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INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 ounces peach vodka (Absolut)
1/2 ounce cassis de bordeaux (Marie Brizard)
1 ounce peach puree (from white peach)
1 ounce prepared sweet-and-sour mix
1/4 lime, juice of
1 dash cranberry juice
ice, crushed
garnish
3 raspberries
DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and strain over crushed ice.
Garnish with fresh raspberries if you’re out to impress a crowd, or simply want to indulge your inner high-roller!
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces baby portabella mushrooms , sliced
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons oil
1 large onion , diced fine
1 (8ounce)bag baby spinach (pre washed)
3 teaspoons fresh rosemary , chopped fine
1 (6ounce)can tomato paste
1 cup marsala wine
1 cup prepared onion dip (Dean’s Lite)
3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley , chopped
1 lb pasta
1/2 cup parmesan cheese , grated
salt and pepper
DIRECTIONS
Cook pasta to taste.
Melt butter and oil in saucepan over medium heat.Add onion and saute until translucent. Add rosemary and saute for 1 minute more. Add mushrooms and saute for five minutes more.
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This dessert is an Italian takeoff on a classic French dish, Poire Belle-Hélène-poached pear with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Here the pear is teamed with a hazelnut-orangesemifreddo (a sweet Italian frozen mousse) and a Frangelico chocolate sauce. For smaller appetites, cut the semifreddo into eight portions and the pears in half.
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