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Re: WANTED: Help with *the* most romantic dinner... (Angélique-Sacramento)
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 19:56:14 GMT
From: Liz LA (@drrevenue.earthlink.net ())
1st Sugarplums, then romance
Byzantine Sugarplums
3 pounds combined pitted dates,pulled figs,
seeded raisins, currants
1/2 pound blanched walnuts or almonds
1/2 pound unsalted shelled pistachio nuts
1/2 pound crystallized ginger
Grated rind of 2 oranges
3 tablespoons lemon juice or brandy, or as
needed
Confectioner's or granulated sugar
Chop combined fruits,nuts, ginger and rind
through the coarsest blade of your meat
grinder. Add just enough brandy or lemon
juice just to enable mixture to stick
together. Shape into balls 1 to 1 1/2 inch.
in diameter. Roll in sugar before wrapping.
There are a number of variations - this is from
Mimi Sheraton's ccokbook "Visions of Sugarplums"
published in 1968. If you want more, let me know.
Re: WANTED: Help with *the* most romantic dinner... (Angélique-Sacramento)
Previous Message: Individual Bittersweet Chocolate Souffles from the Regional Project! (Diane Eiger - Menlo Park, CA)
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 19:56:14 GMT
From: Liz LA (@drrevenue.earthlink.net ())
1st Sugarplums, then romance
Byzantine Sugarplums
3 pounds combined pitted dates,pulled figs,
seeded raisins, currants
1/2 pound blanched walnuts or almonds
1/2 pound unsalted shelled pistachio nuts
1/2 pound crystallized ginger
Grated rind of 2 oranges
3 tablespoons lemon juice or brandy, or as
needed
Confectioner's or granulated sugar
Chop combined fruits,nuts, ginger and rind
through the coarsest blade of your meat
grinder. Add just enough brandy or lemon
juice just to enable mixture to stick
together. Shape into balls 1 to 1 1/2 inch.
in diameter. Roll in sugar before wrapping.
There are a number of variations - this is from
Mimi Sheraton's ccokbook "Visions of Sugarplums"
published in 1968. If you want more, let me know.