Italian Anise Toast
Italian Anise Toast
These are wonderful for dipping into coffee!
3 1/4 cups unbleached flour
2 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
5 tablespoons melted butter
1 bottle anise extract or a few drops of anise oil
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt
In a separate bowl, whisk eggs until well blended
Add sugar
Add melted butter
Add anise extract or anise oil
Add to dry ingredients and mix well
Add 1 cup whole almonds, toasted at 350 deg F for 15 minutes, if desired
Form into two loaves on a floured board
Each loaf should be approximately 12 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide
Bake 1 loaf at a time on an ungreased baking sheet
Bake at 350 deg F for 20 minutes
Cut baked loaves into 3/4-inch diagonal slices
Bake slices at 350 deg F for 6 minutes on each side
Cool
Fragole Cello
Fragole Cello (Strawberry Liqueur)
2 cups strawberries
1 1/2 cups grain alcohol or vodka
2 cups water
1 3/4 to 2 cups granulated sugar
Wash the strawberries
If you use large strawberries, cut them in half or quarters
Place them into a clean glass jar, add grain alcohol or vodka, and let stand 24 hours, shaking it periodically
The strawberries will begin to pale as the alcohol leaches the color (and taste and fragrance) out of the strawberries
After 24 hours or so, Use a fine strainer to strain the strawberries and seeds from the alcohol into a 2-quart glass container
Discard the remains of the strawberries
Combine two cups of water and up to two cups of sugar in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a rolling boil
Allow to cool and add to the alcohol
It is now ready to drink, but your best bet is to put the Fragole Cello into a decanter in the freezer for a week to mellow and become ice cold
Fried Rice
Fried Rice
Posted by Kevin Taylor, the BBQ Guru, at recipegoldmine
com May 14, 2001
I struggled with fried rice for many years before asking the owner of the local Chinese joint
2 tips
use day old rice
This allows the rice to separate very nicely & dry out a bit
Scramble the egg BEFORE adding to the mixture
This place actually makes it like an omelet without turning it over & then they chop it up very fine
If you add the eggs to the mixture without cooking them, they will end up binding everything together
So, following those guidelines, here is my favorite recipe
2 cups day-old rice
1/4 pound butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 small can water chestnuts
1 small can mushrooms
6 green onions
1/2 package frozen peas, thawed
2 Tbspdark soy sauce
Scramble the eggs & chop finely
Melt butter & let it start to brown
Add the rice, eggs, water chestnuts & mushrooms
Fry together, add soy sauce & let brown
Just prior to serving, add green onions & peas