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Fran Costigan - Refreshing Fruit Desserts
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 1:00 pm Pacific, 4:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Fran Costigan, Rouxbe Director of Vegan Pastry, for an enticing, interactive presentation in which she will explore the vibrant world of summer fruit desserts! From juicy b… Read More.
Question:
How do you feel about using syrups, or fruit pastes?
— Alice Jenkins
Answer:
Well, I, it, you know, it depends on the recipe I have in my freezer at all times. Date paste and prune paste. Chef Char and I are crazy about prune paste and prune puree, date puree. It adds a very rich flavor and I think that's great. You, you can make a fruit paste with any dried fruit with apricot, you know, and mango, anything that you like. So when you're using it in a recipe, you wanna consider the flavor that it's going to add to your recipe. Uh, in terms of syrups, I use maple, I use jade, I use sorghum, which is a cereal grass. And I use date syrup or salon. I use some rice syrup. They're all used differently, but I think they're great.