Ruth Almans Sourdough Starter

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Thick Potato water 2 tb Sugar 2 c Flour (more or less) 1/2 ts Yeast (use yeast only to -speed action) Dump above into Sourdough Pot. Boil potatoes with jackets on until they fall to pieces. Lift skins out, mash potatoes making a puree. Cool. Add more water to make […]

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Cheesy Green Chili Tart

Ingredients & Directions 2 All-ready pie pastries 1 c Chedder cheese, shredded 4 oz Can chopped green chilis, -drained 1 c Monterey Jack cheese, -shredded 1/4 ts Chili powder 1 c Salsa Garlic Powder to taste Let pie pastries stand at room temperature for 15 minutes. Place 1 pastry circle on greased baking sheet. Layer […]

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Rustic Plum And Nectarine Tart

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Sugar 1/3 c Toasted pecans 1/4 c Flour 1 1/4 lb Plums, quartered (about 14) 1/2 lb Nectarines, cut in wedges -(about 3) 1 tb Butter 1 tb Milk or cream 3 tb Red currant jelly or seived -apricot jam PASTRY 2 c Flour 1 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Salt […]

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Cheese Tart With Strawberry-orange Compote

Ingredients & Directions TART 1 Pate Sucree Dough -see separate recipe 15 oz Whole-milk ricotta cheese 8 oz Cream cheese 1/2 c Sugar 2 tb Honey 4 Large eggs 1 c Whipping cream 1 ts Grated orange peel 1 ts Orange flower water* COMPOTE 4 Oranges 2 (1 pint) baskets, -strawberries, hulled, -halved 1/4 c […]

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Rustic Apple Tart1

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Granulated Sugar 1/3 c Ground Almonds 2 tb All-Purpose Flour 6 Apples 1 c Cranberries 4 tb Butter 1 tb Light Cream Icing Sugar -PASTRY- 2 1/4 c Cake flour; sifted 1 tb Granulated Sugar 1/2 ts Salt 1/3 c Cold Butter; Cubed 1/3 c Cold Shortening; Cubed 1 Egg […]

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Cheese & Apple Tartlets

Ingredients & Directions Pastry: 2 c All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Unsalted butter, cut in -small pieces 5 tb Ice water (or 6 tb) Apple filling: 1 1/4 lb Cooking apples, peeled, -cored and coarsely chopped 8 ts Sugar 16 ts Shredded cheddar cheese Pastry: Combine flour and salt in large bowl. With […]

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Runny Butter Tarts

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Raisins 16 Aked tart shells 1/4 c Butter;soft 1/2 c Sugar; brown, lightly packe 1/2 c Corn syrup 1 Egg 1 ts Vinegar 1 ts Vanilla Salt Preheat oven to 400F. Sprinkle raisins evenly in baked shells. In bowl, cream together butter and sugar; beat in corn syrup, egg, vinegar, […]

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Cheese & Apple Tartlets

Ingredients & Directions Pastry: 2 c All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Unsalted butter, cut in -small pieces 5 tb Ice water (or 6 tb) Apple filling: 1 1/4 lb Cooking apples, peeled, -cored and coarsely chopped 8 ts Sugar 16 ts Shredded cheddar cheese Pastry: Combine flour and salt in large bowl. With […]

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Rum Molasses Cake With Tart Lemon Sauce

Ingredients & Directions 3 tb Butter — softened 2 c All-purpose flour 1 c Sugar 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Ground cloves 1 ts Baking soda 1 ds Salt 1 lg Egg 3/4 c Water 1/4 c Dark rum 1/2 c Dark molasses Lemon sauce: 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Cornstarch 1 c Boiling […]

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Romaine, Red Onion, And Fennel Salad With Tart Lime Dress

Ingredients & Directions 6 oz Romaine lettuce; 1 1/2 c Fennel bulb; shredded -(about 1 large bulb) 1 c Cauliflowerets; 1/2 c Red onion; sliced -TART LINE DRESSING- 1/2 c Line juice; fresh 1 tb Olive oil; 1 c Garlic; minced 1/4 ts Salt; 1/4 ts Ground pepper; fresh 1/4 ts Paprika; SALAD: Wash, dry, […]

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