Filed Under (Recipes) by asparagus on 09-12-2008










INGREDIENTS
- herbs, of choice (basil, chives, cilantro, fennel, lovage, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, et)
- boiling water
DIRECTIONS
- Mince herb (s) of choice.
- Pack minced herb (s) into an ice cube tray, each 3/4 full.
- Fill with boiling water, (this will blanch the herbs before freezing and will help them retain their flavor and color).
- Once the herbal ice cubes are frozen, you can pop them out of their tray and into freezer bags for storage.
- Use as needed.
Filed Under (Recipes) by broad bean on 19-08-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 4 (3ounce)packages raspberry gelatin powder
- 4 cups boiling water
- 1 quart vanilla ice cream
- 2 (6ounce)cansfrozen pink lemonade concentrate , thawed
- 2 (10ounce)packages frozen raspberries, thawed
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS
- Dissolve the gelatin in boiling water.
- Add the ice cream and stir it in until it fully melted.
- Stir in lemonade concentrate and juice from raspberries.
- Chill the mixture until partially set, then fold in raspberries and pecans.
- Pour into a 12-cup Bundt Pan.
- If you don’t have a bundt pan use a regular baking pan.
- Chill until completely set.
- Serve cold.
Filed Under (Recipes) by toothsome on 16-08-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 3/4 lb kumquats, thinly sliced and seeds removed.
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream, whipped
DIRECTIONS
- Put sliced kumquats, water, and sugar in a saucepan.
- Simmer until fruit is soft.
- This may take up to half an hour.
- Puree the fruit with the liquid from the pan and let cool.
- Fold cream into the puree.
- Pour into a container, cover and freeze until firm, beating twice at hourly interval.
Filed Under (Recipes) by delicate on 08-08-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cupwhipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- ice
- rock salt
DIRECTIONS
- You will also need: 1 lg (#10) empty (coffee can) can and 1 sm 16 oz empty(coffee can) can.
- Place ingredients in small size coffee can and mix with spoon.
- Seal the can with duct tape and place inside a larger size coffee can.
- Surround small can with ice and layers of rock salt.
- Seal large tin with duct tape.
- Roll or toss can for 20-30 minutes adding ice and salt to the larger can once or twice (this may not be necessary if done outdoors in the winter).
- Pack again with ice or place in freezer and let stand for 20 minutes before serving.
Filed Under (Recipes) by admin on 31-07-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 4ripe bananas
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons banana rum
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 2 oranges, juice of(fresh squeezed)
Garnish
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream
- whipped cream
- 2 tablespoons crushed nuts , pan toasted
- cinnamon
- 4 slices oranges
DIRECTIONS
- Place bananas, brown sugar, Grand Marnier and lemon juice.
- Marinate 15 minutes.
- Heat butter and sugar, cook until caramelized.
- When golden brown pour in orange juice; mix well.
- Cook 2 or 3 minutes.
- Stir constantly.
- Add banana mix to orange mix; add lemon zest and cook 1 minute.
- Pour in banana rum and flambe.
- Cook 1 minute on high.
- Place on plate ice cream, top it with banana, topped with whipped cream sprinkle nuts and sift cinnamon garnish with orange slice.