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Up Any Dish
Looking for new ways to add
'itement to a favorite dish?. A
icy solution starts with a basic
ite sauce enlivened with herbs,
idiments, cheese or other equal
flavorful ingredients.
The American Dairy Associa-
offers a basic white sauce
ipe and 20 variations to be
'ed over cooked vegetables,
:s, fish, roasts, and other
'S.
BASIC WHITE SAUCE
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
'/« teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
Melt butter in small, heavy
saucepan. Blend in flour and cook,
stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat Gradually add
milk, stirring until smooth. Bring
to a boil over medium heat, stirring
constantly. Stir in salt and pepper.
VARIATIONS:
Parmesan Pepper Sauce
Add 'A cup parmesand cheese and
dash of ground nutmeg. Serve over
pasta.
Cheese Sauce Add about
% cup shredoed Cheddar, Swiss or
Monterey Jack cheese: 1 teaspoon
Worcestershire sauce; and a dash
of cayenne pepper. Serve over pas
ta or vegetables.
Egg Sauce Add */« teaspoon
dry mustard to flour, and stir in 1 to
2 chopped or sliced hard-cooked
eggs at end of cooking. Serve over
vegetables or fish.
Paprikash Sauce Substitute
chicken broth for half the milk, and
add 2 teaspoons sweet Hungarian
paprika and A teaspoon onion
powder with flour. Serve over
chicken or veal.
Curry Sauce Add about
'A teaspoon curry powder. Serve
over shrimp, chicken, or eggs.
Sauce Florentine Add 1 cup
chopped, cooked spinach and a
dash of ground nutmeg. Serve over
fish, chicken, eggs or pasta.
Mushroom Sauce—Add 1 cup
sauteed mushrooms. Serve over
fish, chicken or vegetables.
Sauce Dijon Add 3 to 4
tablespoons Dijon-style prepared
mustard, and freshly ground pep
per to taste. Serve over chicken,
pork or veal.
A la King Sauce Substitute
chicken broth for half the milk and
add V* cup diced green pepper and
3 tablespoons chopped pimiento.
Serve over chicken or eggs.
Recipe Topics
If you have recipes for the topics listed below, please
share them with us. We welcome your recipes, but ask that
you include accurate measurements, a complete list of ingre
dients and clear instructions with each recipe you submit.
Send your recipes to Lou Ann Good. Lancaster Farming,
P.p. Box 609, Ephrata. PA 17522. Recipes should reach our
office one week before publishing date.
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Honey Mustard Sauce Add
3 to 4 tablespoon Dijon-style pre
pared mustard, and 2 tablespoons
honey. Serve over chicken or pork.
Parsley Sauce: —Add 2 tables
poons chopped parsley. Serve over
fish, chicken or veal.
Lemony Chive Sauce—Add 1
tablespoon snipped chives and I to
2 teaspoons lemon juice. Serve
over vegetables, fish, chicken or
veal.
Caper Sauce Add 2 tables
poons drained coarsely chopped
capers and I'A teaspoons lemon
juice. Serve over fish or chicken.
Shrimp Sauce Add 1 cup
coarsely chopped cooked shrimp
and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley.
Serve over fish, eggs, or pasta.
Anchovy Sauce Add 2 to 3
tablespoons anchovy paste and a
dash of cayenne pepper. Serve
over fish.
Mornay Sauce —Add 2 tables
poons grated gray ere or Swiss
cheese, 2 tablespoons grated
paremesan cheese, a dash of grated
nutmeg, and a dash of cayenne
pepper. Serve over vegetables or
eggs.
Horseradish Sauce Add 1
tablespoons prepared horseradish.
Serve over beef.
Cucumber Sauce Add
2 A cup diced, peeled, cucumber
cooked tender-crisp; and 1 teas
poon lemon juice. Serve over fish.
Bleu Cheese Sauce: Add 'A cup
crumbled Bleu cheese and coarse
ly ground pepper to taste. Serve
over broiled or grilled steak, lamb
chops, or lamb or beef patties.
Russian Sauce Add 'A cup
shrimp cocktail sauce or chili
sauce, combined with A cup dairy
sour cream. Served over fish.
Here are some more sauce, dip,
and dressing recipes from our
readers.
HONEY BUTTER SAUCE
'A cup butter
'/• teaspoon cinnamon
Dash salt
V* cup honey
'A cup whipping cream
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
Combine butter, cinnamon, and
salt in saucepan; heat until butter
melts. Blend in honey. Stir in
cream and orange peel. Serve
warm over ice cream or fresh fruit
Yvonne Peterman
Pa. Alternate Dairy Princess
Irizzled over vegetables, meat, and breads, sauces add excitement to any
Servi
dish.
THREE WAY DIP
2 cups cottage cheese
1 cup crumbled blue cheese
2 tablespoon chopped green
onion
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup dairy sour cream
Place cottage and blue cheese in
blender or food processor. Blend
or process until fairly smooth.
Transfer to medium bowl. Stir in
onion, Worcestershire sauce, and
lemon juice. Gently fold in sour
cream. Cover and chill. Serve with
crackers or vegetable dippers. Dip
may also be used as a salad dress
ing or served on baked potatoes.
Yields 4 cups.
Yvonne Peterman
Pa. Alternate Dairy Princess
CRAB MEAT DIP
4 ounces cream cheese
'A tablespoon onion, grated
/« teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
7-ounce can crab meat
Dash salt
1 teaspoon lemon juice
6 tablespoons sour cream
Cheese should be at room temp
erature. Add remaining ingre
dients and mix together. Chill
before serving.
(Turn to Pago B 8)
Featured Recipe
Again and again we receive requests for sourdough or friendship
starter and recipes that go with it. Generally the starter for these recipes
are given by a friend. But you can start your own according to the given
recipe in this section.
Here is a recipe that can be made from the starter. Please clip these
recipes because we hate to take up the same space to run these recipes
again and again.
Thanks to Elizabeth Littleton, Glen Arm, Md., and Lillian Fretz,
Schwenksville, for sending recipes for the bread.
AMISH CINNAMON BREAD
Day 1: Receive starter, place in large loosely covered bowl.
Day 2 stir.
Day 3 stir.
Day 4 stir.
Day S Add 1 cup each flour, milk, and sugar, and stir.
Day 6 Stir.
Day 7 Stir
Day 8 Do nothing.
Day 9 Do nothing.
Day 10—Add 1 cup each of sugar, flour, and milk. Stir and separate
into three containers with lids. 1 cup each to give to friends.
To remaining batter, add:
2 cups flour
'A teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup oil or applesauce
1 cup raisins or dates
1 cup nuts, chopped
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
4 eggs
1 large box instant vanilla pudding
Beat together ail ingredients. Grease and flour two loaf pans. Bake
at 325 degrees for one hour.
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