Monthly Cooking Thread November 2018 - UPDATE

[Jamestown1630]

Recently, the Lee Valley gardening newsletter featured a great Turkey Pot Pie recipe, to make delicious use of your leftovers:

http://www.leevalley.com/us/newsletters/Gardening/3091/Article2.htm

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Freeper 'Nopardons' shared with me her recipe for Cranberry Sauce; the additions of liqueur and walnuts make an elegant and interesting twist. (I think that NP still says ‘ice box’ when referring to ‘refrigerator’, just as I do :-)

Cranberry Sauce Chez Nopardons

1 package of Ocean Spray cranberries, rinsed and picked-over

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup water

1 cup ( more or less...by taste ) of chopped ( I don’t chop them, I just break them up by hand ) walnut pieces (leave out if guests have nut allergies)

1 Tb. ( or 2 ) of Chambord or Grand Marnier

Combine the water and sugar in a pot, bring to a a boil

Add the cranberries and turn the flame down to medium.

Add the walnut pieces after the cranberries begin to pop and stir the contents.

Add the Chambord or Grand Marnier after 5 minutes; turn the flame down to low and continue to cook for about 7 minutes.

Pour mixture into a glass ( yes, it has to be glass! ) bowl with a cover, but do NOT place the cover on the bowl until the mixture is cool.

Once the contents are cool, place the cover on the bowl and place it in the icebox.

Need more...just double or triple all of the ingredients.

This “sauce” will last, in an icebox, for at least a week.

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Chef John of Food Wishes recently posted a fast-and-easy version of Nduja – a Calabrian dip/spread using Salami and Pancetta:

https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2018/11/spicy-salami-spread-nduja-almost.html

JT

[Liz]

Nice mouthful for company.

MINI BLUE CHEESE TARTLETS

ING 12 mini tart shells;3 cup broccoli, snipped
1⁄ 3 cup sour cream plus 2 tbsp, 5 tb blue cheese crumbles 3 tb sliced almonds

DIRECTIONS Bake tart shells as per pkg, do not overbrown. Cool.

FILLING mix sour cream & blue cheese. Stir in snipped broccoli. Do-ahead ---- fridge til 18 min before serving, Or bake now.
Place tsp filling in each shell, almond slices on top. Bake 375 deg 15 min; filling is heated thru, has risen a bit; almonds are golden.

[Liz]

Why not give your liberal relatives something different this year----agita.

Decorate your tree with a patriotic theme.
Carry out the theme w/ gift wrap and dining table decor.

[Jamestown1630]

Thanks for this. Do you use the same yeast for this - Lalvin EC 1118?

[mrsmith]

The Lalvin EC 1118 is NOT a good yeast fro HARD cider. It takes out too much flavor, it’s only good for wine (or very soft cider).

Best if you can ask at a Wine/brew shop. Temperature is most important, and some yeasts give off a bad smell.

If you have to order over the internet I’d recommend Safcider or Cider House Select Yeast. Hard cider may have to sit in the fridge a week or more to ‘mature’.

[Jamestown1630]

Thanks!