Cooks Guild Update – September 2015

Cooks Guild Recipes & Update

The recipes below were taken from Early French Cookery:
Sources, History, Original Recipes and Modern Adaptations, By D. Eleanor Scully and Terence Scully, 2002

All the recipes were delicious.  The meatballs were very tasty.

The next Loch Salann Cook’s Guild meeting is scheduled for Oct 27^th.

If you are interested in coming, contact the guild at least 2 days before the event so there is sufficient food.

Meatballs in Apple Almond Sauce

• Ground pork
• Ground lamb
• 2 lightly beaten eggs
• 1 Tb fresh grated ginger
• 1 tsp grains of paradise (a type of pepper)
• 1 tsp ground clove

Directions:

1. Mix all together with spices.
2. Make into 1.5 to 2” balls.
3. Roll balls in ½ cup flour.
4. Drop balls into 5 cups salted, boiling water and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
5. Remove from pot w slotted spoon and placed on a greased wire rack and roast @ 350 degrees for about 7 minutes.

Glazing:

1. Mix ¾ cup ground parsley and ½ cup flour.
2. Roll meat balls in this mixture until coated and return to oven for 3-5 minutes.
3. Serve warm.

Applesauce:

1. 3 large cooking apples. wash, pare, slice and cook until tender in 2-3 c salted water.
2. Add ½ c ground almonds and cook.
3. Blend mixture.  We used an immersion blender
4. Add 1 c sugar and cook for 3 more minutes.
5. Serve warm or cold or as a dip for meatballs.

Brussels Sprouts in a vinaigrette

1. Trim and rinse Brussels sprouts
2. Cut in half or quarters if the sprouts are big.
3. Cook in boiling salted water 10 min.  Do not let them get mushy!
4. Drain

Vinaigrette:

1. 3-4 Tb olive oil
2. Tb wine vinegar
3. tsp salt
4. Add1 Tb chopped herbs (we used fresh parsley, chives, tarragon, and sorrel from the garden.)
5. Toss w/ Brussels Sprouts & serve.

Baked Mushrooms

Spice powder:

1. 3 Tb ground ginger
2. ½ Tb cinnamon
3. 1 tsp grains of paradise
4. 1 tsp ground clove
5. 2 TB sugar
6. Grind grains of paradise, and mix all together.
7. Place the extra in a spice bottle for future use!

Mushrooms:

1. 1 lb mushrooms – cut into bite sized pieces
2. 1/2 lb brie, cut into little pieces.  (this is an excellent way to use that dried up brie you forgot about)
3. 3 Tb olive oil
4. ½ tsp salt
5. 2 tsp Spice powder.
6. Oil a baking pan.
7. Place mixture in dish.
8. Cover and bake 375 degrees for 15-20 min.
9. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.  Bake @ 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
10. Serve warm.