86-Uncast«r Farming, Saturday, Juna 4,1994 4% Borne On The Range A Dairy Recipe Extravaganza Every year our readers send in slacks of dairy recipes. Each year, I ihtnk, this is the ultimate. No better recipes exist. Originally and crea tivity have limits, and this batch of recipes is the final result. But every year, our readers do it again. The most amazing and unusual recipes and old favo rites again flood the mail. The creativity and taste of these recipes is actually a tribute to milk and the versatility it offers for end less possibilities. This is only the first batch of recipes. Each .week during the month of June, more recipes from the Dairy Recipe Extravaganza will be printed. Thanks to each for your contri bution. A special thank you to those who included a little note and a picture about themselves and family. And, a great big thank you to all the dairy farmers who keep pro ducing milk to make good eating an ongoing pleasure. RIGATONI FAMILY STYLE 1 medium-size carrot 1 medium-size onion 1 medium-size celery stalk 8-ounces mozzarella cheese 2 tablespoons olive or salad oil Y< pound ground beef 35-ouncc can Italian plum tomatoes 8-ouncc can tomato sauce 'A teaspoon sugar Salt 16-ounce package rigaloni or ziti macaroni 15 ounces ricotta cheese Chop carrot, onion, and celery. Thinly slice mozzarella cheese. In 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat in hot oil, cook carrot, onion, and celery until tender. Add ground beef and cook, stirring, until all pan juices evaporate and meat is browned. Add tomatoes with liquid, tomato sauce, sugar, and a teaspoon salt; over high heal. Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Jennifer Grimes with her parents Barbara and Kenneth and Jennifer’s brother heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; simmer. 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to break up tomatoes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Meanwhile, prepare rigatoni as label directs, using 1 tablespoon salt in water. Drain rigatoni and return to saucepot. Reserve 1 'A cups tomato sauce; stir remaining tomato sauce into rigatoni in saucepot. Into deep 4-quart baking dish, spoon half the rigatoni mixture. Drop half the ricotla by spoonfuls over rigatoni; lop with half the mozzarella. Spoon in remaining ngatoni, then remaining ricolta. Spoon reserved tomato sauce over ricotta layer; top with remaining mozzarella. Bake ngatoni, uncovered, 30 to 35 minutes until mixture is hot and bubbly. If necessary, cover with foil during baking to prevent browning. Makes six main dish servings. This is one of the many dairy recipes our family enjoys. This recipe tastes just as good reheated as the first day it is made. Enjoy! Jennifer Grimes Strausstown CHOCOLATE ECLAIR CAKE 2 small packages instant French vanilla pudding 3'A cups milk 1 box graham crackers 2 cups whipped cream 1 can chocolate frosting Line 13x9-inch pan with whole graham crackers. Mix pudding and milk, blend in whipped cream. Pour half the pudding mixture over graham crackers. Place sec ond layer of crackers over pudding. Pour remaining pudding over top. Cover with more crackers. Melt icing and spread over top. Chill 24 hours. Roberta Bashore Lebanon Creamy Mexican Chocolate Iced Coffee makes a refreshing slpper or dessert. It’s easy, too. Just stir whipping cream, chocolate syrup and cinnamon into cold coffee and top with a dollop of whipped cream. BANANA SPLIT I'/j packs graham crackers, crushed 3 bananas, sliced 'A gallon chocolate and vanilla ice cream 1 cup walnuts, chopped 1 cup chocolate chips 'A cup butter VA cups confectioners’ sugar VA cups evaporated milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 9-ounces whipped cream topping Press crumbs in llxls-inch pan. Reserve one cup for topping. Arrange banana slices on crumbs. Slice ice cream into 'A -inch thick slices and put over bananas. Sprinkle chopped nuts over ice cream. Freeze until firm. Melt the cho colate chips and butter. Add sugar and milk. Cook mixture until thick and smooth, stirring constantly. Remove from heal, add vanilla. Cool chocolate mixture and pour over ice cream. Freeze until firm. Whip the cream. Spread over cho colate and sprinkle with remaining graham cracker crumbs. Soften whipped topping until you can eas ily spread over all. Remove from freezer 10 minutes before serving. / am 18 and have two sisters and three brothers. My parents are Benuel and Priscilla Stoltzfus. We live on a veal farm. We really enjoy this banana split. Marian Mae Stoltzfus Morgantown WHIPPED CHEESE TOPPER FOR RAKED POTATOES 'A cup butter, softened 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese A teaspoon oregano Cream butter until light and fluf fy in small mixing bowl. Add cheese and oregano; beat until mixture is smooth. Serve over hot baked potatoes. Featured Recipe Drink your coffee cold it’s a trendy new drink. There are many different kinds of iced coffee flavors and combina tions, but the one constant ingredient is milk and lots of it. Iced coffee is definitely catching oil. Not surprisingly, the hotter the weather, the more iced coffee is enjoyed. Specialty coffee shops, supermarkets, and restaurants offer a wide variety of flavors. But it can also be prepared at home. Here a a few tips: • Use freshly brewed coffee, preferably double-strenght (use two times more coffee than usual for the same amount) prepared no more than three hours in advance. Allow the coffee to cool before using it. It can be stored, covered, in the refrigerator. • To keep the ice cubes from diluting iced coffee, tnake creamy cof fee cubes. Stir half and half or milk into leftover coffee; pour into ice cube trays and freeze. CREAMY MEXICAN CHOCOLATE ICED COFFEE 1 cup whipping cream divided 6 tablespoons chocolate syrup 2 tablespoons sugar V* teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 cups double-strength coffee, cooled to room temperature Ground cinnamon Chocolate covered coffee beans, if desired Whip 'A cup cream to soft peaks, set aside. Combine remaining 'A cup cream, the syrup, sugar, and V* teaspoon cinnamon in pitcher or bowl. Stir in coffee until sugar dissolves. Fill 4 glasses with ice; pour coffee mixture over ice. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon. Garnish with coffee beand. We enjoy reading Lancaster Farming and trying the different recipes from it We have three children who are involved in a dairy operation. / enjoy garden ing, cooking, baking, and sewing. Ruth Ann Bender Parkesburg (Turn to Pag* B 7)
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