In a double Old Fashioned glass combine mint and syrup, mashing mint with the back of a spoon to release flavor. Add remaining ingredients and enough ice to fill glass. Transfer mixture to a cocktail shaker and shake well. Serve drink in double Old Fashioned glass.
Simple Syrup recipe: In a saucepan, bring 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil, stirring, and boil until sugar is completely dissolved. Cool syrup completely. Syrup keeps, covered and chilled, for 2 months. Makes about 2 cups.
Cut off top of pumpkin to make a lid.
Clean out seeds and pulp.
Bake hollowed out pumpkin shell on oven rack at 300\u00b0 for approximately 1 1/2 hours.
Fill with hot beef stew; continue baking an additional hour (stew will pick up some flavor from pumpkin).
Remove from oven; serve, using the pumpkin as your serving dish.
Yummy and decorative on a cold fall night.
nd discard. Add the Ginger Simple Syrup, lemon juice, and sparkling
Empty stew into large dutch oven.
Remove any excess fat while emptying from can.
Cut large pieces of beef and vegetables into smaller sizes.
Add corn, butter beans, tomatoes, and remainder of seasoning (mash before adding).
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Cook about 30 - 40 minutes.
This recipe can be frozen.
Ten minutes before stew is done, add dumplings (recipe follows) and cover
its.
Measure in your simple syrup. I like about 1
Fill a tall glass with ice.
Add all ingredients and mix well.
Lemon juice is according to taste. I only add about a teaspoon.
To prepare simple syrup:.
Mix equal parts water and sugar in a sauce pan over low heat. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons almond extract. Whisk until well blended and cool. Refrigerate until ready use. (I generally make a large batch and add it to lemonade and tea).
Cut stew meat in smaller pieces.
Add onion, cut in chunks. Brown.
Add about 1 cup water; simmer until partially tender.
Add carrots; cut in pieces.
(Also add other raw vegetables, if desired.)
Cook until meat and vegetables are tender.
Add golden cream of mushroom soup for gravy mixture.
Serve over cooked noodles or mashed potatoes.
Spiced Simple Syrup: Place all of the ingredients in a medium saucepot, stir.
Place on high heat, bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
Remove from heat, allow to cool completely.
Pour syrup through a strainer to remove spices.
Pour syrup into a jar with lid and store refrigerated. Shake before using.
Sangria: Combine wine, 3/4 cup spiced simple syrup, sparkling water, orange juice, and fruit slices. Stir briskly.
Serve over ice in large red wine glasses.
Simple syrup:
Start with the simple syrup. Mix sugar and water in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar gets dissolved. Remove from heat and store in the fridge until ready to use.
Mojito:
Pour lime juice and simple syrup into a tall glass.
Add mint leaves and muddle it together.
Add rum and muddle a little more.
Add ice and a splash of soda.
Serve garnished with fresh mint leaves and a slice of lime.
Heat oil in large deep nonstick skillet over medium high heat and brown beef.
Stir in Recipe Ready Stew Blend, tomatoes and beef broth. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered 20 minutes or until beef is tender.* Season, if desired, with salt and black pepper and sprinkle with chopped parsley. For thicker stew, gently mash 2 potatoes using a fork; stir to blend.
otatoes, carrots and turnips to stew during the last 20 minutes
/4 cup of the simple sugar syrup in a food
Prepare the basic meatball recipe -- except cook them in a Dutch oven.
Drain off the excess fat.
Add the soup, sour cream, peas (with liquid) and potatoes, heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
Prepare the dumplings.
Drop the dough by TBLS onto the boiling stew. simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes.
Cover and simmer another 10 minutes longer.
Serve.
EGG DUMPLINGS: Mix all the ingredients together until a soft dough forms.
PARSLEY DUMPLINGS: Mix all the ingredients together until a soft dough forms.
punch bowl. Add the simple syrup, pomegranate juice, and cranberry
erve.
To make Vanilla Simple Syrup:
In a small
our in beef stock, beef stew meat, and any accumulated drippings
Whisk together the lemon juice, Simple Syrup and vanilla bean paste in a large pitcher. If not serving immediately, refrigerate the pitcher.
To serve, add the sparkling water to the pitcher and stir to combine. Pour the lemonade into individual glasses of crushed ice. Garnish with a sprig of fresh basil or mint and a lemon slice.
Simple Syrup:
In a small saucepan bring the sugar and water to a boil over medium heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and cool.
lime juice, tequila, Triple Sec, Simple Syrup, and guava juice and
ONUTS:.
Prepare Basic Donuts recipe,using 3\"round donut cutter