Easy Fruit Desserts
If you have a sweet tooth, but don’t want bad calories or sugar (sugar is bad for you anyway), try making these fruit desserts.
My husband wants something sweet every day, and I need stress to him that processed and added sugar isn’t something that he, or anyone, should have often, much less daily.
When I have a lot of fruit, and some seem to be forgotten and perhaps even starting to go downhill, I have tried to catch them before they rot. I blend or slice them up to go into freezer bags and into the freezer, to use in smoothies or other frozen fruit desserts later. Easy fruit desserts are that simple.
I took out a load of blueberries and made blueberry soup, and a blueberry filling that I re-froze for pies and cobblers later. The blueberry or any other type of fruit soup is made with some water, blueberries, a bit of sugar, and a cinnamon stick. I boil it down until the flavors and scents are strong, then strain and crush the berries out. Then I add a bit of mixture of potato starch and water (I use potato starch and not corn starch because potato starch doesn’t leave a “skin” on the soup), while at a slow boil, stirring until thickened. The fruit soup can be eaten warm or cold. This works with many. other fruits, as well – like rhubarb. Fruit soup is something I learned from my Finnish roots.
Another dessert I like to serve is taking fruits when very ripe and at peak of flavor, then peeling and pureeing them – I use a good blender to whip in lots of air into the puree. I then freeze serve-able amounts in cups or bags – then pull them out a couple hours before needing to serve. It’s like eating a creamy ice cream or fruit sorbet (creamy due to all the air whipped in), but it’s only frozen fruit. With fruit being at peak of ripeness, there is no need to add sugar. This has been a great hit with people coming over – just pull out a bag of fruit sorbet from the freezer and let it thaw a bit. Mangoes work very well, and you can mix in a few drops of lime juice before putting it through the blender.
Another easy dessert is fruit crisp – just let the chopped or sliced fruit sit with a bit of sugar or maple syrup (or more for tart fruits), flour or tapioca, spices, and sometimes a bit of lemon juice. Separately, mix together some quick oatmeal or rolled oats, butter, a bit of flour, a little bit of baking soda or baking powder, and a spice or more, like cinnamon. Bake the fruit mixture in the oven at around 350-375 degrees for maybe 45-60 minutes then crumble the oat topping over the top and bake for 15 minutes.
So, easy fruit desserts are a healthier option – frozen fruits or warmed fruits. As I figure more ways to have healthy sweets, I will post them. I experiment with foods all the time. Try these – you should like them!
P.R.
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