161

Summer

Plum-Blackberry Cobbler 165

Peach Pavlova 166

Lemon Cake with Raspberry-Cream Cheese Frosting 169

Blueberry Pie with Lattice-Weave Crust 170

Peach-Cardamom Upside-Down Cake 173

Sour Cherry Crumble Bars 174

Stone Fruit Galette with Cornmeal Crust 177

Raspberry-Chocolate Mousse Pie 178

Tarts with Stone Fruits and Frangipane 181

Berries and Cherries Ice-Cream Cake 182

Hand Pies, Two Ways: Fried Peach and Baked Blackberry 185

Red-Fruit Pavlova 189

Nectarine Clafouti 190

Sour Cherry Pie 193

Melon Pops 194

Nectarine and Almond Tart 197

Blackberry Pie 198

Mixed-Berry Grunt 201

Mini Peach-Apricot Cobblers 202

Jam Crumb Cake 205

Almond Plum Cake 206

Peach Chiffon Pie 209

Berry Cornmeal Sheet Cake 210

Red and Black Plum Tart 213

Peach Melba Spoom 214

Double-Crust Free-Form Berry Pie 217

Triple-Berry Swirl Ice-Cream Sandwiches 218

Plum Tart with Brown-Sugar Crumble 221

Double-Crust Peach Slab Pie 222

Mixed-Berry Galette 225

Mini Apricot Tartes Tatin 226

Huckleberry Cobbler 229

Nectarine and Raspberry Crisp 230

Fruit Fools: Blueberry, Blackberry, and Raspberry 233

The Basics 234

Acknowledgments and Photo Credits 248

Index 250