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Whole Wheat Bread

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 C lukewarm water
  • 1 pkg (1 TBL) yeast (w/1 tsp sugar)
  • 1/2 C honey (or ½ cup sugar)
  • 3 TBL oil
  • 1 TBL salt
  • 2 cup wheat flour
  • 2 cup white flour (more for kneading)
  • 2 TBL raw rolled oats

STEP BY STEP

  1. Mix everything together and dump out onto a floured surface
  2. Knead thoroughly on floured surface until smooth, keeping dough as soft as possible.
  3. Keep kneading, and adding more flour until you get a ball that is moist, but not sticky
  4. Place in greased bowls, cover and let rise until double – about 90 minutes.
  5. Shape into loaves, place in greased tin. Let rise until almost double – about 60 minutes.
  6. Bake 400° for 10 min then lower to 325° for 25-30 min.

Makes 2 loaves

 

From Sally’s Baking Addiction
A great site for new and seasoned bakers
Find it online: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/whole-wheat-bread/

Success Tips to Keep in Mind

  1. You can make this loaf of bread 100% whole wheat, or replace 1 cup (about 125–130g) of the whole wheat flour with bread flour for a lighter, taller, fluffier loaf. The directions remain the same.
  2. Knead the dough for a long time, at least 8 minutes. If you have a stand mixer, use it for this recipe. This is a heavy whole grain dough, so it requires a good amount of kneading to help produce a more elastic structure.
  3. When kneading, avoid adding too much flour; a slightly tacky and soft dough is OK.
  4. Use an instant-read thermometer to check the internal temperature of the baked bread. This guarantees you won’t under-bake or over-bake the bread. It’s an incredibly helpful baking tool! The bread is done when the center of the loaf is 195–200°F (90–93°C).
  5. If you’re new to working with yeast, please review my Baking with Yeast Guide where I include practical and easy-to-understand answers to many yeast FAQs

Whole Wheat Bread

5 Stars 4 Stars 3 Stars 2 Stars 1 Star 4.9 from 1587 reviews
  • Author: Sally McKenney
  • Prep Time: 4 hours, 30 minutes (includes sponge and rises)
  • Cook Time: 38 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 hours, 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 loaf

You need just 8 simple ingredients to make this whole wheat sandwich bread. It’s soft yet hearty and oh-so-flavorful, and store-bought sandwich bread just doesn’t compare! You can use 100% whole wheat flour, or you can swap in some bread flour for a taller, fluffier loaf. See recipe Notes for freezing and overnight instructions. You can also reference my Baking with Yeast Guide for answers to common yeast FAQs. 

Ingredients

Sponge

  • 1 cup (240ml) water, warmed to about 110°F (43°C)
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) whole milk, warmed to about 110°F (43°C)
  • 2 and 1/4 teaspoons (7g) active dry or instant yeast (1 standard packet)
  • 2 cups (260g) whole wheat flour (spooned & leveled)

Dough

  • 3 Tablespoons (63g) honey
  • 3 Tablespoons (43g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (or apple cider vinegar)
  • 1 and 1/3 cups (173g) whole wheat flour (spooned & leveled), plus more as needed
  • 1 and 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • optional oat topping: 1 beaten egg white + 1 Tablespoon whole oats

