CREAM PIES - BANANA OR COCONUT

CREAM PIES - BANANA OR COCONUT

Mix together and set aside:

1/3 c. flour(can use a gluten free flour)

2/3 c. sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

Bring 2 cups milk to a boil then add flour mixture beating well.

Add flour slowly and stir constantly to prevent lumps. Cook over hot

water. Stir until thick (5 minutes). Add 2 tablespoons butter(dairy

free can be usd), 3 slightly beaten egg yolks(can be egg sub), still

stirring. Cook 2 minutes and add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Pour into a

baked pie shell, 9 inch size. Slice banana into pie shell or sprinkle

coconut. Take your pick.

FOR MERINGUE:

Beat 3 egg whites with 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar, until stiff

peaks form.

Slowly add:

6 tbsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Spread on top of pie and seal at edges. Bake at 400 degree oven for

10-12 minutes until nice and brown.

Coconut Cream Pie Recipe

Coconut cream pie recipe

a great recipe for Coconut Cream pie

Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie

3 cups half-and-half -(can use a dairy free milk sub

2 eggs (can use egg substitutes

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup all-purpose flour (can use a gluten free all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup flaked coconut, toasted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked (can use a Gluten free pie crust

1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed-can be dairy free

In a medium saucepan, combine half-and-half, eggs, sugar, flour and

salt. Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from

heat, and stir in 3/4 cup of the coconut and the vanilla extract.

Pour into pie shell and chill 2 to 4 hours, or until firm. 2. Top

with whipped topping, and with remaining 1/4 cup of coconut. 3. Note:

To toast coconut, spread it in an ungreased pan and bake in a 350

degree F (175 degrees C) oven for 5 to 7 minutes, or until golden

brown, stirring occasionally.

Method to store extra mushrooms

Method to store extra mushrooms

If we don't want to use the entire quantity at one go as mushrooms spoil very quickly?

Tips 1 :
Dryed them or pressure canned them but idk how to do that and when her house burned down we lost all her notes as she had passed a few months
before.

Tips2:
Keep the mushrooms in a paper bag
Clean them before we put them in a bag .Change the bag again if we have to

Tips 3 :
Mushrooms will keep a little bit longer if always kept in a brown paper bag or sack in the refrigerator.
Never keep mushrooms in plastic it makes them sweat.

Tips 4 :
freeze mushrooms in storage containers. and take out what we need at the time. I buy mushrooms
when the store marks them down then I freeze them into servings. or just freeze the whole bunch together.

Tips 5 :
when the mushrooms start to look a bit wisened squeeze them in cheese cloth add some finally chopped onion a bit of roasted garlic and freeze in mini ice cube trays. Pop them out into a freezer bag and either thaw a few at a time or make into a paste en-mass.

Cheese fondue meatballs

Cheese fondue meatballs

I made a recipe for meatballs with cheese fondue and salsa night
is charming. I feel that it is all in the metric system, but I'm not so good
conversions. This would also be great as finger food, not a party
using the fondue set. I did it with sweet chili sauce.

Cheese fondue meatballs
675gms minced lean ground beef
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
½ cup fresh bread crumbs
Salt and pepper
110gms Kraft cheddar cheese (diced small)
1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce (or tomato paste)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/1/4 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons flour
Juice of 1 orange

Mix meat, onion and breadcrumbs. Season meat with salt mixture
and pepper and divide into 30 balls. Flatten each ball and place
piece of cheese in the middle of the meat after the mold throughout the cheese sealed
and to include the cheese completely. Meatballs are easily fried in olive oil.

Make salsa, place the chili sauce (or tomato paste), red wine
vinegar, honey, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and broth in a saucepan
and simmer for 10 minutes.

Mix the flour gently with orange juice then add the sauce and
simmer for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Transfer to a warm fondue
pot.

Serve with meatballs.

This is a recipe and tips for fondue.
- Chocolate and Coconut Cream Fondue
- 1 (15 grams) can sweetened cream of coconut (like Coco Lopez)
- 12 oz Bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, finely
minced
- 1 / 4 cup whipping cream
- 1 / 4 teaspoon coconut extract

- Combine the coconut cream and 12 grams of unsweetened chocolate in heavy
large saucepan. Stir mixture over low heat until the chocolate melts
and the mixture is smooth. Add cream and extract. (Fondue can
prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover, store at room temperature. Stir over
low heat to rewarm before serving.)
- Transfer the mixture to fondue pot. Place candles or Canned Heat
burners. Serve with fruit for dipping.
- Yield: 8 servings

Chocolate Coconut Cream Fondue
1 (15 grams) can sweetened cream of coconut (like Coco Lopez)
12 oz Bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 / 4 cup whipping cream
1 / 4 teaspoon coconut extract

Combine sweetened coconut cream and 12 grams of chocolate in large heavy
pan. Stir mixture over low heat until chocolate is melted and mixture is
smooth. Add cream and extract. (Fondue can be prepared 8 hours
forward. Cover, store at room temperature. Stir over low heat to rewarm before
serving.)
Transfer mixture to fondue pot. Place the light or Canned Heat burner. Serve

with fruit for dipping.

