{"id":27823,"date":"2012-07-05T15:34:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T15:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=27823"},"modified":"2017-04-18T04:06:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T09:06:23","slug":"summer-fruit-desserts-alison-barnett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/food\/recipes\/summer-fruit-desserts-alison-barnett\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fruit Desserts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please note: Alison Barnett is a freelance kosher food writer and chef.\u00a0<\/strong>The Orthodox Union makes no endorsements or representations regarding kashrut certification of various products\/vendors referred to in her articles, blog or web site.<\/em><\/p>\n

One of my favorite things to do during the summer is go berry picking. Born and raised in Ohio, fruit picking is \u201cthe<\/em> thing to do!\u201d\u00a0 Drive 15 minutes, park at a farm and pick all the fresh strawberries you desire.\u00a0 Most of the time I consumed more in the field than collected in my basket.<\/p>\n

Once the berries were picked, we would drive home and bake a strawberry shortcake or eat them fresh with a little whipped cream.\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes I would wonder why we would even do anything to the fruit. Fruit is naturally sweet and when you pick them at just the right moment, you wonder how something so simple could be so delicious.<\/p>\n

Fresh fruit is so plentiful during the summer months, so take advantage! If you can\u2019t go picking, go to farmers markets or buy only locally grown produce for the most natural and delicious tasting fruit you will ever eat.<\/p>\n

While in my non\u2013kosher culinary school, I remember one of the hardest moments was not being able to take a bite of the fruit tarts and cakes. I would grab an apple and a few berries and eat them raw as everyone else ate the baked and cooked delicacies. So as much as I preach eating fresh fruit, there\u2019s really nothing like an upside down cake, a lemon meringue pie or raspberry ice cream staring you in the face and teasing you with their tantalizing smells.\u00a0 I vowed I would recreate the most loved of those recipes, as judged by my classmates and my sense of smell, and adapt them to my kosher lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the fruits of summer desserts with Strawberry Shortcake, Raspberry Sorbet, Plum Upside-Down Cake and Lemon Meringue Pie.<\/p>\n

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Strawberry Shortcake (dairy)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

10 servings<\/p>\n

Strawberry Shortcake, a must\u2013have for my older sisters birthday and debuted in the Ohio State Fair, this cake is the shortcakes of shortcake!\u00a0 One bite of this and your eyes will roll back in pure happiness.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cake<\/span>:<\/h4>\n