A combination of baked fruit and nuts goes great warm or cold by itself or paired up with vanilla ice cream.
Remember last year when I bragged about being invited to a TV cooking show? It finally aired this May! If you missed seeing it, don't worry, it's recorded.
You're in luck. Why are you in luck? Well, because I'm giving you something to laugh about. I'm exposing my flaws for everybody to see.
There's no Photoshop and no dubbing - what you see is what you get - my oily skin, wild hair, and thick accent. Yes, all that's Jas. Oh, and I say yes a lot. Drinking at 9 am? Just look at my face when I take a sip of the Bosnian plum brandy, ha!
All this aside, I am happy I had this opportunity. I have something to leave my grandkids to remember me by and to know that no matter where you come from or how old you are if you have a dream, strive to achieve it.
The show Dinner and a Book hosted by lovely Gail Martin is like a book club joined with a related meal from the bookshelves to the kitchen. Each episode features a different book and a different guest.
I am so honored that Gail invited me to be her guest. We talked about a book by Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives.
Hemon is a Bosnian American fiction writer, and we are about the same age. This book is nonfiction and written as a series of personal essays.
The dishes we prepared are typical Bosnian dishes: roux soup, spinach and cheese Phyllo pie (also mentioned in the book), Sopska salad, and for dessert, baked fruit.
🛒 Ingredients and Notes
Mixed ripe fruit:
- Peaches or nectarines
- Pear
- Italian prune plums (or regular black plums)
- Fresh figs
- Blueberries
- Lemon
- Sugar
Topping:
- Butter
- Honey
- Pistachios
- Walnuts
- Pine nuts or chopped hazelnuts
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Whole cloves (optional)
- Vanilla Sugar or 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Wash the fruit, remove pits, and cut into halves or quarters. Score an x into figs. Place the fruit on an 8” baking dish, arranging plums and figs upright. Sprinkle with lemon juice and sugar if the fruit is not quite ripe. Add cloves and bake for 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Lower the heat and simmer, stirring until the sauce thickens into caramel consistency. Pour over baked fruit, top with nuts and vanilla sugar, and bake additional 5 minutes.
- Serve warm over ice cream or alone.
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Easy Oven-Baked Fruit Recipe
EQUIPMENT
Ingredients
Mixed ripe fruit:
- 1-2 Peaches or Nectarines
- 1 large Pear
- 4-5 Italian Prune Plums, or 2 regular black plums
- 4-5 fresh Figs
- 1 cup Blueberries
- Juice of ½ Lemon
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
Topping:
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 3 tablespoons Honey
- 3 tablespoons Pistachio, chopped
- 3 tablespoons Walnuts, chopped
- 2 tablespoons Pine nuts, or chopped Hazelnuts
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- a pinch of Nutmeg
- 1-2 whole Cloves, optional
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla Sugar, or regular sugar + 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Wash the fruit, remove pits and cut into halves or quarters. Score an x into figs. Place the fruit on an 8” baking dish arranging plums and figs upright. Sprinkle with lemon juice and sugar if fruit is not quite ripe. Add cloves and bake for 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add honey, cinnamon and nutmeg. Lower the heat and simmer, stirring until the sauce thickens into caramel consistency. Pour over baked fruit, top with nuts and vanilla sugar and bake additional 5 minutes.
- Serve warm over ice cream or alone.
simple nature decor says
Great job! I am very happy for you! Well deserved. you are a very pretty lady too
Maria
Bam's Kitchen says
Jas you were amazing!!! I loved it! You were very composed as you managed to juggle a very difficult emotional topic, cooking and discussing a book. It is so nice to get to meet you on video but it would be even better in person! I am so very proud of you. Sharing everywhere! Take care, BAM
allthatsjas says
Bobbi, you called it out! You are so intuitive! The topic is still very sensitive for me, even after all these years, and I had to distract from going into details in the conversation.
I so hope that one day we will meet in person! Thanks for you thoughtful words!
What's On The List (@mickeydownunder) says
WOW Jas! FANTASTIC!!! I LOVED the video and you did FANTASTIC!!! I am VERY proud of you and well done! Pinned and shared!
allthatsjas says
You're too kind, Joanne, or should I call you Mickey? 😀 Thank you very much. Hugs and smooches!
Jasna says
Mene si dobila sa pocetnim aktom, sa sluzenjem rakije...Odlicna emisija!
allthatsjas says
Haha, jesi vidjela kako sam se stresla poslije rakije, kao da nisam iz Bosne. Hvala, Jasna! 😀
Jasmin says
Jasminka, you have such a lovely voice and you act so natural around the cameras, you could easily have your own cooking show!
Spinach phyllo is one of my favorite spring pies, but I never tried Bosnian baked fruit dessert - I will definitely make it when plums and figs come in season...
allthatsjas says
Thanks, sweet Jasmin! Inside, I was horrified. My voice doesn't usually have that tone, only when I'm nervous 🙂 Thanks for a lovely note!!!
Pamela Shank says
I loved it!!! you did an awesome job and your foods look delicious. What an honor. You looked great too.
allthatsjas says
THANK YOU!!!! Means the world to me, Pamela 😀 If I ever get a second chance, I'd change a few things. Maybe 9 am drink(s) wouldn't be such a bad idea, lol. Have a glorious week!