During these long hot days of summer my cooking mojo takes a nose dive. I don’t feel like doing much of anything and the thought of turning on the oven makes me cringe. Case in point: this weekend I baked two slab pies for a party that were delicious if incredibly frustrating. Hot kitchen and cold dough are not compatible in any way. It was a struggle that required a nap directly in front of a fan to cool down. While the pies were enthusiastically greeted at the party, I ditched them on the buffet table and immediately went to the bar to calm my overheated nerves. Not wanting to repeat that situation, today I wanted something sweet but something easy and nothing that would work up a sweat. I dug around in my unusually well stocked refrigerator, the result of enthusiastic shopping trips and the lack of energy to do much with my purchases. There was a pineapple with unfulfilled ambitions and a bunch of lemongrass that was supposed to go in something I never made. I looked at my little windowsill lime leaf tree and a decision was made.
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when the cooking mojo is low … Cold Pineapple with Lemongrass Lime Leaf Syrup
Posted in fruit desserts, tagged cool summer desserts, cool tropical summer desserts, fresh pineapple desserts, kaffir lime leaf simple syrup, lemongrass kaffir lime leaf sauce, lemongrass simple syrup, pineapple with lemongrass lime leaf syrup on August 2, 2016| 2 Comments »