Instructions

    1. Prepare the sponge: In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, whisk the water, whole milk, and yeast together. Add the 2 cups (260g) flour and stir with a spatula or wooden spoon until a thick batter forms. Cover lightly and allow to double in size at room temperature, about 60–90 minutes. Sometimes this can take up to 2 hours. *I do not recommend a hand mixer for this dough because the dough is too thick and heavy.*
    2. Add the remaining dough ingredients including the honey, butter, lemon juice, remaining flour, and the salt. With a dough hook attachment, or using a spatula or wooden spoon (and some arm muscle!), beat on medium speed/mix until the dough comes together and pulls away from the sides of the bowl, about 3 minutes. If the dough seems too wet to a point where kneading (next step) would be impossible, beat in more flour 1 Tablespoon at a time until you have a workable dough, similar to the photos above. Dough should be soft and a little sticky, but still manageable to knead with lightly floured hands.
    1. Knead the dough: Keep the dough in the mixer and beat for an additional 8–10 full minutes, or knead by hand on a lightly floured surface for 8–10 full minutes. (If you’re new to bread-baking, my How to Knead Dough video tutorial can help here.) If the dough becomes too sticky during the kneading process, add 1 more Tablespoon of flour at a time to make a soft, slightly tacky dough. Do not add more flour than you need; you do not want a dry dough. After kneading, the dough should still feel a little soft. Poke it with your finger—if it slowly bounces back, your dough is ready to rise.
    2. 1st rise: Lightly grease a large bowl with oil or nonstick spray. Place the dough in the bowl, turning it to coat all sides in the oil. Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rise in a relatively warm environment for 1.5–2 hours or until about double in size. (For a tiny reduction in rise time, see my answer to Where Should Dough Rise? in my Baking With Yeast Guide.)
    3. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
    4. Shape the dough: When the dough is ready, punch it down to release the air. Lightly flour a work surface, your hands, and a rolling pin. Roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about 8×15 inches. It does not have to be perfect—in fact, it will probably be rounded on the edges. That’s ok! Roll it up into an 8-inch log and place in the prepared loaf pan.
    5. 2nd rise: Cover shaped loaf. Allow to rise until it’s about 1 inch above the top of the loaf pan, about 45–60 minutes.
  1. Adjust oven rack to a lower position and preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). It’s best to bake the bread towards the bottom of the oven so the top doesn’t burn.
  2. Optional oat topping: If you want to add the optional oat topping, add it right before baking the bread. With a pastry brush, brush the risen loaf with egg white, then sprinkle the oats on top.
  3. Bake the bread: Bake for 36–40 minutes, or until golden brown on top. If you notice the top browning too quickly, loosely tent the pan with aluminum foil. (I usually add it around the 20-minute mark.) To test for doneness, if you gently tap on the loaf, it should sound hollow. For a more accurate test, the bread is done when an instant-read thermometer reads the center of the loaf as 195–200°F (90–93°C). Remove from the oven and allow bread to cool for a few minutes in the pan on a cooling rack before removing the bread from the pan and slicing. Feel free to let it cool completely before slicing, too.
  4. Cover leftover bread tightly and store at room temperature for up to 1 week.

Notes

    1. Freezing Instructions: Prepare recipe through step 6. Place shaped loaf in a greased 9×5-inch loaf pan or disposable loaf pan, cover tightly, and freeze for up to 3 months. On the day you serve it, let the loaf thaw and rise for about 4–5 hours at room temperature. Bake as directed. You can also freeze the baked bread loaf. Allow the bread to cool completely, then freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator or at room temperature, then reheat as desired.
    2. Overnight Instructions: Prepare the recipe through step 6. Cover the shaped loaf tightly and refrigerate for up to about 15 hours. At least 3 hours before you need the bread the next day, remove from the refrigerator, keep covered, and allow to rise on the counter for about 1–2 hours before baking. Alternatively, you can let the dough have its 1st rise in the refrigerator overnight. Prepare the dough through step 3, then cover the dough tightly and place in the refrigerator for up to 12 hours. Remove from the refrigerator and allow the dough to fully rise for 2 more hours. Continue with step 5.
    3. Special Tools (affiliate links): Stand Mixer or Large Glass Mixing Bowl with Wooden Spoon or Silicone Spatula | 9×5-inch Loaf Pan | Rolling Pin | Pastry Brush for optional topping | Instant-Read Thermometer | Wire Cooling Rack
    4. Milk: Low-fat or nondairy milk work here, but whole milk produces phenomenal texture and I highly recommend it.
  1. Yeast: I usually use instant yeast. You can use active dry yeast instead, with no changes to the preparation. Rise times will be slightly longer. Reference my Baking With Yeast Guide for answers to common yeast FAQs.
  2. Flour: Make sure your whole wheat flour is fresh. Check the date on the package, and don’t store it uncovered. Whole wheat flour can become rancid if stored for too long, and your bread will taste bitter. You can use all whole wheat flour in this recipe, or substitute 1 cup (130g) of bread flour for a slightly taller, fluffier loaf. You can use 1 cup of bread flour in the sponge in step 1 OR save it for the remaining dough in step 2. If using 1 cup (130g) of bread flour in step 2, you’ll also need the 1/3 cup (43g) of whole wheat flour.
  3. Honey: Honey produced the best tasting bread. In a pinch, you can use regular granulated sugar or brown sugar. But you will miss out on that honey flavor. I have not tested other sweeteners.
  4. Can I shape this into a round boule? No, this dough needs the structure of a loaf pan. Instead, you may like this no-knead seeded oat bread.
  5. Doubling this recipe: For best results, I recommend making two separate batches of dough. This is a big, heavy dough and the sponge will take a very long time to rise, and so will the kneading step. It’s best to make 2 separate doughs.
  6. Whole Wheat Rolls: I recommend my soft whole wheat dinner rolls recipe, or you can try my multigrain bread/rolls recipe instead.
  7. Adapted from Sandwich Bread and Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

