By Leigh Anne Whittle
The Meridian Star
MERIDIAN —
Hot summer days are still upon us. A batch of homemade ice cream can remedy the heat as well as please your family and friends. Here are a couple of basic sauce recipes and a warm fruit dish that can be served with vanilla ice cream.
Recipes:
Hot Curried Fruit
1 (29oz.) can pear halves,drained
1 (29oz.) can peach halves, drained
1 (20oz.) can pineapple chunks, drained
2 (17oz.) cans apricots, drained
1 /2 teas. almond extract
1 /2 cup butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tbls. cornstarch
1 1 /2 teas. curry powder
Place first 5 ingredients in a 13x9x2 inch-baking dish. Combine butter and remaining 3 ingredients; spoon over fruit. Bake at 325 for 1 hour, basting occasionally with cooking liquid. This can be used as a side dish or served over pound cake and ice cream.
Praline Sauce
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 /2 cup half and half
1 /2 cup butter or margarine
1 /2 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
1 /2 teas. vanilla extract
Combine first 3 ingredients; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in pecans and vanilla. Makes approximately 2 cups.
Chocolate Sauce
1 /2 cup whipping cream
2 tbls. sugar
3 (1 oz.) squares semisweet chocolate
1 /2 teas. vanilla extract
Combine whipping cream and sugar in a small saucepan over low heat. Add chocolate, and cook, stirring constantly, until chocolate melts. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Approximately 3 /4 cup.
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