Grape Crush

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Ingredients

  • Chambord
  • Vodka
  • Crushed Ice
  • Lemon-Lime cocktail mix (or lime juice)
Preparation
  • Pour over crushed ice:
  • 1 part vodka
  • 1 part Chambord
  • 1 part cocktail mix
  • stir

 

Chicken Windings

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) ketchup
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) soy sauce
  • 2 tsp (10 ml). dry mustard
  • 1 tsp (5 ml). ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp (1 ml). garlic powder
  • 2-1/2 lbs (1.1 kg). chicken wings tip removed.
Preparation
  • Combine all ingredients, except chicken, in a 2 qt saucepan; mix well.
  • Bring to boil; cook over med high heat about 6 minutes.
  • Remove from heat; let cool a bit.
  • Cut chicken wings in half at joint and place skin side down in baking pan.
  • Pour sauce over chicken.
  • Cover and refrigerate several hours or over night.
  • Turn chicken skin side up.
  • Bake at 400 degrees (200 C.) 45 to 50 min. spooning sauce over chicken occasionally.
  • If serving at party you can now put in crockpot on low to keep warm.

 

Black Forest

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Ingredients:

  • 120 g butter
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 125g sour cream mixed with one rounded teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 cup cocoa dissolved in 3/4 cup hot coffee
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 4 egg whites
  • 2 cup sugar

Decoration
  • 200ml kirsch
  • 300 ml fresh cream, whipped
  • 1 jar sour cherries
  • 200g dark chocolate

Method:
  • Grease and line a 25 cm spring form cake tin. Do not pre-heat your oven.
  • Cream sugar with the butter. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Beat gently. Fold in the sour cream mixture. Add the cocoa and flour, alternately, until the ingredients are well mixed.
  • Beat the egg whites, gradually adding the sugar.
  • Fold the egg whites into the flour, egg and cocoa mixture.
  • Pour into the baking tin and place in a cold oven, on the middle shelf, and bake for 55 minutes at 175 C.

Decoration Method
  • When the cake is cooked and cooled, cut into 3 equal layers and freeze until required. While the cake is still semi-frozen, sprinkle two layers with kirsch. Spread the first layer with whipped cream and add some sour cherries. The second layer is placed on this and just spread with whipped cream. Finally the third layer is placed on the top. The top and sides of the cake are then covered with whipped cream. Grate dark chocolate onto the sides of the cake. The top of the cake can be decorated with rosettes of cream, cherries and more grated chocolate.

 

Beef Stew

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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs (.9 kg). stew beef
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) flour
  • 1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt
  • 1/4 tsp (1 ml) pepper
  • potatoes, celery, carrots and onions, cut in cubes
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) (heaping) Oxo Beef Powder or other beef boullion concentrate
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) paprika
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) minced garlic
  • 2 whole bay leaves
  • 1 can whole mushrooms
Preparation
  • Put meat,flour, salt & pepper in crock pot and coat meat well.
  • Meat does not to be browned. Trust me!
  • Into hot water add Oxo Beef Powder, Worcestershire sauce, paprika and minced garlic.
  • Add to crockpot with all other ingredients.
  • Top to rim of pot with water.
  • Mix well.
  • Add bay leaves and cook on high all day.
  • Before serving add can of whole mushrooms including juice(adding mushroom juice is optional).
  • Heat long enough for mushroom to heat through.