OLD-FASHIONED CURRANT TART

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pies Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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—–PASTRY DOUGH—–
1/2 c Unsalted butter
1/4 c Sugar
1 t Vanilla extract
1 Egg yolk
1 1/4 c Cake flour
—–PASTRY CREAM—–
1 c Milk
1/4 c Sugar
3 Egg yolks
3 tb Flour
1 t Vanilla
—–FINISHING—–
3 pt Fresh red currants
– rinsed and stemmed
1/2 c Toasted, sliced almonds
Confectioners’ sugar
—–GLAZE—–
1 c Red currant jelly
2 tb Kirsch

FOR THE DOUGH: Beat the butter and sugar with the paddle on medium speed
until very soft and light. Beat in the vanilla and the yolk and continue
beating until smooth and shiny, about 3 more minutes. Stop the mixer, sift
the cake flour and add to the butter mixture. Pulse the mixer on and off to
incorporate the flour. Scrape the dough onto a piece of plastic, wrap and
chill it until firm. FOR THE PASTRY CREAM: Combine the milk and half the
sugar in a saucepan over low heat. Whisk the yolks with the remaining sugar
and sift the flour over and whisk it in. Beat 1/3 of the boiling milk into
the yolk mixture and return the remaining milk to a boil. Beat the yolk
mixture into the boiling milk and continue beating until the cream thickens
and comes to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Scrape the
cream onto a clean plate, cover with plastic wrap and chill. Roll the dough
and fit it into a 10-to-11-inch tart pan. Cut a disk of parchment paper to
fit the inside of the dough and fill with dried beans. Preheat oven to
325F. Bake the tart shell about 20 minutes, until set. Remove the paper and
beans and continue baking 5 minutes more to color the pastry. Do not
over-bake. Cool the shell in the pan. Spread the cooled pastry cream on the
cooled tart shell. Arrange the currants on the pastry cream. Bring the
jelly and kirsch to a boil and strain. Reduce to thicken if necessary.
Brush the glaze on the berries. Edge the tart with the almonds and sprinkle
the almonds with the confectioners’ sugar.

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Amish Friendship Bread

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads – Sourdough

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2/3 cup Oil
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cups Plain flour
3 Eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking powder
1 small Box instant vanilla pudding
1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/2 teaspoon Baking soda

Do not use metal. Do not refrigerate. Cover lightly.

Day 1 Find out what day it is. Day 2 Stir with wooden spoon Day 3 Stir
with wooden spoon Day 4 Stir with wooden spoon Day 5 Add 1 cup each
sugar, milk, plain flour. Stir well with wooden spoon. Day 6 Stir with
wooden spoon Day 7 Stir with wooden spoon Day 8 Stir with wooden spoon
Day 9 Stir with wooden spoon Day 10 Add 1 cup each sugar, milk, plain
flour. Pour 1 cup mix in 3 plastic or glass containers. Give 2 to
friends; keep one for starter. Add to remaining cup and mix well:

Optional: add 1 cup chopped nuts, raisins, blueberries, chopped apples,
etc.

Pour into 2 well greased loaf pans or 1 Bundt pan. (My tube pan
worked well.) Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes, until toothpick
comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes then remove.

Source: Jennie Oles
Originally Posted by Kim Smith.

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Tourlu

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Casseroles Main Dish
Vegetables Vegetarian

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/2 Pound Green Beans — cut in 2-in lengths
1 Medium Eggplant — cubed
2 Onions — chopped
3 Carrots — sliced
2 Stalks Celery — sliced
1 Bell Pepper — chopped
2 Potatoes — peeled and cubed
1 Can Tomato — chopped
1/4 Cup Olive Oil
1/2 Cup Catsup
1 1/2 Teaspoons Sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoons Basil
1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper
3 Small Zucchini
1 Cup Plain Yogurt

Combine beans, eggplant, onion, carrots, celery, bell pepper, and
potatoes in a 5 qt. casserole dish. Add remaining ingredients
(except zucchini and yogurt); stir gently. Cover dish, bake at 350F for
1.5 hours or until vegetables are almost tender, removing lid and basting
vegetables with juices every 30 min. Add sliced zucchini to casserole,
gently mix in. Bake casserole uncovered for 20 more min. Serve with a
generous spoonful of yogurt on each serving.

This is an Armenian vegetable stew, a perfect use of summer’s bounty.
I must admit that the first time I made this recipe, while I was
preparing it I thought there’s no way this could be any good. But it
really is quite fantastic.

