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Skriven 2011-06-15 22:21:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: plans 456
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

 ML> I have actually found several
 ML> ways of edibilizing Brussels sprouts. Most involve large
 ML> quantities of butter and sherry.

Another is shredded and stir fried with soy, garlic and ginger.
(Perhaps I'm part Chinese?)

 JW> In his defence 4 snow tires was still less expensive than paying for
 JW> a whole car and I did get a pay raise shortly thereafter.

 ML> I think that the old man's motivation was a gleeful or at least
 ML> mischievous and educative one.

Very educational. If I wasn't paying room and board and for a share
of the car I might have thought my pay cheque large enough that I
didn't have to go to college... and I'd still be living at home in
the basement as a result.

 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Chocolate Cranberry Poinsettia Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Chocolate, Fruits, Holiday, Frosting
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
           CAKE:
      1 c  Cake flour
    1/2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/8 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Orange juice
      3 oz Semisweet chocolate; chopped
      1 c  Sugar
    1/4 c  Unsalted butter; room temp
  1 1/2 ts Grated orange peel
      2 lg Eggs
    1/2 c  Sour cream
    1/2 ts Vanilla
           CRANBERRIES & SYRUP:
    2/3 c  Sugar
    1/3 c  Water
      2 c  Fresh or frozen cranberries
           FROSTING:
  1 1/2 c  Whipping cream
     12 oz Semisweet chocolate; chopped
           Marbleized White Chocolate
           -Leaves (see recipe)
           Fresh mint leaves
 
  for cake: Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350 degrees.
  Butter 2 nine inch  diameter cake pans with 1 1/2" high sides.
  Line bottoms of pans with parchment or waxed paper. Dust pans with
  flour; tap out excess. Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda and
  salt in medium bowl to blend. Bring orange juice to boil in heavy
  small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until
  melted and smooth. Cool to barely lukewarm. Using electric mixer,
  beat sugar, butter and orange peel in large bowl until blended.
  Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour
  cream, vanilla and melted chocolate mixture and beat until well
  blended. Add dry ingredients and beat just until well blended.
  Divide batter equally between prepared pans; smooth tops. Bake
  cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25
  mins. Cool cakes in pans on rack.
  
  For cranberries & syrup: Combine sugar and water in heavy medium
  saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Add
  cranberries; bring to boil. Using slotted spoon, immediately
  transfer about 20 glazed to plate. Reserve for garnish; chill.
  Continue to boil remaining cranberries until berries pop, about 5
  mins. Using slotted spoon, transfer poached berries to small bowl.
  Pour cranberry syrup in pan into another bowl and reserve for
  marbleized leaves.
  
  For frosting: Bring cream to boil in heavy medium saucepan. Remove
  from heat. Add chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Chill
  chocolate frosting until just thick enough to spread but still
  glossy, about 1 hour 20 mins. Invert 1 cake layer onto platter.
  Peel off parchment. Spread 1.2 cup chilled chocolate frosting over
  cake. Spoon poached cranberries in bowl evenly over frosting.
  Invert second cake layer onto work surface. Peel off parchment;
  place cake atop cranberries. Spread remaining chocolate frosting
  over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until cake is well
  chilled, about 2 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake
  dome and chill.) Working quickly, arrange chocolate leaves in
  center of cake, forming poinsettia flower. Place 3 glazed
  cranberries in center of flower. Arrange fresh mint leaves and
  remaining glazed cranberries around cake. Refrigerate cake until
  ready to serve.
  
  Recipe by: Bon Apetit
  
MMMMM

Cheers

YK Jim


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