Fresh berries, piled into a buttery crust and topped with whipped cream, form miniature pies. Each one can serve as a generous single portion or be shared.
You can substitute any berries, like blueberries or raspberries, for the strawberries. To make milk shakes instead of floats, add ice cream and 1 cup buttermilk to blender with berry mixture and puree...
For her elegant interpretation of fruit danish, Grace Parisi tosses wedges of big purple plums with sugar and cardamom, then pinches them into neat little puff pastry pockets and bakes them.