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Tarte Tatin w/Oatmeal Crust

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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Pastry
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 cups flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, chilled — cut in 1/2″ pieces
4 tablespoons ice water
Filling
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar — packed
1 3/4 teaspoons lemon peel — grated
2 1/2 pounds Golden delicious apples, peeled, halved — cored
each apple cut into 3 wedges
Unsweetened whipped cream — garnish, optional

For pastry: Blend oats and sugar in a processor until oats are finely
ground. Blend in flour and salt. Add butter and process using the on/off
button, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in ice water by the
tablespoon, until mixture begins to clump together. Gather dough into ball,
flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill 1 hour. (Can be made 2 days
ahead. Keep chilled. Soften at room temperature before rolling.)

For filling: Preheat oven to 425. Melt butter in a heavy 10″ diameter cast
iron skillet over medium heat. Gradually mix in both sugars; stir until
sugars begin to dissolve and mixture starts to bubble, about 2 minutes. Mix
in lemon peel. Remove from heat. Arrange apple wedges on their sides in a
circle around the eges of the skillet, so they fit tightly. Place several
apple wedges tightly together in center of skillet. Cut any remaining apple
wedges into 1/2″ pieces; scatter over apple wedges, mounding slightly in
center.

Place skillet over medium heat and cook 3 minutes. Cover skillet and cook
apples 5 minutes. Uncover skillet and cook until apple juices and sugars
form syrup but apples are still firm to touch, about 10 minutes. Remove from
heat.

Roll out dough between sheets of floured wax paper to 12″ round. Peel off
top sheet of paper. Using bottom sheet of waxed paper as an aid, invert
dough onto warm apples in skillet. Remove wax papper. Press pastry edges
down and inside skillet around apples.

Bake until crust is deep golden, about 40 minutes. Using a small knife, cut
around crust to loosen. Let stand 1 minute. Place a large platter over
skillet. Using oven mitts as an aid, hold platter and skillet tightly
together and invert tart onto platter. Rearrange any apples that may have
become dislodged. Cool to lukewarm, about 30 minutes. Cut into wedges.
Garnish with a dollop of unsweetened whipped cream on top of slice.

Note: As the tart cools, the crust gets flakier, so it’s best not to have
this right out of the oven. Try it lukewarm or at room temperature.

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OJAWASHKWAWEGAD (WILD GREEN SALAD)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Salads Native
Algonquin Vegetables

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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—–SALAD—–
1 c Wild onions -ÿÿleeks,
— well chopped
1 qt Watercress
1/4 c Sheep -ÿÿwood sorrel
1 1/2 c Dandelion leaves
—–DRESSING—–
1/3 c Sunflower seed oil
1/3 c Cider vinegar
3 tb Maple syrup
3/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper

Toss together the salad ingredients. Combine the dressing
ingredients mix well. Toss the salad in the dressing serve.

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6-8 Dried New Mexico Chiles
4 Dried Ancho Chiles
4 Dried Pasilla Chiles
3 Dried Anaheim Chile
2 Dried Cascabel Chiles
2 Dried Chipotle Chiles
1 Habanero Chili
2 Cloves Garlic
2 Teaspoon Cumin
1 Bottle Beer
Salt, Oregano, to taste
2 lbs meat. (Ground or cut up into small pieces)
1 Green Pepper, chopped
1 Red Pepper, chopped
1 Onion, chopped
3 Cloves Garlic
4 strips bacon
16 Ozs Corn or Beans.

1) Prepare Sauce: Add 8 cups boiling water to New Mexico, Ancho, Pasilla,
Anaheim, and Cascabel Chiles. Let soak 30 minutes. Place in blender with 1/2
of soaking water plus fresh water and beer. Add 2 cloves of garlic and blend
for ~3 minutes.
Strain the resulting puree into a pot. Add cumin, salt, oregano, Chipotle and
habanero chiles. Simmer.

2) Prepare rest of chili: Cook Bacon. Eat Bacon. Add garlic, peppers, onion
to bacon fat and cook 2 minutes. Add meat, and brown. Add chili sauce. Simmer
for a few hours. Add corn or beans about 1 hour before serving. Skim fat
before serving.

You may use a different variety of chiles. Be creative and experiment.