Welsh Rarebit Pub-Style Burgers

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ LB ground beef (Ground it yourself from Beef Chuck – or ask the butcher to course-grind it)
  • 1 can Campbell’s Cheddar Cheese Soup
  • ¼ CU water
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp prepared mustard (I like Chinese mustard)
  • 6 English muffins – split and toasted

STEP BY STEP

  1. Shape beef into patties
  2. Cook patties in skillet until browned
  3. Remove patties and set aside
  4. Pour off fat
  5. Add soup, water, Worcestershire and mustard
  6. Mix well and bring up to a boil
  7. Return hamburgers into the hot liquid and simmer for five minutes
  8. Serve on muffins with sauce

OTHER ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS

  • Sauted onions
  • Mushrooms
  • Garlic
  • Slivered onions
  • Tomatoes

 

Jim Morgan’s Limoncello

lemoncelloJames L. Morgan wrote: “Here. I’d never written it down before, I just make it. Here it is with the precise amounts I normally use.

INGREDIENTS

  • Zest of 30 lemon peels
  • 1.75 L bottle of Vodka
  • 5.25 C sugar
  • 1.5 QT water

STEP BY STEP

  1. Put the zest in a 4 qt or larger glass jar with a tight fitting lid
  2. Add Vodka and stir
  3. Close the jar and put it in a dark place at room temperature for 40 days
  4. After 40 days, in a sauce pan, stir the sugar and water together
  5. Bring to boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes
  6. Cover the pan and remove from heat
  7. Let the sugar syrup cool completely in the pan
  8. Add the sugar syrup to the lemon-Vodka mixture
  9. Stir well to combine
  10. Cover and let sit for a few more days
  11. Remove completed Limoncello from the cabinet
  12. Strain the mixture and discard the lemon zest
  13. Pour into clean bottles with caps or decorative corked bottles
  14. Store the bottles in the pantry, but put the bottle you are using in the freezer until ready to pour
  15. Serve very cold

Bread Pudding – COLLECTION

Bread Pudding
A great cold-morning breakfast.

Optional Additions:

  • Brioche
  • browned sausage
  • cheddar or Monterey jack cheese
  • Make ahead, refrigerate overnight, bring to room temp before cooking

Grandpa’s Bread Pudding

Start with Grandpa’s recipe for BASIC CUSTARD, but use brown sugar, not white.

Bread Mixture:  2-3 C challah or brioche, mixed with 1/2 cup raisins, 1 chopped banana, and 1/2 C cottage cheese.

Once you have the custard liquid made, pour it over top of your bread mixture and let rest for 2-8 hours.

OPTIONS:
1 TBL oat bran
1 TBL wheat germ
1-2 oz dark rum or cognac
After Crisco, additionally coat ramekins with fine corn meal

Variations FILLING OPTION: Try combining with sausage, cheese, bell pepper, onion, ham, etc.

BREAD: Don’t use stale bread crumbs, but instead use Fresh hard bread like a baguette torn into rustic small pieces.
Use a firm bread. French Bread, Sourdough, etc.  – DO NOT USE SPONGE BREAD – You can, however use Hawaiian Bread, Brioche or Hallah for a nicely textured bread.

Bake bread crumbs at 350° for about 10 minutes
Cover and soak golden raisins in bourbon over low heat
After 5 minutes at a simmer, drain bourbon into custard

{CAPTION}Immerse bread crumbs gently into custard
Soak cubed bread crumbs in custard mixture for 20-30 minutes
Using slotted spoon, put bread crumbs evenly into lightly greased individual ramekins or baking dish

TOPPING OPTION: Toss bread crumbs with Parmesan cheese and butter.
Top bread pudding with this topping, then cook 5 minutes more.

