86-Lancaster Fanrti
Dishes
Touch Of
Interested in feeding an appeti
tite for love, health, and happiness
on Valentine’s Day?
Start your morning off by treat
ing the special person in your life
to Orange-Kissed Mini Pancakes
with Orange Syrup. When it comes
to romantic treats, strawberries
offer everything your heart
desires: flavor, fragrance, and
fancy.
According to strawberry lore the
luscious, heart-shaped berry has
long been considered an aphrodi
siac. For instance, newlyweds in
provincial France traditionally
were served strawberries in a hon
eymoon soup.
It was believed that the “double”
strawberry had romantic powers.
When broken in half and shared
with the opposite sex, legend has it
that the pair would soon fall in
love.
Smooth the way to love with
berries, souffle, and custard. Cho
colate Covered Strawberries and
Mushroom Kisses offer tantalizing
new tastes. Then finish off the
evening with either Valentine But
ter Cookies or Heart-Shaped Cho
colate Chip cookies.
HEART-SHAPED
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOK-
lES
'A cup butter
'A cup packed brown sugar
V* cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream the above together.
'A teaspoon baking soda
V* teaspoon salt
VA cups flour
1 cup chocolate chips
A cup chopped nuts, if desired
Measure M cup dough and press
into a heart on the cookie sheet
Bake at 3SO degrees for 12
minutes. Makes 3 hearts.
When cool, write a message
with icing. Note: you can also
make a large heart on a pizza pan.
Eileen Murphy
Pa. Alternate Dairy Princess
ORANGE YOGURT
g ounces orange juice
concentrate
1 orange, segmented
16-ounce container of non-fat
plain or vanilla yogurt
Fresh mint leaves
Mix orange juice concentrate
with yogurt Spoon into 4 dishes.
Garnish with orange segments and
mint leaves. Makes 4 servings.
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 dear instructions with each recipe you submit.
Send your recipes to Lou Ann Good, Lancaster Farming, P.O.
Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Recipes should reach our office
one week before publishing date.
February- 21 -
28 -
7 -
14 -
March-
Saturday, February 14, 1998
With A
Romance
ORANGE KISSED
MINI PANCAKES
WITH ORANGE SYRUP
Batter
A cup mange juice
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
'A teaspoon salt
'A cup low-fat buttermilk
2 egg whites, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Nonstick vegetable cooking
spray
Orangc syrup:
1 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 tablespoon cornstarch
‘A cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Prepare the orange syrup by
combining all ingredients in a
medium saucepan and mix until
smooth. Cook over medium heat
until mixture comes to a boil.
Remove from heat and cool slight
ly before serving. (Note: orange
syrup can be made ahead and
stored, covered in refrigerator, for
up to three days. Heat before
serving).
To prepare pancakes; combine
ingredients. Spray a large skillet
with non-stick vegetable spray;
heat over medium heat For each
pancake, spoon a tablespoon batter
onto the hot skillet Cook over
medium heat until a few bubbles
appear on the tops and the under
sides are golden brown. Turn once
and continue cooking until the
undersides are browned. Place 3-4
pancakes on a plate and drizzle
with orange syrup. Serve immedi
ately. Makes 4 servings (six pan
cakes and %cup syrup per
serving).
TWO-FRUIT FROSTY
l'/j cups fresh or frozen blueber
ries or huckleberries
1 cup frozen unsweetened sliced
peaches, thawed
1 cup milk
1 cup vanilla yogurt
'/« -'A cup honey
'A teaspoon ground cinnamon
'A teaspoon ground nutmeg
Cinnamon sticks, optional
Combine blueberries, peaches,
and milk in a blender, cover and
process on high. Add yogurt, hon
ey, cinnamon, and nutmeg; Mend
well. Pour into glasses. Garnish
with cinnamon sticks if desired.
Serve immediately. Yield: 4
servings.
Penn State Dairy Prince*
Potato Lover’s Month
Cooking for the Diabetic
National Nutrition Week
Peanuts & Other Nuts
Warm your Valentine’s heart with a glass filled with plump, Juicy, red strawberries.
According to strawberry lore, this luscious, heart-shaped berry has long been consid
ered an aphrodisiac. It was also believed that the “double” strawberry had romantic
powers. When broken In half and shared with the opposite sex, legend has It that the
pair would soon fall in love.
BAKED CUSTARD
4 cups milk
6 eggs, slightly beaten
'A cup sugar
14 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
Nutmeg
Heat milk to very hot; cool
slightly. Combine eggs, sugar, salt,
vanilla, and milk just until
blended. Set 114 quart shallow
baking dish in shallow pan on oven
rack; pour custard into baking
dish; sprinkle with nutmeg. Pour
hot water in pan around baking
dish, 1-inch deep. Bake in pre
heated 325 degree oven for one
hour or until a knife inserted near
the center comes out clean.
Remove from water immediately
and place on wire rack to cool
Chill.
Variations:
Liza Haas
Caramel Custard: Increase
sugar to 1 cup. Melt sugar to an
amber-colored syrup in a small
heavy skillet over medium heat,
stirring constantly. Gradually stir
melted sugar into heated milk until
dissolved. Proceed as above.
Coconut custard: Add 'A cup
shredded coconut Omit nutmeg.
Chocolate custard: Add 2
squares (2-ounces) unsweetened
chocolate to die milk before it is
heated.
Jodi Muaaer
SUN Area Dairy Princess
(Turn to Pag* BS)
Featured Recipe
Plump, juicy, and red, strawberries are the perfect accent to a Valen
tine’s Day menu. Thanks to the Winter Strawberry Capital of the
World, you can find fresh berries at your local supermarket now.
Fresh or dipped in chocolate, strawberries are a delicious treat
Combine white and dark chocolate to elegantly accent berries for the
perfect dessert or romantic gift.
Give yourself a valentine by sending a self-addressed, stamped
business-size envelope for a collection of quick and easy ways to enjoy
strawberries. Send to Florida Strawberry Growers Association, P.O.
Drawer 2SSO, Plant City, FL 33564.
If you really love strawberries, a cookbook of more than 200 straw
berry recipes, is available by sending a check or money order in the
amount of $9, which includes postage and handling to the address
above.
In the meantime, enjoy this recipe for romance.
CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES
2 pints strawberries (preferably with stems), washed
6-ounce package dark or milk chocolate chips
6-ounce package white chocolate chips
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
Line 2 baking sheets with waxed paper. Fit 2 pastry bags with small
writing tips. Melt dark chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon shortening in
a double boiler. In another double boiler, melt white chocolate chips
with remaining shortening.
Dip half the strawberries in dark chocolate: Hold strawberries at
stem and dip to cover two-thirds of the berry. Allow excess chocolate
to drip off. Place berries on waxed paper-lined baking sheets to cooL
Repeat process with remaining strawberries and while chocolate.
Scrape remaining chocolate coatings into pastry bags. If chocolate
is hardening, reheat briefly over simmering water. Pipe dark chocolate
designs on white chocolate-dippcd strabemes, and pipe white choco
late designs on dark chocolate-dipped strawberries. Let chocolate
hardened.
Makes about 24 berries.