Limello Fluff

Recipe By : The Cookie Lady’s Files
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:12
Categories : Dessert

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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3 ozs lime gelatin powder
3 ozs fat-free cream cheese — softened
1 c miniature marshmallows
1 env Dream Whip® whipped topping mix
8 ozs crushed pineapple

Prepare lime gelatin according to package directions and let set until
almost firm. In double boiler, combine cream cheese and marshmallows. Let
this partially cool while you prepare the whipped topping mix as directed.
In a mixing bowl, using low speed, blend together the cream
cheese-marshmallow mixture, whipped topping mix, semi-molded gelatin, and
pineapple. Pour into a mold and chill until firmly set.

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Per serving: 119 Calories; less than one gram Fat (1% calories from fat);
4g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 2mg Cholesterol; 117mg Sodium

—
Anita A. Matejka

Texas, USA

Title: Potato Chip Cookies 2
Categories: Cookies, Pitzer
Yield: 1 servings

1 c Butter
1/2 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
2 c White flour
1/2 c Potato chips crushed
1/2 c Pecans, chopped

Cream together until light and fluffy, Butter, sugar, and vanilla
extract. Blend in Unbleached Flour, Crushed Potato Chips and Chopped
Pecans. Drop by tsp on an ungreased baking sheet 2-inches apart.
Flatten with a greased and sugared glass bottom. Bake in a preheated
350 degree F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen
cookies.

from Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipe Books

MMMMM

Title: Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 30 servings

3/4 c Shortening, butter flavored
1 1/4 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
1 Egg
1/3 c Milk
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
3 c Oats, rolled (raw); quick/
-old fashioned
1 c Flour, all-purpose
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Cinnamon
1 c Raisins
1 c Walnuts; chopped

Recipe by: quaker Oatmeal boxtop
Preparation Time: 0:30
2. Lightly grease cookie sheet with shortening.
3. Combine shortening, brown sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla; beat with
mixer on high speed to blend well.
4. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; add to shorteing
mixture and combine until just blended.
5. Stir in raisins and nuts.
6. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
7. Bake for 10-13 min., or until lightly browned. Cool 2 min. on cooling
rack.

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Babka with Various Fillings

Recipe By : Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook/ Tom Lacalamita p. 156
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : All About Breads- Machine

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 cup milk
2 tablespoons milk — additional
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour — (all purpose)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter — or margarine
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast

(PICK A FILLING:)

CINNAMON SUGAR BABKA FILLING:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter — softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

CHOCOLATE BABKA FILLING:
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
1/3 cup coarsely chopped pecans

CHEESE BABKA FILLING:
8 ounces farmer’s cheese
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
1/4 cup dark raisins

CRUMB TOPPING:
1 tablespoon unsalted butter — softened
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 pinches cinnamon

EGG WASH:
1 large egg white — beaten with:
1 teaspoon water

All ingredients must be at room temperature.

Add ingredients except for filling, crumb topping, and egg wash in the order
specified in your machine’s manual.

Use DOUGH setting.

At the end of the program, press CLEAR/ STOP. To punch dough down,
press START and let knead for 60 seconds. Press CLEAR/ STOP again.
Remove dough and let rest 5 minutes before hand-shaping.

HAND- SHAPING TECHNIQUE:
While the dough is rising, prepare your filling of choice by blending
ingredients
together with a fork til crumbly. To make crumb topping, blend all ingredients
with a fork til crumbly. Chill both til ready to use.

Lightly grease a 4 -1/2 x 8 -1/2- inch loaf pan. On a lightly floured surface,
roll the dough into a 10 x 20-inch rectangle. Cover with filling up to 1 -inch
from edges.
Roll up lengthwise, jelly roll fashion. Pinch seam and ends together securely
together
so that they do not open during baking.

Carefully place babka in prepared pan. Fold ends under and shape into an “ S ”
so that it fits into the pan. Cover with a clean kitchen cloth and let rise til
doubled in size.

OVEN: 350

Form a crease in the top of the risen babka with the side of your hand.
Brush with egg wash and cover with crumb topping.

Bake approximately 30 to 35 minutes, or til golden brown.
(If babka begins to brown too quickly, cover top with foil..

Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

VARIATIONS:

CHOCOLATE FILLING:
Blend together cocoa and sugar. Brush surface of babka with melted butter.
Sprinkle with cocoa-sugar mixture and pecans.

CHEESE FILLING:
Blend all ingredients together except the raisins.
After spreading the cheese filling on the babka, sprinkle with raisins.

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NOTES : This sounds outrageous!…