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Creamy fruit dessert with loquats, strawberries and cream cheese

Spring fruits make great desserts, and I’m not just talking fruit salad. Have you ever noticed how fruit salads tend to contain mostly fruits you don’t like as much? Anyway, this isn’t a fruit salad. It’s strawberries and loquats topped with an aromatic vanilla sour cream. The sour cream topping was so good that Eitan volunteered to clean out the pastry bag with his tongue.

Loquat season is now in full swing here, and I’m still going through the bucket of discount loquats I bought last weekend — they’re ugly and bruised, but super sweet. Now is a good time to go get your fix, since loquat season tends to be fleeting. Continue reading Creamy fruit dessert with loquats, strawberries and cream cheese …

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Strawberry spice ice cream

We didn’t do very much for Valentine’s day this year, since both Eitan and I were studying for our respective tests, but I did manage to whip up a bunch of brilliantly pink strawberry spice ice cream, which seems to suit the spirit.

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