Recipe: Pear-Anise Cake


Recipe: Pear-Anise Cake

Ingredients:
2 eggs, room temperature
3 tablespoons Pernod liqueur
cups butter, room temperature
2 teaspoons baking powder
teaspoons cinnamon
3 cups peeled, cored and diced bosc pears
teaspoons anise seed, crushed (with a mortar and pestle)
1 cups light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cups all-purpose flour
teaspoons salt
teaspoons baking soda

Recipe: Orange Cardamom Ice Cream



Recipe: Orange Cardamom Ice Cream 

Ingredients: 
1 pinch kosher salt
4 large egg yolks
2 large oranges, preferably organic
2 cups half and half (or 1 cup heavy cream and 1 cup whole milk)
1/4 cup agave nectar
1 tablespoon Cointreau or other orange flavored liqueur
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom

Recipe: Chocolate Goji Berry Maca Truffles


Recipe: Chocolate Goji Berry Maca Truffles 

Ingredients:
3/4 cup coconut creme (the thick part on the top of the canned full-fat coconut milk) 
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons maca powder 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
1/3 cup dried goji berries, finely chopped 
2 tablespoons palm shortening 
2 tablespoons raw cacao powder 
8 ounces dark chocolate