Category: Food & Drink
My Favourite Eggnog recipe
Dec
23
2016
Below is a recipe for eggnog that is a combination of several recipes I have gathered throughout the years and that I have refined to perfection. Please note the last step before serving under the directions. It’s what it makes it the best.
Approximate conversions
1 quart = 1 liter
1 cup = 250 ml
| Ingredients:
12 eggs 11/2 cups sugar 1 quart whole milk 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 3 cups of bourbon 1/2 cup of dark rum 2 cups of cognac Nutmeg
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Directions:
Beat egg yolks Add sugar, milk and heavy cream Add the “booze” Beat the egg whites Fold in the egg whites Leave it to stand so that your partner can empty the rest of the booze into eggnog Serve with freshly grated nutmeg |
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Memories of Angel Food Cake
Mar
07
2013
So now that I have a real oven again, I’ve been experimenting deserts from my childhood. I started out with brownies which came out very well. I’v never abandoned chococolate chip cookies, so haven’t tried those yet. So the next on the list was Angel Food Cake.
I have sweet memories of my mom’s angel food cake that was so huge & fluffy and to die for with stawberries. So I decided it should be the one to try. Alas, without cream of tartar and not a real angel food cake pan the first result was disasterous. I had used a regular bunt pan and substituted the cream of tartar with lemon juice (as per my research on the internets) because I was convinced it still could not be found in Italy.
Then a collegue of mine pointed out that you can find cream of tarter in the supermarket, you just need to know what you’re looking for: Cremor Tartaro. I also bought a real AFC pan off Ebay, created my own cake flour with flour and maizena and voilà. The result was not as huge as I remembered but the taste is right and it sort of looks right, too 
Next cake on the list: pineapple upside down cake. Stay tuned
Recipe used for this Angel Food Cake: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/angel-food-cake-i/detail.aspx
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Don’t throw out the waffle iron!
Oct
21
2012
I’ve had a waffle iron for years and once in a while I would try making waffles. But they never came out well. Yesterday we were cleaning out the rec room and I came across the waffle iron again. I decided to throw it out. But my husband, who is a near horder, went through the trash bag and said I should give it one more last try. So I did, but not before doing thorough research. And, believe it or not, they came out almost perfect!! Meaning perfect enough not to throw the iron out.
I want to share the two links that made my almost perfect waffles:
1) Recipe at allecipes.com: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Waffles-I/Detail.aspx (my favorite recipe site)
2) Instructions at wikihow.com: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Waffles – they also have a recipe but I used the one above.
As always, I did not add the vanilla extract (for the simple reason that I don’t have it and also because I think it tastes better without).
Just so you know!
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Banana bread; so simple but oh, so yummy!
Oct
14
2012
My kids say this was my best banana bread ever, so I decided to share a picture and the recipe.
The recipe is from the New Fannie Farmer Boston coooking-School Cook Book (1951 edition), though here it’s called Banana Cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (I use sunflower seed oil)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 banana mashed
2 cups of pastry or cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup of milk.
Cream butter; add sugar gradually. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add mashed banana. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk.
Bake at 350°, 20 to 30 minutes,
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