Fill up with bread, then add remaining liquid
Bake 45 minutes at 350
– For large baking dish, increase this time to 50 minutes
. Cover with foil for first half hour
Meanwhile prepare topping. After removing foil, sprinkle toping and then continue cooking.

Remove and let set on counter for about five minutes
Run spatula around the edges

Topping
Pieces of butter
Add sugar and cinnamon
Cut together with pastry cutter

Basic Custard

IRC Bread Pudding

Apple Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding – another idea

Savory Corn Bread Pudding

 

 

 

 

Cilantro Sauce

Gila Farm Cooperative CSA Delivery Newsletter April 3rd 2012
Pick up produce Tuesdays at 5227 N. 7th St. between 4:00 and 5:30pm
Week three of ten week CSA Spring Season.

Grandpa’s Cilantro Sauce

Cilantro Sauce is a great way to preserve your CSA cilantro for up to two months in the refrigerator.
Use this on your sandwich or with your scrambled eggs. It’s also great to add to salsa.

INGREDIENTS

For each 1 CUP of chopped cilantro add the following:

  • 2 TBL olive oil
  • 1 TBL white vinegar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • zest and juice from 1 lime or 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp Tabasco (optional)

STEP BY STEP

  1. Take an entire bunch of cilantro (see note) and chop it as small as possible. A food processor helps a lot.
  2. How much cilantro you have, dictates how much of the other ingredients you need.
  3. Mix well and put in container. Store in refrigerator.

Note: The bottle shown is a cleaned and recycled Heinz 57 Chili Sauce bottle. The wide mouth makes it easy to fill, and it acts as a great dispenser too.

A Green Feast

Gila Farm Cooperative CSA Delivery Newsletter April 3rd 2012
Pick up produce Tuesdays at 5227 N. 7th St. between 4:00 and 5:30pm
Week three of ten week CSA Spring Season.

Grandpa’s Green Feast with Baked Beets

Sometimes simple is called for. Here is a very simple meal that is just about as healthy as you can get.

INGREDIENTS

  • Carrots – Freshly picked from CSA
  • Green onions – Freshly picked from CSA
  • Radishes – Freshly picked from CSA
  • Lettuce – Freshly picked from CSA
  • Celery – From the grocery store
  • Tomatoes – From the grocery
  • Cooked Beets – Freshly picked and baked (recipe below)

STEP BY STEP

  1. Toss the lettuce in your favorite salad dressing and use as a bed for all other vegetables.
  2. Cut veggies however seems “pretty” and arrange on top of the lettuce.
  3. Optional: Serve with a side of salad dressing for dipping.

BAKED BEETS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Peel beets and discard skins
  3. Cut into 1/2 – 3/4 inch squares – try to keep them all about the same size
  4. Toss pieces in 1 TBL olive oil and 1/2 tsp salt
  5. Bake at 350º for about 30 minutes until fork tender

Spinach Breakfast Quiche

Spinach Breakfast Quiche
Spinach Breakfast Quiche

INGREDIENTS

Start with Grandpa’s recipe for BASIC CUSTARD, which is a standard recipe that everyone should try.  The recipe for BASIC CUSTARD is repeated within this recipe for your convenience.

You can make this with or without a crust, but if you make one with a crust, PRE-BAKE the crust at 425 for about 10 minutes.
Use commercial pie crust in place of Step 5 of the Basic Custard recipe, or MAKE YOUR OWN

  • 4 Eggs and 4 TBL Sugar creamed together
  • Dash Vanilla
  • Cinnamon
  • Grated nutmeg
  • Merest dash of salt
  • Zest and juice from one orange or lime
  • 1/2 C whole or lowfat milk – NOT skim, because you need the fats to gel properly
  • 1/2 C Cream (Traditionally you should use just cream * I substitute 2/3 more milk instead of cream to keep it healthier)
  • 1/2 CU frozen spinach (thawed)
  • 1/4 onion – chopped small, minced or grated
  • 2 cloves garlic – minced
  • 1/2 C cheddar cheese – shredded
  • 1/4 C grated Parmesan

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cream together eggs and sugar
  2. Mix in vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and orange
  3. Mix with milk and cream
  4. Wash spinach in standing water to remove all grit
  5. Remove stems
  6. Steam leaves until soft ( or use frozen – this is what I do – SEE NOTE BELOW )
  7. Chop into small pieces and S-Q-U-E-E-Z-E the water from them
  8. Chop squeezed pieces again to make sure they are really small
  9. Add all other ingredients to the minced greens
  10. Mix gently
  11. Put loosely into your greased ramekins, and drizzle the custard into the mix
  12. Bake at 350º for 35-45 minutes
  13. Let it sit for about five minutes before serving

Using frozen spinach is much easier and gives you more consistent results.  Just make sure that when you thaw it, you squeeze all of the extra water from it between two paper towels.

