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Sweets

Winter Dessert
Pears in Cream
Easy Cranberry Pie
Biscotti
Roasted Marone Chestnuts
     in Vino Rosso

Sweet Potatoes and Apples
Zabaglione
Pannetone
Castagnaccio
Sonoma Roasted Fruit
Panna Cotta
Saint Moritz Rice Cream
Candied Citrus Peels
Peach Leaf Custard
Torta D'Angeli
Orange Cake
Amaretti
Pepper Cookies Trieste
Cherry Fritters
Orange or Grapefruit Fritters
Apricotina
Torta Arancia
Jea's Sour Cream Walnuts
Banana Cream & Co
Pears with Banana Cream
Quick Sonoma Pie
Fruit Filling
Cannoli Cream
Italian Meringue Frosting
Peaches Noir

Apricotina
2 cups dried apricots
Marsala
1 piece dried orange peel
1 talbespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 piece canided orange peel chopped finely
tiny pinch salt
  • Soak apricots in half Marsala and water with dried orange peel and lemon juice for several hours, then cook them slowly. Remove orange peel.
  • Remove apricots from juice, setting aside about ten, and put in blender and puree.
  • Put puree in top of double boiler and stir in sugar, egg yolks, salt, and place over simmering water.
  • Stir until mixture becomes a thick cream.
  • Set aside to cool.
  • Whip egg whites and fold apricot mixture into egg whites.
  • Put mixture into a buttered souffle dish.
  • Place into a pan of simmering water in the oven.
  • Bake for about 40 minutes. Remove from oven when a silver knife comes out almost clean.
  • The apricotina will continue to cook a bit more after it comes out of the oven so do not overcook.
  • Let cool and unmold.
  • It may be cooked a day ahead of time in which case refrigerate it.
  • Decorate with the reserved apricots. You might chop a little candied orange peel and sprinkle over the apricotina.
  • Serve with whipped cream.

    Enjoy with our 2005 Glissando.
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