Pear ring:
8 large pears.2/3 cup red wine or orange & lemon juice
3/4 cup castor sugar.
Peel pears,core,slice and place in layers in a
casserole or ring mould,
sprinkling alternately with red wine / juice & sugar.
Cook in slow oven -300f. oven for several hours
until pears become deep rosy pink
.Leave to cool -when cold.and refrigerate.
When ready to serve ,
turn out upside down onto serving dish
-serve with vanilla custard thinned with
orange juice and cream.
or plain cream.must be served very cold.
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8 ozs light cream cheese -- soft style
1 cup marshmallow cream
1 tspn fresh lemon juice
1 tspn vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese,
marshmallow crème, lemon juice and vanilla until
well combined. Then gradually beat in the
powdered sugar. Makes 1 3/4 cups.
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Cherry Cheesecake
1 c Graham Cracker Crumbs ; 3 tb Sugar;
3 tb Margarine, Melted; 24 oz Cream Cheese, Softened;
3/4 c Sugar ; 3 ea Large Eggs;
1 ts Vanilla; 21 oz Cherry Pie Filling (1 cn).
Combine crumbs and margarine;
press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
Bake at 325 degrees F., 10 mins.
Combine cream cheese and sugar,
mixing at medium speed on electric mixer
until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time
mixing well after each addition. Blend in vanilla;
pour over crust. Bake at 450 degrees F., 10 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees F.,
continue baking 25 to 30 mins or until set.
Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing
rim of pan. Chill. Top with pie fillirg just before serving.