Tomato and Bread Soup – Marion Cunningham

Recipe By : The Supper Book – Marion Cunningham
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Stews Want To Try

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2/3 cup olive oil
4 cloves garlic — crushed
2 large onions — finely chopped
6 medium tomatoes — peel, seed, chop
4 cups chicken broth
1/2 loaf French bread — sliced
3 ounces Parmesan cheese — grated

Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the garlic
and onions and cook until soft, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and
simmer for 10 minutes – watch carefully and stir often. Pour in the broth,
stir to blend, and bring to a boil. While the soup is boiling, break up the
bread slices and add to the soup. Continue to cook over medium heat for 2 more
minutes. Cover and let stand for 1 hour, then reheat and serve. (This may be
served without reheating, but the flavors are stronger when the soup is
allowed to stand.) Pass around a bowl of the grated Parmesan cheese at the
table.

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Title: Gingerbread Dough For Structures
Categories: Polkadot, Epona, Cookies
Yield: 1 Servings

2/3 c Shortening
1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Blackstrap molasses
1 Egg
3 c Flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Ginger
1 ts Cloves
1/2 ts Nutmeg

Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses and egg; beat thoroughly.
Sift together remaining ingredients and add to liquid mixture. Mix
well. If dough does not come together, add water as necessary.
(Dough tends to be stiff.) Roll to 1/2″ thick and cut pattern for
desired structure. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes. Be very careful
when removing from baking sheets to cooling rack. Let cool
thoroughly, then assemble using Royal icing (2 egg whites, 1/2 tsp.
cream of tartar, 1/2 to 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 lb. confectioners sugar.
Beat until stiff.)

A couple of things: Roll out the dough right on the cookie sheets,
cut your pieces, and peel away the extra dough. A lot easier than
trying to transfer the pieces from rolling board to sheets. Leave
some space between pieces; this dough tends to spread a bit. It also
has a tendency to crack a little when you take it off the baking
sheet if you use a small spatula to move it. I went out and invested
in one with a 5"x3″ blade. The cookie isn’t too sweet, but nice and
spicy.

I spent the whole day with my mom, helping her make cookies for
Christmas gifts. Somewhere around 600 cookies later, I’m finally
home…. Anyway, she gave me permission to divulge her gingerbread
recipe, so here it is.

* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by EPONA

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Title: Hayes Street Grill Apricot Crisp
Categories: Desserts, Ceideburg 2
Yield: 4 servings

8 tb Unsalted butter, cut in
-small pieces
4 c Pitted apricot halves
Juice of 1 lemon
2 To 8 tablespoons granulated
-sugar, to taste
1 c All-purpose flour
1 c Light brown sugar, packed
pn Salt
1 ts Ground cinnamon
Softly whipped cream,
-creme fraiche or vanilla
-ice cream

This is a dessert from one of the good ol’ San Francisco eateries.

Adapted from “A Taste of San Francisco”, Doubleday, 1990.

Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly butter a 9-inch pie pan or shallow,
round baking dish with a little of the butter.

Toss the fruit in lemon juice and granulated sugar to taste. Pile
into a baking dish.

Combine the flour, remaining butter, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon
in a bowl. Rub together with fingertips until the mixture is
crumbly. Sprinkle on top of the fruit.

Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the fruit is bubbly around the edges
and the top has browned. Allow to cool briefly; serve while still
warm, with whipped cream, creme fraiche or ice cream.

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

San Mateo Times, 2/5/91.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg; February 14 1991.

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Title: Sesame Prawn Triangles
Categories: Dim sum, Snacks, Chinese
Yield: 16 Snacks

4 Meadium-thick slices
-White bread
1 oz Pork fat
1 lb Peeled cooked
-prawns
2 tb Chopped parsley
2 Spring onions, chopped
5 ts Cornflour
Salt and pepper
1/2 ts Sugar
A few drops of sesame oil
4 oz Sesame seeds
Oil for deep frying
A few whole cooked
-prawns to garnish

The bread slices should be dry. If they are not, then put them under
a low grill to become crisp without browning.Blanch the pork fat in
boiling water, then drain it thoroughly and chop the fat finely.
Roughly chop, then mash the prawns in a basin. Add the pork fat,
parsley and spring onions, then mix in the cornflour, seasoning,
sugar and sesame oil. Make sure that all the ingredients are
thoroughly combined. Spread the prawn mixture on to the bread in a
thick, even layer, moulding it with your fingers. Press the sesame
seeds on to the prawn mixture to make an even coating. Heat the oil
for deep frying to 190 c 375 F. Add the sesame-coated slices a few at
a time, and fry them until they are golden brown. Drain on absorbent
kitchen paper. Cut the slices into small neat triangles, then serve
them hot. Garnish with a few whole cooked prawns if you like.

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Jalapeno Mustard

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 Tsp Whole Coriander Seeds
1/4 Cup Whole Yellow Mustard Seeds
1 Small Onion — peeled chopped
1/4 Cup Whole Black Mustard Seeds
2 Small Jalapeno Peppers — Stemmed Seeded
1/4 Cup Dry Powdered Mustard
1/4 Cup Cider Vinegar
3/4 Cup Cold Water
1/4 Cup Dry White Wine
3 Cloves Garlic — Peeled Chopped

Toast the coriander seeds in a dry skillet.
Slightly crush the two types of mustard seeds and the
coriander seeds in a mortar or a blender.
Mix the crushed seeds with the water.
Let stand for at least 3 hours.
Combine the remaining ingredients in the blender.
Puree until smooth.
Stir the puree into the mustard mixture.
Bring the mixture to a boil.
Reduce the heat.
Simmer until the mixture is the desired thickness
(usually about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally.

