Preserved Lemon Pound Cake with Lemon Cream Icing🍋

Preserved Lemon Pound Cake with Lemon Cream Icing
This fresh, citrus-forward cake is delicious for dessert, afternoon tea, or breakfast. Serve it with our Preserved Lemon Cream and fresh raspberries.
SHOPPING LIST:
4 large eggs
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/8 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 wedges Bella Cucina Preserved Lemons, diced (remove pulp and rinse lemons before dicing)
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
½ teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
½ cup heavy cream at room temperature, plus 2 tablespoons
5 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter, melted then cooled
1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 jar Bella Cucina Preserved Lemon Cream
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 cup fresh raspberries
PREPARATION: Preheat oven to 350’
Butter a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan and dust with flour, shaking off
the excess.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla extract until blended. Stir in Bella Cucina Preserved Lemon until combined.
Fold in sifted flour and baking powder. Add heavy cream, stirring until incorporated. Gently fold in melted butter and olive oil.
Once combined, pour into pan and bake in center of the oven until golden brown and toothpick placed in center of cake comes out clean, about 60 minutes.
Remove from the oven and set on a wire rack to cool.
For the glaze, whisk sifted powdered sugar with 1 Tablespoon of Bella Cucina Preserved Lemon Cream and 2 Tablespoons of heavy cream until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake and let set before slicing.
Serve with Bella Cucina Preserved Lemon Cream and fresh raspberries

Baked Feta with Preserved Lemon and Olives
INGREDIENTS:
6 ounces good-quality feta or halloumi cheese
8 ounces mixed varieties of olives, drained from their brine
1 wedge Bella Cucina Preserved Lemon, cut into thin slices
1/2 teaspoon Bella Cucina Wild Oregano & Sage Salt
2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
PREPARATION: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Place the cheese in an ovenproof baking dish and surround with olives. Scatter the lemon slices and sprinkle with salt. Drizzle with Olive oil. Bake for 20 minutes, or until cheese is slightly golden and bubbly.

Bella Cucina Preserved Lemons🍋🍋🍋

So many customers ask how to use our beautiful preserved lemons…they are almost too pretty to open! Step Up Your Cooking With Preserved Lemons!

They add a complex, mellow flavor that ordinary lemons can’t match. Keeping a jar of preserved lemons in your pantry is like owning a valid culinary passport. Crack the lid, scoop out a segment, and get ready to travel. These intensely flavored, tender, and syrupy citrus fruits steer a dish magically. Adds a depth of flavor to dishes never attained before. Separate the rind from the pulp and mince. Stuff the rind under the skin chicken or roast, or puree entire lemon slices with olive oil and a flavorful savory salt for delightful vinaigrette. Make compound butter with bits of chopped preserved lemons and fresh herb, for steak, fish and chicken. Wonderful minced and sprinkled over roasted vegetables with fresh cracked pepper, olive oil, and grated parmesan.

Iconic Butterfly Chairs🖤🤎🤍

So many new items are arriving daily!! These Iconic Butterfly Cowhide & Canvas Leather Chairs are so fun! An icon of Latin American modernism butterfly chairs are one of the most copied designs of the 20th century. Butterfly chairs would be so fun to decorate a dorm room with this Fall. 

The Two Tone Canvas and Leather Butterfly Chair combines stylish design and functional seating. This piece is easily moved from one space to another with its iron-base and removable canvas leather cover. Accented with canvas, the leather in this piece exudes a sophisticated rustic aura perfect for a teen's room, office space, or extra seating in your game room. 

$225.00 Black & White Cowhide Butterfly Chair

$185.00 Canvas Leather Butterfly Chair

The Butterfly chair was designed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1938 by the architects Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, who were working with Le Corbusier's studio, and who formed the architectural collective Grupo Austral [es] in Buenos Aires. The chair was developed for an apartment building they designed in Buenos Aires.

On March 6, 1940, a picture of the chair appeared in the US publication Retailing Daily, where it was described as a "newly invented Argentine easy-chair ... for siesta sitting".On July 24, 1940, the chair was awarded the 2nd prize by the National Cultural Commission[8] at the 3rd Salón de Artistas Decoradores exhibition in Argentina.[1] Both the exhibition and the picture in Retailing Daily attracted the attention of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

RESTOCK….It’s Peach Season!!🍑🍑🍑

RESTOCK….It’s Peach Season!! Spreading happiness from Fredericksburg, Texas, our Fredericksburg Peach Jam, Peach Pie Filling, Peach Honey, Peach Butter, Jalapeño Jam, and Peaches & Whiskey BBQ Sauce evokes memories of being in the Texas Hill Country even when you can’t. 

