| The English Country Garden B&B |
A Magnificent 4-Star destination along the Cabot Trail
| Recipes |
| Recipes from the Kitchen of Penny S. Steele and Ian A. Green at English Country Garden B&B |
| Cherry Cranberry Apple Muffins 2 ¼ cups flour ¾ cups sugar 1 ½ tsp baking powder 1 ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 – 19 oz can of cherry/cranberry pie filling ½ cup butter or margarine, melted 1 egg 1 apple, peeled and diced. Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Stir well. Beat remaining ingredients together in a small bowl. Add to dry Ingredients, stirring just until combined. Spoon into greased muffin cups (cups will be full) Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes, or until top springs back when lightly touched. Makes 12 large muffins. ( we cook on 375 Convection for 16 minutes) |
| Lemon Curd Grated Peel of 4 lemons Juice of 4 lemons (about 1 cup) 4 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup butter, cut in small pieces 2 cups of sugar In the top of a large double boiler, combine lemon peel, lemon juice, eggs, butter and sugar. Place over simmering water and stir until sugar is dissolved. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and smooth. Keep in the refrigerator up to two weeks. Makes about 1 pint. |
| French Three Onion Soup In a large stock pot, heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and sauté 1/2 bunch of green onions, 3/4 lbs of red onions thinly sliced and 3/4 lbs Spanish onions thinly sliced until softened. Add a pinch each of dried oregano and basil and 1 cup of dry red wine simmering 10 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and 8 cups of beef stock, cover and simmer for about 50 minutes. Serve with croutons and cheese on top and quickly browned and melted under the broiler. Serves 8 |
| For a guest who is diabetic I found this great recipe for dessert! Warm Apple Pudding Crisp (serves 1) 1/2 apple, crisp/sweet like a Pink Lady variety 3 TBSP evaporated milk or fat-free half & half 1 TBSP egg beaters, or 1 egg white fresh grated nutmeg 2 TBSP granola of your choice dark molasses EQUIPMENT: ~1 cup capacity ramekin or baking dish Pre-heat oven to 350. 1. Slice the apple very thin and arrange the slices, sprinkling with little bits of nutmeg or cinnamon as you go along, in any artistic and overlapping way you'd like in the small baking dish or ramekin. My dish was about 4" in diameter, so I spiraled out the apple slices. 2. Whisk together the milk and egg white until smooth. Pour over the apple slices. 3. Top the apples with the granola. 4. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes, until bubbly. 5. Drizzle on just a wee bit (half a teaspoon is plenty) of molasses, and eat! |
| A Postcard from London UK |
| Carrot Pineapple Muffins 1 cup white sugar 2/3 cup oil 2 large eggs 1-1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 tsp baking pwder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup finely grated carrot 1 cup crushed pineapple, drianed 1 tsp vanilla In beater bowl, combine sugar, oil and beaten eggs. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and mix well. Add dry ingredients to the sugar and oil mixture and stir to mosten. Add grated carrots, pineapple and vanilla. Fill greased muffin cups to the top and bake at 375 for 20 min. We bake them on Convection at 375 for 16 minutes. This makes 12 muffins. |
| Creamed Leeks with Garlic and Chives 1 lbs of Young leeks 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 oz bunch chives or the green part of young spring onions 1 oz of butter with a little olive oil 2 Tbsp thick cream Salt and milled pepper Finely shred the leeks into 1/8 th inch discs. Wash and drain. Melt the butter and oil without burning it, in a heavy bottomed pan. Add the leeks, and cover with a lid. Then, over a low heat, toss and stir the leeks until their natural juices start to draw. Simmer them for 2-3 minutes, so that they remain somewhat crisp. Add the garlic, cream, chives, season lightly and bubble for a minute or two more until the cream has cohered. NS: Ian sometimes uses sage in place of the chives or spring onions. |
| Stuffed French Toast 1 loaf of Texas Toast 4 eggs 2 tablespoons of cream 1 teaspoon of sugar 1 pkg of cream cheese 1 tablespoon Marmalade 1 tablespoon of Peach Jam 1/4 cup chopped walnuts Combine cream cheese, marmalade,,jam and nuts together. Slice Texas toast to create two thin layers of bread - but don't cut all the way through to the end of the piece of bread. Spread filling between layers. Beat eggs,cream and sugar together in a flat bottomed bowl. Dip each slice of bread in the egg mixture - very lightly - do not let it sit in the egg mixture. Fry on griddle - more slowly than regular french toast - you want to heat the filling through. Serve with Real Maple Syrup. Garnish with Fresh Peaches |
| Hunter Sauce 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup Ketchup 1/4 cup margarine or butter 1/4 cup apple jelly 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon cinamon 1/2 teaspoon alspice 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves Cook all ingredients over low heat, stirring until smooth Makes 1 1/2 cups. We serve this with our Filet Mignon - wonderful! |
| Hawaiian Bread 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil 3 large eggs 2 cups mashed ripe bananas ( we use 4 large) 1 (14 oz) can of crushed pineapple, drained 2 tsp vanilla 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup flaked coconut 1 cup chopped pecans Grease and flour two large loaf pans Preheat over to 350 F. Beat oil and eggs with a mixer at med speed. Beat in bananas, pineapple and vanilla until just combined. Put dry ingredients in a separate bowl - stir to mix very well. Add to oil mixture and beat until combined. Stir in coconut and nuts. Bake for 50-55 minutes.(Mine take an hour and a quarter to cook so test before removing them from oven) Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely. |
| Orange Date Muffins 1 whole Orange 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup chopped dates 1 egg 1/2 cup butter or margarine ( not melted) 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup white sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt Cut the orange into pieces to remove seeds. Drop pieces into blender with orange juice and whirl until peel is finely chopped. Drop in the date, egg and butter. Give blender a short whirl. Stir together the dry ingredients. Pour orange mixture over and stir only until moistened. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes. Yields 9-10 large muffins. |