Excuse me while I shamefacedly hand my head. This week's pick has all of these tasty things in it - shortbread, banana, chocolate ice cream, coconut... But together? I'm going to take a pass. Not to mention that this was made mere days before I had to leave for NC and CA. So we ended up with a bit of a mishmash, something tending more towards "riff on the recipe" than "recipe as written." One last mini sweet tart crust, the last few spoonfuls of burnt sugar ice cream, half of one nicely ripe banana after the other half had joined my oatmeal a previous morning does not equal banana coconut ice cream tart. It is, however, equal delicious.
But that's not nearly as exciting as this past weekend. (Sorry Spike) This last weekend, a friend of mine drove up from LA to visit. He timed his arrival for when I was done with work (midnight-ish, which is hellish for the early morning riser), and I went sprinting down the stairs of the hotel and out the door to greet him. Luckily he ignored that I hadn't bothered to put shoes on and had a silly grin on, and presented me with --- a pineapple. Yes people, these are good friends I have. Other people give you hugs, but I get pineapple. Last year, a friend came to visit with a large bag of parmesan black pepper biscotti in tow. Don't you wish you had friends like mine?
Not only that, we got to go hiking in Upper Kern, a part of Sequoia National Park. Well, less hiking and more scrabbling. Have you ever gone on a hike, following a reasonable-looking trail, only to find out that it peters out a mile in? Sane people, they sigh and turn around, searching for a more promising trail. But my friend? He whipped out his GPS and decided that we could off-trail it. That's all well and good until you're scaling a sheer incline covered in loose dirt and rocks. Freaking mountain-goat-style, for serious.
Needless to say, we were wiped afterwards. And I think I ruined a pair of jeans. And there are scrapes all over my hands, arms, and elbows. But hey, I got a pineapple out of the deal!
Last Week: Apple-Currant Bread Pudding
Next Week: White Chocolate Brownies
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
TWD: Banana Ice Cream Tart
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Hikes that involve a GPS scare me. I try to stay on the trails.
There'll come the perfect hot day when this pie will be the right dessert to make. And you'll enjoy it. Trust me.
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Nothing like a hard-earned pineapple! ;)
I think you did a good job keeping with the spirit of the recipe this week - while also making life easy on yourself. I'm finding that that's a hard balance to strike.
My husband went on one of those hikes when we first moved to New Mexico, and we quickly learned that you do NOT off-trail it in the desert. There are too many sharp things.
(Also: How cool that Manggy interpretted your comment for you.)
Great improvisation, I'd say.
I'd be happy to have a pineapple show up on my doorstep any day!
If you have a chance, there are some great petroglyphs over in the Ridgecrest/China Lake area. Civilized hiking, too.
Oh, and if you stop by my place on your way back home, I'll load you up with fresh limes.
Ciao ! I love pineapples too !! I'm sorry for your hurts (?) but the mini looks great anyway !
It looks good to me..less calories too!
sorry to hear you are all scraped up--ouch! i thought the burnt sugar ice cream/banana combo was awesome!
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what you put together still sounds delish!
Good friends. Good times. Good food. Who could ask for anything more?
I'd love if someone gave me a pineapple! Love your lil banana tart!
Wow, great friends you have there! Love your mini pie, it looks really cute!
eh, I knew the flavor combo wouldn't be for everyone when I picked it- sorry it wasn't your fav!
heh i can just picture him showing up with a pineapple! sounds like a great weekend :)
You are having such great adventures! Fun to read about it all. Love that little pie tin and your pie in it...those bananas look so perfectly sliced, etc.
You guys are brave, I would never go off-trail, gps or not. The dessert sounds awesome, too bad you didn't like it.
Sometime it would be worth trying the crust part of this recipe; it was really delicious (well at least the GF version I made was irresistible) yay for adventures!!
I'd choose a pineapple over a hug most days. Good friend indeed! This pie was dangerously good (yes, I ate almost the whole thing myself) so I agree with Nancy that it'd be worth it to at least try the crust if you get a chance.
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