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    • Vanilla Bean Custard With Spicy Cookies

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    Dairy, Grains, Eggs 4spices, Sweets 4 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1 c Cream
    1 Vanilla beans, or 2
    3 Egg yolks
    1 Whole egg
    1/2 c Sugar, superfine
    1 t Cornstarch
    Segmented oranges, to serve
    optional
    1 c Self-rising flour
    1/2 t Baking soda
    1 t Ground mixed spice, such as
    pumpkin pie spice
    2 T Superfine sugar
    3 oz Golden syrup
    4 T Butter, unsalted
    minutes.

    INSTRUCTIONS

    An easy, pretty dessert to serve mid-week -- perfect for when friends
drop by for dinner and you want to give them something fabulous to  end
the meal.  To make the cookies, sift the dry ingredients together.
Gently warm  the syrup until hot and runny. Stir in the butter and,
when melted,  scrape into a bowl. Mix in the dry ingredients to form a
dough. Chill  for 1 hour.  Preheat oven 375degF. Roll out chilled dough
1/4 inch thick. Cut out  rounds with a cookie cutter and place on a
lightly greased baking  sheet. Cook in a preheated oven (375degF) for
10 to 12 minutes.  Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.  2. To
make the custard, heat the cream and vanilla beans in a  saucepan.
Remove the beans, split them, scrape the seeds into the  cream, then
return the beans to the pan. Remove the pan from the heat  and infuse
for  Remove the beans. Beat the egg yolks and whole egg together, add
the  sugar, and beat until pale and creamy. Stir in the cornstarch and
beat in the vanilla infused cream.  Preheat oven 325degF. Spoon the
mixture into 6 small ovenproof dishes  or glasses, cover with foil or
wax paper and place in a roasting pan  half filled with water. Cook in
preheated oven (325degF) for 45 to 60  minutes until just set and firm
to the touch. Serve with the spicy  biscuits, the segmented oranges, if
using, and a glass of sweet  dessert wine.  Clare Gordon-Smith (1996)
Basic Flavorings: Spices (Courage Books).  Personal Collection of pat
hanneman, THE KITCHEN PATh on  http://wizard.ucr.edu/~phannema (Jun
1997)  Recipe by: Basic Flavorings: Spices Posted to MC-Recipe Digest
V1  #649 by Kitchen PATh <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> on Jun 26, 1997

    A Message from our Provider:

    “A cheerful spirit is one of the most valuable gifts ever bestowed upon humanity by a kind Creator. It is the sweetest and most fragrant flower of the Spirit, that constantly sends out its beauty and fragrance, and blesses everything within its reach. It will sustain the soul in the darkest and most dreary places of this world. It will hold in check the demons of despair, and stifle the power of discouragement and hopelessness. It is the brightest star that ever cast its radiance over the darkened soul, and one that seldom sets in the gloom of morbid fancies and forboding imaginations.”

    Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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    Calories: 480
    Calories From Fat: 338
    Total Fat: 38.3g
    Cholesterol: 293.6mg
    Sodium: 578.2mg
    Potassium: 124.6mg
    Carbohydrates: 26.3g
    Fiber: <1g
    Sugar: <1g
    Protein: 8g


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