Ribeye Steaks & Peaches
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons lemon pepper
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
4 (1 ¼-pound) ribeye steaks
½ cup Old Fashioned Peach Preserves
2 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme
1 tablespoon melted butter
12 small ripe peaches, peeled, pitted and halved
Fresh thyme sprigs
Combine the dry seasonings and use to coat the steaks. Grill directly over coals or a gas grill 10-13 minutes, until desired degree of doneness.
In a bowl, combine the preserves with thyme and melted butter.
Toss the peaches in this, then grill about 5 minutes.
Serve with steaks, garnishing with thyme sprigs.

 Peach Jam Fast Cobbler 
1 pound of fresh peaches sliced
1-10oz jar Fredericksburg Peach Jam
2 cups of water
2 frozen Pillsbury Pie Crust
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon
4 tbsp butter
1 egg (egg wash)
Directions
Preheat oven to 375.
Add your 2 cups of water to a medium size pot, then pour in peaches, Fredericksburg Peach Jam and 3 tbsp of butter.
Heat on mid to high heat until peaches soften up and the liquid thickens.
While peaches are cooking, coat an 8 or 10-square cake pan with 1 tbsp of butter.
Cut one sheet of pie crust to fit the bottom of the pan.
Once the peach filling is ready to use, pour into the cake pan and cover it with another sheet of pie crust.
Egg wash lightly the top of the crust and dust with some sugar and cinnamon mixture.
Place in oven for 40 min or until it is golden brown.
Remove from oven and let cool for about 10 min to allow peaches and sauce to thicken before cutting into cobbler.

Pineapple Mango Salsa
2 cups pineapples, diced
1 whole mango, diced
1⁄2 red onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
1⁄2 cup Jalapeño Pepper Jelly
2 tbsp olive oil
7 sprigs parsley, chopped
1 tsp dried cilantro
zest from 1/2 a lemon
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ancho chili powder
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp water
Directions
Combine the pineapple, mango, red onion, garlic, tomato, parsley, cilantro and lemon zest in a large bowl and toss together.
Add lemon juice and combine well.
In a food processor combine olive oil, balsamic vinegar, ancho chili powder and Texas Heat Pepper Jelly. Blend until ingredients are emulsified. (If the mixture is thick add the water until it is pourable.)
Add half the mixture to the bowl of salsa.
Toss so that it coats all of the other ingredients.
Cover and chill for at least an hour. Can be left overnight.
Serve with chips or as an addition to any meal.
Optional: Increase onion, garlic and ancho chili powder to increase spice. Chop or grate extra jalapeno for added heat.

Tucumacari Kimono Jacket

One of our favorite Magnolia Pearl pieces the cotton twill Tucumacari Kimono Jacket with denim quiltwork pockets suits Venita perfectly. Growing up my mom was always creating, painting, and had a vision of what a home or garden could look like. Always painting a wall or artful canvas, putting fabrics together for pillows and curtains, creating stain glass, or tracking through fall aspen leaves in the mountains. She never stops and is the most creative person I know and so thankful for her!
The Floral Miner Denim Strawberry Patch Pants…Ideal for an in-between season, these Floral Miners meld meadow imagery with rugged yarn-dyed plaid patching to craft a truly transitional, transformational piece.
A landscape is never captured,
only observed.
Worn over time,
told through color.
Cotton Twill
Denim Quiltwork Detail on Pockets
Asymmetrical Hem
Paint & Stains
Metal Snap Closures
Hand-Fading, Distressing, Mending, Patching & Stitching
MP Love Co. Patch
Each Magnolia Pearl item is cut “One Size Fits Most”.
Lay Away welcome. Shipping available.

Summer Gifts🐝🌞🌻

Summer gifts should represent quintessential summer experiences. And all of these fun & thoughtful gifts we have been wrapping up does just that. From a precious husband picking out turquoise earrings, hot chocolate, and a hand-thrown mug just because he loved her…to a sweet sister battling cancer and needed some cheer! Or a beautiful bridal gift of copper measuring cups and linen napkins. Our customer’s are so creative and gift wrapping has been our specialty for many years. It is a free service we happily provide as well, and our fresh rosemary tied in the bow from our garden makes it pretty special to give!