Summer Fruit Recipe Contest

Here is a new entry to the Summer Fruit Recipe Contest on The Pot Shop's Facebook page. I baked mine with peaches and a few blueberries and it was delicious! I baked it for about 50 minutes and maybe could have left it another 5 as it was still very juicy. If you have a great recipe using fruit please post it on my Facebook or e-mail it to me at potshop@saber.net

Fruit Kuchen with Rosemary

½ cup butter or olive oil
2 eggs
1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

1 tsp baking powder
5-6 cups fruit, such as sliced nectarines, peaches, prune plums, figs, apricots, or blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries. Or mix them up!
Juice of 1 lemon

Turbinado sugar (or other raw, course grain sugar)

1 teaspoon chopped rosemary.

Preheat oven to 350. · Grease 12” ceramic cake or pie pan with butter or olive oil, and coat with breadcrumbs or flour.

· Cream the butter / olive oil.

· Add sugar while mixer is running.

· Add eggs one at a time, beating until mixed.

· Mix baking powder into cup of flour and add that slowly to the batter while mixing, until just incorporated - don't over mix!

· Spread into pan. Pile on the fruit, or arrange in a spiral pattern. Try to avoid getting fruit right up to the edge. Press the fruit lightly into batter.

· Sprinkle first with juice of one juicy lemon, then turbinado sugar and then chopped rosemary. (Don't be shy with lemon and sugar.)

· Bake in oven until the middle is set and it takes on a nice golden brown color.

· Let it cool and serve out of the pan.

Platters and Totems Show Opens

The show, Totems and Platters, opens this Saturday April 16th from 5 to 7pm at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, CA. I've seen the show and it is fantastic! It runs through May. A 'must see' if you are in the area. My piece "Flamingo in Paradise" is there along with over 100 others. The opening is open to everyone so come join us if you can.

CustomMade.com

My work can now be found on CutomMade.com. It's a web site that features all custom made work like furniture and sculpture and all kinds of fantastic stuff. There are some ready made pieces that you can purchase right off of the site as well as finding people who can make just what you need to fill that special place. If you have been looking for something special check out the site and find the link to an artist who can make it for you.

I have my totem poles on the site as well as some of my animal sculptures and tables. This photo is of my "Two Birds Totem" which is just over 5 feet tall. As with all of my pieces it is high fired stoneware and can be used indoors or out.