Saturday, November 04, 2006

I Need Ideas to Win the Prize

Any readers out there? I need help. At my office we are having a contest whereby everybody who enters has to bring in a dish they made themselves using the secret ingredient FRUIT. I know fruit is not a single ingredient, but the organizers decided to be vague. Also, no pies allowed because they are boring. I have asked if I could submit a tart, which is quite pie-like, and they rolled their eyes at me for being argumentative. So I think a pie that could pass as a tart would be eligible.

I don't know what to make, but I know I want to win.

I think anything with chocolate has a good chance to win. Also maybe something with alcohol because getting the judges drunk might help sway their opinions in my favorable direction.

If you submit a great recipe idea and I win, I will share the prize with you. I think the prize is theater tickets so you have to live in NY to take advantage of this great opportunity.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Go with mom's idea -- she beat me out by a mile!!!

Can you make this for us sometime, so I can have a teeny taste???!!!???

Jill said...

Sometimes alcohol in pastries backfires. I'm not sure it will win but it does sound delicious.

Anonymous said...

Chocolate Pear Spice Cake

2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. ground cloves
6 Tbsp. butter
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. molasses
2 eggs
2 cups unsweetened applesauce
1 Tbsp. orange peel
1 small pear – peel, core and thinly sliced
2 oz. chocolate – coarsely chopped
½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
1 recipe pear chips (bake slices at 300 degrees, 20-25 minutes, turning once)

Whipped cream

Preheat over to 350. Grease and flour 9” springform pan and set aside.

In a medium bowl stir flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, baking powder, salt and cloves. Set aside.

In a large bowl combine butter, sugar, molasses. Beat with mixer. Add eggs one at a time. Beat in the ingredients alternating with applesauce – start and end with dry. Stir in orange peel.

Spoon batter into pan. Arrange pear slices on top and sprinkle with chocolate and nuts. Bake 1 hour or until top springs back and toothpick is clean. Cool on rack 10 minutes

Remove sides of pan.

Jill said...

Follow up: I made my mom's pear puff. There is no way this recipe needs 6 pears. I used 3 and it was good. It tasted delicious but looked ugly. It came in around 5th out of 12.