Yield: 8 servings



Fondue Cooking Tips
• Addition of alcohol to fondues lowers the boiling point, such as cheese
proteins not COAGULATE, but was careful not to boil.
• Heat slowly cheese mixture to the cheese was not rubber.
• When multiplying fondue for large crowds, remember that there are fewer
surface to evaporate the liquid, so you do not need as much as twice

Fluid from the original recipe.
• cider, apple juice, or champagne can substitute white wine
in recipes for fondue.
• Use a good quality cheese, cheese fondue.
• Fresh herbs, roasted garlic, sautéed onion, tomato puree and mustard
all excellent condiment for cheese fondue.
• For the fondue is too thick, increase heat, add a little wine, and stir
sharply.
• For the fondue is too thin, combine 1 / 2 teaspoon with an equal volume
wine. Fondue Stir until thickened.
• bowls are best for fondue or hot fried oils, pottery, ceramics, whereas good
for cheese and chocolate.
• A crockpot can be used to keep hot cooked fondue.
• Wine and hot drinks black tea is recommended accompaniment to fondue. Some
diners claim that drinking water with the cheese fondue will freeze in
stomach, causing indigestion.
• fondue leftovers can be used as a complement to potatoes or vegetables.
Cold, cut and add the tortilla, frittata, or scrambled eggs.
If only a fondue is needed to decide whether
I use it for a dessert or appetizer thing.

If you use chocolate fondue that the need for new

strawberries, angel food cake into cubes, slices of banana or what companies to dip in chocolate.

If you make a snack, you should have a herb oil

cooking meat and have a variety of sauces for dipping sauce

of meat after browned (or the threat of cooked meat on

advance.)

As an example: Spear certain seafood like white flakes, easily cooked
in oil and dipped in Wasabi and soy sauce, or malt vinegar, or tartar
sauce.

Everything you use to determine whether the substance fondue cooking or

just passing through. Basically, give the customer an option.

PreparingFood By Applying Heat

PreparingFood By Applying Heat

Cooking is the process of preparing food by applying heat, selecting, measuring and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure for producing safe and edible food. The process encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to alter the flavor or digestibility of food. Factors affecting the final outcome include the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools, and the skill of the individual doing the actual cooking.

The diversity of cooking worldwide is a reflection of the aesthetic, agricultural, economic, cultural, social and religious diversity throughout the nations, races, creeds and tribes across the globe.

Applying heat to a food usually, though not always, chemically transforms it, thus changing its flavor, texture, consistency, appearance, and nutritional properties. Methods of cooking that involve the boiling of liquid in a receptacle have been practised at least since the 10th millennium BC, with the introduction of pottery.[citation needed]

A person who cooks as a profession is called a chef.

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Successful Party Cooking

Tips for Successful Party Cooking

Cooking for a party can be such a taxing ordeal. You will be preparing food for a more people with little time. But party cooking can still be easy if you know how to manage things. With a few tricks up your sleeve you can cook for your party with ease. Here are some few hints that can make your party cooking a smashing success:

1. You do not need to do all the party cooking Parties are about having friends around, and if people who are coming to your party are indeed friends, you can ask them to lend a hand. You can ask them to bring some food items or you can ask them to help you in the kitchen. An extra hand can easily make things easier and more fun.

2. Plan your menu way ahead of the party You have to know what to cook at least two weeks before the party. This can help you calculate how much you need so that you are sure that there will be enough for everybody. Buying enough is also important so that you won’t have to make those annoying last-minute shopping trips because you ran out of supplies.

3. Cook ahead A lot of party foods can actually be cooked ahead of time. Check your menu for food items that can be cooked a few days before the party itself. This way, you’ll have fewer items when the big day comes. You just need to thaw or reheat the pre-cooked items and serve them at the party.

4. Pre-measure For the items that you can’t cook ahead of time, you can just measure the ingredients ahead of time. The night before, place the ingredients in accessible containers so that on the day of the party you just need to cook them and not waste time with the preparations.

Party cooking may appear to be overwhelming but the hustle and bustle is all in your mind. If you plan well and stick to your strategy, you can manage to make party cooking not only easy, but fun as well. Try out these hints for your next party and witness how things go smoothly. And the most important of all is for you to enjoy because the party is after all for fun. This will ensure the success of your cooking and the success of your party.

Outdoor Cooking

Tips for Great Outdoor Cooking

Going camping is always exciting. And among the most thrilling part of the great outdoors is cooking in it. Nothing compares being able to commune with nature as you savor the earths gifts. It may seem tricky for some, but outdoor cooking is easier than most people think. After all, our human ancestors have done it for thousands of years. Here are some great tips for outdoor cooking:

Poke holes in those burgers To cook burgers on the grill perfectly, poke a hole the size of your pinky in the center of the patty. This will help cook the burger evenly. Don’t worry that you might end up with a meat donut, the hole will close up slowly as the meat cooks and you will end up with perfect burgers.

Marvel at the wonders of the Dutch oven Perhaps the most incomparable tool you have for outdoor cooking is the Dutch oven. This deep pot made of cast iron does wonders in the great outdoors and can create the most wonderful dishes you can have outside your kitchen. You can make stews, casseroles and other wonderful things with this beauty.

Be sure to keep covered It is important to cover your pots and pans while cooking outdoors. This helps prevent heat from escaping especially during those cold days and nights. It also keeps foreign objects from getting into your food. You don’t want crickets or grasshoppers in your stew, do you?

Make a garbage omelet on your last day camping To easily clean up your cooler or portable fridge, make an omelet on your last day. Put in all the leftovers from your previous camping days and you’ll end up with a clean cooler without wasting anything.

The foil is your best friend Aluminum foil plays a great role in outdoor cooking. You can use it to wrap food such as fish, potatoes, meat, and vegetables for nice and even cooking that helps keep delicious juices intact. You can use it to cover dishes so that you just have to peel instead of wash. You can also use a fist-sized ball of foil to clean the grill.

Outdoor cooking can be a thrilling experience with the right knowledge at hand. Try these tips in the great outdoors and see how good your cooking can be.