NOTE: The mustard will thicken slightly as it cools.
Store refrigerated and tightly covered.

Yields 1 Pint.

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Title: CHINESE CASSEROLE
Categories: Casseroles, Ethnic, Chinese
Yield: 1 servings

1 1/2 lb Ground beef, browned
1 lg Onion, diced
2 c Celery, diced
1 cn Tomato soup
1 cn Cream of mushroom soup
1 cn Bean sprouts (drained)

Mix together and place in greased 2 quart casserole.
Cover top with chow mein noodles. Bake at 350 degrees
for 40 minutes.

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Diabetic Marmalade-Using gelatine

Recipe By : Marguerite Patten’s Jams, Pickles and Jellies
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :1:00
Categories : Diabetic Jams

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 Seville Oranges
2 Lemons
1 pint water
1/2 ounce powdered gelatin, for every 1/2 pint pulp
8 saccharin tablets

1. Cut the rind from the oranges and lemons (being careful to remove no
white pith with the rind) and chop it.
2. Cut up the pulp.
3. Place it in a preserving pan with the rind and 1 pint water.
4. Boil gently for about 30 minutes, test carefully.
5. Cook unitl the pulp and rind are tender.
6. Add sacharine.
7. Add the gelating dissolved in a little of the hot syrup.
8. Remove from heat.
9. Bottle while still hot.
10. Cover at once.

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NOTES : NOTE: DO NOT MAKE LARGE QUNATITIES AS THIS WILL NOT KEEP UNLESS
YOU STERILISE.

Title: Fresh Tomato Soup
Categories: German, Soups/stews
Yield: 4 servings

6 ea Tomatoes; medium size or 2 lb Italian plum tomatoes
1 ea Onion; chopped 1 ea Celery; stalk, chopped
2 c Chicken broth 1 tb Tomato paste
1/2 ts Basil; dried 1/4 ts Pepper; freshly ground
1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Yogurt

Cut tomatoes into wedges and place in 1 1/2-quart saucepan with all
ingredients except yogurt. Simmer uncovered 30 minutes. Strain to remove
tomato skins and seeds. Adjust seasonings. Garnish with spoonfuls of
yogurt.

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SRI LANKA DATE CHUTNEY

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Sauces Fruits

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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———> source <--------- “A taste of Sri Lanka” By Indra Jayasekera -----DATE CHUTNEY----- 100 g Dates 3 Garlic cloves 2 sl Ginger 1 t Mustard seeds 2 Cardamom 2 Clove 100 g Sugar 250 ml Vinegar 1/2 ts Chile powder 2 cg Cinnamon stick 25 g Sultanas 1/2 ts Salt ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ> Directions
<ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Stone the dates and chop the flesh finely. Grind the garlic, ginger and mustard seeds together and crush the cardamoms and cloves. Place the sugar in a pan, pour on the vinegar and heat gently. When the sugar has dissolved, add the dates, chile powder, garlic, mustard, ginger, cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon stick and cook over a low heat until the liquid thickens but the dates are not pulpy. Add the sultanas and cook for a further 2 minutes, then discard the cinnamon stick, add salt and set aside to cool. ISBN #962 224 010 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Title: RAVIOLI IN ROASTED GARLIC BROTH
Categories: Pasta
Yield: 4 servings

MMMMM—————————BROTH——————————–
1 sm Whole head garlic
2 c Chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 c Fresh herb leaves, such as
-basil, oregano or sage

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1 tb Olive oil
2 md Cloves garlic, peeled and
-split in halves
1/2 c Fresh Italian or French
-bread crumbs

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2 ts Olive oil
1 sm Red bell pepper
1 sm Yellow bell pepper
1 lb Ravioli (cheese, chicken
-or spinach)
1/3 c Frozen peas
2 tb Minced herb (as in broth)
2 tb Grated Parmesan cheese

To prepare the broth: Cut about 1/2 inch from the top of the head of
garlic; wrap in foil and bake 1 hour in an oven preheated to 350
degrees. Remove from the oven and set aside.

Combine the broth and herbs in a saucepan. Put over medium-low heat to
steep for 30 minutes. Strain. Squeeze the garlic into a small bowl and
whisk in a few tb of the broth. Stir back into the broth.

To prepare the crumb topping: Pour 1 1/2 tb olive oil into a nonstick
skillet, add the split cloves garlic and place over medium-low heat.
Slowly saute the garlic until golden. Remove the garlic from the pan
and add the bread crumbs, stirring well. Saute until golden. Transfer
to a plate and set aside.

Stem, seed, and finely chop bell peppers. Heat 2 ts oil in a large
nonstick skillet. Add the bell peppers and saute 5 minutes. Add the
roasted garlic broth and simmer 5 minutes.

Cook the ravioli according to package directions. Drain and add to the
broth with the peas; cook 3 minutes, stirring gently. Serve in
shallow soup bowls sprinkled with the crumb topping, minced herbs and
cheese.

Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 401 calories, 14 g fat,
2 mg cholesterol and 1210 mg sodium.

The Dayton Ohio Daily News, April 10, 1996

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