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Ingredients

  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 lemons
  • Ginger cookies (such as Speculoos) or graham crackers

Method

  1. Place cream cheese (e.g. Philadelphia) in a mixing bowl.
  2. Add powdered sugar.
  3. Beat ingredients together.
  4. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze the juice of one half into the mixture.
  5. Mix well.
  6. Cut the top and bottom off of a lemon and hollow.
  7. Fill the hollowed-out lemon with the whipped mixture.
  8. Crush ginger cookies and sprinkle the crumbles on top.
  9. Serve and enjoy!

Top rated Poached pear recipes

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- Peel the pears and lemon zest

  • 10 pears
  • 4 1/4 cups of wine
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • Lemon zest
  • White pepper grains
  • 1/2 vanilla bean
  • 1 pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 stick of cinnamon
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You look so good when you make this you could charge ten bucks per slice

  • Poached Pears
  • 3 pears, peeled, halved and cored
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons brandy, optional
  • Chocolate Crust
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Spiced Chocolate Filling
  • 6 ounces bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
  • ¾ cup whipping cream, or canned coconut milk
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
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