Published in Grandpa’s Corner – IRC Volume 1, Issue ###
For details, visit http://socialeconomyaz.org/gila-river-coop

Grandpa’s Healthy Lasagna

Healthy Lasagna
Healthy Lasagna

Why the word LASAGNA?!? There are several theories, but they all boil down to one central idea. A lasagna is kind of like a casserole in that it is a general description, rather than a specific dish. A lasagna is made up of layers of ingredients, the most common being pasta. Here is Grandpa’s take on a healthy lasagna using the cruciferous greens that we get in our weekly allocation from the Gila Farm Cooperative.

INGREDIENTS

  • Eggplant (peeled and sliced extremely thin)
  • Lasagna pasta noodles (cooked for about 15 minutes)
  • Spaghetti Sauce
  • 1/4 CU cottage cheese
  • 1/4 CU Shredded Provolone cheese
  • 1/4 CU Shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/2 CU Shredded mozzarella cheese
  • Mustard greens – Boiled, chopped and squeezed dry
  • Spinach – Boiled, chopped and squeezed dry
  • Kale – Boiled, chopped and squeezed dry
  • 1/2 LB cooked hamburger
  • 1/4 LB cooked chorizo or spicy sausage
  • 1/2 CU cottage cheese
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Grandpa’s Thunder Powder 

STEP BY STEP

  1. Grease the SIDES of a lasagna pan
  2. Put two TBL sauce in the bottom of your pan
  3. Put one layer of pasta noodles in next
  4. Layer all other ingredients (alternating) until all are used up
    Don’t put ingredients in too thickly, repeat if necessary
    At this point, you can refrigerate for up to a few days
  5. Let warm on counter 1 hour (if refrigerated) before step #5
  6. Put into a hot oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees
  7. Let cool 8-10 minutes before cutting

Published in Grandpa’s Corner – IRC Volume 1, Issue X

Gila Farm Workday and Tour


WATCH THE TOUR FULL-SCREEN BY CLICKING HERE
YouTube Videos
The IRC Farm Tour last weekend was an astounding success. There were several dozen people working and helping to prepare the soil for the next crop.Grandpa (me… from Grandpa’s Corner) was there with his video camera rather than his shovel. I recorded a 20 minute tour of the farm led by Tim Olorunfemi. That video is now on for those of you who could not attend the work day and tour.The video can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/irc2012b or by using the links on this page

Robert (Grandpa) Andrews

Here is my other account if you want to see some of my other stuff.

Southern Scramble

Southern Scramble
Southern Scramble

INGREDIENTS

  • One egg per person
  • One mustard green leaf per person

STEP BY STEP

  1. Chiffonade washed and dried mustard greens, set aside
  2. Beat egg until thoroughly mixed
  3. Cook eggs over low heat until “soft” scrambled
  4. Add mustard greens and continue to stir (occasionally) until greens are wilted
  5. Add salt and pepper (to taste) and plate

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

  • Serve with wedges of flour tortilla and a spoonful of diced green chilies or jalapenos.
  • For the heat-intolerant, thinly sliced tomatoes would also go very well on this plate.

NOTE

A CHIFFONADE is a technique in which larger leafs (spinach, basil, mustard greens) are efficiently cut into long, thin strips. You should stack the leaves and roll them tightly, then cut across the rolled leaves every 1/16 inch or so with a sharp knife. Gently fluff the cut pieces which will give you a lot of thin ribbons.

Published in Grandpa’s Corner – IRC Volume 1, Issue 7

Strawberry Rhubarb Soup

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 C Strawberries
  • 1 C Rhubarb – De-stringed and chopped
  • 1/4 C sugar
  • 2 C Watermelon
  • Dash of Vanilla
  • 1 TBL Lemon

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cut Strawberry & Rhubarb in pieces, then toss in sugar
  2. Mix watermelon pieces with vanilla and lemon
  3. Use potato masher to mash it all together
  4. Cook / simmer 1 hour
  5. Blend and press through strainer
  6. Serve cold

 

Roasted Tomato Chlipotle Salsa

INGREDIENTS

  • 5 roma tomatoes
  • 3 tomatillos
  • 1 large sweet onion – thinly sliced
  • 2 chipotle peppers
  • 3 jalapeno peppers – seeds and vein removed
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 1/4 CU lime juice
  • 1 TBL EVOO
  • Salt & pepper to taste

STEP BY STEP

  1. Toss whole tomatoes in EVOO
  2. Halve tomatoes and put on baking sheet CUT side down
  3. Thinly slice onion, toss in EVOO, and scatter around tomatoes
  4. Scant salt over top
  5. Broil 15-20 minutes or until charred and blistered
    ALT: Bake 35 minutes at 350º
  6. Remove tomato skins as much as possible
  7. Put into food processor with all other ingredients
  8. Pulse/chop lightly till chopped, but still chunky

Green Chile Pork

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 LB pork (or beef)
  • 2 TBL Oil or Lard
  • 4 Green Chiles – toasted & peeled
    Guajillo chilies or arbol chilies
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 med onion, chopped
  • 1 med tomato, chopped
  • 1 CU boiling water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 TBL ground cumin
  • 1/2 TBL oregano
  • 16 oz chicken broth
  • salt and pepper to taste

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cut meat into one inch cubes
  2. Saute in oil until well browned
  3. Drain off all but 1 TBS fat
  4. Remove meat and set aside
  5. Add garlic, onion and any dried chilies – Cook three minutes
  6. Add meat back in
  7. Add tomato, chopped chiles and broth just to cover – use water if necessary
  8. Top with Guajillo chilies, arbol chilies, bay leaves, cumin and oregano
  9. Simmer 2 hours
  10. Set meat aside to cool . Reserve liquid
  11. Serve with hot flour tortillas or use to make tamales

USING YOUR GREEN CHILE PORK FOR TAMALES

  1. In empty preheated pot add 1 TBL vegetable oil
  2. Add 1 chopped onion to soften
  3. 5 cloves minced garlic
  4. 1 jalapeño without veins or seeds
  5. Shred meat – about 1 – 2 cups
  6. Add to veggie pot with 1/4 C reserved liquid
  7. Simmer until reduced – just a few minutes
  8. Set aside to cool
  9. Mix in 1 C Oaxaca, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella  or Cotijo cheese
  10. Use this as your filling FOR MAKING TAMALES

 

Osso Bucco

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 Veal Shanks (8-10 oz, bone about size of Susan B dollar)
  • Mirpois (2 CU onion, 1 CU celery, 1 CU carrot – all diced)
  • 3/4 CU white wine to deglaze
  • 1/2 CU white wine for broth
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 2 CU chicken stock
  • 16 OZ diced tomatoes
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 TBL gremoulade as a garnish

STEP BY STEP

  1. Tie butcher string around shank to hold it intact as it becomes tender
  2. Season (rub) with salt/pepper mixture
  3. Sear shanks in 2 TBL HOT oil in Dutch Oven – 5 minutes per side without moving while it sears
  4. Set meat aside in glass mixing bowl
  5. Deglaze pan with 3/4 CU white wine – then dump wine into the glass mixing bowl
  6. Put 2 TBL oil into Dutch Oven and wait while it gets hot
  7. Add Mirpois veggies and cook for 9 minutes
  8. Add 6 cloves of garlic and cook 1 more minute
  9. Add 1/2 CU white wine and chicken stock and turn heat to high
  10. At near boil, add diced tomatoes and bay leaves and return to simmer
  11. Place shanks flat in the liquid. Hold any juices that might remain in glass bowl
  12. Cover and place centered in oven for 2 hours @ 350 degrees. Halfway through cooking time, pour liquid (Step 11) over top basting the meat.
  13. At end of cooking time, add gremoulade into liquid, and let meat rest 5 minutes
  14. Remove string and serve atop polenta (see recipe)
  15. Top with remaining gremoulade

Lunch or Dinner Quiche

INGREDIENTS

Start with Grandpa’s recipe for BASIC CUSTARD

  • 1/4 CU each Grated Swiss & Gruyere
  • 1/2 CU chopped hamburger (cooked) or ham (cooked)
  • 1/4 CU frozen spinach (thawed)
  • 1 tsp oregano

STEP BY STEP

You can make this with or without a crust, but if you make one with a crust, PRE-BAKE the crust at 425 for about 10 minutes.
Use commercial pie crust in place of Step 5 of the Basic Custard recipe, or MAKE YOUR OWN

  1. Prepare custard as shown in other recipe
  2. Place the above filling into a pie crust or four small well-greased ramikins without any crust.  DO NOT pack the fillings down.
  3. Slowly drizzle custard over top of filling until it “starts to show” This will be about 1/2 inch below the top of the shell or bowl
  4. Top with a sprinkling of parsley.
  5. Bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees.
  6. Allow to rest 10-15 minutes before cutting

This recipe is for 2-4 people. To increase to eight people (or two pie crusts) use 1 CU each of Swiss and Gruyere, 2 CU chopped meat, and 1 CU spinach.

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL FILLINGS

  • Sauteed mushrooms
  • Cooked chicken
  • Brocolli florets
  • Chopped olives
  • Finely shredded cabbage
  • Diced onion
  • Bell pepper
  • Jalapeno pepper
  • Minced garlic
  • Crab

TOPPING OPTION

  • Grated Parmesan cheese and butter, then cook 5 minutes more.

 

Lettuce Tie-up and Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce Tie-up
Three twelve inch pieces of butcher’s string per person
Three outside leaves per person of Romain or Bibb lettuce
Julienned cuts (or peels) of any five of the following:
– Cucumber
– Cucumber peel
– Bell pepper
– Parsley (chopped)
– Cilantro (chopped)
– Pickle
– Chive
– Cheese
– Salt / pepper (sprinkle to taste)
– Deli, regular or Chinese mustard
– Ground red pepper

OR MAKE UP YOUR OWN TOPPINGS

  1. Spread mustard on top part of leaf
  2. Add selected five ingredients
  3. Roll as tightly as possible, make sure not to burst the leave
  4. Tie lightly near the middle with one length of butcher’s string
  5. Trim excess string
  6. Cut off the white end and discard
  7. Serve aside any meat dish

 

Tips: Just what is a pinch?!?

These are approximate, but they will help you in… a pinch

  • Four drops equals one pinch
  • Sixteen pinches equals one teaspoon
  • Three teaspoons equals one tablespoon
  • Two tablespoons equals one ounce
  • Four tablespoons equals one forth of a cup
  • Eight ounces equals one cup
  • Two cups to a pint
  • Two pints to a quart
  • Four quarts to a gallon

MINCED, DICED OR CHOPPED?!?!?!?

  • Minced is very very small, followed (in order) by
  • Diced
  • Chopped
  • Julienned
  • Cubed
  • Chunked
  • Pieces

Good Gorilla Banana Bites

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 or 2 Bananas
  • 1 C chocolate chips
  • 1 C smooth peanut butter

STEP BY STEP

  1. Slice bananas into 1/2 inch pieces, poke a toothpick all the way into each one
  2. Fill coffee cup half way with peanut butter
  3. Melt (soften) smooth peanut butter in microwave for 30 seconds
  4. Remove and stir
  5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 if necessary – peanut butter should be runny, but not watery
  6. Using toothpicks, dip bananas into peanut butter covering the entire thing, and put onto waxed paper
  7. Put into refrigerator for 1 hour
  8. Melt (soften) chocolate in microwave for 30 seconds
  9. Remove and stir
  10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 if necessary – chocolate should be runny, but not watery
  11. Dip peanut butter bite into chocolate only half way
  12. Put onto waxed paper to cool
  13. Put into refrigerator for 1 hour
  14. Serve cold

ALTERNATE:  Use fresh strawberries and do just steps 8-14 with chocolate only.

Eggs in a Basket

egg-in-a-holeINGREDIENTS

  • 2 slices thick sourdough bread
  • 2 eggs
  • butter
  • salt to taste

PREP: Break 1 egg each into custard cup without breaking yolk

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cut a hole in center of bread using a juice glass
  2. Butter both sides of bread
  3. Place bread in hot skillet (1 min) until it browns (cook the “holes” too)
  4. Pour egg into the receptacle and cook two more minutes
  5. Flip bread/egg, putting non-cooked side down and cook two more minutes
  6. Flip egg (and bread) onto plate
  7. Serve with bacon, sausage or ham
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